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The Class of β23 on the BSc (Hons) Mineral Products Management course at the University of Derby’s Centre for Mineral Products has carved its success in stone with...
HS2 is the largest infrastructure project in Europe. The Β£106Bn development will create high-speed rail links between London, The Midlands and the North of England. Joint...
If there is one thing that Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA ViO38 mini excavator is guaranteed to offer, itβs versatility. Digging out an extensive pond in the morning, then...
Delivering purpose-built machines and technologies to customers around the globe, John Deere will showcase a variety of productivity and sustainably-focused construction...
Ten winners of a National Highways innovation competition launched to help improve peopleβs experiences of roadworks have been revealed. Each of the winners will now get...
The first ever AGD650s manufactured by AGD Systems were sent to local authorities so they could trial the dual zone stop line detector, which makes use of AI technology....
SRL Traffic Systems has become one of the first companies to offer UK and RoI traffic managers solar technology for mobile traffic signals, enabling them to deliver proje...
When multiple roundabouts on sections of the A34 in Wilmslow, Cheshire East were identified to have skid resistance below investigatory levels, a quick solution was requi...
Plantworx 2023 will be held 13th to 15th June 2023 at the East of England Arena in Peterborough, UK, and will provide a platform for start-ups engineering the future, con...
Reimagining what it means to deliver best-in-class traffic management solutions, Traffic Group Signals has welcomed a custom-built Command Centre Vehicle into its growing...
It recently came to light that the British government is in talks with German automotive giant BMW, over a funding package that would be worth Β£75 million. If successful,...
Algeco, Europeβs leading modular building solutions brand, has been appointed as a strategic partner by Galliford Try for the supply of temporary modular buildings for hi...
Thomas Plant Hire began its journey a quarter of a century ago in 1998 when MD Wyn Thomas founded a contracting business in Holywell in North Wales. The company has since...
The leading construction materials supplier, which has its headquarters at Coalville in Leicestershire and sites across the country, is seeking to recruit 76 this year, b...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been awarded a Β£1.2 billion contract by National Highways to deliver the βRoads North...
VivaCity, the transport technology scaleup transforming cities into smarter and more efficient places to live and work, has today announced its partnership with Nottingha...
JCB will unveil its smallest ever Loadall telescopic handler at the Executive Hire Show β where it will star alongside a series of products from the JCB E-Tech range of e...
Motherwell-based Rokbak swapped one windy city in Scotland for the United Statesβ Windy City to meet with equipment distributors and industry experts at the Associated Eq...
Doosan Bobcat will be showing the companyβs new E19e two-tonne electric mini-excavator for the first time in the UK on Stand I40 at the Executive Hire Show (EHS) from 8-9...
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is building a one-of-a-kind booth experience at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 tradeshow to help customers and other attendees be ready...
The Unicontrol 3D machine control system can now be retrofitted to the majority of construction equipment products in Great Britain. Created by Danish developers in colla...
βThese will be the first three Hyundais of manyβ says Bert Hope of Tayside-based Civil Engineering and Groundworks contractor, Kilmac Ltd, who has recently taken delivery...
CHAS 2013 Limited based in London has announced receipt of all customary regulatory approvals that confirms that its acquisition by Thoma Bravo-backed Veriforce, LLC, the...
The market-leading temporary site service company WysePower, which emphasises the use of carbon-neutral building solutions, has been acquired by the RSK Group, aΒ global l...
The construction industry will see major changes this year as the new building safety regime comes into play. The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) has laid the groundwork,...
Balfour Beatty VINCIΒ has celebrated a world-first as around 450 of its people slid a 12,600 tonne bridge required for HS2, a record 165 metres to position it across a mot...
The last year has been challenging for supply chains, with 2023 set for similar pressures and a raft of new legislation to boot. But forewarned is forearmed. Alex Minett,...
Anglo Scottish Asset Finance Ltd has been appointed by Newcastle City, and Gateshead Council to deliver the financial assistance scheme to support businesses affected by...
Rob Oliver, who retired as the Chief Executive of the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) in 2021, has been awarded an MBE in the Kingβs first New Yearβs honours lis...
Ferrovial has completed theΒ sale of 100% of Amey GroupΒ to a UK company controlled by funds managed by One Equity Partners, in partnership with Buckthorn Partners. The tra...
Crushing. Digging. Munching. Pecking. Feeding. Screening – Independent crushing and screening contractors, Kastle Crushers, needed a machine that could do it all. W...
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, Jacobs, and PwC have been appointed by National Highways to help develop the governmentβs third road investment strategy (RIS3)...
VolkerFitzpatrick has been appointed by National Highways to deliver improvement works to junction 9 of the M3, a key motorway junction, which connects south Hampshire, w...
More than Β£1 billion-worth of contracts to maintain road surfaces on motorways and major A-roads in England have been confirmed today. The new agreements, signed by Natio...
Bespoke powder blending solution provider, Cemblend, today announced it has struck a collaboration agreement with OCL Regeneration to develop the application of Hoffmann...
With van prices at an all-time high this year, A-Plan is inviting tradespeople and van drivers to enter their van competition – the lucky winner will drive away wit...
Carlisle-based Lloyd Ltd, the Authorised Bobcat Dealer for Northern England and Southern Scotland, has won an order for 50 Bobcat E17 mini-excavators for Svella Connect,...
If you are looking for a sound investment, you may have considered buying a property and renting it out. After all, there is a vibrant student housing market in Cardiff....
Shell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Connect Plus – a consortium that includes Edge Orbital Holdings Ltd, Balfour Beatty and Egis Investment Pa...
Construction technology provider Causeway Technologies has been selected by National Highways as part of its new Β£1bn Information Technology Commercial Framework (ITCF)....
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