Kier wins place on National Highways LCRR framework
Kier has announced its appointment to National Highways’ £968m Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction (LCRR) framework. Kier is one of three contractors appointed to the framework, which will run for six years until 2032 through RIS3 and the start of RIS4. The framework enables the delivery of legacy concrete roads reconstruction schemes across the Strategic Road […]
Tarmac-Kier highlights extensive work done in London last quarter
The joint venture between Tarmac and Kier repaired more than six thousand safety defects and cleaned around sixteen hundred gullies across London between October and December 2025. The companies have published an infographic summarising the work done for Transport for London in the last quarter of last year, which also included inspecting 90 structures including […]
Tarmac Kier Joint Venture win volunteering award
The Tarmac Kier Joint Venture (TKJV) team have been recognised for their inspiring volunteering efforts.The TKJV team who work on our highways maintenance contract for Barnet Council took home the volunteer team of the year award at the The Jewish Volunteering Network awards, earlier this month. Since October 2024, a member of the team spends […]
Prolectric shines a light on sustainability at A417 missing link
As construction on the National Highways’ £460 million A417 “Missing Link” infrastructure project, connecting Gloucester and Swindon enters its third year, Prolectric, the off-grid, renewable power and lighting specialist, has announced its collaboration with Kier, in a successful partnership to address critical environmental, sustainability and wildlife considerations. The critical three-mile stretch – known as the […]
New £700m Norfolk-wide highways contract awarded to Kier with focus on boosting local skills and employment
Norfolk County Council has appointed Kier as its new long-term contractor responsible for the maintenance and construction of the county’s highway network. Kier will deliver a comprehensive programme of highways maintenance and improvement, including road resurfacing and surface dressing, bridge works, drainage and the delivery of new transport infrastructure. As part of the contract, Kier […]
A417 Missing Link scheme clocks up 2 million hours without incident
Since the A417 Missing Link scheme went live in Spring 2023, there have been nearly 2 million hours of work with no RIDDOR reportable incidents, the equivalent of 8,300 days of keeping workers safe on site. A RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) reportable incident refers to Health & Safety Executive […]
National Highways funding Kier and TerrAffix trial to cut carbon
An innovative UK-first trial exploring how vegetation removed from highway projects can be reused to make significant carbon savings is being trialled on a National Highways scheme. Trialled by Kier and TerrAffix on the A417 Missing Link scheme in Gloucestershire, biochar – a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter at extremely high temperatures – […]
New signage innovation aims to reduce driver frustration through roadworks
A new initiative by SRL Traffic Systems, in collaboration with National Highways and Kier, has introduced an innovative use of variable message signs to enhance the road user experience by clearly communicating changes to the road layout during roadworks. Signs have been installed in a contraflow section of the A417 Missing Link project as part […]
Tarmac and National Highways deliver carbon savings in SRN resurfacing trial
A trial on the A64 is being hailed as delivering the UK’s lowest carbon resurfacing scheme on the strategic road network without using carbon offsetting. Tarmac, a CRH Company, and National Highways, together with supply chain partners, successfully reduced carbon emissions on the project by 75% compared to a traditional maintenance project of a similar […]
Somerset Council teams continue clear-up after Storm Darragh batters county
Somerset Council’s highways crews have worked round the clock to clear roads after hundreds of trees and more than 20 power cables were downed during the county’s second storm event in two weeks. Teams from the Council’s contractor Kier were out in winds of nearly 90 mph during a rare Met Office Red Warning, combined […]