Wombles* Want Wonga Risk of motorway chaos as Highways Agency workers vote for industrial action over 1% pay rise (source[…]
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Propheting
Highways England beware; your contractors profiting (profiteering) can come back to bite you … CMA’s prophet: ‘if you do not[…]
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NSORC back to the drawing board?
Just what is the National Audit office going to review next month? NSORC appears to have have been a naively[…]
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Smart motorways are “too complicated for people to use”
The old story… you make something idiot-proof and … they invent a better idiot? The same day Nottinghamshire Live called[…]
Read more190624 Non-NSORC Kier Claim Rates
24/06/2019 and NSORC were due to be implemented in Areas 6, 8 & 9 managed by Kier Highways. However, an[…]
Read more181121 Area 10 Tribunal Appeal Reference: EA/2018/0104
First-tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber Information Rights Appeal Reference: EA/2018/0104 Heard on 21 November 2018 Before JUDGE HAZEL OLIVER MR[…]
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Highways England – 2 Years for an ‘Urgent’ reply?
Rates that were the subject of ‘a lot of effort’ by the Authority in late 2016 and in respect of[…]
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Highways England vs. National Audit Office
11/2018, Patrick Carney of Highways England informed a tribunal DCP Rates are not commercially sensitive thereby scuppering Highways England’s ability[…]
Read moreDCP Rates
What are Damage to Crown Property (DCP) Rates? DCP Rates, also referred to as ‘base rates’, ‘defined costs’ or notional[…]
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Highways England vs. National Audit Office
The truth is out there … but do not expect to obtain it from Highways England or their contractors. When[…]
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