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National Highways will be unveiling a new industry-wide scoring system for Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP) to construction bosses at the Futureworx event next week....
Atkins Global, a leading design, engineering and project management consultancy, approached SOCOTEC Monitoring to replace an existing monitoring system located on the A46...
Forming part of a Transforming Cities Funding project, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has awarded a contract to Yunex Traffic to upgrade over 750 traffi...
Contributing Β£127 billion Gross Added Value, the logistics sector is vital to keeping the countryβs economy moving. SOCOTECβs Environment & Safety division serves a n...
Ringway has made a further move to decarbonise its operations by enhancing its low impact fleet with a further EAV2Cubed cargo bike added to its Transport for London high...
Buildiro.com, a digital marketplace for tradespeople, builders, and DIY enthusiasts in the United Kingdom, has launched a crowdfunding investment round on Seedrs, Europe...
Faithful+Gould, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been appointed by National Highways to provide commercial management services to support the multi-billion pound in...
National Highways has today invited shortlisted bidders to tender for the Β£1.9 billion contracts to build the roads, green bridges, parks and woodlands of the Lower Thame...
Hubbway Ltd was founded in 1965 by George Hubb. The business was originally located in Ellington, next to one of the largest deep coal mines in the UK. Hubbway has since...
The latest report from leading construction industry intelligence provider, Barbour ABI, reveals that more than Β£7bn worth of contracts were awarded and a pipeline of Β£12...
Mobile Mini UK, one of the leading worldwide providers of portable accommodation and secure storage containers, has been announced as the headline sponsor for The SHE Sho...
Xwatch safety systems have recently announced a new partnership with technology solutions specialists, MDiG, who will become official distributors of the Xwatch suite of...
University College London (UCL) has received Β£140k funding from The Road Safety Trust to evaluate the role of telematics in reducing speed violations among drivers and ri...
Since June 2019 Birmingham City Council (BCC) and Birmingham Highways Limited (BHL), the special purpose vehicle owned by Equitix and PIP Infrastructure Investments, have...
Queue jumping is an ever present and increasing problem on the UKβs road network, whereby motorists wrongly utilise a traffic-free lane to cut in front of other road user...
As part of its ongoing commitment to decarbonising the construction industry, leading building materials supplier Aggregate Industries has further developed its SuperLow...
Employers in Great Britain need to ensure that they are ready to provide the same level of hearing protection to workers who carry out casual work as employees who have a...
Whatever the Government decides when itβs completed its review of the paused smart motorway programme in England, digitisation of road and land communications is here to...
Ringway Jacobs Central Bedfordshire Council Highways team are involved in a project that is underway in Hulcote where they have been tasked with replacing Hulcote Mill Br...
Modular pontoon from TPA helps AECOM make a first inspection of the Astmoor and Bridgewater Viaduct. Modular pontoons from specialist temporary access solutions provider...
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded Colas Ltd a place on the three-year term contract for carriageway surfacing on behalf of the Black Country which includes...
Bobcat has appointed A&M Group, with headquarters in Bridgend, as the companyβs new Authorised Dealer for South, West and Mid Wales. A&M Group is now responsible...
Following an open procedure tender process, Manchester City Council has awarded Yotta, the leading global connected asset management and services provider, a contract wor...
Operators for leading construction materials group Breedon are highly impressed by the companyβs new Hitachi large excavators. The ZX890LCR-7s arrived at the Cloud Hill a...
More companies have stepped up and signed The Pallet LOOPβs charter β committing to explore how a circular economy pallet scheme could benefit their business, the environ...
Oxford Plastics innovative Trench Cover launched to support Β£5bn Project Gigabit Leading innovator and manufacturer of site safety equipment Oxford Plastics has announced...
Waste management firm Ace Liftaway has announced plans to introduce a new trommel fines recycling plant to its waste recycling and processing facility in Hampshire. The n...
A new report, ‘Engineering Ethics: maintaining societyβs trust in the engineering profession’, has been published today to ensure that ethical culture and pra...
Tim Fields, Structural Projects Manager at Anderton Concrete, discusses the current challenges and opportunities facing the infrastructure industry, while also discussing...
blue roof attenuation system to be showcased by ACO Building Drainage at this yearβs Futurebuild will help increase building resilience and futureproof performance during...
The 15th annual Executive Hire Show took place on 9th & 10th February at the Coventry Building Society Arena. This yearβs event comprised 155 exhibitors, with 42 comp...
Yotta, the leading global connected asset management and services provider, has joined forces with consultancy, Community Models, to help local authorities to make more i...
Coventry City Council has become the latest local authority to invest in a JCB PotholePro following a successful trial of the rapid road repairer. The Uttoxeter-manufactu...
After over 40 years of occupancy at their Minworth site, SMT GB has moved the Birmingham team into a larger, more modern and strategically superior site in Brownhills, We...
A national road victimsβ charity has expressed its support for the use of passive sign posts and lighting columns in the reduction of deaths and injuries on the roads. Ro...
Hyundai Construction Equipment paid a visit to Industrial Training Services, operator training site in Billericay Essex, to have a chat with Managing Director Alf Aldridg...
More environmentally-friendly heavy goods vehicles are allowed on Britainβs roads, thanks to new Government regulations coming into effect today (14th February). The new...
RPS has been appointment by Crown Commercial Services (CCS) onto the Urban Regeneration Lot of the Construction Professional Services Framework (CPS). Making it easier fo...
Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea has extended its range of recyclable plastic-bodied 7.2t commercial vehicles with a new tail-lift model, which is also suitab...
A leading demolition and groundworks specialist has bought four of the first of JCBβs brand new Stage V 245XR tracked excavators. Surrey-based Wooldridge Group has taken...
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