News releases

16.07.21
Costain honoured for outstanding support towards the Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence has acknowledged Costain with the Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award for its outstanding support of the Armed Forces community.

14.07.21
Costain archaeologists make a once in a lifetime discovery on HS2 project site
Costain archaeologists working in West London on the HS2 project uncovered a rare set of iron age coins, dating back to the 1st century BC.

06.07.21
Costain delivers £130 million upgrade helping the North East to ‘Build Back Better’
After more than a million hours of work – around 60 per cent of that time coming from a local workforce – the £130m A19 Testo’s Junction improvements are complete.

29.06.21
Costain signs M60 J18 Simister Island improvement contract with Highways England
Smoother, safer journeys through one of the North West’s busiest motorway-to-motorway junctions are a step nearer after the appointment of Costain as the Delivery Integration Partner to design and build the Simister Island interchange improvement project, which is a £138 million scheme.

11.05.21
Tideway East’s Costain Vinci Bachy (CVB) Joint Venture TBM removal plan increases milestone success
A major landmark has been achieved on Tideway London with tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ursula lifted from the Chambers Wharf shaft after completing her role tunnelling the 7.6km Central section from Battersea to Bermondsey.

27.04.21
Costain joins Cisco-led consortium to enhance security of IoT data
Costain has joined a Cisco-led consortium of partners that will demonstrate how artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain can robustly secure Internet of Things (IoT) networks through i-Trace, a part-government funded, co-innovation project that will serve as a step forward in the digital transformation of national infrastructure.

21.04.21
Costain secures position on Hydrogen Advisory Council Working Group and as Chair of the Decarbonised Gas Alliance
Costain has secured important roles on a the Hydrogen Advisory Council Working Group and the Decarbonised Gas Alliance. These advisory groups support regional and national decarbonisation projects to deliver the Government’s net zero carbon vision and improve lives in communities.

06.04.21
New environment report highlights positive impact of the A14, a Costain, Skanska and Balfour Beatty joint venture project
An environment report looking at the impact Highways England’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme is predicted to have on the amount and quality of habitat created for wildlife during the project has been released.

19.03.21
Network Rail appoints Costain to strategic national rail framework
Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has been awarded a place on Network Rail’s Operational Programme Delivery framework.

17.03.21
Next phase of project to decarbonise industry in South Wales receives funding
The South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC) deployment project, led by Costain, has been granted phase two funding of nearly £20m following successful completion of Phase One assessments looking at decarbonisation schemes and the infrastructure required for a hydrogen economy in South Wales.