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A student at the University of Derbyβs Centre for Mineral Products has become the first person in the mineral extractives and quarrying industry to achieve a first class...
Drivers could be allowed to travel at increased speed through motorway roadworks depending on what day of the week they are travelling, under new plans from Highways Engl...
Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), today welcomed moves by energy regulator Ofgem to prepare the UKβs electricity network for the...
Ofgem has set out proposals to take forward reforms to support millions of new electric vehicles forecast on Britainβs roads in the coming decades while keeping costs dow...
Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann recently collected its third consecutive RoSPA Gold Award for its ongoing commitment to health and safety in...
Prichards of Llantrisant, South Wales, has added a range of Volvo excavators and a new A30G articulated hauler to its extensive plant fleet thanks to the reliability and...
Telensa, the global leader in connected street lighting and smart city applications, today announced that its smart streetlight controls are being deployed in 64,000 LED...
Air Monitors is playing a key role in the UKβs first Urban Observatory which has been designed to provide a digital view of how our cities work. The company has supplied...
Cheshire East Council is the local authority of Cheshire East in England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council c...
The construction sector as it currently operates cannot meet the UKβs need for housing and may struggle to meet the need for infrastructure. Given that the UK already lag...
Sir John Armitt today welcomed plans from Ministers to adopt recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission, to use data to improve the condition and running...
Galliford Try has secured a place on the new edition of the Midlands Highways Alliance framework. The total value of the work is Β£500m over the four-year term which will...
Aberdeen based, Bear Handling Ltd specialise in handling equipment across Scotland and the oil & gas industry β the company has recently been appointed as a Hyundai f...
Tarmac, the UKβs leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, is to restructure the distribution model for its Cement and Lime division to...
More than 100 guests gathered in Londonβs iconic City Hall Living Room last night to celebrate the inaugural susdrain SuDS Awards, supported by the Greater London Authori...
Smart Motorways were first introduced in 2006 to address increasing congestion and since then have been proven to improve journey time reliability and prevent fatalities....
The organisers of AQE 2018, the Air Quality & Emissions show, have announced a partnership with the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC), to host a one-day semin...
GKD Technologies is a leading provider of systems designed for safeguarding personnel and machines. Based in the South of England, the company design, develop and produce...
Today, Heathrow completed the first stage of its search for innovation partners. This initiative sets out to encourage fresh thinking around how Heathrow delivers the exp...
Nick Robinson, a former Artificer Telecommunications Engineer with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) (including a spell with the US Army as part of his...
Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann is playing a key part in the upgrade of a major midlands route through the implementation of essential works...
Eurovia Surfacing has added a new state-of-the-art roller that boasts some of the latest compaction technology to its fleet. The new BOMAG BW174AP AM is among the first r...
Football mania is expected to leave England motorways with up to a third less traffic tomorrow night. As fansβ cheer on Harry Kane and co in their bid for World Cup semi-...
A team from Network Rail has taken time out from managing and surveying lineside vegetation to support a local community project in Wolverhampton. Network Rail employees...
Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann is helping to maintain the trunk roads of the East Midlands by collaborating with fellow contractors as part...
A new Volvo EC140E excavator has been delivered to a large, family run dairy farm near Portpatrick, Stranraer, in Dumfries & Galloway thanks to sound third-party refe...
The severe funding pressures being faced by local government will mean even less money for essential maintenance and repair of the local road network warns the Road Surfa...
Drivers in the North West are being promised over 100 miles of extra lanes on the regionβs motorways to tackle congestion and improve journey times. Four new smart motorw...
In a new initiative to address the industryβs skills gap, national construction and engineering firm NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) has launched a training pro...
Pat Smith has joined New Holland as Business Director UK & ROI upon the retirement of Andrew Watson, after 31 years with the company. Pat joined from T H White Ltd, o...
Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced the launch of its interactive infographic depicting the evolution of Americaβs iconic Interst...
A new agreement between the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) and the Association for Project Safety (APS) will help ensure British buildings are safer a...
The latest Traffic Management (TM) Vehicles designed to support and protect maintenance crews on urban and rural roads will be highlighted at Traffex Seeing is Believing...
Balfour Beatty today announces that it has re-signed the UK Armed Forces Covenant as part of its ongoing commitment to the Armed Forces community. The Armed Forces Covena...
Could you create a road surface that heals itself to make it more resilient for the future? Do you have an idea or product that will help prepare the highways infrastruct...
With the skid resistance levels of over a quarter of the local road network reported to be questionable and requiring further investigation, the Road Surface Treatments A...
With the extreme hot weather predicted this week, Network Rail has activated its βextreme weather action teamsβ (EWATs) across the country to ensure passengers are kept s...
In a landmark vote today, Parliament unambiguously backed expanding Heathrow Airport β ending decades of political debate on one of the UKβs most pressing infrastructure...
Following the demise of Cornish demolition firm DRS Demolition National in 2015, the area once again found itself without a dedicated local contractor who were capable of...
Ridgway Rentals Ltd. have taken delivery of their new Hydrema 912F Rear Tip Dump Trucks! These new additions to their dump truck range are perfect for sites where a large...
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