Kier Highways

Council borrows to spend £10m more on roads

10/06/2024

West Northamptonshire Council is set to spend up to £10m on schemes aimed at improving roads across the district, funded by borrowing.

Kier apologises over Zephaniah mural error

08/04/2024

A council contractor has apologised after painting over a mural of the late poet and Peaky Blinders star Benjamin Zephaniah in central Birmingham.

Celebrating 20 years of Area 13

05/06/2023

Kier and National Highways are celebrating 20 years since the creation of the Area 13 maintenance region, covering the motorways and strategic roads in North Lancashire and Cumbria.

Kier 'front and centre' in quest for hydrogen power

18/01/2023

Kier is working on a feasibility study examining whether its highway depots can be powered using ‘green hydrogen’.

Nordis points the way to supported employment

24/10/2022

Signage design and manufacturing company Nordis Signs has celebrated 50 years of providing meaningful employment to local people with disabilities.

Kier trials hydrogen generator on A585 scheme

26/07/2022

Kier Highways is trialling a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for a generator at its site for the A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool scheme.

Kier to fill in £460m missing link on A417

25/04/2022

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 FYLD

21/03/2022

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 tyres

16/12/2021

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 fight

21/09/2021

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 Shropshire

21/07/2021

Kier and Shropshire Council have appointed Multevo to tackle potholes in the country following a series of trials.

Kier Highways adds insight to leadership team

21/05/2021

Kier Highways has announced two new appointments to its senior leadership team.

Contractors win big on £800m London framework

24/02/2021

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 works

21/01/2021

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 knowledge

09/10/2020

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 airbag

02/10/2020

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 deal

05/08/2020

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 scheme

02/03/2020

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 Highways

06/02/2020

Kier has appointed Nicola Hindle as group managing director for its highways business, taking over the role vacated last year by Dave Wright.

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