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14/10/2025How do you build a road Episode 10 The Bridges

For our next episode, Peter Haddock is joined by Kieran Price, Structures Section Engineer for Kier Transportation on the National Highways A417 Missing Link road project. 

25/05/2025How do you build a road Episode 9 Managing Tree planting and habitat

For this episode, Peter Haddock is back with Natasha James, Senior Ecologist at Kier Transportation, to see how the team is shaping the new habitat for wildlife as the road is being built.”

11/03/2025How do you build a road Episode 8 The Big Bridge and a lot of soft rock

For our next episode, Peter Haddock is joined again by Mark Sabbato Construction Manager for Kier Transportation on the National Highways A417 Missing Link road project. 

21/02/2025How do you build a road Episode 7 Looking after the Wildlife and Environment

On the A417 project, Kier Group Senior Ecologist Natasha James and her team have been working to ensure wildlife is protected, trees planted and the whole project delivers not just a much needed new road, but maximises biodiversity and conservation of the surrounding area. 

06/12/2024National Highways Are CHANGING the Future of Transportation

Peter Haddock talks to Dr Joanna White, Research Development and Innovation Director at Highways UK. Having talked to Joanna for a number of years in this interview, Peter gets an update on the last 12 months and how National Highways has been changing its approach to innovation.

26/11/2024How do you build a road Episode 6 Where does the water go at the A417

For this episode, Peter Haddock talks to Mark Sabbato of Kier Transportation about water and drainage next to attenuation ponds on the £460m National Highways funded project. 

21/11/2024Introducing NUAR the National Underground Asset Register with expert Holger Kesser

A game-changer for avoiding buried utilities and much more, introducing NUAR, the National Underground Asset Register. At Highways UK, Peter Haddock caught up with NUAR expert Holger Kessler of AtkinsRealis for an in-depth look at how it will transform the industry.

30/10/2024How do you build a road Episode 5 The Long Wall

In this episode, Peter Haddock is joined by Mark Sabatto of Kier Transportation at a key area on the £460m National Highways funded project.

18/10/2024Highways UK interview with Ian Price Managing Director Contracting at Heidelberg Materials UK

At Highways UK, on the Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon stand, Peter Haddock caught up with Ian to talk about how Heidelberg is investing in the latest technology, equipment and solutions to deliver projects across the UK.

17/10/2024Bringing a tunnel into the Highways UK show using the vGIS app

Peter Haddock tests out the vGIS Inc. augmented reality app on the Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon stand 207 with technology specialist Darius Mirdamadi from MGISS.

11/10/2024How do you build a road Episode 4 Filling the Shab Valley

Peter Haddock joined Mark Sabbato of Kier Transportation earlier this year on the £460m National Highways funded A417 project in what we are calling ‘The Earthmovers Dream’.

20/05/2024How do you build a road Episode 3 The Earthmovers Dream creating the Shab Interchange

How do you build a road? - Episode 3 'The Earthmovers Dream' Peter Haddock joined Mark Sabbato of Kier Transportation earlier this year at the location of the 'Shab Valley Interchange' on the £460m National Highways funded A417 project.

09/05/2024Building the A417 Missing Link Episode 2 Moving 15 million cubic metres of earth

How do you build a road? - Episode 2: Moving 1.5 million cubic metres of earth with Construction Manager Mark Sabbato of main Tier 1 contractor Kier Transportation.

01/03/2024Building the A417 Missing Link road project

Peter Haddock is following the construction of the £460m National Highways A417 ‘Missing Link’ project from start to finish in what will be an epic series.  

12/01/2024JCBs Pothole Pro cutting cropping and cleaning potholes to support permanent and long lasting repairs

End user and Steelwrist ambassador James Harper of Stoke City Council Highways division talks Peter Haddock through the machine he and his team have been using to fix thousands of potholes since December 2021. 

30/10/2023National Highways talks Good bacteria for healing roads and 3D printed infrastructure

‘Good bacteria’ for healing roads, large scale 3D printed concrete with embedded sensors and innovative thinking as Dr Joanna White of National Highways talks looks to challenge the sector. 

27/10/2023Sustainability alternative fuel infrastructure and tethered drones

Talking sustainability, alternative fuel infrastructure, tethered drones, safety and more with Ian Billington of Costain Group at Highways UK in my Leica Geosystems stand studio.

02/05/2023National Highways on the road to Net Zero

In the latest in-depth edition of our Think Tank Series podcast, supported by 3D Machine Control and Surveying specialist Leica Geosystems, Malcolm Dare, National Highways Executive Director of Commercial, Supply Chain and Procurement, talks Peter Haddock through a whole range of subjects, mapping out the future direction of the organisation.

29/03/2023PODCAST National Highways on the road to Net Zero accelerating change and embracing opportunities

In the latest in-depth edition of our Think Tank Series podcast, supported by 3D Machine Control and Surveying specialist Leica Geosystems, Malcolm Dare, National Highways Executive Director of Commercial, Supply Chain and Procurement, talks Peter Haddock through a whole range of subjects, mapping out the future direction of the organisation.

18/11/2022Disrupting road building Peter Haddock talks to Dr Joanna White Roads Development Director at National Highways

On 28th September this year, National Highways announced the formation of the Roads Research Alliance (RRA), incorporating researchers from Cambridge University and over 20 companies from its supply chain.

03/11/2022National Highways new Roads Research Alliance explained with Dr Joanna White and Peter Haddock

National Highways new Roads Research Alliance explained with Dr Joanna White and Peter Haddock.

28/03/2022Comit2Drones National Highways Development Centre Drone testing day

Peter Haddock joins Ian Billington, National Highways Innovation Manager onsite for a Futureworx 2022 show special visit.

15/03/2022Drone testing at National Highways

In this previously live broadcast on Linkedin, Peter Haddock joined Erin Campbell of Sensat Surveying joins me for a special International Women’s Day Live drone chat at National Highways development centre.

09/12/2021What next for National Highways

Peter Haddock talks to Malcolm Dare, Board and Country level Commercial, Procurement and Supply Chain Director for National Highways at its recent Net-Zero and innovation event, held at its Development Centre near Morton-on-the-March.

26/10/2021Connected Diversions a sign of the digital revolution

Ever followed a diversion to nowhere or lost sight of the diversion all together?

25/10/2021Talking Net Zero and innovation with JCB Global Product Director

Peter Haddock talks to Paul Murray, Global Product Director for JCB at the recent Highways England (National Highways) Net Zero event.

14/11/2019Mark Lawton of Skanska on Highways England Raising the Bar with 3D Machine Control

Peter Haddock interviews Mark Lawton from Skanska about the importance of the new Highways England 'Raising the Bar' document, which mandates 3D machine control on its projects.

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