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Colas introduces the Exopush Exoskeleton to the UK
Colas has launched the Exopush in its UK business. Exopush is an exoskeleton designed to give power assistance to operatives working on levelling with a rake. Amongst emerging benefits will be productivity gains and increased efficiency plus direct cost savings from lost time at work in the industry, due to multiskeletal problems.
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Works get underway in the Falklands after strong team collaboration
The project on the Falkland Islands’ brief was to install new Addagrip system on Alpha Loop and RHAG remedials. The green light was given to the operational team to go ahead and start ordering for the project just 10 days before the 2019 Christmas break. The vessel was due to sail on the 13th of January, which was a tight deadline. The team pre-empted a positive outcome regarding contract awarding, this meant that once the contract was awarded they were primed for early mobilisation.
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Colas (Gabon) UK receives €43 million from UKEF to upgrade roads in Gabon
Liz Truss, Department of International Trade Secretary, today announced that UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided €43 million worth of support for a project by Colas (Gabon) UK to upgrade roads in Gabon. Colas has had a significant presence in Gabon for 50 years. Colas Ltd approached UK Export Finance seeking investment in a prestigious and high-impact project to upgrade 86km of roads in Libreville.
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Great Ancoats Street improvement works get underway
Colas continues to cement its place in the North West with Mancunian Way already under development, this week sees the contractor starting work on another contract win from Manchester City Council for the Great Ancoats Street Improvement Works under Lot 4 of the Highways & Infrastructure Construction Works framework.
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Birmingham Westside Metro extension opens to passengers ahead of schedule
Construction on the Birmingham Westside Metro extension commenced on 12 June 2017, and follows the expansion of the network from St. Chads to Grand Central, which opened for service in May 2016, seeing passenger numbers increase by more than three million in a year.
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Another major business win as Colas secures place on £140m NEPO framework
Colas UK have won a substantial part of the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO)’s tender for the North East contracting authorities’ Highways Surfacing Framework, whereby carriageways and footways are resurfaced or reconstructed.
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Further win for Colas on Durham University
Colas UK has won the contract to self-deliver all works for Durham University in line with an £8m investment into improving pedestrian and road user movement around the campus.
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Colas retains National Highways and Transport Network Awards title
The National Highways & Transport Survey Network results are in and we have continued our reign as Number 1 for the fourth year running for Regional, Unitary and All 111 authorities across the country for Highways Maintenance, Highways Enforcement/Obstructions & Managing roadworks.
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Colas engages workforce in international mobility scheme
As part of an initiative to drive further integration across the business and tap into the potential of our workforce, Colas have recently announced international launch of the Job Enrichment Career Mobility Scheme following a successful two month pilot across the southern UK regions.
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