VIDEO: Colas and partners complete 740 tonne bridge deck move03/02/2023 Colas has released a video of a major milestone on the A46 Stoneleigh junction improvement project for Warwickshire County Council, showing the successful move of the new 740-tonne bridge deck into position. |
Colas wins long-term Cheshire maintenance deal08/12/2022 Cheshire West and Chester Council has appointed Colas Ltd as its ‘highways delivery partner’, in a deal worth up to £300m over a possible 15 years. |
Colas gets fast-tracked in Dover08/02/2022 Colas UK Projects Ltd has won an £18m contract with Kent County Council for the construction of the rapid bus transit system, Dover Fastrack. |
Colas wins £328m Area 9 deal04/01/2022 Colas has won a contract to manage National Highways' Area 9 network - covering the West Midlands and surrounding counties - worth up to £328m. |
Colas opens new UK headquarters03/09/2021 Colas Ltd has opened a new UK headquarters, moving its base from Sussex to Birmingham. |
Colas Leeds the way with northern growth08/06/2021 Colas has won a place on a £60m highway and civil engineering works framework with Leeds City Council, one of a number of new contracts and contract extensions in the North. |
Colas digs deep to go electric23/04/2021 Colas has teamed up with hire company GAP Group Ltd and taken delivery of a purpose-built electrical excavator for use on its £38m major improvements scheme on the A46 Stoneleigh Junction. |
UK Export Finance gives Colas £36m backing in Gabon23/01/2020 The UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance, will provide £36.2m in guarantees and loans to support Colas in a project to upgrade roads in Gabon. |
Colas secures £26m Lincs traffic signals contract08/11/2019 Colas has landed a traffic signals maintenance contract with Lincolnshire County Council worth a potential £26m. |
Liverpool splashes the pennies for £280m highways works10/09/2019 Liverpool City Council has announced the firms that have won places on its new Highways Planned Works Framework, which is valued at £280m. |
Lincolnshire to hand out £762m highways contracts10/09/2019 Balfour Beatty, Colas and WSP are set to scoop highways services contracts for Lincolnshire County Council worth a combined £762m over a potential 12 years. |
Red light spells danger: Colas signposts sector to safety innovation25/02/2019 Colas has hailed an ‘ingenious’ safety innovation that beams a red danger zone around its biggest paving machines. |
JV leaves London’s maintenance framework after drop in work06/03/2018 Transport for London's (TfL) road maintenance framework - the London Highways Alliance Contract (LoHAC) - has run into further trouble after a key joint venture pulled out. |
New chairman of HTMA announced12/12/2016 The Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) has announced the appointment of Lee Rushbrooke as its new chairman. |
Colas to trial solar roads13/07/2016 Colas is set to start trialling its innovative solar road solution, Wattway, and is looking for UK sites. |
A-one+ starts work on HE contract in Kent and Sussex28/06/2016 A-one+ has started work on a Highways England contract that is worth up to £70 million per year in Kent and Sussex. |
Hertfordshire CC carrying out micro-surfacing on 365 roads23/05/2016 Hertfordshire County Council is investing over £4 million to give a long-lasting facelift to 365 of the county’s most weather-worn, residential roads. |
Colas celebrates employee achievements05/05/2016 Colas recognised the achievements of its own employees at an internal awards event earlier this week. |
Colas highlights work of two apprentices during NAW14/03/2016 Colas is highlighting the work of two apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week (NAW 2016) which is taking place from 14-18 March. |
A-one+ achieves four million hours of safe working23/02/2016 Highways service provider A-one+ has reached the milestone of one thousand days and four million working hours without a reportable accident in Area 12. |
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