Cardiff Council looking for contractors for new South East & Mid Wales Highways and Civil Engineering Framework
Cardiff Councils is looking for contractors to tender for the next iteration of the South East & Mid Wales Highways and Civil Engineering Framework (SEWH). The council is looking for pre-qualified and suitably experienced contractors with expertise in highways and civil engineering activities. The Framework Contractors and Participating Employers will look to develop good working […]
Recycled rubber asphalt used for the first time in West Yorkshire
A road in Bradford has become the first in West Yorkshire to be resurfaced with an innovative and sustainable asphalt manufactured from waste tyres. A section of Otley Road in Eldwick has recently been resurfaced by Bradford Council’s Highway Maintenance North team using a product that has been developed by Tarmac and uses granulated rubber […]
Kier Highways puts a stop to ‘idling’ following successful trial
Kier Highways has implemented a ‘no idling’ policy across it depots to help lower emissions. The company has also introduced a new, economical and environmentally sustainable ‘Engine Idling Policy’ which comes into full effect today to mark Zero Emissions Day. The policy states that vehicles should not be left idling for longer than 60 seconds. Before introducing […]
National Highways and Balfour Beatty join forces on volunteering day
Last week members of the National Highways and Balfour Beatty project team took time out from working on the upgrade of the busy M25 junction 10 scheme for a day of volunteering in the grounds of Cobham’s stunning Painshill Park. The team of 15 spent the day working alongside staff at the grade one listed […]
Galliford Try announces strong results ahead of growth strategy, while its highways business wins at CN Awards
Galliford Try has announced a strong set of results for the financial year to 30 June 2021, outperforming analysts’ expectations. The business has achieved a profit before tax of £11.4m on revenues of £1.125bn, which represents a divisional operating margin of 2%. The company said its ‘exceptionally strong’ balance sheet has been further underlined with […]
National Highways announces multi-billion-pound road renewals programme framework deals
National Highways today announced deals with 50 supply chain partners to carry out up to £3.6 billion worth of renewals to keep England’s motorways and major A roads running safely and smoothly. This work is awarded as part of the government-owned company’s brand new six-year Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF). The framework will enable the delivery of renewals […]
Dyer & Butler win RosPA Gold Award for health and safety values
Dyer & Butler, a part of M Group Services, has received a prestigious RoSPA Gold Award in recognition of ts health and safety values, practice and performance in the highways sector. Organisations receiving a RoSPA Award are recognised as being world-leaders in health and safety practice. Every year, nearly 2,000 entrants vie to achieve the […]
Highland Council makes further investment in road network with infra-red technology
Highland Council’s roads recovery programme has taken a step forward as councillors welcomed positive progress with multimillion-pound investment in infra-red technology. This follows the council agreeing a £20 million investment in the region’s road network. Now, members of its economy and infrastructure committee agreed a further £9 million of capital from a “health and prosperity […]
Southampton City Council launches a ‘Pothole Patrol’ as part of its commitment to road safety
Southampton City Council, along with its highways partner, Balfour Beatty Living Places, have announced that their new Pothole Patrol fleet has taken to the streets. In July the council announced in its mid-year budget there would be an investment of £830k allocated to a dedicated pothole repair crews and £10m to resurface local roads and […]
West Sussex makes carbon savings in footway resurfacing
Impressive carbon-saving and cost-saving results have been achieved in a programme of 31 footway resurfacing schemes in West Sussex. More than 22,000 square metres of footpath were resurfaced by the council’sl contactor Rejuvo JPCS, including in Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Chichester. If traditional asphalt methods had been used, 554 tonnes of CO2 emissions would […]