Kier Transportation confirmed as preferred bidder for Birmingham Highways PFI contract
Kier Transportation has been confirmed as the preferred bidder for the Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract. When approved by the government the new deal will start February 1 2024 and continue until June 2035. Work will cover 2,500km of roadways and 5,000km of footways across the UK’s largest local authority. […]
Kier wins £225m Somerset highways deal
Somerset Council has signed a new eight-year highway maintenance contract with Kier Transportation to replace Milestone Infrastructure. The £225m contract covers key maintenance works, including road repairs, drainage, verge cutting and winter gritting. Somerset’s current contract with Milestone Infrastructure comes to an end at the end of March 2024. In a change to the way […]
National Highways award A43 team best-in-class customer scoring
Kier Transportation’s A43 team has become the first to achieve 8 out of 10 in the National Highways’ Customer Assurance Framework (CAF) assessment across all HS2 Main Works Civils Contractors (MWCC’s) interfaces. The project is being delivered by the Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM (EKFB) JV, with the score a shining example of stakeholder collaboration. It demonstrates […]
Nearly 85,000 square metres of North Northamptonshire roads to receive life-extending surface dressing treatment
This week, North Northamptonshire Council and Kier, its highways maintenance provider, began its annual surface dressing programme – which is set to improve the condition of four roads totalling 83.9sq kilometres across North Northamptonshire. The scheme, which will improve the road texture of the equivalent of 12 football pitches, will prolong the life expectancy of […]
Shropshire Council’s surface dressing programme improves 80 miles of road
More than 50 stretches of road across Shropshire have been treated this year as part of Shropshire Council’s annual surface dressing programme. This year’s surface dressing programme began on 27 April, and ended on 1 August, with 55 roads treated. In total, 80 miles of road have been dressed – the distance from Church Stretton […]
