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News releases

M6 motorway in Lancashire

Costain announced as delivery partner for major transport plans in south Lancaster

Costain will design and deliver a sustainable and innovative road scheme that will transform how people travel around the region.

Downhill Lane A19 Testo roundabout

Further boost to the Northeast economy as A19 upgrade opens

A £51.6 million upgrade of the A19 delivered to budget and ahead of programme by Costain has been officially opened to traffic.

HyBRID hydrogen feasibility study

Community-scale hydrogen production project set to begin in South Wales

Costain has been awarded funding by the Welsh Government’s Smart Living HyBRID SBRI initiative to undertake a project which looks at the feasibility of small scale hydrogen production in South Wales. HyBRID (Hydrogen Business Research & Innovation for Decarbonisation) is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) funded by Welsh Government Smart Living.

Electricity pole in rural location

Green light for project to trial low carbon energy network resilience on Skye

The Resilience as a Service (RaaS) project, led by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution, Costain and E.ON, welcomes the positive decision to progress the development of a pilot scheme to improve energy resilience in remote and rural areas through the use of battery storage technology together with local energy resources.

Phil Carrotte

Costain joins Antarctic Quest 21 climate change expedition in honour of Sir Ernest Shackleton

Costain consultant Phil Carrotte will be following in the footsteps of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as he joins the Antarctic Quest 21 climate change expedition.

Sam White of Costain

Costain appoints Sam White as Natural Resources Managing Director

Costain has appointed Sam White as managing director for its Natural Resources division, replacing Maxine Mayhew who is leaving at the end of the year.  Sam will join the Executive Board and will start on 4 January 2022.

Removing carbon-emitting HGVs by 2040 welcomed by Costain

Costain welcomes today’s commitment by the Department for Transport that all new heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) must emit zero emissions by 2040. As lead partner in the Electric Roads Consortium (ERC), Costain will be responsible for integrating the various technologies that are needed to bring this programme together to deliver a decarbonised road freight network to the UK.

Pedestrian crossing in city

Costain and Monotch announce strategic partnership

Dutch smart infrastructure specialist Monotch has selected Costain as UK deployment partner for its Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) services in a move which will enable greener, safer, and faster customer journeys on the UK road network.

Matt Higham

Costain appoints Matthew Higham as chief digital officer

Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has appointed Matthew Higham as chief digital officer and a member of its Executive board.

HyNet hydrogen storage project

Costain to develop first of a kind hydrogen storage facility for the HyNet Project

Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has been awarded the concept development and FEED study for the HyNet project hydrogen storage facility in northwest England by INOVYN, one of the HyNet partners.

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