'Critical' A40 Westway works completed by Costain18/09/2025 Costain has completed critical works on the A40 Westway Structures Refurbishment project extending the life of the asset by 50 years in one section. |
Costain announces new road sector director01/09/2025 Costain has announced the appointment of former Amey boss Andy Denman as its new road sector director. |
Costain named strategic partner on Bradford's £250m investment plan30/10/2023 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 job16/10/2023 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 process20/09/2023 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 scheme03/07/2023 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 soar19/06/2023 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 collaboration08/06/2023 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 cost16/05/2023 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 run16/05/2023 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 spot20/02/2023 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 lift30/01/2023 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 scheme09/11/2022 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 Costain19/10/2022 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 challenges24/08/2022 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 view17/05/2022 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 results10/03/2022 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 package20/01/2022 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 forward19/08/2021 Costain has appointed Andy Clarke as integrated transport director. |
Subscribe to Highways today to ensure you keep your finger on the pulse of everything happening in the UK road network throughout the year.
