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Interest in OilQuick’s quick couplers has grown steadily over the last few decades. With the new OQTR-E tiltrotator, that interest has grown even further, not least...
The Institute of Quarrying (IQ) and the Institute of Asphalt Technology (IAT) have signed a memorandum of understanding which builds on the long-standing collaboration be...
The Government has named Tees Valley in England as the first Hydrogen Transport Hub has been welcomed by Transport for the North, which says the North can be proud that t...
Cancelled projects, interrupted supply chains, employee health and safety concerns β this is the reality for many construction companies following the coronavirus outbrea...
A Highways England project to protect a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon has won two prestigious civil engineering awards. The scheme to protect the Stover Co...
A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that, despite the Department for Transportβs long stated aim to increase bus use, passenger numbers have fallen. T...
GHD has announced that it has been appointed by Transport for London (TfL) as its Traffic Engineering Support Partner to support the delivery of feasibility and concept d...
An inflatable safety barrier that can be put up in a matter of minutes is to help protect road workers on Highways Englandβs road network. The new airbagΒ is beingΒ trialle...
Ninety-three new state of the art gritters will be patrolling Englandβs motorways and major A roads this winter as part of a multi-million investment to help keep traffic...
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has appointed Gordons Construction Equipment to its national dealer network. The Castle Douglas-headquartered firm will retail Mecalacβs...
When a shipping company needed fast overnight action to ensure the integrity of new welds in time for its vessel to depart the next morning, Responsive were the experts w...
The focus on Modern Methods of Construction, or MMC, sharpened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with many wondering whether the outbreak and the consequential delays to...
Construction sites without the correct protection can potentially be very dangerous places, especially when it comes to head injuries. This is why Headway β the brain inj...
Working in the construction industry is one of the deadliest professions in the UK, but not because of the dangers of heavy machinery; the suicide rate for construction w...
The need for a well-trained and competent highways workforce has never been higher as the impact of budgetary cutbacks, maintenance backlogs and extreme weather takes an...
Headway, the brain injury association has relaunched its campaign to encourage people to wear cycle helmets after the government announced ambitious plans to boost cyclin...
latest surveying technology from Mobile GIS Services (MGISS) is helping Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM) transform the management of both underground and over ground highway and...
Dean Ward, Managing Director of the DCW Group has launched DCW Insights, an innovative and automated project identification app. With a built-in due diligence checker and...
business failures, the uncertainty of Brexit, and a global pandemic β itβs not been an easy time for the construction industry in recent times. But, are better days on th...
As part of its ongoing replacement regime, Commercial Recycling (Southern) Ltd has updated most of its VolvoCE equipment for new models at the companyβs Canford recycling...
Highways England has reached a major milestone in a Β£5.2 million programme of environmental improvements across the North West – by restoring actual historic milest...
MacLeod Construction Ltd may have been founded on traditional house building values, but it has successfully embedded modern construction and quarrying practices into its...
Evidence suggests that more awareness is needed of the range of applications for R&D tax credits in the UK logistics industry. With HMRC data revealing that the secto...
The newly launched Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprenticeship, which is run by the Universityβs team of industry experts, sees the British Government cover the costs...
SWARCO Traffic, the traffic technology group, has moved into a new, larger premises to accommodate the companyβs continued growth and provide additional space for product...
Moreton Cullimore is calling on fellow haulage firm owners and their drivers to back a petition to make HGV driver facilities a mandatory part of the planning application...
Connected asset management software and services provider Yotta has achieved significant business growth over the past few months, securing 16 new contract wins and incre...
Harwell, Oxfordshire: Vale of White Horse District Council has granted planning permission for the highly specialist facility that will house the UKβs Vaccines Manufactur...
In this article Dr Neale Kinnear, Head of Behavioural Science at TRL examines our acceptance of road deaths. “In the video above from Western Australiaβs (WA) Road...
With COVID-19 leading to the cancellation of all major events, SMT GB has teamed up with The 360 View to bring a virtual exhibition to life, allowing you to discover Volv...
Specification-led marketing and product data specialist, SpecifiedBy, has reported substantial quarterly growth in its online marketplace as COVID-19 accelerates the need...
The danger from COVID-19 is far from over β some places fear a βsecond waveβ, some places are very much still in the βfirst waveβ and local lockdowns, international trave...
The Mineral Products Qualifications Council (MPQC) have been working with the industry, to bring new technology to the extractives industry which will revolutionise the w...
sector investment can be a major driver of the UKβs βinfrastructure revolutionβ, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), at a time when public purses ha...
a world leading professional services companies, has been appointed by Galliford Try, the leading UK construction group, to provide site-wide highway design services for...
Oxfordshire based tech company Saietta announces plans to expand production facilities. Bringing 150-250 jobs in the area over the next three to five years, the new susta...
Prospedia Capital and Beauhurst have studied the investment flowing into early and growth-stage companies serving the UKβs burgeoning advanced automotive technology secto...
The University of Derby has launched its 2020-2021 Diploma in Road Surface Treatments. The diploma course is the first university level academic qualification for the roa...
Through a number of evening and weekend closures and successful collaborative arrangements, leading construction and infrastructure player, Aggregate Industries completed...
One of JCBβs longest-standing customers has unwrapped a unique present – a vintage backhoe loader restored to its former glory to mark the digger makerβs approachin...
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