Colas Ltd
| Private Company | |
| Industry | Civil Engineering |
| Headquarters |
Rowfant, West Sussex United Kingdom 14 offices nationwide |
Key people |
Lee Rushbrooke CEO, Stewart Struthers Deputy CEO |
| Services | Road construction, Highways maintenance, Airfields |
Number of employees | 1550 (2012) |
| Parent | Colas Group |
| Website |
www |
Colas Ltd is a UK-based service provider to the highways and airfield sectors. Services include civil engineering, maintenance and construction and all operations are carried out nationally. Colas Ltd is a subsidiary of the international Colas Group.
History
Colas, the name
In the 1920s, patents were filed by two British chemists, Hugh Alan Mackay and George Samuel Hay, for improved methods of preparing a bitumen emulsion. In 1924, exclusive rights to patents in France were obtained by Alexandre Giros for use by the Société Générale d'Enterprises (SGE). The product was given the name Colas in 1924, deriving from the terms 'cold' and 'asphalt'.
Colas Ltd, the company
In 1925 two English companies, Cold Mix Manufacturing Limited and Asphalt Cold Mix Limited formed a new company, Colas Products Limited to supply the bitumen emulsions for use on roads. Between the years of 1934 and 1980 the company went through many changes and by 1980 consisted of two main divisions, the roads division and the building products division. In 1986 the organisation Prismo was acquired and in 1987 changed its name to Colas Holdings.
The name Colas Ltd was first seen in 1992 when Colas Holdings was reorganised and the bitumen road related surface dressing activities and Prismo were transferred to a new subsidiary Colas Ltd. Colas Ltd, became a subsidiary of the international Colas Group in 1985, which is headed by Colas SA in France. The head office for Colas Ltd is located in Rowfant, West Sussex, which interestingly has within its grounds the old Rowfant railway station which was part of the East Grinstead Railway.[1]
Operations
Colas are a UK-based service provider to the highways and airfield sectors. Services include, civil engineering, maintenance, construction and manufacturing and all operations are carried out nationally.[2]
Major projects
Projects undertaken by or involving the Company have included:
- Managing Agent Contracts, working for the Highways Agency for Area 14, 12, and 7 (Trunk roads and Motorways), this is in joint venture with Halcrow and Costain . Colas are also part of Aone+
- Birmingham Airport runway extension[3][4]
- Falkland Islands runway resurfacing[5]
- Transport for London[6][7] as part of the LoHAC contract joint venture CVU
- M275 Tipner Project[8]
References
- ↑ "Rowfant Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ↑ "About Us". Colas. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ↑ "Preferred Contractor Announced for Runway Extension Scheme". Birmingham Airport. 2012-03-19. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ↑ "Press Release - Colas Ltd - Airfield Construction and Maintenance Services". Airport Suppliers. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ↑ "Press Release - Colas Ltd - Airfield Construction and Maintenance Services". Airport Suppliers. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ↑ "TfL awards £1.2bn maintenance frameworks". Highways Magazine. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ↑ "Consolidated London Highways Alliance Contracts to deliver road maintenance and major infrastructure improvements while saving up to £450m | Transport for London". Tfl.gov.uk. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
