FM Conway wins Westminster City Council major highways and public realm contract

Westminster City Council has awarded a major highways and public realm contract to FM Conway, working with WSP, to maintain and improve the city’s roads, pavements, and public spaces. The contract runs for eight and a half years, with the option to extend for a further four years. It covers the design, construction, inspection, and […]

FM Conway and National Highways set new benchmark for low carbon highways delivery

FM Conway and National Highways have delivered a first-of-its-kind low carbon scheme on the M4, combining hydrogen and electric plant to resurface the carriageway between Junctions 15 and 16, including the first use of JCB’s hydrogen 3CX backhoe loader on the strategic road network. The scheme was about showing how low carbon materials, innovative paving […]

Ubitricity acquires FM Conway’s SureCharge public EV charging network

Ubitricity, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell and the UK’s largest public EV charging operator, has announced the takeover of FM Conway’s SureCharge EV Charging network. This move will add more than 2,400 charge points to the ubitricity Shell Recharge network, increasing its presence across London. These charge points have been installed into lampposts across […]

That’s a RAP: TfL paves the way to recycled highways

TfL has become one of the first highway authorities in the UK to successfully run a trial mixing 50 per cent of recycled carriageway material or Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP), into the top layer of new road surfaces. This approach reduces both construction waste and the need for importing new raw materials, as well as […]

VINCI completes acquisition of FM Conway

The agreement for VINCI Construction to fully acquire infrastructure services business FM Conway, was completed on Friday 31January 2025. FM Conway now joins the network of VINCI Construction to support the further growth of the company and bring additional firepower to its already successful business model, with a clear focus on innovation and sustainability. With […]

FM Conway awarded £35m, seven-year contract with West Sussex

FM Conway have been awarded a £35m contract by West Sussex County Council Highways Drainage Maintenance Services. Starting 1 April 1 2025, this seven-year partnership, with possible extension of seven further years, will see the company deliver a range of essential services including reactive drainage work, ironworks, system jetting, CCTV investigations, ditching maintenance, and gully […]

West Sussex County Council awards highways maintenance contracts

After a competitive procurement process, West Sussex County Council has awarded two highways services contracts to provide maintenance and drainage works on the county’s road network in line with the council’s Highways Asset Management Policy and Strategy. Having transitioned away from a single term maintenance contract model in 2020, this award confirms the authority’s continued […]

FM Conway to be acquired by VINCI Construction

VINCI Construction has signed a share purchase agreement in relation to the acquisition of FM Conway, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure services businesses. Following completion of this transaction, FM Conway and its entities will join the network of VINCI Construction to support the further growth of FM Conway and strengthen VINCI Construction’s position in […]

20% RAP material used along the A4 Froxfield

Highways and streetlighting maintenance company VolkerHighways has resurfaced a 2.2 mile (3.5km) section of the A4, between Hungerford and Wiltshire boarder using 20% Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) surface course material. Works were delivered in partnership with West Berkshire Council. Last year, VolkerHighways worked closely with FM Conway and Inlay Management Services to lay 2.5 miles […]

FM Conway secures coveted carbon certification

Infrastructure services company FM Conway is now British Standards Institute (BSI) certified to PAS 2080:2023, the global standard for the management and reduction of whole-life carbon in infrastructure and the built environment.  PAS 2080 provides the framework for managing whole-life carbon across infrastructure projects through promotion of early collaboration with the whole value chain and […]

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