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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...
Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has announced the appointment of Field and Forest as its dealer for central Scotland. This partnership, effective since January, promises to...
To coincide with National Careers Week (4 to 8 March 2024), EngineeringUK previewed the findings of a new report which reveals nearly three-quarters of graduates who stud...
Scotland, Scotlandβs leading agricultural organisation, has announced a new partnership with County Durham-based business finance broker Anglo Scottish Asset Finance to c...
The popularity of standstill agreements is showing no signs of abating – especially in the post-Grenfell, Building Safety Act 2022 era, after that Act implemented a...
Over 8,000 delegates have already registered to attend UKREiiF (The UKβs Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum) in May β with 12,000 official attendees and 3,00...
WASTE and resource management company, RiverRidge has announced that it has taken delivery of Northern Irelandβs first and only fully electric skip lift vehicle, a Renaul...
Millions of people in the North and the Midlands will benefit from better public transport, reduced congestion and upgraded local bus and train stations thanks to the new...
The Scottish Government revealed its draft Scottish Budget for 2024/25 in late December 2023, which will have significant impacts on the Scottish construction industry. T...
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase team at independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has worked with North Somerset Council on the Β£90m Banwell bypass which was granted Com...
Around Β£150 billion worth of investment opportunities are set to be showcased and discussed at UKREiiF (The UKβs Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum) this com...
Heidelberg Materials UK has become the first building materials company to achieve certification to the updated BES 6001 standard across its business. The Framework Stand...
registered businesses can apply for match-funding for late-stage, collaborative research and development of automotive technology and processes. Eligible projects will su...
A host of new features, interactive demos, international pavilions from across the globe, and a charity Gumball Rally across the country have all been announced by the or...
RSK Group, a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions, has announced that it has created a new company specifically tasked with delivering unexploded ordnan...
Yunex Built is Yunex Traffic’s new brand for manufacturing services, extending beyond the company’s established focus on traffic and transport. Operating as a...
As of today, 3 January 2024, the ZEV mandate becomes law, requiring all new cars and vans to be zero emission by 2035. For 2024, 22% of all new UK car sales from each qua...
Sunstone Systems and WJ Group have been awarded the βSecurity Partnering Initiative of the Yearβ at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards. Recognised for their carbon...
Over recent years, extreme weather events have become more frequent in the UK. Rising global temperatures are causing changes to the jet stream, resulting in severe storm...
Following the acquisition of CHAS by Veriforce in January 2023, CHAS has announced its company brand name will becomeΒ βVeriforce CHASβ, reflecting its position as a key p...
In a landmark move that reshapes the aviation industry’s ownership landscape, Ferrovial has announced the sale of its substantial stake in FGP Topco, the parent com...
Xwatch Safety Solutions, together with Leica Geosystems, and Flannery Plant Hire has been recognised at the TechFest Awards, organised by Construction News and New Civil...
ReFuels N.V., one of Europe’s leading suppliers of renewable biomethane (Bio-CNG) for the decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), announced the opening of i...
Contractors looking for recycled building materials in Northamptonshire, need look no further than Oundle-based Select Stone. Established 21 years ago, the company recycl...
it came to installing the new Allerdene bridge as part of a multimillion-pound National Highways upgrade to the A1 network, temporary works was a critical element given t...
As the UK grapples with an escalating pothole crisis, questions arise about the efficacy of the government’s approach to road maintenance. Despite the government...
JN Bentley, a UK civil engineering, building and MEICA contractor, which is part of the Mott MacDonald Group, is making waves in the construction and engineering industry...
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