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Costain saves £15m on Welsh road job02/06/2011 Costain has helped to deliver £15million worth of cost savings for a major road project in Port Talbot through managing innovative client specific solutions and value engineering. |
Costain wins £150m Welsh road job15/06/2011 Costain has fought off competition from two Spanish consortia to win the £150m contract to build the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in South Wales. |
Fast-track planning for Costain M6 job15/03/2012 Lancashire’s proposed £123m Heysham to M6 link road project will be the first highway to go before the Government’s fast-track planning body. |
Highways work helps lift Costain profits 16%06/03/2013 Highways work helped Costain to deliver a big rise in profits despite challenging trading in general construction during 2012. |
Costain carrying out roundabout upgrade19/06/2013 Costain is working on a £4 million contract that involves enlarging a roundabout on junction 21 of the M5 at Weston-Super-Mare. |
Costain wins construction award18/07/2013 Costain has received national recognition for work carried out on the £68 million Harbour Way section of the peripheral distributor road in Port Talbot, Wales. |
Costain awarded £34m Highways Agency contract19/07/2013 Costain has been awarded an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract by the Highways Agency for the A160/A180 Port of Immingham improvement scheme in North Lincolnshire. |
Contracts round-up06/09/2013 BAM Nuttall, Costain, Interserve and Tarmac are chasing a £2.8 million deal with the Highways Agency for improvements to junction 10 of the M42. A decision is imminent with Amey expected to oversee work for the Agency. |
Costain to carry out J6 Coventry bridge works30/10/2013 Costain has been awarded the contract for the new bridge deck construction at Junction 6 of Coventry ring road. |
Costain to carry out Hammersmith Flyover refurbishment works04/11/2013 Costain is currently in the early contractor involvement (ECI) phase of a £70million project to strengthen and refurbish the Hammersmith Flyover in West London on behalf of Transport for London (Tfl). |
Costain awarded M6 Heysham link road contract20/12/2013 Costain has been awarded a £100 million contract by Lancashire County Council to construct the M6 Heysham link road. |
Costain awarded airport contract13/01/2014 Costain has been awarded a £5 million contract to build a 1km single carriageway road at Manchester airport. |
Road projects could provide local business opportunities in Coventry20/02/2014 Small and medium sized local businesses could end up working alongside Coventry City Council and Costain to help deliver major road projects. |
MMG JV to work with Costain on A160/A180 road improvements09/04/2014 The Mott MacDonald Grontmij joint venture (MMG JV) will carry out a technical assurance role for the A160/A180 Port of Immingham improvement scheme near Grimsby. |
Four contractors to work on £184m smart motorway project19/06/2014 Costain is one of four contractors that have been selected to deliver an upgrade to the M60 and M62 motorways on behalf of the Highways Agency. |
Go-ahead for £130m bypass29/08/2014 Costain has got the go-ahead to build a £130m bypass on one of the north west’s busiest A roads. |
Costain wins smart motorway contracts11/09/2014 Costain has been awarded two new smart motorway scheme contracts under the Highways Agency’s Major Projects Framework. |
Costain secures £100m Highways Agency contract17/11/2014 Costain has been appointed by the Highways Agency to deliver major improvements to the A556. |
Costain to bid for tunnels work04/12/2014 Costain is set to bid for work under a new framework contract on major road tunnels in North Wales, owned and operated by Welsh Government. |
Costain introduces improved excavator safety on M1 project08/12/2014 Costain has introduced a new way to improve excavator safety whilst working on the M1 J28-31 smart motorway project. |
Joint venture to deliver £750m M4 upgrade23/03/2015 Costain and Vinci will deliver the £750 million M4 Corridor upgrade around Newport after being awarded the early contractor involvement deal. |
M6 link road taking shape31/03/2015 Work on the £124.5 million M6 Heysham link road is progressing quickly with contractor Costain putting up a number of major structures along the route. |
Smaller carbon footprint for M6 Link Road12/05/2015 Costain is working with supply chain partner Lafarge Tarmac to reduce the carbon footprint of the construction of the Heysham to M6 link road in Lancashire. |
Costain/Skanska JV awarded £600m A14 improvement scheme contract03/06/2015 A Costain/Skanska joint venture will deliver two of the three sections of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme after being awarded a £600 million contract by Highways England. |
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. |
Highways England boss makes first site visit29/07/2015 The new chief executive of Highways England has made his first site visit. |
Two workers hurt in A556 scissor lift collapse05/08/2015 Two workers have been injured, one seriously, while working on the A556 improvement project. |
Costain trialling self-healing concrete27/08/2015 Costain is supporting the development of self-healing concrete by carrying out trials on one of its live highway projects in Wales. |
Self-healing concrete trial gets underway28/10/2015 The UK’s first major trial of self-healing concrete is underway in Wales. |
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. |
Great crested newts found on M110/12/2015 Large numbers of great crested newts have been found on the M1 smart motorway scheme. |
A-one+ wins ASCs in Areas 4 and 1217/12/2015 A-one+ has won two major maintenance contracts with Highways England in Areas 4 and 12. |
JV wins new £300m highways contract17/12/2015 A Costain/CH2M joint venture has won a £300 million contract to maintain the roads in East Sussex. |
CH2M/Costain JV awarded £300m East Sussex contract20/01/2016 A CH2M/Costain joint venture has been awarded a £300 million contract to carry out 2,000 miles of road improvements in East Sussex. |
Costain updating tunnel safety systems on A5525/01/2016 Costain is helping to install a range of safety systems in tunnels along the A55 trunk road in North Wales. |
Costain wins £110m ECI contract01/02/2016 Costain has been awarded an £110 million Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract by Lancashire County Council for the Preston Western Distributor and associated link roads. |
A-one+ achieves four million hours of safe working23/02/2016 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. |
Bridge beams lifted into place over Immingham Port link road04/04/2016 Thirty giant concrete bridge beams have been lifted into place over the A160 near Immingham as part of a £88.4 million project to improve access to one of the UK’s busiest ports. |
Costain/CH2M to start work in East Sussex28/04/2016 Costain will start work on a £300 million contract with East Sussex County Council on Sunday (1 May). |
A-one+ starts work on HE contract in Kent and Sussex28/06/2016 A-one+ has started work on a Highways England contract that is worth up to £70 million per year in Kent and Sussex. |
Costain buys traffic technology firm SSL06/07/2016 Costain has completed the acquisition of Simulation Systems Limited (SSL), a provider of technology-based solutions for the highways sector, in a deal worth £17 million. |
M6 link road nearing completion05/08/2016 Work on the £130 million Heysham to M6 link road is nearing completion. |
L&R wins A556 road markings contract10/10/2016 L&R Roadlines will install road markings along the A556 between Knutsford and Bowdon after being awarded a major contract to become a key supply chain partner to Costain. |
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. |
Contractors to deliver £500m civils deal on behalf of TfL05/01/2017 Costain, Morgan Sindall and Skanska will deliver £500 million worth of improvements to the capital's road network on behalf of Transport for London (TfL). |
Progress being made on A556 scheme18/01/2017 Work on the Highways England A556 Knutsford to Bowdon improvement scheme is progressing well. |
Costain awarded £150m smart motorway contract04/06/2018 Costain has won the M6 J21a-26 smart motorway contract from Highways England to work on the upgrade between the M62 and M58 junctions in north west England. |
Costain scoops 'flagship' Highways England connected vehicle contract21/08/2018 Highways England has awarded Costain a key contract to design, install and implement one of the UK’s first pilot connected vehicle corridors on a live road. |
Costain CEO steps down06/03/2019 Costain has announced Andrew Wyllie CBE is stepping down as CEO after 14 years. |
Costain wins £125m A19 works22/03/2019 Highways England has appointed Costain to deliver major improvements on the £125m upgrade scheme A19 in the North East of England. |
Traffex: A journey into the future12/04/2019 Highways talks to the the creators of the Traffex Future Mobility feature to explain how they see the future of mobility. |
Traffex star wins Highways England digital roads cash22/07/2019 One of the stars of Traffex 2019's Future Mobility Zone, Costain, has been awarded innovation funding from Highways England for two connected digital roads projects. |
A465 dualling cost increase still not settled15/10/2019 The final cost to taxpayers of a troubled Welsh highways scheme remains unknown, two years after the Welsh Government revealed it was in dispute with contractor Costain over liability for a 25% cost increase. |
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