We are very pleased to have helped our client achieve planning permission for this residential development on the site of a derelict former pub in Stoke on Trent. The proposals included the demolition of the pub and its car park, Read more…
We are delighted to announce that Festus Robert has joined Connect as a Graduate Transport Planner in our Transport Planning Team. He has a BSc in Civil Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, and Read more…
We are very pleased to announce that both Ellie Crick and Tim Britton of our Transport Planning team have recently been promoted. Ellie joined Connect in November 2022 as a bright and promising Graduate Transport Planner, and has quickly settled Read more…
£450,000.00: SAVED. (and permission granted for Office Headquarters and Care Home in Ingatestone) As much as all highway engineers and transport planners love modelling, designing and building new junctions, this one was simply unnecessary… …and, in successfully removing the need Read more…
Happy International Women in Engineering Day 2023! In the build-up to INWED2023, the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) asked nine of their female engineer Members a series of questions about the sector, and what needs to be improved Read more…
This week is Bike Week 2023. Actually, it’s Bike Week 100, as this year it is celebrating its centenary. Cycling UK promotes this week as a celebration of everyday cycling for everyone, and at Connect we like to celebrate it Read more…
We are very pleased to announce that Geraint Jones has returned to Connect Consultants, taking the role of Director to lead the Highway Design Team. Geraint had previously worked with Connect for 14 years, and his return to the company Read more…
On the lead up to International Women’s Day 2023, Fiona, one of our Principal Engineers on the Design Team, was delighted to attend her daughter’s school to support their topic ‘Bright Sparks’ and Women in Science. Fiona talked about her Read more…
Last weekend was our annual winter social event when Connect staff and their significant others gathered away from work to enjoy luxurious accommodation and bountiful food. This year we stayed in a wonderful rural farm conversion in Carmarthenshire, where we Read more…
We are pleased to report that recently our Highway Design team successfully secured Final Completion Certificates for three development sites in Cambridge, Bangor and Southend on Sea. The Final Completion Certificates mark the end of the Section 278 process for Read more…