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Following the successful delivery by Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction (BBMV), Crossrail has handed over the Whitechapel Elizabeth Line station to Tra...
The London Borough of Harrow has added high definition street-level imagery and LiDAR data to its Esri UK corporate GIS system, giving staff access to a highly accurate d...
Klymat, a travel and transportation technology start-up, is seeking seed-stage investors for its Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) digital platform. The company’s first round...
Ringway, a specialist highway services company, has received delivery of the UK’s first fully electric 7.2 tonne IVECO Daily cage tipper for its Hounslow Highways contrac...
Construction Alliance North East is working with the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and CECA to address the worsening materials shortages crisis that has blig...
Specialist ground engineering contractor Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) was one of the first companies in Scotland to upgrade its fleet to machine control. Eleven years ag...
A leading agricultural and groundworks contractor has bought the highest specification JCB site dumper ever ordered in Northern Ireland. Purchased by Co. Down based John...
The highly successful series of children’s books, written by author Chris Madeley, is going from strength to strength with increased support from Corporate Britain. Chris...
Highways England is accelerating the use of warm mix asphalts as standard across its supply chain as part of a drive toward net zero carbon emissions. The Government-owne...
Six research teams from across the UK, including an academic from Robert Gordon University, will develop new tools to find out how trees and woodlands adapt to climate ch...
39 councils in England have been awarded a share of £15 million additional funding to upgrade and repair of traffic signals, which will make traffic in their areas flow b...
By supplying a unique truss system to a major repair project at New Elvet Bridge in Durham, temporary works specialist, Mabey Hire, have helped a crucial city transport j...
Bespoke precast ESS (Electronic Signalling System) base units from Marshalls Civils & Drainage are helping to speed the conversion of the M27 into a smart motorway. N...
The first Hitachi ZX130-7 medium excavator in Europe has been purchased by the specialist groundworks and infrastructure contractor MV Kelly. The impressive new model was...
The price of fire damage is high. Without sufficient preventative measures and protective solutions in place, the tiniest flame or spark can turn from localised damage to...
All Traffic Products, based in Willenhall in the West Midlands, is a start-up business supplying steel tubes, brackets and road signage fittings to large construction con...
The launch of a new £375m scheme to drive investment in the UK’s most high growth, innovative and R&D intensive firms by the UK government, is the latest in a line of...
Screwfix has announced the return of its annual UK national search for the very best tradesperson in the nation. The annual competition, Screwfix Top Tradesperson, celebr...
For the construction of the Werrington Grade Separation tunnel, the VARIOKIT VTC Tunnel Formwork Carriage and other PERI standard components were used for a solution whic...
Officials at Nottingham Trent University have officially approved JCT’s plans for running a successful and safe Traffic Signals Symposium at their site in September. The...
Named Best Commercial EV Charging Solutions Provider 2021 – UK, EVC is one of the fastest growing providers of free EV charge points across the country, supported by reno...
Gritter manufacturer, Econ, is to expand its North Yorkshire operation further with the development of a new £7m engineering facility near Thirsk. The family owned-busine...
Colas Ltd, today announced it will partner with Samsara, the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, to improve fleet safety. With Samsara’s video-based safety solutio...
A total of 363 smart cities information and communications technology (ICT)-related procurements were made by UK local authorities in the six financial years spanning FY2...
As a result of both COVID and Brexit, the number of HGV drivers on UK roads has dropped by 100,000 and could lead to a shortage of as many as 257,000 drivers by 2022. Unl...
Britcoin, the Bank of England’s reported digital currency, rather than overtake Bitcoin, will push the cryptocurrency’s price higher, affirms the CEO of one of the world’...
Article by Steve Perkins, Managing Director of Steve Perkins Associates, working with Elaine Gazzini, Programme & Technical Director at Connect Plus. Covid-19 has thr...
Registration is now open for visitors to attend the annual Cenex-Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV2021) and Cenex-Connected Automated Mobility (CAM2021) events at UTAC Millbrook Pr...
The development of a national ‘digital twin’ of our roads which could revolutionise how we plan and manage the road network, is set to accelerate following a collaboratio...
The Department for Transport has awarded funding through Innovate UK to a consortium to lead the UK’s first ever study on the electrification of long range trucks with dy...
Earthmoving professionals Collins Earthworks has invested in several new Caterpillar machines, including four new Cat® 637K Coal Bowl Scrapers with push/pull systems. Fin...
Warwick Ward takes on first New CASE 721G Wheel Loader in Great Britain CASE Construction Equipment dealer Warwick Ward has sold and delivered the first NEW 721G wheel lo...
Family run Civil Engineering company, McFadden (Civils) Ltd, has over 35 years of delivering successful engineering contractions nationally and internationally, including...
Trimble® connected construction specialist SITECH UK & Ireland has opened its new construction training facility in Norton Canes, Staffordshire. The training facility...
law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) launched its UK Freeports business sentiment report, representing the views of over 500 UK businesses in response to the Government’s...
While temperatures have been variable in the UK this summer, the UK’s ten warmest years on record have all occurred since 2002 and overall, the world is heating up;...
CHAS has announced that its members are set to receive a 20% discount on Speedy Hire tools and equipment thanks to a two-year partnership between the supply chain risk ma...
Telent’s newly deployed Intelligent Transport System will provide a scalable and futureproof solution for councils and road authorities across the UK. Optima Hub remotely...
Highways England has announced its ambitious new carbon plan that will see it rapidly cut carbon from road construction, maintenance and operations, and support the trans...
A talented JCB engineer who amassed a multi-million pound fortune thanks to his interest in cars has made a life-changing bequest to a Staffordshire school dedicated to n...
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