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The brand new JCB 457 Wastemaster was added to Ridgwayβs Loading Shovel Hire fleet this week. With the success of the JCB 437 already in the fleet and increased customer...
Taylor & Braithwaite partner up to go UK wide with TBS Plant Ltd Taylor & Braithwaite directors, Paul Taylor and Ian Burton have joined forces with Steve Corner a...
Network Rail in Wales and Borders is set to benefit from a record Β£2billion to provide a safer and more reliable railway for passengers and freight customers. It is the f...
The financial pressure on local authorities is soaring and across the UK, local government reform is hitting the headlines as councils react to growing service demands an...
Featured at this yearβs Hillhead exhibition was a 34-tonne L260H loading shovel destined for Ashcourt Groupβs Partridge Hall Yorkshire Quarry, near Pocklington, North Yor...
Technology company, Yotta has won a seven-year contract with CGI, a leading independent IT and business process service firm, to deliver asset management services and sol...
The Well-managed Highway Infrastructure Code (WMHI) was published in October 2016, but its two year transition period has now ended. The code was touted as a review of ex...
Highways England is building bridges to inspire the next generation of engineers through a variety of educational activities across the South West. Ongoing and planned en...
Ceannacroc Estates, located to the north west of Fort Augustus in the Highlands of Scotland, has just taken delivery of a new Volvo ECR88D reduced-swing compact excavator...
Ringway West Unitaries has secured an eight-year extension to the Highway maintenance and services contract for the A417/A419, at a value of up to Β£16million for the exte...
The Road Surface Treatment Association (RSTA) has welcomed proposals to develop a five-year funding settlement for local roads similar to that provided for the national r...
They have attention grabbing flashing amber beacons, are 2.5 metres wide and are painted bright orange, but last year 36 Highways England gritters were driven into. Gritt...
An innovative scheme integrating wireless vehicle detection traffic signals, vehicle activated signs (VAS) and a hurry call system has reconfigured a hospital junction to...
A fleet of new look gritters, using state of the art technology are on the road this winter following a multi-million pound investment by Highways England. The first deli...
Fatalities in Scotland reduced by 24 percent in 2017, according to last month’s Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain. This was the biggest improvement in Great...
Highways experts aiming to transform journeys on a vital part of the road network in North Tyneside had to go back to the classroom and delve into their history books as...
Established family-run plant hire and plant sales company, AJ & MJ Plant Sales Ltd of Portsmouth, has broken with tradition and opted for a considerable number of Vol...
A multi-million pound contract which will help shape the future of roads across the North West has been awarded by Highways England. The Design Services contract for moto...
The Small Robot Company, a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, has announced the official unveiling of its Harry digital planting robot at Agri-Tech Eastβs...
Bristol City Council was named winner of the βBest Smart City Projectβ at this yearβs Smarter Travel Awards, receiving the award for its outstanding Traffic Control Servi...
The Mineral Products Qualifications Council is hosting their inaugural BIG Event at MP House on Thursday the 29th November. Established in 1983 to help develop and mainta...
Ickenham based plant hire and civil engineering contractor has opted for a new Volvo EC220E to coincide with a move to raise its profile in the Greater London plant hire...
An innovative noise barrier which will reduce the level of noise for residents living close to the M1 is being used in the UK for the first time. The barrier will be inst...
Exhibiting at Stand B65, attendees can look forward to VR and AR demos alongside a live bridge configurator tool Today marks the first day of Bridges Scotland 2018 in Edi...
Winners of the 2018 Institute of Quarrying (IQ) Student Awards were presented with their awards at this yearβs Fellows Lunch against the impressive backdrop of the Tower...
Mabeyβs unique Frami solution facilitates the construction of a flow gauging system on the River Nidd to monitor river levels and prevent flooding in North Yorkshire Lead...
Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe has recently announced that the current South East England dealer Ernest Doe & Sons has extended their territory with the additi...
There are no tricks, just treats on the Blakedale stand at Traffex Road Expo Scotland as the road safety vehicle hire and sales specialist showcases its growing fleet of...
The groundworks and civil engineering firm is no stranger to owning and operating Volvo equipment with existing ECR88s, EC220Ds and a larger EC380D in its plant portfolio...
Digger maker JCB today marked the centenary of the World War One Armistice in three unique ways. A team of JCB apprentices and graduates has created a distinctive art ins...
Delegates at CAV Scotland 2018 will be able to enjoy an autonomous driving experience in a colourful and distinctive AurriGo PodZero, designed to carry four people for jo...
Eurovia Specialist Treatments has added a new Breining applicator to its Micro Surfacing fleet with an onboard computer system that enables automatic product mixing with...
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) has announced the projects that have gone through to the next round of their SMART Pl...
The tool, equipment and compact plant hire industry is going from strength to strength following reports from the organisers of the Executive Hire Show 2019 (6-7 February...
Leading bridge and engineering specialist Mabey has provided an innovative propping system to the South Gloucestershire Council to ensure essential work on the 50-year ol...
Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, provided the technology to power pioneering work led by Highways England to transform journeys with innovative techno...
An average of five bridge strike incidents happens across the country every day, costing millions of pounds of damage and major delays and disruption to trains, deliverie...
David Fisher Contracting of Stenhousemuir, Larbert, has taken delivery of a Volvo EC140E with a second unit tentatively on order, thus continuing a tradition of owning an...
The CEAβs (Construction Equipment Associationβs) Plantworx Construction Exhibition demonstration areas are selling out fast as manufacturers gear up for putting machines...
Following a 3 year consolidation period. Nationwide Plant Hire company, RIDGWAY Rentals Ltd., is making a Β£17.5M investment in new machines to cope with current and futur...
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