Insights
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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Colas showcases capabilities using Augmented Reality at Highways UK and REGEN 2019
Colas had two very successful events last week - at Highways UK at the NEC and in Liverpool at REGEN 2019. Visitors to both events were encouraged rethink their perception of Colas in Transport Infrastructure – and to discover how we are leading the way in areas from End to End solutions, to sustainability and social value.
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Colas Gets the Green Light for the Lincolnshire County Council Traffic Signals Maintenance Contract
Colas has been awarded the Traffic Signals Maintenance Contract by Lincolnshire County Council which commences 1st April 2020 and will run for an initial period of six years with potential to be extended for a further six years.
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Collaborative Partnership in Action Open Day
Senior leaders Executives and teams from XPO Logistics, Highways England and Colas, together with representatives from Local Authority Highways teams, met on Wednesday 2 October 2019 at an Open Day event hosted at Highways England’s National Transport Logistics Centre (NTLC), in West Hallam, Derbyshire to celebrate the Collaborative Partnership in Action.
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