Before the return of Parliament and new work ramping up, organisations including Buro Happold, Kier, Network Rail, the UK Atomic Energy Authority and more have made significant appointments.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during August follows below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup email robert.hakimian@emap.com. Buro…
National Highways has been presented with a challenge by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to accelerate the delivery of noise mitigation measures by the end of the current Road investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) period, which runs from 2020 to 2025.
The roads body’s target for RIS2 was to provide…
More than 500 structures on the railway network have not been examined by Network Rail in over five years.
Network Rail has 70,000 structures to maintain and it is necessary for it to complete the overall examination process at required intervals for each structure, either annually or up to 12 years.…
National Highways’ smart motorways stopped vehicle detection (SVD) technology has hit all required targets, but the road regulator has said “caution is required when interpreting data from the results”.
SVD technology is radar-based technology that is on every all lane running (ALR) smart motorway where the hard shoulder has been permanently…
Network Rail has “considerable work to do” on drainage and earthworks management, the rail regulator has reported.
The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR’s) Annual Report of Health and Safety on Britain’s Railways has been published this week, following up its recent annual assessments of Network Rail’s and National Highways’ performances.…
National Highways faces increasing risk in the delivery of the remainder of its network enhancements portfolio in the current five year roads investment period which ends in 2025, the regulator has warned.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) released its Annual Assessment of National Highways’ performance yesterday which reviews the…
Network Rail's asset reliability declined, not all the planned track renewals were delivered and structural examinations have fallen behind in the last year, according to the rail regulator.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) published its annual assessment of Network Rail's performance for the period 1 April 2022 to 31…
Amey Rail has been fined £533,334 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act after a worker suffered “life-changing injuries” from touching a live wire carrying 25,000v.
The incident occurred on 25 December 2019 when Allister Hunt, a self-employed senior linesman for Amey, was carrying…
More employees were harmed working on the UK rail network between April 2021 and March 2022 than in the previous year, despite a number of bodies claiming safety procedures are being reformed.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) stated in July that the risk of an accident on Britain's railways…
National Highways has met its Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) technology installation targets but the system is not yet meeting performance expectations, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
The ORR's first annual assessment of safety performance on the strategic road network (SRN) in England, published today, includes the operation…
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