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Kier completes May Gurney takeover08/07/2013 Kier has completed the takeover of support services provider May Gurney. |
Surrey’s roads to get £4m revamp29/07/2013 Kier is set to start work on a £4 million revamp of two of Surrey’s busiest roads. |
Renovation of historic Surrey bridges completed03/07/2014 A project to regenerate two historic bridges in Surrey has been completed on time despite severe winter flooding. |
Highways projects help drive Kier’s results23/09/2014 Kier has announced strong results for the year ended 30 June 2014 after strengthening its position in the highways market. |
Kier secures £200m Northamptonshire highways extension05/01/2015 Kier has been awarded a four-year extension to its existing highways services contract with Northamptonshire County Council. |
Kier wins contract to dual A3013/02/2015 Kier has been awarded a £33 million contract to dual the A30 between Temple and Higher Carblake in Cornwall. |
Takeover talks continue between Kier and Mouchel26/02/2015 Kier has confirmed that it is still in talks with consultant Mouchel about a possible takeover – with the release of its results for the six-month period ended 31 December 2014 announced earlier this week. |
Kier to buy Mouchel for £265m28/04/2015 Kier has completed the acquisition of infrastructure consultant Mouchel for £265 million. |
Kier completes takeover of Mouchel09/06/2015 Kier is now a sector leader in the growing UK highways management and maintenance market after completing the acquisition of Mouchel for £265 million. |
WJ support Area 9 event07/07/2015 WJ helped support a health, safety and environment event put on by Kier in Area 9. |
Smart motorways investment for England announced22/07/2015 Highways England has today appointed six joint-venture companies to design and build 10 smart motorways across England as part of a £1.5 billion investment. |
Mouchel wins place on £11m frameworks14/08/2015 Mouchel, part of the Kier Group, has been awarded a place on two substantial new Transport Scotland frameworks worth up to £11 million. |
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New ICE learning centre receives industry support09/12/2015 Seven leading contractors and consultants have joined forces with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to help fund a new state-of-the-art engineering exhibition and learning centre. |
Kier secures contract extensions with Highways England17/12/2015 Kier has secured extensions to its existing Area 1 and 13 highways contracts with Highways England, worth up to £90 million. |
ESG carrying out materials testing on A3006/01/2016 ESG has been awarded an 18-month contract from Kier Group to provide materials testing for the A30 road improvements project. |
A591 to reopen in May18/01/2016 The storm-damaged A591 in Cumbria is set to reopen by the end of May, according to the Department for Transport (DfT). |
Kier and Surrey CC plan careers college to train highways workforce04/02/2016 Kier and Surrey County Council are set to launch a ‘construction academy’ that will see them train their own highways workforce. |
Kier wins £160m Surrey highways extension10/02/2016 Kier Group has been awarded a £160 million four-year extension to its highways maintenance contract with Surrey County Council. |
HE awards new-style contract worth over £300m to Amey21/03/2016 Amey has been awarded a £300 million contract to carry out highway maintenance services and repairs in Area 7 on the Highways England network. |
A-Plant secures contract with Kier31/05/2016 A-Plant Lux Traffic Control & Management will provide traffic management equipment to Kier after winning a five-year framework agreement with the company. |
Kier sells Mouchel Consulting to WSP Global12/10/2016 Kier has sold Mouchel Consulting to WSP Global for £75 million. |
Young people on the road to a career in highways03/11/2016 A trial scheme aimed at providing young people with the skills to launch a highways career has proved so successful that it will be rolled out further next year. |
HE awards new highway maintenance deals worth £300m15/12/2016 Highways England has awarded four new style asset delivery contracts worth over £300 million to Kier, a CH2M/Costain joint venture and Amey. |
Kier "strengthens highways team" with senior appointment02/02/2017 Kier Group has appointed Martin Duffy as collaboration and improvement director for its highways division - a new role that the company says underlines its commitment to close cooperation with its clients and suppliers. |
The Stig talks driverless cars in this week’s Talking Transport20/06/2018 You may not have heard him before, but you’ll probably have seen him – The Stig from Top Gear. Well one of those drivers from the Clarkson/May/Hammond era of the programme joins us on Talking Transport as Ben Collins discusses driverless cars. |
Traffex SiB second day podcast now online28/06/2018 In a busy second podcast from Traffex Seeing is Believing, SMART Highways Paul Hutton editor talks innovation, investment and international. |
First Traffex Seeing is Believing podcast now available27/06/2018 Traffex Seeing is Believing is taking place at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire, showing off the best in highways innovation and transport technology and SMART Highways editor Paul Hutton is there to talk to demonstrators, exhibitors and visitors. |
Kier director breaks ground in new age of roads05/07/2018 A senior director at Kier Highways has told the sector that the new era digital of roads and market disruption is upon us, stating that 'Google and Amazon are supply chain partners in the industry now'. |
Kier wins £750m Highways England extensions10/07/2018 Kier has secured three-year extensions on its Highways England Areas 3 and 9 contracts, with a total value of £750m or £250m a year. |
Round table: Breaking the siege mentality26/07/2018 In the first of a two-part series, Adrian Tatum reports from an extended round table, hosted by Kier and Highways, where local authorities and the Tier One contractor discussed the sector’s industry’s big issues including funding and innovation. |
Kier makes boardroom cuts as part of efficiency drive02/08/2018 Kier has announced a board-level restructure as two senior figures leave with immediate effect and Claudio Veritiero takes on both their roles as part of a wider efficiency drive. |
Powerful Kier film tackles mental health wellbeing07/02/2019 Kier Highways’ mental health wellbeing campaign “Safety in Mind” is gathering pace with the release of a series of videos examining the pressures and dangers road workers face. |
Become a lifesaver with Kier at Traffex15/03/2019 Join Kier Highways on its journey to create an industry of lifesavers at Traffex 2019. |
Kier: 'Safety in Mind' Part 529/03/2019 Leading infrastructure firm Kier has released Part 5 of its powerful video campaign Charlie’s Story, raising awareness about mental health and wellbeing issues in the infrastructure sector. |
New roads, new rules: Making the ‘unaffordable’ affordable05/04/2019 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. |
Kier Highways becomes Disability Confident Leader11/04/2019 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. |
Comment: Making ghost markings disappear16/07/2019 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 boss steps down after inspiring career05/09/2019 Kier boss Dave Wright is stepping down as part of sweeping changes at the top of Kier Highways. |
Kier's chief operating officer quits15/11/2019 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. |
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