United Kingdom Construction News from Highways.Today
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One year on, it is clear that the confusion following IR35 reform is stifling access to specialised talent and is having significant ramifications for UK business growth....
Buses and control rooms across the West Midlands are set to receive transformational communications upgrades over the next 12 months, as Telent has been awarded a contrac...
A landfill and quarrying company has bought the first Stage V JCB 56Z-2 Excavator models in Northern Ireland. Supplied by dealer Dennison JCB, the new midi excavator has...
Construction companies and contractors are still hoping for some good news from the Government to ease the growing cost pressures affecting the industry β but all the sig...
Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of construction management software, today announced that Kier Group Plc, the major UK construction and infrastructu...
New research was conducted by engineering consultancy, Patrick Parsons, with 100 senior executives of UK construction firms which have collectively been involved in over...
GeoPlaceβs annual conference will take place on 10th and 11th May 2022, with the theme of βConnecting People to Placesβ. The event is online, reflecting appreciation show...
Automated enforcement specialists Jenoptik says its appointment to National Highwaysβ Operational Technology Commercial Framework will speed up work to make the Englandβs...
International engineering, design and project management business Stantec has acquired Barton Willmore, the UKβs leading independent planning and design consultancy, in a...
The organisation delivering the UKβs largest infrastructure project has signed up to support the Construction Leadership Councilβs carbon reduction campaign. HS2 Limited...
Amey, a leading public service provider, has chosen Applied Driving Techniques (ADT) to provide e-learning across the business to promote road safety and mitigate identif...
The latest 22-tonne excavator to join the family firmβs fleet doesnβt come in traditional JCB yellow but in pink β in tribute to a much-loved member of the founding famil...
Redi-Rock, the modular retaining wall system from Marshalls Civils & Drainage, is a first for the Thorne Group and East Sussex Highways. Work is drawing to a close on...
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has completed the 1,000th stations accessibly audit at Oban railway station in Scotland, as part of a Government programme to b...
Gloucestershire plant and tool hire business Rocket Rentals has installed FuelActiveβs clean diesel pick-up system across its self-drive plant fleet. The company, which o...
Ferrovial Construction has today reported positive financial results for 2021, positioning itself well for future UK business and continued delivery of UK strategy. Reven...
With upcoming fuel taxation changes affecting red diesel, Mobile Mini, a leading provider of secure storage containers and portable accommodation, explains the need to pl...
A TRACTO Mini Olympus GRUNDORAM pipe rammer was recently deployed to a site in Derbyshire to ram a 325mm steel casing under the concrete foundations of a new production p...
National Highways will be unveiling a new industry-wide scoring system for Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP) to construction bosses at the Futureworx event next week....
Atkins Global, a leading design, engineering and project management consultancy, approached SOCOTEC Monitoring to replace an existing monitoring system located on the A46...
Forming part of a Transforming Cities Funding project, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has awarded a contract to Yunex Traffic to upgrade over 750 traffi...
Contributing Β£127 billion Gross Added Value, the logistics sector is vital to keeping the countryβs economy moving. SOCOTECβs Environment & Safety division serves a n...
Ringway has made a further move to decarbonise its operations by enhancing its low impact fleet with a further EAV2Cubed cargo bike added to its Transport for London high...
Buildiro.com, a digital marketplace for tradespeople, builders, and DIY enthusiasts in the United Kingdom, has launched a crowdfunding investment round on Seedrs, Europe...
Faithful+Gould, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been appointed by National Highways to provide commercial management services to support the multi-billion pound in...
National Highways has today invited shortlisted bidders to tender for the Β£1.9 billion contracts to build the roads, green bridges, parks and woodlands of the Lower Thame...
Hubbway Ltd was founded in 1965 by George Hubb. The business was originally located in Ellington, next to one of the largest deep coal mines in the UK. Hubbway has since...
The latest report from leading construction industry intelligence provider, Barbour ABI, reveals that more than Β£7bn worth of contracts were awarded and a pipeline of Β£12...
Mobile Mini UK, one of the leading worldwide providers of portable accommodation and secure storage containers, has been announced as the headline sponsor for The SHE Sho...
Xwatch safety systems have recently announced a new partnership with technology solutions specialists, MDiG, who will become official distributors of the Xwatch suite of...
University College London (UCL) has received Β£140k funding from The Road Safety Trust to evaluate the role of telematics in reducing speed violations among drivers and ri...
Since June 2019 Birmingham City Council (BCC) and Birmingham Highways Limited (BHL), the special purpose vehicle owned by Equitix and PIP Infrastructure Investments, have...
Queue jumping is an ever present and increasing problem on the UKβs road network, whereby motorists wrongly utilise a traffic-free lane to cut in front of other road user...
As part of its ongoing commitment to decarbonising the construction industry, leading building materials supplier Aggregate Industries has further developed its SuperLow...
Employers in Great Britain need to ensure that they are ready to provide the same level of hearing protection to workers who carry out casual work as employees who have a...
Whatever the Government decides when itβs completed its review of the paused smart motorway programme in England, digitisation of road and land communications is here to...
Ringway Jacobs Central Bedfordshire Council Highways team are involved in a project that is underway in Hulcote where they have been tasked with replacing Hulcote Mill Br...
Modular pontoon from TPA helps AECOM make a first inspection of the Astmoor and Bridgewater Viaduct. Modular pontoons from specialist temporary access solutions provider...
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded Colas Ltd a place on the three-year term contract for carriageway surfacing on behalf of the Black Country which includes...
Bobcat has appointed A&M Group, with headquarters in Bridgend, as the companyβs new Authorised Dealer for South, West and Mid Wales. A&M Group is now responsible...
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