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SsangYong Motors UK has been awarded a contract to supply 32 vehicles to Highways England, to be deployed initially in Highways England areas in the north west (area 10),...
Bromley based Standard Plant Hire Ltd has added ten Volvo fourteen tonne excavators to its plant fleet for the first time heralding its entry into hiring larger machines...
A flagship innovation hub of excellence created by Clearview Intelligence to promote its range of sustainable ITS solutions has been unveiled to company owner Sir John Ma...
A new webcam which gives a birdβs eye view of the comings and goings at York station β including the brand new Azumas β went live today just in time for Yorkshire Day. Th...
A Volvo L70H that has just been delivered to W M Osgerby Ltd of Sunk Island near Hull for its muck spreading and contracting business. The new L70H loading shovel was cho...
It is 50 years since the riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York sparked the international Pride movement, 50 years since people stood up and said enough is enough to the...
Montracon Ltd of Mallusk, Belfast, Northern Ireland, has expanded its machinery carrier trailer range for the UK and Ireland following on from the successful introduction...
A steam locomotive will be heading to the Conwy Valley line this Saturday 3 August to celebrate the reopening of the Conwy Valley line, Network Rail and Transport for Wal...
A Β£78 million upgrade of the M6 junction 10, which will ease congestion and speed up journeys for the thousands of drivers who use it every day has taken a big step forwa...
Highways England is today launching its search to find potential contractors for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme past Stonehenge. The company, responsible for th...
Technology which could improve air quality in local communities by helping the way drivers leave motorways was named today as one of the successful entries in a multi-mil...
Temporary works specialist Mabey Hire has announced a deal with construction firm GRAHAM to design and supply approximately 300 tonnes of equipment for the much-needed ex...
Infrastructure procurement of UK projects risks being constrained by lack of evidence on long-term investment outcomes and could have strategic implications for the UKβs...
Skene Group Construction Services Ltd of Glenrothes Fife has added three more Volvo L220H loading shovels to its fleet, with two going to work at its Soutra Mains quarry...
In 2018, Yanmar Compact Equipment Europe (CEE) made the strategic decision to expand its presence in the UK. In just twelve short months, the company has established a st...
On the final day of Plantworx Construction Exhibition, (13th June East of England Arena, Peterborough), nine Primary schools from the local Peterborough area took part in...
Local people and visitors are set to enjoy safer access across the railway at Tide Mills in the South Downs National Park after Network Railβs proposals for a stunning ne...
The first in a series of contracts with supply chain partners to carry out up to Β£8.7 billion of work on Englandβs motorways and major A-roads have been signed. Highways...
Tarmacβs new asphalt surface at Silverstone was the stage for high drama as Lewis Hamilton clinched a record sixth British Grand Prix victory last weekend. A new race lap...
European law firm Fieldfisher has won a hard fought stand-alone competition case in the Competition Appeal Tribunal for its client Achilles Information Limited (“Ac...
Supporting the UK governmentβs drive towards a net-zero carbon emissions economy, Durakerb (part of the Econpro group) has announced the installation of its 400,000th ker...
A new practice area was unveiled at Chilwell Manor Golf Club on Monday 10th June after several local sponsors, including Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering...
βProduct support is keyβ¦β according to father and son team, Phil and William OβRourke, proprietors of Portsmouth based OβRourke Infrastructure Services Ltd (OIS) as they...
Network Rail has launched a new safety task force, backed with a Β£70m fund, to target track-worker safety, bringing together multiple strands of work from across the comp...
Go Plant Fleet Services has been carrying out a major road sweeping operation on Highways Englandβs Β£1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme for the pa...
Ghost markings and blacked out lines on the road, which can confuse drivers, could become a thing of the past thanks to Highways Englandβs global search for a solution to...
Leading fuel experts OTS TankCare have created an independent fuel certification scheme for fuel distributors that has been authorised by the FPS (Federation of Petroleum...
ALE performed a time-critical double bridge replacement in the UK for the Newcastle Metro and the Tyne and Wear Metro. The system serves 36 million passengers each year a...
Award-winning concrete block manufacturer Besblock has signed a sponsorship deal with Shropshire Disabled Cricket Team after a chance meeting in a barber shop. Besblock M...
With a crowd of more than 340,000 spectators and more than 125,000 vehicles heading to the Formula 1 British Grand Prix this weekend, Highways England has come up with a...
Businesses that undertake any form of welding activity are being alerted to a tightening of health and safetyΒ around Welding Fume Control law that may have escaped them,...
A new vision is looking to tackle the world’s problem of unrecyclable plastic and turn it into a solution – aiming to βturn off the plastic tap into the ocean...
PolyBitumens has taken delivery of the first βRoad Legalβ Mobile Storage Tank in the UK, which will enable the storage of Bitumen Emulsion at remote sites around the coun...
Electronic message signs have gone all multilingual in a ground-breaking initiative to improve roadworks information for lorry drivers. Highways England has started givin...
Schools near Glasgow have been monitoring air quality as part of a project aiming to reduce the levels of pollution emitted by vehicles as they drop off and collect child...
MPs in the House of Commons debated the use of smart city technology, as 5G prepares to roll out across the UK. Lancashire-based InTouch Ltd’s SmartWater work was h...
Following the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) AGM at Plantworx Construction Exhibition, Chief Executive, Rob Oliver, announced a new member of the Management Cou...
Passengers, motorists and residents are being informed about work to carefully restore a railway bridge next to Deansgate station in Manchester city centre.Β The Great Nor...
On the 16 ofΒ July 2019, CASE Construction Equipment will host a CASE Eagle Day in the UK at Maltby Colliery, Tickhill Road, Rotherham S66 7QW. Maltby Colliery is a 500 a...
Leading engineering services specialist Mabey Hire has today announced its role in enabling one of the biggest tram extension programmes in the UK β the Midland Metro All...
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