Founded

In Liverpool in 1865 by Richard Costain

Listed

London Stock Exchange

Employees

4,000+

Turnover

£1.7 billion reported revenues for the financial year ended 31 December 2017

Services

Consultancy, complex delivery, technology, asset optimisation

Sectors

Rail, Highways, Power, Water, Nuclear, Oil & Gas

Successes

• Fulfilling a lead role in developing Next Generation Carbon Capture Technology capable of reducing CO₂ emissions by 95%
• Eight years without a reportable lost time accident whilst delivering Welsh Water’s Asset Management Period [AMP] 4 and 5 Capital Programmes
• As part of the ABC joint venture won several track electrification contracts, a significant breakthrough into a new sector of the rail industry
• £20m support secured from the Department of Environment and Climate Change for finding novel solutions to reduce the cost of Carbon Capture and storage
• Built and commissioned the nuclear processing facility at Magnox’s Bradwell site for the dissolution of historic nuclear waste – the first of its kind
• In collaboration with Business in the Community, launched the first ‘Big Infrastructure Conversation’, bringing together some of industry’s top names to tackle youth unemployment
• Has the only third-party accredited behavioural safety programme in the UK