ITS (UK) honours Patey and Ali in annual awards, and acclaims environmental, digital and community innovations
The country’s Intelligent Transport industry association ITS (UK) has given its highest honour, the Rees Hills Award for Personal Contribution and Achievement to Ian Patey, WSP’s ITS Head of Profession, Intelligent Transport. Mr Patey has more than 37 years’ experience in transport design and consultancy, and has played a leading role in many of the […]
Costain and Monotch announce strategic partnership
Dutch smart infrastructure specialist Monotch has selected Costain as UK deployment partner for its Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems services in a move which it says will enable greener, safer, and faster customer journeys on the UK road network. The two organisations will work together to pilot the Monotch open mobility services platform, TLEX I2V, on the […]
Costain appoints chief digital officer
Costain has appointed Matthew Higham as chief digital officer and a member of its Executive board. Matthew will start on 1 December 2021 and will work closely with the leadership team to further embed the use of digital technologies as part of meeting clients’ changing infrastructure needs. Mr Higham joins from Microsoft, where he was […]
Costain signs up to the Climate Pledge
Costain has signed The Climate Pledge and now joins other official partners of the COP26 campaign: Race to Zero. The only initiative with the ambition to beat the 2050 target by achieving net zero by 2040 at the very latest, the Climate Pledge is also driving tangible action on all three greenhouse gas emission scopes, a […]
Several major contractors win places on TfL’s Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework
Kier, Eurovia, Tarmac and FM Conway are among the winners on Transport for London’s Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework. Costain and VolkerFitzpatrick also feature on the framework which will mainly cover highway work but also possibly other surface related assets in London as well. Transport for London’s bid process meant that the companies with the […]
Costain appoints Andy Clarke as its new Integrated Transport Director
Costain has appointed Andy Clarke as integrated transport director. The creation of this new role reflects the importance placed by the business on working collaboratively with a range of partners to transform the customer experience of transport – helping to catalyse the green transport revolution, said the company. Mr Clarke said: “At Costain, we see […]
Intelligent road repairs among eight new Prosperity Partnerships
Intelligent road repairs are among what are being described as “revolutionary” technologies being developed in a project being supported from a £60 million fund from the UK Research and Innovation division the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The project involves a partnership between construction and engineering company Costain, Highways England and the University of […]
Costain awarded M60 J18 Simister Island improvement contract by Highways England
Smoother, safer journeys through one of the North West’s busiest motorway-to-motorway junctions are a step nearer after the appointment of Costain as the Delivery Integration Partner to design and build the Simister Island interchange improvement project, which is a £138 million scheme. Highways England, who is improving the interchange – which serves the M60, M66 […]
New lead for Costain’s Highways England account team
Simon Ellison has been appointed as Costain’s Highways England client director and will be responsible for maintaining and developing the relationship of our longstanding client. A chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Simon joined Costain in 1997 and has held several senior leadership roles including highways sector director. Commenting on the […]
Three more highways companies join the Tarmac/Kier JV as winners on the TfL Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework
Costain, Eurovia, FM Conway and VolkerFitzpatrick have joined the Tarmac/Kier JV as winners on the Transport for London’s (TfL) Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework. The new framework will cover construction of future TfL walking and cycling schemes, including new Cycleways TfL’s red routes, which are the busiest roads in the capital, consist of just of […]