Profiles

Dennis Gregg, Business Manager National Traffic Management

Dennis Gregg has been involved in temporary traffic management for over 21 years. Dennis started his career as an operative in 1991 and gained experience as a foreman and Traffic Safety and Control Officer on major schemes throughout the UK. Dennis joined Colas in 2001 in the position of Traffic Management Supervisor based at our Swalwell depot in the north east of England. Dennis' career progressed as he developed the business and has been awarded promotions over the years to Assistant Contracts Manager, Contracts Manager, National Contracts Manager and in September 2009 to National Business Manager for Traffic Management.

Robert Cummings, Contracts Management

Robert started off in traffic management working for RTM in 1994. He went on to work for a number of TM companies before joining Colas in 2001. Robert started with Colas as a TM Operative and has since progressed through the ranks of TM Chargehand, TM Foreman, Works manager, Assistant Contracts manager to Contracts Manager. Robert is responsible for all works in the North of the UK with depots in East Kilbride, Newcastle and Leeds. Robert oversees the supply of all TM for the Highways Agency MAC 14 and 12 Contracts as well as all other contracts within the North of England and Scotland.

Kevin Robinson, Contracts Management

Kevin started in traffic management as a general operative in 1985 for RTM Services based in the Northeast of England, working his way up to Works Manager before leaving in 1997, after a short spell working outside the industry he then joined Alfred McAlpine as Contracts Supervisor managing all traffic management works on the CMF contracts in Highways Agency Areas 9 and 10. He then moved onto Area 7 as a Senior Contracts Supervisor managing all works in that area.
Kevin joined Colas traffic management as an Assistant Contracts Manager in 2009 working his way up to Contracts Manager in 2010. Kevin is responsible for managing the Highways Agency MAC 10 and 7 all works in the south of the UK with depots in Grantham Liverpool and Portsmouth.

Neil Jones, Assistant Contracts Manager

Neil Jones has over 13 years experience within the Traffic Management starting 1998 working for Premier People. Neil then joined Alfred McAlpine in 2001 as a traffic management operative. In 2006-7 Neil continued to work as an operative, now working for Carillion Traffic Management, on the Highways Agency MAC 7 contract Neil worked through the ranks to a senior foreman position in. In 2008/9 Neil was promoted to a Contracts Supervisor where he worked on the mobilisation of the A1 Dishforth to Barton Contract at Dishforth. Neil joined Colas Traffic Management in 2009 as a Contracts Supervisor and in June 2010 was promoted to Assistant Contracts Manager to manage contracts on MAC 7 for A-one+ and all other work in the same geographical area.

Barry Cummings, Assistant Contracts Manager - Colas Traffic Management

Barry Cummings has over 12 years experience in traffic management. Barry started his career with Road Traffic Management in 1998 then moved to Alfred McAlpine in 1999 then subsequently to Colas in 2002. While working on the Portsmouth PFI contract Barry earned a promotion to foreman and was moved to the Leeds depot in 2005. At the Leeds depot Barry was responsible for the supervision of the Leeds Traffic Management contract and the East Riding Traffic Management contract between 2005 and 2010. Following his successes in these contracts Barry was promoted to Assistant Contracts Manager in June 2010 and currently manages all Traffic Management from the Leeds depot.

Matthew Turner, Assistant Contracts Manager - Colas Traffic Management

Matthew Turner started his traffic management career working as an operative in June 2001 and has progressed through the ranks up to the position of Assistant Contracts Manager working for Colas Traffic Management. During this time Matthew has worked on a number of major schemes for Colas including most recently the new Tyne crossing. Matthew is also very involved in the day to day running of all traffic management currently deployed on the Highways Agency MAC 14 network. During his time working for Colas Matthew has been involved in the design, planning and operational aspects of the industry and using his expertise and guidance has helped Colas' clients find the solutions they were looking for.