The latest articles written by George Barker

National Highways launches first-response training for commercial drivers

24/04/2026

National Highways has launched new post-collision response modules that it wants commercial fleet operators to integrate into their training to support drivers if they are first on the scene at a crash.

innovation-and-strategy

AGD designs 'UK-first' crossing to help visually-impaired students

24/04/2026

AGD Systems has helped install a UK-first for accessible pedestrian crossing designs on the grounds of New College Worcester (NCW), a national residential school for blind and vision-impaired young people.

nations-and-regions

Welsh market gets personal insight into Pothole Pro

24/04/2026

JCB partnered with the Welsh Government to provide up-close, but more importantly personal, insight into the JCB Pothole Pro, a three-in-one machine intended to boost the efficiency of defect repairs

companies-and-contracts

Five suppliers appointed to £21m Dumfries and Galloway framework

23/04/2026

Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed five suppliers to its £21m roads civil engineering framework.

nations-and-regions

VIDEO: Gantry removed from Prince of Wales Bridge after 30 years

22/04/2026

Video footage from National Highways shows the moment a decommissioned 25-tonne gantry was lowered from the Prince of Wales bridge to the sea below for the first time since the structure's construction.

local-road-network

Thames Water fined £10,000 for unsafe Kensington and Chelsea works

22/04/2026

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) successfully prosecuted Thames Water for carrying out unsafe street works in Seymour Walk between Earl’s Court and Chelsea.

companies-and-contracts

£5bn civil engineering framework kicks off engagement

22/04/2026

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation has started preliminary market engagement on a £5bn, 13 lot national framework, covering civil engineering, infrastructure and enabling works for four years.

companies-and-contracts