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Wayve, the London-based company pioneering deep learning for autonomous urban mobility, today announced a Fleet Data Collection Pilot with DPD, the UK’s leading parcel de...
Tideworks Technology, a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal operating system (TOS) solution, today announced that its Intermodal Pro® and Traffic Control...
Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK), a leading name in the construction, quarrying and demolition equipment market, is delighted to have appointed Walbrook Asset Fi...
JCB is investing £100 million on a project to produce super-efficient hydrogen engines, the company announced today. A team of 100 engineers is already working on the exc...
The first-ever double decker hydrogen bus tour of the UK is setting off from London on Monday 18 to shine a spotlight on the part hydrogen has to play in the country’s ra...
Ringway, the specialist highway services company, has been fast tracking its way towards its target of 40% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 2030, delivering...
Mabey Hire, the temporary works specialist, is delighted to announce the launch of EVE – an exciting new design solution that utilises immersive technology. Designed to b...
Dawsongroup Sweepers, the UK’s leading rental supplier of industrial and municipal cleaning vehicles, has launched a range of suction excavators, as it expands its fleet...
October 21, 2021 will see a one-of-its-kind, immersive event in the virtual space for plant operators, construction professionals and heavy equipment enthusiasts. FINROCK...
Hexagon’s Geosystems division announced today that the HxGN Content Program now offers aerial imagery of England, Scotland and Wales at up to 12.5 centimetre resolu...
After a bumper 2021, when nearly 2,000 entries from 49 countries were received, the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards 2022 are now open for registrations. As well as offerin...
Sterling Construction Company, Inc., today announced that its subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, LLC (RLW), has been awarded a $40.4 million aviation pr...
CASE Construction Equipment dealer Robert Coates Plant Sales Ltd recently sold a CASE CX245DSR Excavator fitted with a Powerhand VRS 200 Recycling system to customer Moor...
Ordnance Survey’s two-day OS Map and Hack event was declared an “amazing demonstration of creativity” after collaborators worked on ways to enhance electric vehicle (EV)...
Today, NBS, the leading construction data platform, has announced its partnership with the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) as its specification...
Pilot Group, the Manchester-based sustainable technology solutions firm, has acquired the ‘urban driving environment’ division of signage-systems firm Variable Message Si...
Ahead of World Mental Health Day (10th October), the research, by IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest supplier of specialist ironmongery, found that nearly three in five...
AxiBuild has released the AssetTag app in the UK for Android, iOS, and Web, that uses cloud technology to make team collaboration incredibly effective and very responsive...
Crossing the road in Scotland is set to become even safer thanks to a deal struck by TWM Traffic Control Systems and Aberdeen City Council. TWM is a division of Pilot Gro...
on Phase 3 of the Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor (SSTC3) has resulted in £26 million being invested into the local economy through responsible procurement of loc...
It is common knowledge that the construction sector is facing intense skills shortages that threaten the viability of many projects in the sector if they are not urgently...
Working on behalf of Align joint venture, SOCOTEC Monitoring used a combination of instrumentation and monitoring techniques to monitor ground movement underneath one of...
Fisker, creators of the world’s most sustainable electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions has announced the establishment of The Fisker Magic Works, its UK...
As the Government’s own 2025 deadline approaches for new build homes to be ‘zero carbon ready’, and with mandates for 25% of new homes to be built using Modern Methods of...
The ongoing crisis and shortage of drivers for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) has impacted our supermarket aisles, restaurants and retail stores, to name but a few. With the...
The machines were delivered by Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) (HCMUK) to the Group’s subsidiary – JM Recycling. The line-up comprises four ZW250-6s, four ZW180-6s, a...
Senior leadership and professionals across the UK construction sector took part in a virtual event with a major focus on climate change. The NBS ‘The Construction Leaders...
leading port operator is using a fleet of JCB Teletruks to handle millions of items of luggage as the cruise industry launches its post pandemic recovery. At its Port of...
ISO 44001 represents a new generation of international standard with a focus on behaviours, organisational culture and management processes providing a common platform to...
Derby-based digital innovator Work Wallet has won a prestigious global industry award for its market-leading health and safety management software. It’s modular, mobile-f...
Staffordshire-based JCB remained profitable in 2020 despite the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on its global manufacturing operations, the company announced today...
Balfour Beatty has announced that it has been awarded a £52 million contract on behalf of National Grid to deliver essential cabling works as part of the London Power Tun...
MOKE International has announced that full production of MOKE vehicles has returned to the United Kingdom! All MOKEs will be built at a state-of-the-art facility operated...
An unsung hero credited with inventing the modern road surface has been celebrated with the unveiling of a commemorative blue plaque in Nottingham. Edgar Hooley, a Nottin...
The CEA, hosts of the Plantworx construction exhibition, has joined forces with The Supply Chain Sustainability School to deliver a future technology event – Future...
Academy of Robotics and the Royal Air Force announced a new trial deployment of autonomous vehicles on an airbase as part of the RAF’s Astra campaign to deliver next gene...
Today sees the fifth edition of the Built Environment ride for people from across the Construction Industry to come together for a cycle ride, ‘Ziggurat’. Attendees will...
Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK), a leading name in the construction, quarrying and demolition equipment market, are relocating their Scottish depot to support i...
It’s been a challenging 18 months for the haulage sector. Not only did the COVID-19 pandemic have a dramatic and varied impact on the industry, but the pressing driver sh...
Transport for the North (TfN) Chief Executive Martin Tugwell will today call for more devolution and new approach to funding for the region: one that recognises that loca...
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