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Costain named strategic partner on Bradford's £250m investment plan

30/10/2023

Costain has been reappointed as Bradford Council’s strategic delivery partner, in a contract worth up to £5m with an initial run of two years.

Costain aims for repeat performance on A40 job

16/10/2023

Costain will start construction in the New Year on an estimated £50m scheme to design and build the second phase of a package of improvements to the A40 in West London.

WATCH: A30 bridge ‘high reach’ demolition process

20/09/2023

Video footage of the dismantling and removal of the Tolgroggan accommodation bridge across the A30 has been released.

Early Costain Involvement pays dividends on M55 scheme

03/07/2023

Costain has completed a new £207m road linking parts of Preston and the Fylde to the M55 motorway.

M6 Housing Infrastructure Fund project dropped as costs soar

19/06/2023

Lancashire County Council has to return £140m to the Government after suspending further work on the proposed South Lancaster to M6 transport project.

Costain drops out of 'unique' A66 collaboration

08/06/2023

Construction giant Costain has dropped out of the quartet of firms building National Highways’ proposed £1.5bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine scheme.

National Highways tackles 'Cornwall’s worst accident hot-spot'

31/05/2023

National Highways has stressed the safety benefits of a £330m upgrade to the A30 as it prepares to erase a roundabout it describes as ‘Cornwall’s worst accident hot-spot'.

National Highways retreats in the face of safety upgrade cost

16/05/2023

National Highways is compensating Costain and WSP for work on a proposed upgrade to a stretch of the M62 after the project was cancelled shortly before work was due to start amidst rising concerns over cost.

Change at the top for Costain as Ellison ends 25-year run

16/05/2023

Costain has appointed Ann-Marie Morrison from within the company to replace Simon Ellison as its National Highways client director.

Third time lucky: Million-pasty bridge lift hits spot

20/02/2023

National Highways has finally installed a new access bridge over the A30 in Cornwall, as part of the Chiverton to Carland Cross dualling scheme.

Weight for it: wrong type of weather delays lift

30/01/2023

National Highways has postponed planned work to install a bridge weighing nearly a million pasties as part of the £330m A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade after contractor Costain reported ‘unsuitable ground conditions’.

Bridge widening to begin on A1 scheme

09/11/2022

National Highways’ contractors will add six 10-tonne girders to the side of a bridge carrying the A1 over the next three weeks as part of a £220m widening scheme.

Rock to build on Golby's foundations at Costain

19/10/2022

Baroness Kate Rock will take over as chair of the Costain Group in December, to coincide with the previously announced departure of Paul Golby.

Costain rides materials and inflation challenges

24/08/2022

Costain has announced increased revenue and profits in its half-year results, which it attributed in part to ‘inflation recovery mechanisms’ built into its contracts.

'Missing' Junction 2 on M55 comes into view

17/05/2022

National Highways has released new aerial pictures showing the ‘missing’ Junction 2 currently being built along the M55.

Business on the rise as Tier 1s announce full year results

10/03/2022

Three major players in the construction industry have declared their performance to be in line with – or ahead of – expectations after announcing their most recent results.

Costain in early with £100m Lancaster works package

20/01/2022

Costain has won an early contractor involvement contract worth £100m for a package of highways works for Lancashire County Council.

Clarke to take integrated transport forward

19/08/2021

Costain has appointed Andy Clarke as integrated transport director.

DfT funds eHighways study

29/07/2021

The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded funding through Innovate UK to a consortium to lead a major UK study on the electrification of long-range lorries using overhead wires on motorways.

Costain gets digital after second A1 win

29/07/2021

Costain has pledged to deploy digital tools to improve productivity after being appointed by Highways England as the delivery partner for a second major upgrade on busy sections of the A1 in the North East.

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