United Kingdom Construction News from Highways.Today
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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...
It’s been yet another busy year for construction, with BIM developments, greater use of modern methods of construction, looming Brexit, increased insolvencies, buil...
With 160 exhibitors, including 20 companies making their Show debut, there is no better opportunity than the 2020 Executive Hire Show for hirers to find the equipment the...
Working on a number of major infrastructure projects across Ireland, owner-operator Richard Collins, of Collins Plant Hire, knows more than most the importance of both fl...
With its headquarters located in Beccles, Suffolk, DS Watson Civil Engineering (Anglia) Ltd has made a significant investment in a range of Volvo excavators for its plant...
The innovative research behind the EUβs new vehicle safety regulations, which are expected to prevent 140,000 seriously injured casualties and save 25,000 lives, achieves...
Different jobs present different risks. While office workers may risk carpal tunnel syndrome or the occasional migraine, metal workers are steering clear of molten lead a...
One of the UKβs leading galvanizing companies is rolling out a new look for its fleet of more than 100 trucks. Wedge Group Galvanizing Ltd runs a collection and delivery...
GAP Group investment in 6t and 9t swivel Dual View dumpers is rapidly increasing to meet on-going high utilisation levels from a wide range of industrial sectors. Since t...
Since this family-run business purchased a Volvo BM4200 for its farming activities back in 1983, Greener Composting Ltd carries on a tradition of owning and operating Vol...
Exchange, a revolutionary new digital and technology programme, has opened applications for its first cohort, as it looks to foster the UKβs next best start-ups. The one-...
Based in Netherley, Scotland, civil engineering and construction contractor, WM Donald, runs a comprehensive fleet of high-specification machines. The company is seen as...
For the Construction industry tax has been something that has been discussed a lot over the last few months – even before the UK General Election was announced. Mai...
Acclaim Handling awarded Health & Safety ISO 45001 accreditation Award-winning Acclaim Handling is a forklift hire sales and materials handling equipment specialist,...
S & S Plant has taken delivery of the very first Mecalac TLB890 backhoe loader featuring next-generation Active Drive technology. The unit was sold by Aberdeenshire-b...
The past year has seen considerable change across the UKβs transport industry, from the arrival of the first driverless taxi trials on Londonβs roads and an ever-growing...
Ringway Jacobs is delighted to have won the prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council. We now join the small number of elite organisations worldwide tha...
A tailor-made traffic solution from SWARCO Traffic Ltd, the traffic technology specialist, is helping to keep cyclists protected on busy country lanes in Bedfordshire. Ce...
A JCB Design Engineer is the toast of the UK today after winning a national apprentice award. Louise Meredith, 21, scooped the title of Higher or Degree Apprentice of the...
Artefacts thought to date back 2000 years were discovered at the site where a new bridge is being built. A Roman ear cleaner and tweezers were found at Springhead Bridge...
KfW IPEX-Bank has joined forces with numerous other international banks and institutional investors to finance the Silvertown Tunnel PPP project in London. Transport for...
The premier UK event for the mining supply chain, the ABMEC Conference was held in Nottingham on 21 November 2019, and brought together over 200 delegates from the mining...
Electricity North West – providers of power to five million people – has invested in two brand new JCB electric mini excavators. The company has bought the tw...
Hertfordshire based Robert Swann first set up on his own in 1989, initially as a self-drive plant hire business. His very first machine was a 2.5 tonne Nissan mini excava...
Ron Hull Demolition Ltd of Rotherham South Yorkshire has opted for a Volvo EC480E rigged with both High Reach and intermediate demolition equipment. The delivery of the n...
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK (CEUK) was commended as a finalist in the βInnovation of the Yearβ category at this yearβs Plant & Civil Engineer Awards. The presti...
Siltbuster has designed and mobilised one of the UKβs largest ever temporary modular water treatment solutions, in just two weeks, to assist JN Bentley during essential m...
British-made 100,000 hour LED technology putting the spotlight on Rail and Construction World class technology manufactured by Marl International, which has helped keep t...
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