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Britpave, the infrastructure industry association, has welcomed Highways England’s £27.4 billion second roads investment plan. However, it warns that to get the most out...
Highways England has today unveiled the details of plans for £27.4 billion investment in the strategic road network across the country. Highways England will deliver £14...
Cat Financial has introduced a bundle of finance deals to help construction firms get their businesses back on track as the sector starts to get back to its new normal. C...
Ford have commissioned custom tyres that can leave key water safety messages imprinted on stretches of sand as part of a new initiative with the Royal National Lifeboat I...
Leading construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has been given the prestigious Silver Employment Recognition Scheme (ERS) award by the Ministry of Defence. T...
Trimble and Totalmobile, a field service management software specialist, announced today that they have been awarded a contract from civil engineering joint venture Eiffa...
Consumer confidence in autonomous driving technologies is high – this was the major result from a commuter research trial in London led by the UK’s self-driving technolog...
StreetDrone, the full-stack autonomous technology company, have won UK Government funding as part of a consortium tasked with delivering an autonomous logistics capabilit...
Rail has awarded the contract to build Soham’s new railway station to J Murphy and Sons Ltd. Having been without a rail connection for almost 55 years, the contract will...
Most parents do not think their children understand road dangers or concentrate properly when near roads, a new survey reveals as pupils across the country prepare to set...
Transport for the North has today set out its initial plans for a Northern Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), a 30-year investment plan of infrastructure projects to underpin...
The construction sector is bouncing back and one sure sign of this is the resumption of industry training courses and trenchless technology equipment specialist, TRACTO‐T...
Highways England has announced a £240 million contract with Amey to maintain its major structures in the south-west – the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge, M48 Severn Bridge and...
Get pedalling! That’s the message from Highways England as Cycle to Work Day takes on a new meaning in 2020. With home working, staycations and local trips all being embr...
Finning UK Ltd, exclusive dealer of Cat® equipment, has been awarded a prestigious gold standard employer award in acknowledgement of its continuous support for the armed...
One of the great strengths of virtual reality (VR) is its ability to allow users to experience real-world training scenarios, without endangering them, colleagues or the...
Last month Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a circa £3 billion green investment plan, including the Green Homes Grant, as part of his Summer Economic Update. The UK Gover...
There was a 17 percent jump in the amount of digging work on the UK’s highways last year, according to Digging Up Britain 2020. The report by LSBUD, which provides a free...
Bentley Motors today announces a three-year research study that promises to transform electric vehicle powertrains, utilising a fully integrated, free from rare-earth mag...
The UK and Republic of Ireland’s leading manufacturer and supplier of mobile intelligent transport system (ITS) solutions, SRL Traffic Systems, is expanding into the high...
Leading construction and infrastructure player, Aggregate Industries has launched its new ProLay System™, a new generation of asphalts offering bespoke solutions t...
T & W Civil Engineering switch back to Hitachi with ten ZX33U-6 Excavators T & W Civil Engineering have invested in ten Hitachi ZX33U-6 Excavators after switching...
Reference Point and Mitie are delighted to announce the launch of the Passport System (powered by Validate) on 1 August 2020. This is the same successful partnership resp...
Passenger and freight journeys are being made more reliable in Lancashire and Cumbria with a multi-million-pound investment into the overhead 25,000 volt electric cables...
Ringway Jacobs is delighted to have achieved the highly prestigious Gold Award in the UK Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, for their commitment to supporting the Armed...
Leading construction technology expert, Paul Cuatrecasas, has urged the Government to form a specialist taskforce to drive the adoption of cutting-edge technologies in th...
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has announced the appointment of Juergen Kreienbaum as General Manager. Joining the business with immediate effect, his appointment demo...
Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has recently been commissioned to deliver substantial works as part of Highways England’s £244m smart motorw...
The first machines from the new generation of Hitachi Zaxis-7 excavators have arrived in England and been delivered to DMJ Drainage (DMJ), one of the UK’s leading land dr...
A new £70 million research and development centre is to be established in the UK with the ambition of becoming one of the leading independent facilities of its type in th...
The finalists of the annual Association for Project Management (APM) Awards have been announced ahead of the live virtual awards ceremony taking place on Monday 16 Novemb...
Highways England issued new guidance for its supply chain today, to support them using 60mph more often within roadworks, where it is safe to do so. After extensive and i...
In recent years the development of flood warning systems has benefited from advances in sensor, datalogger and communications technology. The expansion of mobile telecomm...
Following a competitive tender, MTX has been awarded a multi-million pound construction scheme to deliver a twin operating theatre and eye clinic for Luton & Dunstabl...
The construction industry has been hit hard by COVID-19, with large numbers of sites shutting and many workers being furloughed – but over recent weeks we have seen those...
Dipesh J Shah OBE has been announced as Highways England’s new chair to lead the government’s ambitious plans to level up road infrastructure across the country. Followin...
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has appointed Mason Bros to its national dealer network. From two sites in Lampeter Velfrey and Bridgend, the family-owned firm will be...
TyreSafe has welcomed the outcomes and initiatives of the ‘Government response to the consultation to ban tyres aged 10 years or older’. The Department for Transport’s (D...
Red Stag Materials have been awarded a position on the ESPO 250_20 Road Repair Materials Framework, allowing them to further supply public bodies with high quality cold a...
Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and smart perception solutions, today unveiled the MQ-8 solution family, a new g...
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