Insights
Making a Noise About Health & Safety
As we make a noise about Health & Safety during the Colas Global Safety Week, we are focusing on noise. Noise is part of everyday life and cannot be avoided but too much can cause permanent and disabling hearing damage.
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Official opening of Leeds’s new £7.9m city centre cycle superhighway – constructed by Colas
We have been commended for our work on the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme, in partnership with Leeds City Council.
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Massive Ugandan airport project wins shortlisting for prestigious industry award
COLAS UK’s highly-innovative and sustainable development of a full-scale international airport in the remote Ugandan bush has today [5 June] been shortlisted for a prestigious UK construction industry award.
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Colas backs Cornish quarrying operation with major investment
We are making a major multi-million-pound investment in our Cornish quarrying operation, Colas Cornwall Quarries. This reflects our Colas Group strategic commitment to quarrying globally.
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Colas in deal for £100 million Uganda project
COLAS UK has today [26 April 2019] signed a deal with the Ugandan authorities which gives the contractor an exclusive window to develop a multi-million-pound project in the east African state.
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Colas wins top spots in multi-million pound Highways England framework
Colas has won two major bids to carry out multi-million pound programmes for Highways England in the Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside & Lancashire area – coming first in the face of stiff competition.
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Newcastle are ready for the winter weather
Colas, which is in the third year of a contract that runs until 2026 with Newcastle City Council to treat the city’s roads. Having invested in seven new vehicles this year as Newcastle braces itself for the arrival of freezing temperatures, their gritting teams are fully prepared for the winter weather.
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Colas ITS Receives Award from Highways Electrical Association
The Colas ITS business were presented with the Highways Electrical Association (HEA) Contracting Member of the Year (Large Organisation) award 2018 at the awards ceremony.
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Colas - Lighting the way for improved safety
Everyone knows that red means danger and Colas in the North East, in collaboration with Highway Service – a local construction machinery specialist – has come up with an ingenious way of maximising safe working by beaming a clear red danger zone around its biggest machines.
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