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Stanton Bonna is a leading UK manufacturer of precast concrete pipes, manholes and culverts for drainage, as part of a comprehensive range of precast offsite solutions fo...
Plymouth’s Charles Cross Transport Improvement Scheme has won at the South West’s top ICE Civil Engineering Awards. The scheme to ease congestion at one of city’s busiest...
A vision for a modern rail network for the North of England has taken another step forward, with plans to integrate HS2 with Northern Powerhouse Rail. Today, HS2 Ltd has...
Perth based civil engineering and plant contractors I & H Brown has taken delivery of a thirty tonne Volvo EC300E for its extensive plant fleet, which has been pledge...
Finning UK & Ireland, exclusive distributor for Caterpillar® equipment, and Veolia, provider of water, waste and energy management, are trialling two Cat® 950M Wheel...
Earlier this year the CEA launched its CESAR Champion initiative to recognise the efforts of any police officer who uses the CESAR technology to identify a stolen piece o...
waste technology company, Enevo has signed a partnership agreement with asset management provider, Yotta. The two companies will work together to provide joint waste mana...
With the world starting to resume a certain degree some of normality, thoughts may be turning to how best to bring a workforce back from a prolonged period of absence qui...
Motorists have been able to snatch a first glimpse on the roads of a pioneering cone-laying vehicle that will eliminate the need for roadworkers to do the job from the ba...
Interest in OilQuick’s quick couplers has grown steadily over the last few decades. With the new OQTR-E tiltrotator, that interest has grown even further, not least...
The Institute of Quarrying (IQ) and the Institute of Asphalt Technology (IAT) have signed a memorandum of understanding which builds on the long-standing collaboration be...
The Government has named Tees Valley in England as the first Hydrogen Transport Hub has been welcomed by Transport for the North, which says the North can be proud that t...
Cancelled projects, interrupted supply chains, employee health and safety concerns — this is the reality for many construction companies following the coronavirus outbrea...
A Highways England project to protect a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon has won two prestigious civil engineering awards. The scheme to protect the Stover Co...
A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that, despite the Department for Transport’s long stated aim to increase bus use, passenger numbers have fallen. T...
GHD has announced that it has been appointed by Transport for London (TfL) as its Traffic Engineering Support Partner to support the delivery of feasibility and concept d...
An inflatable safety barrier that can be put up in a matter of minutes is to help protect road workers on Highways England’s road network. The new airbag is being trialle...
Ninety-three new state of the art gritters will be patrolling England’s motorways and major A roads this winter as part of a multi-million investment to help keep traffic...
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has appointed Gordons Construction Equipment to its national dealer network. The Castle Douglas-headquartered firm will retail Mecalac’s...
When a shipping company needed fast overnight action to ensure the integrity of new welds in time for its vessel to depart the next morning, Responsive were the experts w...
The focus on Modern Methods of Construction, or MMC, sharpened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with many wondering whether the outbreak and the consequential delays to...
Construction sites without the correct protection can potentially be very dangerous places, especially when it comes to head injuries. This is why Headway – the brain inj...
Working in the construction industry is one of the deadliest professions in the UK, but not because of the dangers of heavy machinery; the suicide rate for construction w...
The need for a well-trained and competent highways workforce has never been higher as the impact of budgetary cutbacks, maintenance backlogs and extreme weather takes an...
Headway, the brain injury association has relaunched its campaign to encourage people to wear cycle helmets after the government announced ambitious plans to boost cyclin...
latest surveying technology from Mobile GIS Services (MGISS) is helping Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM) transform the management of both underground and over ground highway and...
Dean Ward, Managing Director of the DCW Group has launched DCW Insights, an innovative and automated project identification app. With a built-in due diligence checker and...
business failures, the uncertainty of Brexit, and a global pandemic – it’s not been an easy time for the construction industry in recent times. But, are better days on th...
As part of its ongoing replacement regime, Commercial Recycling (Southern) Ltd has updated most of its VolvoCE equipment for new models at the company’s Canford recycling...
Highways England has reached a major milestone in a £5.2 million programme of environmental improvements across the North West – by restoring actual historic milest...
MacLeod Construction Ltd may have been founded on traditional house building values, but it has successfully embedded modern construction and quarrying practices into its...
Evidence suggests that more awareness is needed of the range of applications for R&D tax credits in the UK logistics industry. With HMRC data revealing that the secto...
The newly launched Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprenticeship, which is run by the University’s team of industry experts, sees the British Government cover the costs...
SWARCO Traffic, the traffic technology group, has moved into a new, larger premises to accommodate the company’s continued growth and provide additional space for product...
Moreton Cullimore is calling on fellow haulage firm owners and their drivers to back a petition to make HGV driver facilities a mandatory part of the planning application...
Connected asset management software and services provider Yotta has achieved significant business growth over the past few months, securing 16 new contract wins and incre...
Harwell, Oxfordshire: Vale of White Horse District Council has granted planning permission for the highly specialist facility that will house the UK’s Vaccines Manufactur...
In this article Dr Neale Kinnear, Head of Behavioural Science at TRL examines our acceptance of road deaths. “In the video above from Western Australia’s (WA) Road...
With COVID-19 leading to the cancellation of all major events, SMT GB has teamed up with The 360 View to bring a virtual exhibition to life, allowing you to discover Volv...
Specification-led marketing and product data specialist, SpecifiedBy, has reported substantial quarterly growth in its online marketplace as COVID-19 accelerates the need...
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