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The Easter break is traditionally a time when the UK population hit the roads to visit friends and family, or just take a hard-earned break from work. This year will like...
Sirius Minerals Plc. has hired the European construction group STRABAG SE to build an approx. 13 km tunnel section for the underground transport system of the Woodsmith M...
A Roman trade distribution centre, an abandoned medieval village and three prehistoric monuments are among nationally significant archaeology discoveries uncovered by the...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded two contracts worth c. Β£47m for the Fort Augustus to Fort William 132kV Transmission Reinforcemen...
Ringway has been awarded a one-year extension to its term service contract in Bracknell Forest. The yearly extension is the third in succession and added to the original...
An unmarked HGV cab is taking to the road for the final time after catching over 5,000 careless drivers in the past three years. The cab has travelled 99,000 miles on mot...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has taken delivery of its first 22 specialist Earthworks machines valued at Β£3.2m, and is...
The very first Volvo A60H articulated hauler to be sold in Great Britain was delivered to CEMEX UK during November last year and has been pulling out all the stops at the...
The recent CEA Annual conference (One Great George Street London) was attended by over 190 delegates from the Construction Equipment sector, including guests from leading...
Based in the idyllic market town of Wimbourne Minster in Dorset, PMC Civil Engineering are continuing to invest in the latest high-tech plant and machinery available whic...
The ground breaking Procurement Reform Act (Scotland) has undoubtedly delivered significant benefits since its introduction in 2014. While the act was visionary, in its l...
Passengers in North Wales are benefitting from a newly commissioned, state of the art signalling system between Shotton and Colwyn Bay which came in to useΒ on Monday as...
British Builders Merchants report 8.4% growth for 1st quarter 2018 Builders merchants have reported an increase in sales of 8.4% in January (compared to January 2017) lif...
A team from Ringway East Midlands Milton Keynes contract has taken part in the groundbreaking trial of autonomous vehicles on public UK roads. Two Ringway trucks provided...
Passengers from around the world have once again voted for Heathrow to win major accolades at the 2018 Skytrax World Airport Awards, held yesterday evening at the Passeng...
A team carrying out Britainβs largest concrete repair project is targeting local schools to drive up the number of girls choosing a construction career. At the same time...
Morris & Perry add a new Volvo A45G Hauler to the quarry fleet Independent quarrying company, Morris & Perry Quarries Ltd, has taken delivery of a new Volvo A45G...
EnviroBuild, the Southwark-based sustainable construction company, has been awarded the Federation of Small Business London Ethical and Green Business of the year award....
This week, Balfour Beatty welcomes members of the public to its construction sites across the UK to support Build UKβs Open Doors event. This popular, annual event welcom...
The negative impact of decades of under-investment in road maintenance has been confirmed by the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey. The survey...
A new exhibition that aims to encourage future generations of women to consider careers in transport and engineering is being sponsored by Ringway, with an employee from...
Highways England is giving young people a fun taste of engineering as it builds on its ambition to recruit road builders of the future. The company is using its presence...
New British laws have been given Royal Assent to unlock an exciting era of British space innovation, exploration and investment. The Space Industry Bill will enable the f...
Network Rail engineers are working to remove 15ft-long icicles which have formed in a railway tunnel between Manchester and Buxton. The icicles, in Eaves Tunnel, pose a s...
Article by Solicitors Kara Price and Sarah Wales from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson The construction sector is in the grips of a skills shortage which is limiting constr...
Visitors to four of the Network Rail managed stations will soon be able to view some of the most breath-taking images of landscapes from across the UK. A free exhibition...
UK commercial law firm, Al Bawardi Critchlow, today launched a range of legal services specifically designed to enable smaller contractors and subcontractors in the const...
Network Rail has issued a Prior Information Notice (PIN) via The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) process for its tender exercise to let the next generation...
Do you ever wonder what itβs like to work on the biggest road building sites or are you considering a career in construction?Β Highways England is taking part in Open Door...
Groundworks and demolition contractor Clearance Services Ltd (CSL) of Maidenhead, Berkshire, has taken delivery of yet another Volvo excavator for its fleet of mobile equ...
Eurovia UK group and Ringway Jacobs, its joint venture company, have become one of the first businesses to successfully achieve conformity to ISO 45001 β the new internat...
Tradespeople – including those working in construction, are some of the UKβs happiest workers, according to new research. A survey of 1,024 UK workers, by workplace...
An innovative dual camera system which can spot both road workers speeding through construction sites and road users who illegally drive through cones has been hailed a p...
Breaking with tradition, the Argyll based, family-run civil engineering and contracting business A&L McCrae, headed up by proprietors and founders, Alistair and Linda...
Ringway Hounslow Highways has launched six new mechanical sweepers onto the boroughβs roads, featuring designs by local school children. The three subcompact Johnston 101...
The UK government has committed to 33% of central government procurement spend going to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) by 2022 (previously 2020). The latest fi...
CIRIA has embarked on a new partnership with Atkins, BAM Ritchies and Maccaferri as together they set out to bring together the engineering community to identify future g...
Unprecedented global demand for JCB equipment will see the company create 600 new jobs in the next three months β with 200 available for immediate start. A very healthy o...
The UKβs fastest growing commercial vehicle motor factor business, Digraph, has agreed a supply agreement with lubricant blender, Millers Oils. The new partnership enhanc...
On the 12th February, telent Technology Services TPCMS (Traction Power Centralised Management System) went live in Romford Electrical Control Room (ECR) as part of the Na...
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