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Somerset signs £140m trio of deals to deliver 'new era'

02/01/2024

Somerset Council has awarded three new contracts for essential road maintenance services as well as improvements on its network, worth a total of £140m.

Kier and TerrAffix eye carbon cutting vegetation plan

13/06/2023

In a UK-first, Kier and RSK Group company TerrAffix are set to launch a feasibility study into how 'vegetation removed from highways projects can be reused on site' to cut carbon.

Kier becomes 'company supporter' for the Lighthouse Club charity

24/01/2023

Kier has become a 'company supporter' of the Lighthouse Club charity, which provides wellbeing support to construction workers and their families.

Kier launches UK first to help tackle social deprivation

22/07/2022

Kier has launched a tool to track its social value impact through its spending in deprived areas, in what is thought to be a first for the UK construction industry.

Northamptonshire unitaries both select Kier

10/06/2022

Both new unitary councils in Northamptonshire have awarded highways term maintenance contracts to Kier, the existing provider under current joint working arrangements.

Kier gets in bloom with planting competition

29/03/2022

Kier Highways is inviting the industry to get involved in its first external sustainability competition – Business in Bloom.

Kier's new surface dressing outfit off to winning start

10/02/2022

Kier's new surface dressing and bituminous product manufacturing business is off to a flying start, scooping a year-long contract with Derbyshire County Council.

Kier wins £190m Area 3 deal

24/05/2021

Kier Highways has retained its Area 3 maintenance and response (M&R) contract with Highways England, securing a £190m deal that will run for eight years to October 2029.

Kier wins six-month Birmingham extension

29/04/2021

Kier Highways has been awarded a six-month extension on its Birmingham Interim Services Contract, which was originally a 15-month deal reported to be worth around £85m.

Tarmac Kier JV wins £25m Barnet deal

07/04/2021

A Tarmac Kier joint venture (JV) has won a £25m highways maintenance and improvements contract with the London Borough of Barnet.

Kier integrates £11m tech deal in Area 13

11/01/2021

Kier will now maintain technology assets across Highways England's Area 13 network, worth an extra £11m on top of its existing maintenance and response contract for the region.

Search for Area 3 contractor after Kier extension

19/08/2020

Highways England has begun procurement of a maintenance and response contract in the South of the country worth up to £190m over eight years.

Kier wins £40m deal in Surrey

05/05/2020

Kier has won a 12-month contract extension with Surrey County Council worth £40m.

Wage cuts and shutdowns, but Kier cracks on

02/04/2020

While staff in the wider Kier Group have taken wage cuts, and parts of its operations have been put on ice, Kier Highways reached a major milestone on its M20 and M23 smart motorway schemes.

Kier takes over interim Birmingham contract

03/02/2020

Kier has been brought in to manage the 15-month interim highway services contract in Birmingham after Amey's failed PFI deal in the city.

Kier's chief operating officer quits

15/11/2019

Kier’s chief operating officer (COO), Claudio Veritiero, has left the business with immediate effect after only being appointed as COO only in August of 2018.

Kier Highways boss steps down after inspiring career

05/09/2019

Kier boss Dave Wright is stepping down as part of sweeping changes at the top of Kier Highways.

Comment: Making ghost markings disappear

16/07/2019

Highways England is investing almost £700,000 on research to improve road markings and tackle confusing ‘ghost’ markings. Corporate group leader Martin Bolt explains why

Kier Highways becomes Disability Confident Leader

11/04/2019

Kier Highways is the first company in the UK construction sector to become a Disability Confident Leader through the Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) programme.

New roads, new rules: Making the ‘unaffordable’ affordable

05/04/2019

In an age of new roads, be they smart motorways, expressways or digital highways, leading public sector bodies and companies are writing new rules and making the seeming impossible achievable - one such group is Kier.

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