Kier to fill in £460m missing link on A41725/04/2022 National Highways has awarded Kier a £460m contract to design and deliver a ‘landscape-led’ upgrade to the A417 between Gloucester and Swindon. |
New app helps Kier workers in the FYLD21/03/2022 Frontline workers at Kier Highways are trialling a new app that conducts digital risk assessments and can reduce the time it takes to produce assessments by up to 85%. |
Swift gate 'to modernise road worker protection'06/01/2022 National Highways is to trial an automatic taper that can close off lanes in minutes on the network. |
Barnet bounces back better with waste tyres16/12/2021 Barnet Council has said its highways contractor is achieving ‘significant improvements in the sustainability of road resurfacing’ with new asphalt technology that uses rubber waste from tyres and reduces embodied carbon. |
Kier not idling in emissions fight21/09/2021 Kier Highways has announced that all its depots and work compounds will become ‘no idle zones’, following a successful trial. |
Multevo aces the test in Shropshire21/07/2021 Kier and Shropshire Council have appointed Multevo to tackle potholes in the country following a series of trials. |
Kier Highways adds insight to leadership team21/05/2021 Kier Highways has announced two new appointments to its senior leadership team. |
Contractors win big on £800m London framework24/02/2021 A handful of contractors have won places on Transport for London’s (TfL’s) latest surface transport infrastructure construction framework, which is expected to see spending of £800m over the next six years. |
SPIE scoops Meir Tunnel safety works21/01/2021 Kier Highways has awarded Technical services specialist SPIE UK a new contract for the installation of safety and communications equipment for the A50 Meir Tunnel in Stoke on Trent. |
JV aims to leverage big players’ collective knowledge09/10/2020 A joint venture has pledged to leverage the collective knowledge, expertise and network of two of the sector’s biggest players to tackle the challenge of maintaining a chunk of London’s roads. |
Highways England trials roadworks airbag02/10/2020 Highways England is trialling an inflatable barrier that can be put up in minutes to help protect road workers on its network from motorists who drive into work areas. |
Kier wins £160m Area 4 deal05/08/2020 Highways England has awarded Kier Highways a contract worth up to £160m over eight years to maintain its roads in Kent and Sussex. |
Kier signs up for £150m A585 scheme02/03/2020 Kier Highways has signed the contract to deliver the £150m A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool scheme for Highways England. |
Hindle takes the top job at Kier Highways06/02/2020 Kier has appointed Nicola Hindle as group managing director for its highways business, taking over the role vacated last year by Dave Wright. |
Keep on running: Kier goes contraflow for gantry installation18/12/2019 Kier Highways has installed three large cantilever gantries on a smart motorway project over a nine-night period while the motorway remained open. |
Kier Highways rises to diversity challenge18/11/2019 Kier Highways has achieved the Leaders in Diversity accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity for its commitment to equality and diversity in the workplace. |
Comment: 'I’m sure I’ll be in this industry for a very long time'27/09/2019 Owen Smith is a successful apprentice at Kier Highways, who has received industry recognition for his work. In this article, he talks about why this sector was his career of choice, why it’s important to promote the industry to the next generation, and where he is hoping his career takes him. |
Kier loses £245m despite highways wins19/09/2019 Kier Group has announced losses of £245m following what its chief executive conceded was a ‘difficult’ year. |
Kier reaches safety milestone on smart motorways schemes15/08/2019 Two Kier Highways all lane running smart motorway projects have worked over one million hours without a reportable injury. |
Kier appoints health and safety specialist to new highways role12/02/2019 Kier Group has appointed Steve Crofts as its head of safety, health and environment (SHE), a newly created role at Kier Highways. |
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