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Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has announced the launch of three brand new mini excavators, each delivering class-leading performance and adopting state-of-the-art operato...
The bitumen market has been experiencing strong demand across the globe for many years. Bitumen or asphalt is a material used primarily for road construction activities....
Highways England’s upgrade of the A30 in Cornwall is not just about improving safety, journey reliability and connectivity for local communities – it also goes for otters...
The opening of the first dedicated Fuel Cell Test Lab in Volvo Group, marks a significant advancement in the manufacturer’s ambition to be fossil-free by 2040. As part of...
A new Skills Taskforce for Global Britain, tasked with creating a post pandemic plan to deploy world class skills to attract inward investment, is launched today. The tas...
CEMEX Ventures, open innovation unit and corporate venture capital of CEMEX, launches Construction Startup Competition 2021 and renews its alliance with Ferrovial, Hilti,...
Liebherr’s new TA 230 Litronic articulated dump truck has won the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021. The modern, coherent machine and design concept impressed the...
Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, s...
The paving of a road tunnel under the Kriegstrasse in Karlsruhe was carried out under stringent constraints. To reduce emissions, the contractor was required to use machi...
In disaster situations, first responders often bear the same life-threatening risks as the victims themselves, so DJI’s unmanned first responders greatly increase t...
Offering premium performance in the 9- to 11-tonne (10- to 12-ton) wheel loader class, the new Cat® 980 and 982 medium wheel loaders are up to 10% more productive and low...
After exploring competitor offerings, MAC Surfacing have returned to Volvo and recently taken delivery of a new P6870D ABG paver, fitted with a state-of-the-art VB79 elec...
Soilmec SM-11 medium sized drilling rig The brand-new SM-11 is a medium sized drilling rig, it is the 2021 addition to the Soilmec SM fleet of rigs for Micropile and Tieb...
Caterpillar announces an additional 1 billion tonnes of material hauled by autonomous trucks using Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling, surpassing the 3 billion ton...
Esri, a global leader in location intelligence, today announced it is joining the fourth annual Call for Code Global Challenge. Created by David Clark Cause and launched...
Roadways is investing in a new research, development and innovation centre at Plus X Brighton on Lewes Road. James Bailey, Roadways chief executive said, “This centre wil...
Total UK’s bitumen division, has launched a dedicated health and safety training platform designed to enable industry professionals to meet their health and safety...
JCB has lifted a top award honouring the environmental benefits of its new all-electric telescopic forklift. The JCB Teletruk was launched in 1997 and remains the world’s...
An ambitious carbon reduction project has picked up a top award from Highways England for its work transforming the road markings sector. Headed by the WJ Group, the proj...
Charles Brooks slung his pick-axe into the soil. It was a simple job, levelling some ground for landscaping. (He’s also pretty handy with an Enterprise drone, and we’ll g...
It is the ultimate package for recycling applications that makes the hearts of electric machine fans beat faster: Powered by a 90 kW electric motor and configured as a mo...
Following the impressive performance of a previously purchased ECR58D, Tilsley Plant Hire has recently taken delivery of a brand new Volvo ECR18E and ECR25D. “They look g...
Road construction projects in rail tunnels are particularly demanding. On the one hand, the cramped job site situation requires perfectly integrated logistics. On the oth...
Eagle Crusher Company consistently leads the industry in new product innovations, and the legacy continues, not just with new product introductions, but an innovative new...
The demand of recycled asphalt has just witnessed huge growth due to rising petroleum prices across the globe. Recycled asphalt plays an important role in improving the p...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0 – which was first identified by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum in his book of...
Producing asphalt in the right quality and quantity at the right time is in itself a challenge that requires perfectly aligned plant engineering. If high recycling rates...
The new Cat® 953 Track Loader combines unmatched versatility with up to 10 percent better fuel efficiency, more productivity, and cab and controllability improvements. Th...
Shropshire firm Besblock, one of the biggest names in construction in the Midlands, today reported orders were ‘flying through the roof’ as the easing of lockdown restric...
The miners in the Brenner Base Tunnel are pushing ahead rapidly with the major rail project. On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, they achieved a new record while excavating the...
XAIS Asset Management has joined forces with EyeVi Technologies to bring a unique digital asset management capability to UK-based highway authorities – XAIS Infrast...
JCB’s brand new pothole fixer put in a night shift on the fast lane of the M6 – mending road defects in double quick time. The JCB PotholePro was sent to fix holes...
GroundApp is a one-stop solution supporting a broad range of site calculations and quantity estimations in construction projects. For on-site usage, it acts as a perfect...
The available range of renewable low-carbon fuels is growing. Following on from R33 Blue Diesel, Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now come up with a low-carbon gasoline....
Setting the standard for uncompromising power and performance, the new Cat® MH3250 and MH3260 models deliver high efficiency in demanding material handling applications....
As set out in the Government’s Construction Playbook, the construction sector needs to make strides towards the 2050 net zero commitment; tackling the whole life, of our...
NEBOSH has partnered with Great Britain’s regulator, the Health and Safety Executive, to launch an introductory qualification that provides straightforward, practical hea...
The usual service life of asphalt mixing plants is easily twenty to thirty years – if not longer. Over this unbelievably long period, a lot can change in the world – requ...
Building on a nearly 50-year legacy of delivering maximum compaction performance and rugged durability, the new Cat® 816 Landfill Compactors features improved guarding an...
Aluminum company Xinyuan has taken delivery of a pilot EC55 Electric excavator, designed by Volvo Construction Equipment specifically for the needs of the Chinese market,...
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