News releases
![Downhill Lane A19 Testo roundabout](/media/599696/downhill-nr-160322_-website-1280-720-px.jpg?width=282)
16.03.22
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](/media/599674/hydrogen-sw-news-010322-web.jpg?width=282)
01.03.22
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](/media/599634/raas-25-jan_web.jpg?width=282)
07.02.22
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.
![Sam White of Costain](/media/599600/sam-white_web.jpg?width=282)
16.11.21
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.
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10.11.21
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.
![HyNet hydrogen storage project](/media/599583/hynet-hydrogen-081021_website.jpg?width=282)
08.10.21
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.
![Inclusive Employers Standard_silver award](/media/599582/inclusive-employers-standard-1.jpg?width=282)
30.09.21
Costain awarded ‘Silver Status’ in the 2021 Inclusive Employers Standard
Costain has received a silver award from the Inclusive Employers Standard (IES).
![HS2 Logistics hub](/media/599564/hs2-vl-26203-543a9945-scs-central-wet-280621-wwwjohnzammitcouk-absolute-photography-ltd_web.jpg?width=282)
14.09.21
HS2 unveils the ‘beating heart of HS2 in London’ at its logistics hub
HS2 has revealed the colossal logistics operation that is taking place at HS2’s logistics hub near Willesden Junction.
![Costain half year results](/media/599551/half-year-results.jpg?width=282)
25.08.21
Results for the half-year ended 30 June 2021
Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, announces its results for the half year ended 30 June 2021.
![Hydrogen in aviation](/media/599544/flyzero_li.jpg?width=282)
19.08.21
Costain supports UK’s FlyZero exploration into operation of hydrogen-fuelled aircraft
Costain has been appointed by the Aerospace Technology Institute’s (ATI) FlyZero project to explore the feasibility of bringing hydrogen-powered planes into operation by the end of the decade.