Read how our apprenticeship scheme has been a real success with the two original recruits, Jake Hankins and Tom Astle, now established as vital team members in the workshop, and the third appointment, Megan Young.

Completed Smart Motorway sections are now delivering a significant reduction in journey times as well as around 25% less accidents per year and a decrease of over 33% in the number of casualties.

The CECA Midlands Council, of which Tripod Crest’s Jo Salmon is a Member, has now opened its 2017 awards looking for the best talent and greatest projects from the civil engineering contractors it represents.

Safety and wellbeing is paramount in all that we do at Tripod Crest. Which is why as part of this month’s training programme we will see 11 of our staff become first aid qualified.

Much has been written about the shortage of skilled workers being a barrier to the growth of our sector. So the recruitment and development of apprentices is a vital way of bringing new people into the industry and addressing this gap, while providing long term, successful careers for young people.

Tripod Crest, the leading road planing and surfacing specialist, will be supporting Lighthouse Club as its official charity for 2017.

Tripod Crest’s Group Services Director Jo Salmon, a staunch advocate for women in construction, has become the first female member of the CECA (Midlands) Council.

Contract supervisor Nigel Summers is championing the next generation of surfacing specialists, which means Tripod Crest now has a growing number of new recruits who are only in their twenties, with a strong career path ahead and a host of opportunities for promotion.

Prioritising the road-user is a key objective in keeping the traffic and the economy moving on England’s motorways and trunk roads. To this end, highways contractors are adopting forward planning initiatives to prepare for the different types of incidents that lead to closures of individual lanes or even entire roads.

Dave Smith has been appointed as commercial manager for Tripod Crest Ltd covering both the Planing and Labour & Plant divisions.