Press releases
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Amey launches internal challenge to tackle impact of COVID-19
Leading supplier of consulting and infrastructure support services, Amey, is harnessing its innovation capability and launching an internal Bounceback Innovation Challenge to devel…
11 Jun 2020
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Amey secures 90,000 items of PPE for UK care homes
Hundreds of care homes across the UK have this week benefitted from a major donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) by leading public services provider Amey and its parent…
28 May 2020
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Amey Consulting wins £45m Highways England contract to help transform the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine route
Amey Consulting, in collaboration with Arup, has been awarded the £45m A66 Northern Transpennine Design Partner contract by Highways England to help transform the A66. The team wil…
26 May 2020
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Amey to support virtual Girlguiding festival to encourage more girls into STEM
As part of our longstanding partnership with Girlguiding UK, Amey is proud to support the first ever Adventures at Home Festival this Saturday 23rd May. The festival promises an e…
21 May 2020
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ADEPT launches toolkit to help local authorities with green finance
Green finance could play a significant role in the long term economic recovery from Covid-19. To support local authorities, the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Pl…
21 May 2020
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Ferrovial subsidiaries in UK secure £300K for charities to fight against COVID-19
Ferrovial, through its subsidiaries in UK, the leading engineering firm Ferrovial Agroman and major public services provider Amey, has secured £300,000 of funding for three chariti…
18 May 2020
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AmeyVTOL trials UK first ‘beyond visual line of sight’ drone inspection
AmeyVTOL has successfully demonstrated the first drone inspection of UK infrastructure to go beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS). During the demonstration, the VTOL flying wing…
29 Apr 2020
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New partnership with the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Amey has recently formed a partnership with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) which will provide exciting development opportunities for its employees. This par…
28 Apr 2020
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Amey wins £100million Yorkshire Water Contract Extension
Leading public services provider, Amey, has obtained a three-year contract extension, performing reactive and proactive maintenance work across Yorkshire Water’s sewer network. …
20 Apr 2020
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Amey receives two RoSPA gold and three President’s awards
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has awarded Amey two gold awards to recognise the outstanding work and continual improvements being made across all aspect…
15 Apr 2020
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Amey partners with The Open University to help disabled veterans
Amey is proud to have further strengthened links with the Armed Forces by partnering with The Open University (OU) to support its Disabled Veterans’ Scholarship Fund (DVSF). The sc…
08 Apr 2020
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Amey awarded South West strategic highways contract in Scotland
Transport Scotland has named Amey as the new provider to maintain and improve the motorways and trunk roads across the south west of Scotland. From August 2020, Amey will run the £…
01 Apr 2020
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Kent County Council and Amey developing innovative highways service of the future
Kent is to benefit from a £2m grant to research and trial new technology to improve the safety of the county’s road network. The money will be used to explore how data and technol…
17 Mar 2020
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Meet the Trench Grid - Amey Utilities’ 2020 Challenge winner
Following an exhaustive judging process, Amey’s Utilities business, in partnership with Oxford Plastics, is pleased to introduce the TrenchGrid as the overall winner of its 2020 Ch…
11 Mar 2020
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Amey joint venture awarded £632m Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contract
Amey, as part of its GEOAmey joint venture, has been awarded a £632m contract to provide Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) for ‘The North’. The agreement, awarded by The…
09 Mar 2020
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Amey Consulting pilots innovative dam sensor technology
Sensor technology, used in conjunction with satellites, is being used to enhance monitoring of a North East reservoir dam, following a successful pilot project. Amey Consulting’s…
06 Mar 2020
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Innovative consortium to deliver intelligent infrastructure nationwide
A unique consortium will significantly reduce service affecting failures on railways as part of a Network Rail programme to deliver asset management improvements across the next fi…
28 Feb 2020
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Amey Consulting secures new data science contract with Highways England
Amey Consulting has secured a new data science contract with Highways England, to establish a data science service for the organisation. Working closely with Highways England’s chi…
25 Feb 2020
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New patented technology from Amey Consulting aims to tackle sewer flooding
Sewer flooding in the UK is a major issue. In 2018, over 3,200 properties were internally flooded by sewers causing millions of pounds worth of damage. Outside sewer flooding occur…
24 Feb 2020
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Sheffield streets come to life as city’s highway network gets UK’s latest smart tech overhaul
Streets Ahead contractor Amey partners with Smart City operator Connexin to build the latest UK Smart City, starting with digitised city roadways and the Internet of Things Waste…
18 Feb 2020
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Amey utilities appoints new power business director
Leading public services provider, Amey, has appointed Nick Maggs to the position of business director for its utilities power business. Nick, who has worked for Amey since 2013, i…
17 Feb 2020
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Funding up for grabs in exchange for innovative air quality and mobility solutions
SIMULATE (Smart, Infrastructure & Mobility Urban Laboratory and Test Environment) project have today released information about a set of air quality and mobility challenges tha…
10 Feb 2020
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Amey Consulting launches trailblazing Railway Engineering degree apprenticeship scheme with Sheffield Hallam University
Amey Consulting, in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University, has launched a ground-breaking Railway Engineering degree apprenticeship scheme to help bring new talent into the…
04 Feb 2020
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Amey calls for urgent action to decarbonise the UK’s built environment
Amey has today published its second white paper on the UK infrastructure market. Focusing on the need for urgent, wide-ranging action across the public and private sectors to decar…
30 Jan 2020
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Amey to deliver more safety training using virtual reality
Leading public service provider Amey has announced the launch of a new safety training programme for its utilities employees based on a fully-interactive virtual reality platform. …
29 Jan 2020