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A major project to develop software for the implementation of Londonβs Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in 2019 will be delivered by Siemens, a global leader in traffic man...
On the fourth annual National Pothole Day, the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has declared that decades of under-investment in maintaining the local road netw...
Essex County Council and Hertfordshire County Council have announced that they are working together to pilot new smart city services.Β The project, a partnership with Camb...
Network Rail is seeking to recruit seven engineers of the future from Wales and Borders to join its hugely successful apprentice scheme from September this year. Places a...
Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey is installing two temporary bridges to support the Thames Tideway Tunnel project β a major new sewer that will ta...
Ernie. No, not the fastest milkman in the west but the nickname for the super computer used by National Savings and Investments to pick out the winning Premium Bonds numb...
National construction and engineering firm NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) is set to invest Β£500,000 in training and development over the next 12 months β build...
In the fourth quarter of 2017, retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 7.4% compared with the same period in 2016. This took total...
An Environment Agency (EA) state-of-the-nation update, warning that 86% of Englandβs water bodies fail to meet βgoodβ status, is strong on facts but falls woefully short...
A new Volvo EW60E compact wheeled excavator has been delivered to Liverpool based, King Construction, for a major road-widening project in the Merseyside capital. The six...
London City Airport has awarded a contract to BAM Nuttall for a new 75,000 mΒ² concrete deck extension. The deck is an important first stage of construction, as part of th...
Ringway Hounslow Highways has given local school students a taste of the workplace by teaming up with an award-winning social enterprise that aims to give pupils the skil...
Since its launch in 1998 Scotplant has been promoted as ‘the exhibition where deals are done’ and the 2018 event (20th & 21st April, Royal Highland Centre...
Britainβs exporters risk being held back by a lack of access to key trading markets, new data has revealed today. As Britain prepares to leave the EU, the data shows that...
After nine months, Pwllheli based Gwrtaith Gwynedd, has nothing but praise for their Volvo loading shovel, which was purchased from SMT GBβs utility dealer for North Wale...
Balfour Beatty is continuing its efforts to bridge the industryβs skills shortage through its collaboration with Scape Group, the public sector owned built environment sp...
A significant number of Carillionβs Network Rail contracts have today been acquired by Amey Rail Limited, after the company went into liquidation last month. The successf...
New Government proposals of Β£7million funding for new bike-friendly areas fail to address a fundamental issue of cycling road safety: potholes and deteriorating road surf...
Engineering, environment and design consultancy firm Sweco has been recognised for developing a workplace travel planning programme for Edinburgh at this yearβs Scotland...
Data is knowledge, knowledge is power, but how do you harness it? Artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data, the Industrial Internet of Things, collectively known as the Fou...
Eurovia UK will play a vital part in the transformation of one of the busiest parts of central London after submitting a winning bid to carry out a large part of a major...
Key rail works were completed last week on the Kings Lynn to Ely line and Norwich, Yarmouth, Lowestoft (Wherry lines) as part of the Network Rail wider Railway Upgrade Pl...
Network Rail carried out a Β£1m package of strengthening work to a sixβspan railway bridge between Ely and Littleport last week to enable the smooth running of services an...
Bardem Ltd of Paisley has opted for a twenty-five tonne Volvo EC250E to be its flagship excavator for its growing portfolio of demolition contracts. Following an initial...
Eurovia Contracting has completed a major roadbuilding contract three months ahead of schedule, in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, with the help of a brand new JCB Hydradig. The...
A new report on Scottish local authority finances has found that continued budget restriction has resulted in 20% reduction in spending on road maintenance. The research...
Angus Dent, CEO of ArchOver looks at the lessons we can learn from the downfall of Carillion As the dust begins settling on the collapse of Carillion, we move to the dama...
Known locally as the βmissing linkβ at Air Balloon roundabout, this stretch of single carriageway road between the Brockworth bypass and Cowley roundabout restrict...
The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon road upgrade is hitting two milestones this week, with a new bridge opening to traffic just days before the bridge it is replacing is bein...
Traffex Seeing is believing, part of Transport Network, is set to return to Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire this summer. Combining an indoor conference and exhibition hall...
The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has announced the venue and dates for their next PLANTWORX trade show. It will be held at the East of England Arena and Event...
A Birmingham technology company could save lives and taxpayers more than Β£23m a year by protecting crucial tunnels, bridges and overhead cables in the UK from bridge stri...
Three new HGV βsupercabβ turcks are to take to the roads as part of a unique initiative to tackle dangerous driving on Englandβs motorways and major A roads. Highways Eng...
Daisy Group has further consolidated its growing presence at the heart of the nationβs critical infrastructure β by winning a Β£2.6m deal to provide crucial support to Hig...
Highways England is turning waste from a major road improvement into new footpaths for walkers at a nearby park. Around 250 tonnes of the old surface from an improvement...
Plans for the tunnel set to be built as part of the Β£1.6 billion upgrade of the A303 near Stonehenge will go on public display today. Highways Englandβs plans for the imp...
Highways England is starting a major programme of tree and shrub planting along the A30 and A38 in a bid to connect a 105 mile corridor of wildlife habitat. The work is t...
Suppliers from across the North West region have had the opportunity to understand how they can get involved in future Highways England construction contracts worth Β£500m...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded a four-year contract worth more than Β£40m for the operations and maintenance of Network Railβs fl...
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