United Kingdom Construction News from Highways.Today
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Over 120 sites from across Britain have applied to help build an expanded Heathrow, an overwhelming show of support for the nationβs most critical infrastructure project....
Industry-leading environmental work taking place on the biggest road construction project in the UK Project designed to leave a positive legacy for the local environment...
Almost three quarters (74%) of parents feel that careers advice in schools is too focused on academia. Over half (57%) say tuition fees put them off encouraging their chi...
After a period of employee consultation, Volvo Construction Equipment has concluded the sale of its Volvo Construction Equipment GB dealership to long term distribution p...
Two major new road schemes worth more than Β£300 million are set to cut congestion and improve journey times for hundreds of thousands of drivers in Merseyside and Cheshir...
The Queensferry Crossing opened to traffic yesterday morning, marking the culmination of a momentousΒ journey. Final preparations are underway on the project, which at al...
The UKβs first Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) ‘platooning’ trial, jointly funded by Highways England and the Department for Transport, has been approved. Overseen...
Skene Group Construction Services Ltd of Glenrothes, Fife, has added a second Volvo L220H loading shovel to work at its Soutra Mains Quarry facility, which joins the very...
A βconnected cityβ, also known as a βsmart cityβ, relies on an intelligent infrastructure which utilises the wealth of innovation and technologies created by Internet of...
Up until four years ago, McKinstry Skip Hire, had never bought a JCB. Now, Northern Irelandβs leading waste management company runs a fleet of 14 β all supplied by local...
Thomas Menzies Builders Ltd of Kirkcaldy, Fife, in Scotland has opted for its first Volvo EC220E excavator thanks to the high level of operator comfort, smoothness of con...
Hydraulic hose replacement specialist Hydraquip invests in new vans to extend national coverage and enhance local service. Hydraquip, the UKβs largest independent provide...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been selected by Network Rail to deliver a contract to electrify a 40-mile train route...
Sunburn on the up with tradespeople most at risk in the UK One in ten donβt wear sun cream for fear of workmates mocking them Wickes trials nationwide roll out of free su...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been appointed by EDF Energy as preferred bidder for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power...
A Β£7 million project designed to keep drivers safely and smoothly on the move along the A66 at Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria was completed this week. In a boost for comme...
Hutton Stone Co Ltd based close to Berwick upon Tweed in the Scottish Borders has purchased a new Volvo EC380E crawler excavator for a new venture that has started up in...
Highways England joined together with the emergency services including West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance service for a special training exercise in B...
Multi-million pound road improvement schemes announced today by Highways England are set to help unlock the development of more than 6,000 jobs and nearly 10,000 homes. T...
Leading contractor Chepstow Plant International, like many contractors, takes health and safety very seriously. They have increased their focus on Articulated Dump Truck...
A package of eleven Volvo articulated haulers and a seventy-five tonne EC750E mass excavator have re-established a long standing relationship between Hall Construction Se...
Highways England is announcing its preferred route for a major Β£282m improvement scheme to improve the M42 junction 6 near Solihull Ββ which has the backing of local resi...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded the Ministry of Defenceβs (MoD) Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award 2017 for its...
The Ecology Consultancy, a leading UK based ecological consultancy, have recently launched an initiative of School Ecology Workshops to assist the construction industry i...
Last 4-tonne concrete blocks lifted into place on M6 A new 20-mile-long concrete safety barrier on the M6 in Cheshire is nearing completion as part of a Β£274 million proj...
The A75 Gretna Green to Stranraer road is the main route through Scotland to the ferry port servicing Northern Ireland. Consequently, traffic volumes tend to increase whe...
Heathrowβs biodiversity engineers are in a flutter after uncovering what is the 3,000th species known to be living in the 170 hectares of biodiversity lands the airport m...
Seven major schemes completed in the past year Eight major schemes due to be completed in the next 12 months Seven schemes to be underway by spring 2018 Further plans inc...
The M3 in Surrey and Hampshire has become the latest road in the UK to be upgraded to a smart motorway, Highways England announced today (Tuesday 1 August). Cutting-edge...
Saxby Surfacing Contractors from Sheffield are entering their thirtieth year of trading and to commemorate the event, have taken delivery of their first Volvo paver, a P6...
Clearview Intelligence has long been an active supporter of Brake, the road safety charity, so was were delighted to learn that they are finalists in the Brake Fleet Safe...
Flying debris that travels faster than a bullet is just one of the hazards facing Highways England repair teams working on Birmingham’s SpaghettiΒ Junction. As part...
Main Work Civil Contract packages for lots S1 and S2 of new HS2 high-speed railway link in the United Kingdom. Consortium consisting of STRABAG (32 %), Skanska and Costai...
years, it was the ultimate graduate dream – a secure training scheme with a big-name company in the City, plenty of perks and a salary which made those all-nighters...
The highways industry is faced with a unique challenge – The βRoadβ, with its depreciating finite life, cannot economically be renewed in line with traditional life...
based LKAB Minerals Ltd continues a tradition of operating Volvo loading shovels dating back to 1995 with the addition of a new L90H loading shovel and a second unit on o...
Nottingham-based Civil and Electrical Engineering firm, McCann, has successfully completed essential drainage maintenance work on the A64 at the Brambling Fields junction...
JCB has secured one of its biggest-ever deals in the UK β an order for more than 1,200 machines and a range of generators worth more than Β£55 million. A-Plant – the...
Home improvement retailer Wickes has launched a new loyalty programme exclusively for trade customers β called Wickes TradePro β offering 10% off purchases in-store or on...
Doka UK was awarded for the innovative concrete- sensor technology Concremote with this year’s Construction News Award. Concremote allows construction firms to digi...
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