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Following a Β£1.5m investment from Finance Yorkshire, a website update, gaining of ISO 9001 and a rebrand last year, BPI is now in a unique position to help UK companies m...
Aston University civil engineering experts are teaming up with construction and surfacing company Miles Macadam to help make road surfaces more sustainable. The Universit...
The team behind Digital Construction Week (DCW) is delighted to announce the launch of Digital Construction North, an intimate one-day event that brings together Architec...
Suffolk-based plant hire and contracting company JJ Sugrue has added its first HD Hyundai HX85A compact excavator to the fleet, with a second machine already on order. Su...
TRL, a global leader in transport innovation, has acquired the ECO Stars Fleet Recognition Scheme, creating a cornerstone for a portfolio of services that help local auth...
The NWH Group, a leading, family-owned, national waste management and recycling business, has invested Β£1.1M in a new state-of-the-art construction and demolition waste p...
Ben Shirley, a Teaching Fellow in Architectural Practice at NMITE (New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering) has helped spread NMITEβs reputation in the field o...
Using the new state-of-the-art mapping tool will make it easier for National Highways to keep track of its Soft Estate ecosystems bordering the countryβs 4,300 miles of m...
SIG Building Solutions has extended its successful working relationship with Exeter based SunGift Solar through the supply of project specific solar canopy support struct...
Yunex Trafficβs next-generation hosted UTC-UX system is now operating right across London. Delivering TfLβs ambitious RTO programme, the huge rollout of this solution eff...
Messagemaker Displays has supplied a bespoke retrofit LED Tunnel Lane Control Signal (TLCS) sign solution to meet the Transport for London (TfL) specification. The TLCS s...
Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today one of its Mabey Delta™ structures has been installed in South Lanarkshire, S...
As the country enters the second week of the UK general election campaign trail, 12 Tier One UK infrastructure and construction contractors and consultants have today pub...
A machine built to celebrate the 70th birthday of the JCB backhoe loader is set to play a major role in training the operators of the future. Sheffield-based K-Plant Hire...
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...
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