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Investment in busway networks could address the decline in bus passenger numbers and ease the congestion in Britainβs towns and cities believes Britpave, the British Ceme...
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has provided match funding to the consortium of companies designing a new type of compact nuclear power station in the UK. The initial j...
The Breathe London project has been announced as the winner of a SMART 50 Award by Smart Cities Connect, within the Digital Transformation category. Created to better und...
Miles Macadam has recently completed a drainage and resurfacing scheme at Scaniaβs service depot in Newcastle, on behalf of Grattan Developments. Scania is one of the wor...
Midlands Connect Chairman Sir John Peace has today written to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to publish the Oakervee review in full as soon as possible, and...
Andrew Sinclair Contractors of Kirkwall, Orkney, has opted for two new Volvo excavators in the form of an EC140E and an EC200E for its groundworks and contracting busines...
Motorway users and people living around the M6 at Knutsford in Cheshire can find out more about the Β£43 million junction 19 roundabout improvement at Highways England pub...
Ingenious has announced that its Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service has led a Β£2.3m A-series investment round in 3D Repo, the pioneers of cloud-based design collaboratio...
Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has been presented with an award by Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) in recognition of its continued p...
Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation announce today a β¬100M investment in UK based electric vehicle company Arrival. The investment marks the start of a strat...
Ridgway Rentals plant hire are adding 200 new JCB machines as part of their ongoing fleet investment programme. Both tracked and wheeled excavators feature in the list in...
Contrary to perception, the UK manufacturing sector is already on the rise thanks to increased investments in skills and technology. By taking a lead in automation and ne...
The Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced the launch of its latest Crowdcube equity crowdfunding campaign. The c...
Today marks National Pothole Day 2020 β an event that aims to raise awareness of the condition of the nationβs roads and the need for government intervention to tackle th...
As part of National Pothole Day (15th January) the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has published an updated compendium of facts and figures behind the UKβs det...
British workers took the fourth lowest amount of sick days in Europe last year, according to new research by Mitrefinch that identifies the countries most and least notor...
A new report published by The Wildlife Trusts today reveals, for the first time, the vast scale of the destruction and impact that HS2 will cause to nature. βWhatβs the d...
South Gloucestershire Council has awarded technology company, Yotta a major multi-year contract for the delivery implementation and support of its flagship connected asse...
There will be enormous challenges in delivering mobility and transport for the future. Regulatory, political, technological, environmental, and commercial factors will al...
In support of National Pothole day on Wednesday, 15th January this year, MobileWorxs lends its support by highlighting its 3D imaging solution that takes the hassle out o...
The experts at safety equipment retailer Vizwear have explored the most recent data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and found that of all the countries in Euro...
Skanska has signed a deal with Highways England worth Β£143 million for the delivery of the M42 Junction 6 improvement scheme. The five-year project will see a comprehensi...
A 20-year partnership between one of the countryβs largest highways service providers and a leading Birmingham driver training company has been expanded as part of an ong...
GSSI, the worldβs leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be at World of Concrete held on February 4-7, 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Ce...
Network Rail has awarded a contract to Loram UK for the maintenance of its New Measurement Train following a competitive tender in 2019. The contract, awarded in December...
Hampshire based L & S Waste Management Ltd has just added two new Volvo excavators to its fleet of mobile equipment that take up residency at the companyβs Portsmouth...
Hinkley Point C is the UKβs first new nuclear power station in a generation β itβs currently under construction and is one of Europeβs largest major infrastructure projec...
Galliford Try Highways has achieved the Leaders in Diversity accreditation for its commitment to equality and diversity in the workplace. The award, made by the National...
Passengers using the Furness Line railway between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster will soon have more reliable journeys. Half a million pounds is being invested to reinfo...
Aggregate Industries has utilised its cross-sector expertise and partnership proposition to provide a portfolio of tailored product solutions for the first phase of the N...
Go Plant Fleet Services has become one of the first providers of specialist vehicles to achieve a new international standard for Occupational Health and Safety. The busin...
WORLD-FIRST pipeline technology which will revolutionise performance and safety in industries around the world will feature at a robotics conference this month.Β The devel...
With an aim to develop a universal light mounting solution to suit a wide range of vehicles, Woodway Engineering have launched a unique, adaptable screen mount complete w...
Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) has announced that Ardent hire solutions have invested a further two-million pounds in machinery in the final quarter of this year. Th...
In the market to replace part of their existing fleet of excavators, the Wiltshire based ground working, civil engineering and demolition contracting company, Conlon Ltd....
Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) has expanded its business operations by acquiring a new building to support its after sales division. HCMUK have moved its Product Sup...
Leading supplier of building and infrastructure materials Aggregate Industries has supplied Aberdeen Football Clubβs state-of-the-art training facilities and academy with...
years of construction, the Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Energy-from-Waste plant has successfully completed its commissioning phase and has been handed over to the client Multi...
JCB announced a double dose of festive cheer for its UK workforce today β a Β£500 Christmas bonus and a shop floor pay rise of 2.2%. Around 6,700 employees at JCBβs 11 pla...
Coatstone Surfacing Ltd of Swindon, Wiltshire, has broken with tradition and purchased its very first Volvo P6870C wheeled paver for its fleet of road paving equipment. J...
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