DfT report backs permits to shorten works and cut disruption
18/06/2018
The Department for Transport (DfT) has backed calls for the 35% of highway authorities that do not have permit schemes in place to consider introducing them.
City leaders want 2030 petrol and diesel ban18/06/2018 A cross-party alliance of English and Welsh city leaders has called on ministers to bring the ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles forward by 10 years. |
Comment: 1,792 people deserve action18/06/2018 Former director of the Department for Transport and current director of the RAC Foundation, Steve Gooding, talks about life’s hardest lessons. |
Wright recognised for inspirational leadership as Kier triumphs at CIHT awards15/06/2018 Dave Wright, executive director at Kier Highways, won the Inspirational Leadership Award at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation’s (CIHT) Awards on Thursday night. |
WJ Group demonstrates the case for change at TSiB15/06/2018 Leading road marking company WJ Group is pulling out all the stops for Traffex Seeing is Believing this year on 27 to 28 June at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire. |
Long read: Working together today to deliver tomorrow's infrastructure14/06/2018 Philip Wright, Balfour Beatty framework director, explains why early contractor involvement ECI means completion within cost and programme parameters can typically be achieved on over 90% of projects, compared to around 60% for non-ECI projects. |
Round table: The human touch14/06/2018 The latest Highways round table, in partnership with Tarmac, sought the views of a group of new entrants and some of those seeking to be part of the solution, on the enduring question of how to make the sector a more attractive and better-understood proposition. |
'Milestone moment' on A14 as Great Ouse viaduct takes shape14/06/2018 A firm from North East England has achieved a ‘milestone moment’ on Britain’s largest current road upgrade with the installation of a central 39-metre viaduct beam across the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire. |
Finishing line in sight for one of UK's biggest road projects - the AWPR15/06/2018 The Scottish Government has announced plans to celebrate completion of the ‘eagerly anticipated’ Aberdeen bypass later this year. |
A14 viaduct removal 'creates new opportunities for Huntingdon'14/06/2018 Highways England has released images of what the town of Huntingdon will look like once the old A14 viaduct is removed. |
Crash investigation teams to be trialled13/06/2018 The Government has announced a three-year trial under which dedicated investigation teams will be deployed to UK roads to analyse the cause of road collisions. |
Scotland achieves road safety targets with years to spare14/06/2018 Scotland has achieved a major success in road safety taking the country ahead of its 2020 target for reducing road fatalities. |
Finishing line in sight for one of UK's biggest road projects - the AWPR
Call for 'common sense' as Scotland moves to ban pavement parking
Concerns raised over procurement 'lottery' in Wales
Amey hit by £50m Birmingham PFI compensation
Wright recognised for inspirational leadership as Kier triumphs at CIHT awards
