ECON to supply gritters to Ringway, FM Conway and Kier/Tarmac JV in London

Three contractors that have been awarded framework agreements for winter maintenance have turned to Yorkshire-based Econ Engineering to supply them with their gritters. For the next seven years, 33 Econ vehicles, will be located at different points within the capital city, ready to mobilise as soon as temperatures plummet. Two years ago, Transport for London […]

FM Conway celebrates its 60th anniversary

Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway has celebrated a significant milestone as a business, reaching 60 years of operation. 60 years ago, FM Conway Ltd was born when founder Frank Conway, father of Michael Conway MBE, started a small family-run business on 25 October 1961. The business has grown substantially since then, with FM Conway transforming […]

FM Conway strengthens senior leadership team with appointment of new Managing Director

Infrastructure services company FM Conway has appointed James Tallon to the role of Managing Director to strengthen its senior leadership team. Mr Tallon now takes on strategic responsibility for delivering highways maintenance solutions across the capital with our local authority clients and Transport for London. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the team, with […]

TfL working towards safer, greener and more efficient roads with new collaboration programme

Transport for London (TfL) has brought together all of the maintenance of roads, tunnels, and assets such as bus stations and streetlights that are essential for Londoners making journeys around the city under a new ’Works for London’ programme, which will ensure that London’s road network is more efficient, safer and greener.   Three leading infrastructure companies - Ringway, FM Conway Limited and Tarmac Kier JV – will partner with TfL over the […]

Sustainable resurfacing material trialled on M3 in Hampshire

A section of the M3 motorway in Hampshire is becoming the first stretch of motorway to use a resurfacing material which contains the highest proportion of recycled asphalt pavement ever used on the strategic road network. The use of the material – consisting of 70% recycled materials in the base course and 50% in the […]

FM Conway wins contract to refurbish Blackfrairs Bridge

FM Conway has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Blackfriars Bridge across the River Thames. The newly awarded contract will see FM Conway’s Structures team start work in late summer 2021 and is set to run through until 2024.Blackfriars Bridge will remain open to all forms of traffic with no significant interruptions expected during […]

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 […]

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