Contractor Exaggeration & Profiteering
Fires & Spills on our roads have doubled … possibly due to the increase in litter and failure to address…
DCP Rates Exists; the Basic Law of Logic
‘The basic law of logic is the principle of non-contradiction, namely that it is contradictory to say that something can…
DCP Rates – Withholding Non-Existent Information
2013 to 07/2018 saw 175 Freedom of information Act requests & reviews for DCP (damage to Crown property) Rate related…
DCP Rates – Highways England Digging Holes for Themselves?
Is stating they have no Damage to Crown Property (DCP) Rates1 for repairs undertaken by their contractors, the lesser of…
Confession Time – Area 9 Investigation ‘Lack of Transparency’ Admission
Highways England fail to put their own house in order. 26/10/2015 the Public Authority were informed – Kier Highways Ltd…
Defined Costs … a Myth
In a ‘Statement of Truth‘ Highways England explained that between 2013 and 07/2018, they received 175 FoIA requests & reviews…
Area 10 Rates – Plant 2017 & 2018
As Area 10 passes from Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald (BBMM) today, we post the VRM’s, make and models of vehicles…
Kier Claims Cash Cow
Since 07/2014, in Area 9 (at least) Kier Highways Ltd. were to use a ‘Defined Cost’ process when billing Third…
AIW Salary & Training Costs
Kier Highways Asset Inspection Watchmen earning basic £60,000 / year? In 2016, an internal email at Highways England stated: If…
Contest Claims!
Motorists hit with surprise bills from authorities for road repairs following an accident should contest them, advises a claims management…