Amey has been appointed to two Network Rail frameworks across the North West & Central regions. Securing places on both the Engineering and Construction Services, and the Programme and Project Management Services Frameworks, a key focus for Amey will be ...
Read More »Bidvest Noonan appoints MD for its transport business
Bidvest Noonan has appointed Keith Middleton as Managing Director of its rapidly growing transport sector business. Serving airports, ports, bus operators, and rail operators throughout the UK and Ireland, the company’s work positively impacts over 1.5 billion passenger journeys annually. ...
Read More »Kier purchases Buckingham Group’s rail division
Kier has agreed to acquire substantially all the rail assets of Buckingham Group Contracting Limited, which has gone into administration. The £9.6 million acquisition will strengthen Kier’s position in the UK rail market, with projects spanning the country. Once the ...
Read More »Riding the heatwave
It is not only buildings that require air conditioning; other spaces must also be cooled. One example is underground trains and the facilities within which they operate. Anthony O’Connor, factory manager at LH-plc, explains Many people point to 1976 as ...
Read More »Time for FM to make the switch to a more sustainable transport solution
Blog from Andrew Brown, Just Ride the Bike, Active Travel Consultancy In November, the UK hosts COP26 and the media channels will be full of debate about actions to be taken to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change. Two ...
Read More »Safe travels
The pandemic has brought a range of challenges, one of this is just getting to work. How do you help workers stay safe, healthy and comply with social distancing measures while still meeting ambitious environmental targets? Andy Brown looks at ...
Read More »Essential banksman training can save lives
Reversing vehicles cause 25% of transport related workplace deaths iHASCO, a market-leading provider of Health & Safety and Compliance eLearning, have released a brand new Banksman Essentials training course. 5000 transport related accidents occur in the workplace each year, according ...
Read More »Power trip
Alex Georgiev of building services company Polyteck argues that more action is needed to increase the uptake of electric vehicles among businesses and consumers Electric vehicles offer an exciting future. More efficient, quieter, and a major part of the solution ...
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