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 […]
TerrAffix and Kier identify solution to microplastics road runoff challenge
Laboratory testing undertaken by RSK Group company TerrAffix and Kier has demonstrated that a plant-based material used to create a biochar can successfully remove microplastics found in the runoff from our roads. These are believed to be the first laboratory trials in the world to look at the possibility of removing microplastics from road runoff […]
Costs “to soar” after funding axed for Kier road project in Birmingham
Local government commissioners have warned that the government’s withdrawal of funding for a £600m PFI highways contract, won by Kier, is likely to damage a bankrupt council’s ability to turn its finances around. On 30 November, the Department for Transport confirmed it was ending its funding support for the project to maintain Birmingham’s roads, without […]
Louisa Finlay appointed as Chief People Officer
Kier Group plc announces that Louisa Finlay, currently Kier Construction’s Clients and Markets Managing Director, is appointed as Chief People Officer and will be part of the Group’s Executive Committee, with effect from 6 March 2023. Louisa will take over from Helen Redfern, who will be leaving Kier after ten successful years to take up a […]
Thousands of construction workers to benefit from mental health support as Kier works with the Lighthouse Club
Did you know that in the UK two construction workers take their own life every working day and over 20% of work-related absence is caused by stress, anxiety, or depression? * One life is too many, and that’s why Kier is putting its support behind the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity (Lighthouse Club), the only charity […]
Kier partners with STEM Returners to get people back into the industry<strong
Kier is working with STEM Returners to help people get back to work after a career break. A variety of roles will be offered across the country, in both sites and offices and will play a vital role in the Group’s delivery of its projects. STEM Returners will source candidates for the programme and will […]
Kier Highways signs up to Tackling Diabetes Safety Charter
Kier Highways has signed up to the Diabetes Safety Organisation’s Tackling Diabetes Safety Charter to educate and help employees prevent the onset of diabetes and better support those living with the condition. It says diabetes is a hidden epidemic, with 700 people a day diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in the UK. One third of […]
Road User Charging, innovation and the road to Net Zero on a bonus Highways Voices from Highways UK
We had so much material left over from the highly successful Highways UK event last week in Birmingham that we bring you some content we didn’t have time to fit in on our podcasts from the show last week. These podcasts are brought to you thanks to the support of Re-flow, Kier Highways, Causeway Technologies, Navtech Radar and SWARCO. You’ll hear […]
