GRAHAM’s civil engineering division has continued to improve and develop their delivery teams through the appointment of a new team member. Katie Jones has joined GRAHAM’s civil engineering division as they continue to expand and win a number of significant contracts throughout the UK and Ireland. Katie Jones is the
GRAHAM has been appointed by Stockport Council through the Highways England CDF Lot 2 Framework in order to carry out the design and construction work for a new Travis Bow Link Road. This new road, when completed will create a vital linking road between the A6 and the M60 in
Highways England has contracted GRAHAM for improvement works to be carried out on four major roads located in the East of England. The work has been granted to GRAHAM in the form of two major packages that will cover improvements to the A47, A11, A1 and A12. The contract has
GRAHAM, the family owned company that manages to deliver a range of value adding services to its clients across a wide range of different sectors has announced that they have appointed a new director for their rail sector. The company has appointed Jonathan Kerr to the new position. Jonathan Kerr
GRAHAM’s civil engineering division has continued to improve and develop their delivery teams through the appointment of a new team member. Katie Jones has joined GRAHAM’s civil engineering division as they continue to expand and win a number of significant contracts throughout the UK and Ireland. Katie Jones is the former Highways England LEAN Manager and will be bringing a wealth of experience from her six year stay at the company. Katie will be an asset to the company as the Civil Engineering division of GRAHAM continues to win Highways England contracts in a range of areas in the UK. LEAN techniques will continue to be a central part of all of GRAHAM’s civil engineering projects, another reason why Katie Jones’ experiences and specialist knowledge gained through her appointment will be valuable to the company. Highways England are ensuring at the moment that all of their partners use LEAN practices within their projects, therefore the appointment of a team member as experienced with specifying and delivering these practices as Katie will provide GRAHAM’s civil engineering division the opportunity to expand and win more contracts going forward. LEAN management is known for being the systematic method put in place to eliminate inefficiency. Highways England has been working to make a rang eof efficiency savings through the use of LEAN principles and encourages the businesses operating as a part of their supply chain to do the same. Katie Jones will help to develop the industry leading approach to LEAN at GRAHAM within construction as she did during her time at Highways England. During her career, Katie has been responsible for the training of more than 100 client supply chain personnel through LEAN Awareness Training Sessions, and was also in charge of deploying eight FLITe practitioners on the £230 million Manchester Smart Motorways project. Katie is delighted to join the Civil Engineering Division and is looking forward to helping them develop their strategy in order to improve their wider business.
GRAHAM has been appointed by Stockport Council through the Highways England CDF Lot 2 Framework in order to carry out the design and construction work for a new Travis Bow Link Road. This new road, when completed will create a vital linking road between the A6 and the M60 in Stockport town centre. GRAHAM’s civil engineering team has experience of working on a range of prestigious and high profile jobs in the UK and Ireland. This past portfolio of work includes the Tennison Road Bridge Replacement for Network Rail as well as the A138 Chelmer Viaduct that was completed for Highways England. The plan for the linking road was developed through a partnership between Stockport Council and Transport for Greater Manchester. The funding for this project has been secured by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and as a part of the Growth Deal funding. GRAHAM is a highly regarded civil engineering and construction firm and will be taking part in this challenging civil engineering project that will connect with the iconic railway viaduct through the use of a disused railway tunnel to the A6, a part of Greater Manchester’s Key Route Network. On top of this engineering and construction work, the contract will also see GRAHAM carrying out improvement works on the A6 Wellington Road North, the A5145 Travis Brow and George’s Road, which is adjacent. It is predicted that the work will be completed in August 2018. GRAHAM is experienced in completing a range of high-quality civil engineering projects. This new contract will benefit millions of people who will be able to use the new link road once work is completed. It is vital that these road improvements are carried out in order to continue the work to improve the transport access for thousands of motorists throughout Stockport town centre.
Highways England has contracted GRAHAM for improvement works to be carried out on four major roads located in the East of England. The work has been granted to GRAHAM in the form of two major packages that will cover improvements to the A47, A11, A1 and A12. The contract has been valued at £19 million and will also see a number of safety improvements made including surfacing structures and technology schemes. The civil engineering work that will be carried out by GRAHAM will greatly improve the road users experience of the network being improved as well as hopefully the reduction of journey times for the hundreds and thousands of people who use these routes. The road improvements will extend between Peterborough, Norwich and Lowestoft via Great Yarmouth. GRAHAM has been delivered these two major project packages as a part of a collaborative delivery framework. This means that projects have been grouped together in terms of the area of completion. The team from GRAHAM have already been working on the project by communicating with stakeholder groups as well as the communities where the work will be carried out in order to create and develop a strong and effective relationships as well as make sure that clear lines of communication are in place while the work is being carried out. For GRAHAM it is great to be working with Highways England, who will be developing their long-term collaborative relationship even more through the completion of this prestigious contract. Throughout this civil engineering contract, GRAHAM is focused on keeping the local community and local stakeholders involved in the project in order to make the most of the local knowledge of the roads and the improvements that will be beneficial to local and long-distance travelers. This new civil engineering contract is the most recent and significant contract to be awarded to the constantly expanded civil engineering division of GRAHAM.
GRAHAM, the family owned company that manages to deliver a range of value adding services to its clients across a wide range of different sectors has announced that they have appointed a new director for their rail sector. The company has appointed Jonathan Kerr to the new position. Jonathan Kerr has worked for GRAHAM for the past 15 years and has been able to generate a depth of knowledge in this industry that will make him an asset to the company. Jonathan is a popular and widely respected professional in the civil engineering industry and has been involved on a wide range of complex projects over the course of his career. Jonathan mainly has experience working on complex projects within the rail, highways and marine sectors and has managed, throughout his time at GRAHAM to progress through the company. Jonathan started his career at GRAHAM as a site engineer before being promoted to project manager and the to contract manager. This step by step progression through the company will give Jonathan Kerr an in depth knowledge of how this area of the company works and the best ways to make sure the division is working at its most efficient. At the moment Jonathan Kerr is overseeing a number of different high profile projects including Kenilworth railway station, which is a design and build project that has been awarded to them by Warwickshire County Council. GRAHAM and Jonathan are also working on the Network Rail project at Westdown Road bridge. In his new position as director of the rail sector at GRAHAM, Jonathan has expressed his intention to draw on his previous experience within the company in order to improve the company’s offering to clients as well as improve the company position within the rail industry. Jonathan will be expected to provide leadership and direction to this section of the company as the team continues to grow while also communicating with the stakeholders involved in his projects.
