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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 it’s like to work on the biggest road building sites or are you considering a career in construction? 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 – the new internat...
Tradespeople – including those working in construction, are some of the UK’s 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 borough’s 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 – with 200 available for immediate start. A very healthy o...
The UK’s 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...
A major project to develop software for the implementation of London’s 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. 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 – 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 £500,000 in training and development over the next 12 months – 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 England’s water bodies fail to meet ‘good’ 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 m² 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...
Britain’s 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 GB’s utility dealer for North Wale...
Balfour Beatty is continuing its efforts to bridge the industry’s skills shortage through its collaboration with Scape Group, the public sector owned built environment sp...
A significant number of Carillion’s 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 £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 year’s 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 £1m package of strengthening work to a six–span 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...
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