Kent based contractor DJ Civils has acquired Allied Infrastructure from Colas.

Allied Infrastructure specialises in work on UK airfields and local highways maintenance jobs and has been part of Colas since 2017.

A Colas statement said: “Colas Ltd has reached agreement to sell Allied Infrastructure to DJ Civils Ltd, a civil engineering contractor based in Kent.

“This is consistent with our strategy to focus our business on road construction and maintenance and bituminous binders manufacturing and distribution, segments where we have strong positions capable of delivering long term positive returns to all stakeholders.”

DJ Civils is expecting turnover to hit £30m this year and currently employs 130 people.

Allied Infrastructure has a forecasted turnover for the current year of £17m and employs 50 people.