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Munro Vehicles, a manufacturer of all-electric 4x4s, and Scotlandβs only volume production car company, has unveiled its first vehicle, the MunroΒ Mk_1. Designed, engineer...
Radius, a global mobility and connectivity leader headquartered in Crewe, has today announced the purchase of a majority stake in Powerhouse Energy Management, a Belfast...
When preparing a construction contract, it’s easy to give little thought to its dispute resolution provisions. You might use the unamended wording of the published...
Manitou, one of the earliest adopters of the industryβs own security marking scheme CESAR, is one of the latest companies to recognise the additional benefits of the sche...
The biennial Plantworx Construction Equipment Exhibition and the CEA have once again teamed up with the educational organisation, Primary Engineer, to work with primary s...
Motherwell-based Newtown Waste Solutions has purchased two new JCB Hydradig wheeled excavator models to work at its waste processing facility – where it recycles mo...
Biotecture has designed and installed a green hoarding for repeat client Mace on the construction hoarding of the new Stonecutter Court development in London. Stonecutter...
As Hitachi Construction Machinery UK celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, one of its loyal UK customers will soon reach the same milestone. Over the last 49 years,...
Hauliers carrying dangerous goods or chemicals are usually very aware of their legal requirements β but itβs surprising how easily the basics can be missed. The police an...
Bradfords Building Supplies has taken its first delivery of Tarmac bagged cement loaded on green Pallet LOOP pallets into its Glastonbury branch, kicking off the first en...
Veriforce, the supply chain risk, and compliance management industryβs fastest-growing solution provider, today announces it has entered into a definitive agreement to ac...
UK Governmentβs decision to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 is giving rise to a burgeoning market for electric vehicles (EVs) and a rapidly-expanding...
High-definition passenger information screens are being installed at London Euston station over the coming weeks so real-time testing can take place. The new Β£1.5m electr...
Engineering firm RWO has opened a new geotechnical department as it looks to expand its operations and improve customer service. The move by firm, which has offices in Ne...
The Executive Hire Show team is delighted to confirm that the UKβs premier hire will be taking place on the 8th and 9th of February 2023, at its established home β the Co...
Described as the βGoogle Analyticsβ of physical spaces, thereβs a breakthrough in monitoring traffic movement that includesΒ allΒ road users β not just those made of metal....
Yunex Traffic is to showcase its industry-leading solutions at the Highways UK exhibition, with the companyβs automated, free-flow tolling, tunnel management, connected v...
In England, one in six people will experience depression or anxiety in any given week. In recent years, a growing movement in favour of the destigmatisation of these issu...
Station has switched from diesel to electric for its brand-new fleet of JCB materials handling machines. The company – which shreds over 55,000 tonnes of paper per...
technology provider Causeway Technologies has announced that it is leveraging its recent acquisition of Yotta, the UK’s leading provider of connected asset manageme...
Richard Broome, Managing Director at LSBUD, the UKβs leading online safe digging resource, talks about the increase in asset searches post-pandemic, and looks at why the...
Lancashire County Councilβs delivery partner, Costain, and hydrogen industry start-up, Hydrologiq, have successfully trialled the use of a hydrogen-powered fuel cell gene...
Ringway and the Fire Service College (FSC) have begun delivering a pioneering training course for workers dealing with emergencies as part of their duties in the highways...
For 15- years the CESAR scheme has been protecting construction plant equipment from theft and is the UKβs official construction and agricultural equipment security and r...
TRL Software is to provide its UTC SCOOT 7 Traffic Management software to the City of Manchester to be delivered as part of a programme of works with Transport for Greate...
A new study by the Electric Road Consortium shows that a nationwide Electric Road System (ERS) is likely to be the fastest and most efficient way to decarbonise the UKβs...
Ferrovial has reached anΒ agreement for the sale of 100% of the Amey group, almost completing the divestment of its formerΒ Services division. The acquiring vehicle is a UK...
Jacobs was awarded the Design & Project Services Framework with energy utility National Grid in the U.K. to support their full construction of the Electricity and Gas...
Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero-emissions aviation, saw its VX4 eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircr...
Construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, has announced the acquisition of Wiltshire Heavy Building Materials Ltd, a regional le...
MKM, the UKβs largest independent builderβs merchant, has invested in a fleet of JCB equipment in an exciting new partnership that will see βMKM Hireβ officially launched...
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering softwareΒ company, today announced the finalists in the 2022Β Going Digital AwardsΒ in Infrastructure. The annu...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been appointed as the sole contractor to both the SCAPE Civil Engineering framework, c...
A new home for businesses looking to deliver innovation into the rail sector has been launched today by the University of Birminghamβs Centre for Railway Research and Edu...
One of Scotlandβs leading civil engineering contractors has bought the worldβs first Hyundai HX145A LCR HW (High Walker) model. Crieff-based MAM Contracting has taken del...
J H Fencing Contractor Ltd, based in Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, has purchased the first Bobcat MaxControl Remote Control system in the UK from Bedale-based Grays Machin...
Celebrating the significant advancements of the low carbon vehicle community underpinned the 15th anniversary of the Cenex-LCV event, held this week. The UK’s longe...
Fusion Processing and Bradshaw Electric Vehicles, today, announced the awarding of Innovate UK funding to commence an exciting new partnership to develop fully autonomous...
Celebrations are underway in Motherwell, Scotland to mark an extraordinary first year of operation for Rokbak. In the 12 months since Managing Director Paul Douglas annou...
The last two years have seen public spaces grow in importance. When national restrictions limited people to outdoor contact only, parks became a second home, with many ex...
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