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Esh Construction has been appointed to provide infrastructure upgrades to widen the existing A1290 at the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP). The IAMP is si...
HS2 (High Speed Two) is seen as the UKβs flagship transportation project, connecting the West Midlands and London and through 140 miles (225km) of high-speed rail line. T...
Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway is now British Standards Institute (BSI) certified to PAS 2080:2023, the global standard for the management and reductio...
As global understanding and awareness of environmental and social impacts progresses, today, Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has launched its evol...
Xwatch Safety Solutions part of HexagonΒ introduced an innovative safety system for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), a significant advancement for workplace safety...
When improving safety through visibility was identified as a top priority for planned resurfacing work on three sections of the A2, National Highways selected WJ Group to...
Welcome to our Q&A session with Max Harris, a 24-year-old Design Engineer at Xwatch Safety Solutions, part of Hexagon. Max began his journey with Xwatch in 2020 while...
The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF), the leading membership organisation for PPE and safety equipment manufacturers, distributors, and specialist service provid...
Warwickshire-based plant and tool hire specialist, Proplant, celebrates 25 years of exceptional customer service; while also marking a decade of successful partnership wi...
All bets are off as JCB gives the UKβs best tracked excavator operator the chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas. JCB is looking for an operator with the X...
Aggregate Industries has opened a brand new asphalt plant to serve Staffordshire and the surrounding areas as part of a Β£9m investment. The Cauldon plant in the Staffords...
The countdown is on to submit your entries for the London Construction Awards 2024! The deadline for all submissions is 5pm June 7th. The London Construction Awards celeb...
Posing a major pinch point on the Taunton highway network in Somerset, the Toneway Corridor Capacity Improvement Scheme was a major transport project that was conceived t...
Kubota (UK) Ltd has launched its first telehandler, seeking to provide a wider range of machinery solutions for Construction and associated industries. Called the KTH4815...
SMT, the authorised dealer for Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) in Great Britain, will return to Hillhead 2024 with a renewed focus on net zero and guiding custome...
Yunex Traffic will be exhibiting a range of innovative and intelligent solutions at this yearβs Traffex exhibition. With the widest end-to-end portfolio of intelligent tr...
Bobcat is showing new products for the first time at the Hillhead 2024 Exhibition in Hillhead Quarry in Buxton in the UK from 25-27 June 2024. They include the Super Comp...
Balfour Beatty VINCI has completed the excavation of the 22 metre deep west portal for HS2, marking a leap forward on work to build the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel bringing...
KfW IPEX-Bank has taken a significant step towards supporting the UKβs transition to net zero by arranging and providing funding for a portfolio of operational offshore t...
Manchester-based groundworks and civil engineering specialist contractor PD Developments, led by Damian OβGrady and Paul Lackey, has enhanced its operational capabilities...
A leading independent skip hire and waste management company has invested in machines worth more than Β£2 million – making its fleet exclusively JCB. Purchased by Lo...
3t, the market-leading provider of safety-critical sector training, learning technology, and simulation solutions, achieves a significant milestone by raising USD $100mn...
The publication of National Highways βStrategic Road Network Initial Reportβ confirms the aim of making greater use of digital technologies within the highways sector, as...
As one of the worldβs largest orbital motorways, carrying 15% of the UKβs motorway traffic, any maintenance closures of the M25 must be carefully planned to avoid major d...
A trial which could revolutionise the way public highways are resurfaced has shown some encouraging initial findings. In the summer of 2022, Essex Highways β a partnershi...
Smarter. Safer. More Sustainable. This is the theme of the Wirtgen Groupβs appearance at Hillhead 2024. Amongst other things, the focus from 25 to 27 June will be on exci...
Marlborough Highways is delighted to announce that it has secured a comprehensive Highways Term Contract with the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The agreement, which builds...
Veriforce CHAS, the supply chain risk management and compliance specialist, has introduced CHAS Social Sustainability – a cutting-edge Environmental, Social, and Go...
Visitors to this yearβs Hillhead quarry exhibition (June 25-27) are invited to call into the CASE Construction Equipment stand (X10) throughout the three-day show. CASE w...
Construction materials giant Aggregate Industries, a division of global business Holcim, has added 21 HD Hyundai wheeled loading shovels to its equipment fleet. Delivered...
Thereβs a global construction boom happening globally, and disputes are an inevitable reality of the construction sector. Thus, it comes as no surprise that construction...
GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign, the United Kingdom governmentβs flagship international communications program, today announced the unveiling of The Ever-Chan...
According to the AA, 55% of Brits think they drive safely the majority of the time. However, over half of us still struggle with the Highway Code, so thereβs clearly a bi...
BalfourΒ Beatty, the UK’s largest infrastructure company, in partnership with National Highways, reopened the M25 last night, eight hours ahead of schedule following...
Playing their part in the drive towards a more sustainable future, Stuart Partners Ltd. have recently invested in a Sandvik QE342e hybrid scalper for their recycling oper...
Innovate UK recently announced the 18 projects selected in the Resource efficiency for materials and manufacturing (REforMM) collaborative research & development comp...
Heidelberg Materialsβ Ribblesdale cement works in Lancashire is taking part in a ground-breaking project to establish the feasibility of using ammonia as a source of hydr...
The UKβs Morris Leslie Plant Hire is kicking off its 50th birthday celebrations in style by placing an order for a huge fleet of new JCB machines worth Β£68 million. The m...
Clearview Intelligence in collaboration with the WJ Group are pleased to announce that one of their newest product developments, the SolarLite Click, has begun live road...
AUSA, a manufacturer of compact all-terrain industrial vehicles, has signed an agreement with Warwick Ward, one of the largest suppliers of earthmoving and waste recyclin...
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