United Kingdom Construction News from Highways.Today
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The Β£400m Highways England upgrade β the biggest road building project in the north of England β means there are now motorway links all the way between Newcastle and Lond...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has reached a key milestone on The University of Manchesterβs Β£287 million Manchester Engineering Campus Developme...
Tarmac has strengthened its commitment to safeguarding employees within its business and the construction industry by becoming the first organisation in its sector to sig...
The second series of the behind the scenes documentary Paddington Station 24/7 aired on Monday 14 May with the programme taking to the skies to join members of Network Ra...
Eurovia Surfacing has been appointed onto the Highways England Pavement Framework after being named lead minor lot contractor for the South East and Midlands regions β co...
Construction equipment sales in the UK show nearly 6% growth in Q1 2018 Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 5.7% in the first...
Work to reduce congestion by creating the North Eastβs first triple decker junction in North Tyneside is entering its final stage as work starts to complete the new under...
The countryβs fourth busiest railway station, London Bridge, was officially reopened on the 9th May by The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William following a Β£1 billion transf...
A pair of new Mercedes-Benz trucks played a key role in helping Manchester Airport chiefs to beat the big chill, as wintry weather gripped the UK. The 26-tonne Arocs were...
Highways England today released video footage of a reckless motorist mounting the pavement and placing road workersβ lives at risk as go about their daily jobs improving...
Thomas Plant Hire Ltd of Holywell, Flintshire, has opted for ten new Volvo EC140E crawler excavators, thanks to the performance of two wheeled machines purchased last yea...
Eurovia Infrastructure has won Kent County Councilβs Road Asset Renewal Framework Contract to resurface the rural and urban network throughout the county. The Contract is...
Highways England has signed a deal with contractors across the country to enable the company to respond more quickly when motorways and major A roads need to be resurface...
By the time HS2 arrives in Manchester, the majority of the UK network β covering some 70% of journeys β will have undergone a technological transformation delivering fast...
Four live demonstrations will show, for the first time in public, the effects of crashing into a traditional, rigid lamp-post at high speed vs the same crash into a βpass...
Diversification and fleet expansion have been key to the continued success of The Walters Group this year which has invested heavily in new plant during 2017, including o...
Drone technology, cutting-edge pumping systems and state-of-the-art data monitoring software are among the exciting innovations set to be taken forward by Tarmac as part...
Heathrow, Jaguar and travel services company WeKnowGroup have signed a landmark deal that will see a fleet of up to 200 fully-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles available to...
SWARCO Traffic is helping local authorities during the Tour de Yorkshire 2018 with its innovative mobile Variable Message Signs (VMS). The mobile VMS incorporates SWARCO...
Three mineral extraction sites operated by one of the UKβs leading suppliers of sands and aggregates have been recognised as achieving Professional Recognition in Mineral...
Pedestrian, road safety and disability campaign groups as well as experts across the highways sector have responded to news that the Secretary of State plans to make pave...
Mabey Groupβs UK construction services business announced today that it has become one of the first companies in the country to gain independent certification to ISO 3700...
Today the Wildlife Trusts are publishing “Towards a wilder Britain β creating a Nature Recovery Network” which shows how new laws could lead to the creation o...
Heathrow is treating delegates at this yearβs Multimodal cargo conference with samples of the most popular British food items exported from the airport. With its first mo...
Brigade Electronics has created a pack that customers can download from their website to provide a detailed guide to new data regulations with regards to cameras and reco...
The Confused.com London Motor Show has partnered with JCB, which will see three of its vehicles headlining on the βBuilt In Britain by JCBβ feature at this yearβs show. T...
As Infrarail 2018 opens its doors, leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey is joining thousands of attendees to celebrate the exciting advancements in th...
Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann, will be exhibiting alongside the East Midlands Asset Delivery team for Highways England at this yearβs Nott...
Ashton-under-Lyne station reopened by Network Rail today after the work to provide passengers with better journeys between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge was complet...
Hauliers up and down the country are being urged to get βsmartβ with Highways Englandβs specialist motorway training. In a pioneering move, the government company respons...
Euro Mechanical Handling Ltd (EMH), based at Bellshill in North Lanarkshire,Β Scotland, is an independent Scottish Material Handling company, that specialises in Forklift...
Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann, has completed a hat trick of successive award wins after being announced as a winner for a third consecutiv...
Poole-based Fluvial Innovations has announced that Her Majesty The Queen has selected the firm as winner of the Queenβs Award for Enterprise for Innovation. Fluvial Innov...
The first in the fleet of brand new high-speed passenger trains to call at Ashford International was met on the platform on the 3 April by Transport Secretary Chris Grayl...
One of the UKβs leading builderβs merchants is investing heavily in its tool hire business with an order for 500 JCB machines worth more than Β£8 million. Jewson is buying...
Hill Engineering has been designing and manufacturing pioneering excavator attachments since 1994. Up until now the companyβs award-winning TEFRA quick couplers were desi...
A group of staff, suppliers and customers from heavy building materials supplier Keyline are gearing up to take on the challenge of cycling from its Dumfries branch to it...
ALE has completed the second phase of work on the Thames Tideway project in London, UK with the use of a time and cost-saving lifting system. The work was completed on be...
Galliford Try has secured a Β£3.7m contract to improve the Coton Arches roundabout in Rugby, Warwickshire. The scheme will involve signalising the roundabout and providing...
A Volvo L120H and a L150H have been supplied to Rail Freight Services on a long term contract for Lytag, handling pulverized fuel ash (Fly Ash) at Drax power station near...
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