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VIDEO: Colas and partners complete 740 tonne bridge deck move

03/02/2023

Colas has released a video of a major milestone on the A46 Stoneleigh junction improvement project for Warwickshire County Council, showing the successful move of the new 740-tonne bridge deck into position.

Colas wins long-term Cheshire maintenance deal

08/12/2022

Cheshire West and Chester Council has appointed Colas Ltd as its ‘highways delivery partner’, in a deal worth up to £300m over a possible 15 years.

Colas gets fast-tracked in Dover

08/02/2022

Colas UK Projects Ltd has won an £18m contract with Kent County Council for the construction of the rapid bus transit system, Dover Fastrack.

Colas wins £328m Area 9 deal

04/01/2022

Colas has won a contract to manage National Highways' Area 9 network - covering the West Midlands and surrounding counties - worth up to £328m.

Colas opens new UK headquarters

03/09/2021

Colas Ltd has opened a new UK headquarters, moving its base from Sussex to Birmingham.

Colas Leeds the way with northern growth

08/06/2021

Colas has won a place on a £60m highway and civil engineering works framework with Leeds City Council, one of a number of new contracts and contract extensions in the North.

Colas digs deep to go electric

23/04/2021

Colas has teamed up with hire company GAP Group Ltd and taken delivery of a purpose-built electrical excavator for use on its £38m major improvements scheme on the A46 Stoneleigh Junction.

UK Export Finance gives Colas £36m backing in Gabon

23/01/2020

The UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance, will provide £36.2m in guarantees and loans to support Colas in a project to upgrade roads in Gabon.

Colas secures £26m Lincs traffic signals contract

08/11/2019

Colas has landed a traffic signals maintenance contract with Lincolnshire County Council worth a potential £26m.

Liverpool splashes the pennies for £280m highways works

10/09/2019

Liverpool City Council has announced the firms that have won places on its new Highways Planned Works Framework, which is valued at £280m.

Lincolnshire to hand out £762m highways contracts

10/09/2019

Balfour Beatty, Colas and WSP are set to scoop highways services contracts for Lincolnshire County Council worth a combined £762m over a potential 12 years.

Red light spells danger: Colas signposts sector to safety innovation

25/02/2019

Colas has hailed an ‘ingenious’ safety innovation that beams a red danger zone around its biggest paving machines.

JV leaves London’s maintenance framework after drop in work

06/03/2018

Transport for London's (TfL) road maintenance framework - the London Highways Alliance Contract (LoHAC) - has run into further trouble after a key joint venture pulled out.

New chairman of HTMA announced

12/12/2016

The Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) has announced the appointment of Lee Rushbrooke as its new chairman.

Colas to trial solar roads

13/07/2016

Colas is set to start trialling its innovative solar road solution, Wattway, and is looking for UK sites.

A-one+ starts work on HE contract in Kent and Sussex

28/06/2016

A-one+ has started work on a Highways England contract that is worth up to £70 million per year in Kent and Sussex.

Hertfordshire CC carrying out micro-surfacing on 365 roads

23/05/2016

Hertfordshire County Council is investing over £4 million to give a long-lasting facelift to 365 of the county’s most weather-worn, residential roads.

Colas celebrates employee achievements

05/05/2016

Colas recognised the achievements of its own employees at an internal awards event earlier this week.  

Colas highlights work of two apprentices during NAW

14/03/2016

Colas is highlighting the work of two apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week (NAW 2016) which is taking place from 14-18 March.

A-one+ achieves four million hours of safe working

23/02/2016

Highways service provider A-one+ has reached the milestone of one thousand days and four million working hours without a reportable accident in Area 12.

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