Costain Limited

Global warming poses a significant threat to the well-being of people and the planet. The UK government set a legal requirement to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and a target for a 78% reduction in emissions by 2035\. Globally, construction is responsible for 11% of emissions, and in the UK capital carbon from construction increased by 60% over the la...

This feasibility study will explore the development of a strategic mass transit system which links Milton Keynes with its surrounding sub-region. The system, which will comprise a small number of key corridors reaching to a radius of approximately 25km from the city centre, will enable the populations of the surrounding towns and large villages to partici...

* This project will explore how Connected and Automated Mobility Technology (CAMT) can be deployed in the east of Cambridge to solve real-world transport problems in complex conditions -- conditions shared by cities across the country and around the world. * Cambridge suffers from a challenging transport problem: overly congested roads, a desperate need f...

**Project Background** Infrastructure tunnels are usually constructed using Tunnel Boring Machine's (TBM's) which are highly automated, used for cutting through the ground, producing a tunnel lining behind the TBM. However, once the tunnel is constructed, the fitting out of the tunnel for mechanical, electrical and communication services (M&E) are traditi...

Our study examines the feasibility of an Electric Road System (ERS) which comprises overhead lines providing a power source to 44T electric trucks. This is the first step to removing diesel trucks from our roads by 2035, and thus meeting the Government's '10-point' net-zero plan for climate change. Industry is responding to the challenge laid down by succ...

The South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC) is a diverse mix of critical industry that have come together to collaboratively achieve common objectives for decarbonisation and clean growth delivering job security. The regions diverse industrial base presents both common and unique challenges. Sectors represented include steel/oil-refining/power/ paper/Nickel...

**Introduction** The COVID-19 contingency has highlighted the urgent need for site monitoring systems that enable measuring relative distances, effectively and accurately, among workers and plant equipment to ensure safe working conditions. Government guidelines have been useful, but they are not sufficient. For example, construction sites and manufacturi...

SNZR; Scotland's Net Zero Roadmap To achieve Net Zero by 2045 Scotland needs to decarbonise industry, transport, heat and power. Scotland's Net Zero Roadmap project (SNZR) will provide the roadmap to enable large-scale industrial CO2 emissions reduction in a way that focuses on ensuring the continued, but evolving, contribution of high-value industry and ...

The UK government has set 2050 target for achieving a net zero greenhouse gas emission (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 2019). In the construction and infrastructure sector of the economy, the government has also set a target of a 50% reduction in carbon emissions, through the Construction 2025 strategy to transform the sector (UKGB...

The Hy-Value scheme offers a source of hydrogen that can be an important resource regionally or nationally as the number of hydrogen vehicles grows, offering a low-cost route from sewage waste biogas to hydrogen, for use as a road transport fuel. Hydrogen vehicles have advantages over Battery Electric vehicles in specific applications, offering a similar ...

The Hydrogen Decentralised Energy Utilisation and Storage (HYDERUS) project will develop and demonstrate a zero-carbon combined heat and power (CHP) system, integrating renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production, delivery, blending, and storage technologies with an Aurelia Turbines A400 (400 kW) gas turbine engine. Led by Costain Group plc, Phase 1 of H...

It's vitally important we keep our infrastructure, construction & industrial sites running. In 2018 construction provided 3m jobs and contributed £250 billion to the UK economy or 15% of UK GDP. More broadly, engineering enterprises employed 19% of the UK labour force and generated 23% of the UK's turnover. Against a backdrop of skills shortages costing U...