Kier Highways at it Again
A contractor having had their knuckles wrapped for adding a 10% ‘admin’ fee to claims (HHJ Godsmark – para 40):…
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This post is unrelated to an early 1980’s Scottish new wave/post-punk band, fronted by singer Clare Grogan. When a Highways…
2017 Kier Highways Ltd Audit
Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald Area 10
Claims
DCP Rates
Fires Spills or Debris
Freedom Of Information Act Requests
Who is in charge?
It appears the Green Claims department at Highways England is not managed and struggling. The ‘Green Claims’ team handle those…
Highways England Reverts to Unreasonable Rates for DCP Works
Seemingly unable to find a single schedule of Damage to Crown Property (DCP) rates in 2018 for any of their…
161121 Highways England’s ‘Effort’ to Address Costs
21/11/2016, Highways England’s CEO’s wrote to us: ‘I also want to ensure that drivers only pay appropriately for the damage…
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…
Highways England Unable or Unwilling to Stop Inflated Claims?
3 years ago … November 2016, Jim O’Sullivan Highways England’s CEO: ‘Thanks for your note. I also want to ensure…
Highways England’s Permission To Appeal REFUSED
It is troubling to have someone deem a FoIA request ‘vexatious’ but this is the approach Highways England adopted when…
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…
BBMM Wanting Their Cake & to Eat It
2012 to 2019 BBMM Area 10 claims saw the contractor use CECA rates when billing Third Parties (drivers, fleets, hauliers…