Misunderstanding Transparency
31/10/2019 Highways England reports: ‘We do not have schedules of rates for the unplanned/emergency repairs specified in those contracts’. This is incorrect – the Authority does have schedules of rates…
Kier Highways Under Investigation
Highways England has been investigating two Kier Smart motorway contracts under construction. The investigation is understood to have been prompted by rising outturn costs on the smart motorways programme and…
2017 Kier Highways Ltd Audit
Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald Area 10
Claims
DCP Rates
Fraud
Freedom Of Information Act Requests
200106 NOT Vexatious (again)
06/01/2020 ICO rejects Highway England’s exemption: In 2016 the Chief Executive Officer of Highway England, Jim O’Sullivan’, wrote: ‘Thanks for your note. I also want to ensure that drivers only…
Kier Charging for Costs Not Incurred
In some Highways England Areas, if the repair cost following Damage to Crown Property (DCP) is: over £10,000, Highways England is billed by Kier and it is the Authority who…
Kier Highways AIW’s £14.95 / hour in 2014
Leaked presentation slide evidences AIW’s are NOT paid the uplifts Kier have been charging Third Parties for years on 1,000’s of claims. 2014 saw Kier Highways (the EM Highways) move…
Exaggeration is Fraud
In terms of insurance, ‘fraud’ can be a grey area … is a claimant, with whom the insurer has a contractual relationship, embellishing their claim for the purpose of negotiation,…