Costain

Costain is set to work with MWH Treatment on £65m of work for Southern Water. The joint venture, known as CMDP, secured the contracts as part of the utility’s asset management plan 7 (AMP7) programme, which runs until the end of 2025. The deals will see the pair upgrade wastewater…

Two of the UK’s biggest construction contractors have won plaudits for promoting gender equality within their businesses. Costain and Willmott Dixon, which placed 12th and 19th respectively in the most recent CN100 list, were both named in The Times’ annual Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality list. The list recognises…

The transport secretary has green-lit a major road-dualling scheme that was awarded to Costain almost three years ago. Mark Harper acted in line with the Planning Inspectorate’s recommendation, granting a development consent order for the 20km project to upgrade the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham. Costain secured the contract in…

Balfour Beatty and Costain are among a host of contractors named on a set of works involving a new power station and carbon-capture scheme. The £4bn package is to build a gas-fired power station in Teesside with a pipeline to a new storage facility. Balfour Beatty was named as the…

Costain’s chief executive has called for the next UK government to appoint a cabinet-level minister to get a grip of infrastructure delivery. In an interview with Construction News, Costain chief executive Alex Vaughan outlined a set of priorities for the upcoming general election, aimed at delivering improved performance in the…

Costain is moving its headquarters from Maidenhead in Berkshire to the City of London. The UK’s fifth-largest publicly listed contractor is set to take over the seventh floor of the Mace-built ‘Can of Ham’ building at 70 St Mary Axe. The 1,600 square metre office will have space for around…

Costain has hired two non-executive directors, including the former chief executive of Amey. Steve Mogford and Amanda Fisher are set to join Costain’s board on 1 November and 1 December respectively, and will serve as members of the contractor’s audit, nomination and remuneration committees. Fisher ran Amey from 2019 until…

The managing director of Costain’s transport division, Sue Kershaw, is leaving the company after almost four years. The post, which involves responsibility for the firm’s highways, rail and aviation work, will be taken over by group commercial director David Taylor on an interim basis until a permanent replacement is appointed.…

Costain has landed a £79.8m package of works to improve wastewater quality and protect wildlife for Severn Trent. Obtained through the water company’s capital delivery framework, Costain will carry out work at 16 sites over the next four years. Twelve of the jobs involve Costain working to improve the quality…

Around 25 jobs at Costain are at risk as it considers the future of its £3.5m technology centre in Somerset. The company said it was “repositioning its digital activities” to focus on growth areas and would look to redeploy workers where possible as part of an investment programme that could…