News releases
08.04.22
bp awards Costain onshore carbon capture project in Teesside
On behalf of its partners, bp – the operator of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) - has awarded Costain the onshore FEED contract for the East Coast Cluster carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS). Costain will design the onshore CO2 gathering pipeline and the new grid connection for the gas power-station.
07.04.22
Alex Vaughan, Chief Executive Officer at Costain welcomes the UK energy strategy
Alex Vaughan, Chief Executive Officer at Costain welcomes the UK Energy strategy, published today.
06.04.22
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Annie completes epic journey
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Annie completed her epic 4.5km journey from Greenwich to Bermondsey, connecting the super sewer tunnels.
05.04.22
Costain welcomes Gavin Stonard as Water sector technical development director
Gavin Stonard brings a wealth of experience from 25 years in the water sector heading collaborative teams with some of Europe’s leading consulting engineering organisations and UK contractors.
31.03.22
Costain collaborates to revolutionise complex programme delivery
Partnering with National Highways, i3P* and TRL**, Costain has managed the development of a new industry-wide scoring system for Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP) that is set to revolutionise complex infrastructure projects by making work faster, safer, and more sustainable.
30.03.22
Costain appoints Fiona MacAulay as Non-Executive Director
Fiona MacAulay joins Costain as an independent non-executive director, effective 6 April 2022.
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.
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.
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.