Eurovia and partners win Innovation Festival Collaborative Award
Eurovia UK, Hertfordshire County Council and Highway Data Systems (HDS), supported by key Supply Chain partners, Clee Hill Plant Ltd, DE Plant, BSP-TEX and Pavemac, have won the Collaborative Innovation Award at this year’s LCRIG Innovation festival. The award recognises a collective innovative product, service or practice that has driven or can demonstrate a collaborative […]
Eurovia completes major landslide repairs on A40 in Gloucestershire
Eurovia has completed a six-month project to rebuild a landslide-affected stretch of road in western England. Its South West Highways division finished main works on the A40 near Dursley Cross in Gloucestershire last week. This allowed traffic to return to the section between Saunders Close and Sterrys Lane for the first time since August, reports […]
BEAR Scotland awarded North West Network Management Contract by Transport Scotland
Breedon Group has announced that its associate company, BEAR Scotland (“BEAR”), has been awarded the North West Network Management Contract by Transport Scotland. BEAR has been responsible for trunk roads in the North West of Scotland since 2013, and this new Network Management Contract, starting on 16th August 2022, will run for at least eight […]
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 […]
DACS ‘paves the way’ for automation in the construction industry
A Distributed Automated Cutting System (DACS) project, led by Eurovia UK, in partnership with Loop Technology and The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), is set to deliver a ‘ground-breaking’ robotic paving slab cutting process that will increase productivity by as much as 50%. The DACS will produce bespoke slabs; made to measure, […]
Scott Wardrop named as Chief Executive of Vinci’s UK construction business
Scott Wardrop is to combine two chief executive roles after being offered the role of UK Construction Chief Exeutive at Vinci. The move will see Mr Wardrop keep his current role of Chief Executive of the company’s Eurovia UK business which he lad led since 2007. Jean-Philippe Loiseau, who had been acting as chief operating […]
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 […]
Eurovia UK signs MOU with charging company to provide wireless infrastructure across UK cities
Highway contractor Eurovia UK has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Momentum Dynamics Corporation, a leading provider of wireless charging for electric vehicles, meaning the two companies will collaborate to develop wireless EV charging solutions for UK cities and fleets. The MOU heralds the beginning of a long-term partnership that will deliver a cable-free […]
Kar-go Delivery Bot begins contactless delivery trials to care homes
Kar-go, the autonomous delivery vehicle designed by British start-up, Academy of Robotics, has become the first custom-built autonomous delivery vehicle to travel on the roads in the UK. Using its contact-free form of delivery, the company has started making its first deliveries from pharmacies to care homes and will later introduce deliveries from a depot […]