News HS2 approaches summer motorway milestone Project team aims for minimal disruption as it delivers “vast programme of work” across the summer period.
Video Video | National Highways lower 25t gantry from Prince of Wales Bridge Specialist workers lower a 25-tonne gantry from the Prince of Wales bridge 40 metres onto a barge, with some staff attached as it descended.
News In pictures | The best images from March A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.
News Landmark hydrogen deal to power Lower Thames Crossing National Highways has appointed GeoPura as part of a major hydrogen deal for the Lower Thames Crossing project.
News Costain partners with police to drive road safety awareness Costain is working with the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW), the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and National Highways, to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘blue light incursions’.
News Octavius gets green light for A46 Walsgrave junction scheme A development consent order has been approved for the A46 Walsgrave scheme. Part of the wider A46 Coventry junctions upgrade.
News Costain wins M5 gigafactory junction contract National Highways has appointed Costain to design and build a new junction on the M5 motorway.
News Lower Thames Crossing contractors begin search for TBM Government has given the greenlight for contractors on the Lower Thames Crossing project to begin procurement of a tunnel boring machine (TBM).
People Suicide prevention guidance released for highways sector National Highways and the UK Roads Leadership Group have published new guidance which aims to support better design of major UK roads and bridges to help reduce suicide risk.
Digital Construction Non-destructive testing of bridges with muon tomography The AI-enabled muon tomography non-destructive testing system developed by GScan, National Highways and AtkinsRéalis won the Product Innovation of the Year category, sponsored by Digital Construction North, at the Digital Construction Awards 2025.
News In pictures | The best images from June A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.
News In pictures | National Highways unveils new green bridges designs National Highways is set to double its stock of green bridges across the UK within the next two years.
Digital Construction Digital Construction Awards 2025: Product Innovation of the Year The Digital Construction Awards attracted over 170 entries this year, 85 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the finalists for the Product Innovation of the Year award.
News Kier wins underground mapping contract with National Highways QuikStats, Kier’s utility search service, has won a National Highways contract to provide underground utility mapping data.
News Kier bags National Highways underground mapping contract Kier’s utility search service has won a National Highways contract to provide its underground utility mapping data.
Digital Construction Dalux opens Scottish office as part of UK expansion Dalux is expanding in the UK: it has opened an office in Scotland and expanded its London and Leeds offices.
News Huge Roman coffin unearthed during A47 upgrade works A Roman stone coffin was unearthed during National Highways’ works to upgrade a section of the A47 in Cambridgeshire.
Digital Construction Monitoring structural integrity of bridges with cosmic rays A research project will use cosmic rays to measure the structural integrity of bridges in Glasgow.
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