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Offering speeds of up to 50km per hour where conditions allow, a new high-speed driveline option for Volvo’s popular utility wheel loaders means productivity just got fas...
“The package was right – the product is even better!” is the sentiment of Stuart Oakley, Proprietor of family run business Oakley Plant Ltd, as he takes delivery of a bra...
Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable constructions solutions business, has launched an employee led campaign to donate personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals an...
the next four years, over 70% of all cars sold worldwide will possess internet connectivity. The connected car revolution shows no sign of stopping as self-driving cars l...
Millwood, Inc. has signed a mass distributor agreement with Mid-TN, one of the leading erosion control and stormwater management services provider in the mid-south, to se...
The Next Generation Cat® 395 excavator offers contractors up to 10 percent more production, two times more structural durability, and up to 20 percent less maintenance co...
The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) and The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) have issued a joint statement in consultation with the Health and Safety Execut...
Specialist shelter provider Zappshelter have come up with an innovative product to assist the NHS, emergency services, essential services and anyone faced with needing to...
Hyundai Motor Group’s latest exoskeleton wearable robot, Vest Exoskeleton (VEX), has won the Product Design category (Innovative Product field) at the Red Dot Design Awar...
Having run Hyundai excavators since 2005, Irish plant and dredging contractors, Mill Road Plant Ltd, are familiar with the positive long-term performance and reliability...
It was an event a year in the making, with over 10,000 operators from 30 countries participated in local operator challenges held by 70 Cat dealers worldwide. Less than 1...
With more than 30 exhibits, including 10 world and North American premieres, as well as an interactive technology exhibition, the Wirtgen Group’s booth became a magnet fo...
Bergkamp Inc., based in Salina, Kansas, announces the acquisition of Benedict Slurry Seal, a leading manufacturer of laboratory products for the asphalt pavement preserva...
Just three years after it was built, Normandy’s 0.6 mile solar-powered road was deemed a total failure. Consisting of 30,000 square feet of solar panels, the solar road w...
Hyundai Construction Equipment has recently joined forces with Hyundai Motor Group to develop the world’s first hydrogen-powered construction equipment. Last February, Hy...
Trimble has announced Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform version 2.0 with groundbreaking new features for all machine types, along with the release of the Trimble...
With automated boom and bucket movements, Volvo Active Control creates a semi-autonomous excavator that hits target grades to within one inch, all at the touch of a butto...
CASE Construction Equipment debuted the all-new DL550B — the industry’s first fully integrated compact dozer loader. Unveiled at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 as a concept machine...
Colas has launched the Exopush in its UK business. Exopush is an exoskeleton designed to give power assistance to operatives working on levelling with a rake. Amongst eme...
CASE Construction Equipment introduces “Project Zeus” — the 580 EV (Electric Vehicle), the construction industry’s first fully electric backhoe loader. The power and perf...
NEBOSH, one of the world’s leading providers of health and safety qualifications and courses, has created Do Something Great: Your Health and Safety Career a special, fre...
The construction industry has had a particularly difficult few years, with uncertainty around Brexit, high numbers of insolvencies, high-profile building safety concerns,...
There are many different methods for erecting bridges – but the new technique developed by TU Wien, the balanced lowering method, is quite spectacular: the bridge is not...
General Motors is gathering hundreds of employees, dealers, investors, analysts, media and policymakers to share details of its strategy to grow the company’s electric ve...
CASE Construction Equipment has introduced the new E Series single drum vibratory soil compactors — three new models ranging in max operating weight from 18,520 pounds (t...
Metso will showcase a special edition Lokotrack® LT4MXTM for visitors at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 construction show in Las Vegas on March 10-14. Visitors will have a uniq...
John Deere unveils a new factory-installed Premium Circle option for all G-Series, GP-Series and SmartGrade™ motor graders. This industry-leading option features a...
Richard Broome, Managing Director at Linesearch BeforeUdig (LSBUD), the nation’s leading online asset search facility, discusses how safe construction companies and their...
In the aftermath of storm Jorge, widespread flooding and strong winds has compounded the extensive damage caused by Storm’s Ciara and Dennis respectively to the Bri...
It is reported that in 2019 a contractor entered into administration almost once every fortnight. Scunthorpe-based contractor Clugston, the £100m-turnover Simons Group, a...
Built to last, the 5.5 tonne EC55D compact excavator from VolvoCE (Volvo Construction Equipment) is designed to work harder, for longer – delivering faster, smoother resp...
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched its “Cheating or Competing?” campaign this week, and specifically named the Construction Sector as one...
Bridgend Aggregates of King Edward, Northern Scotland, has taken delivery of its first VolvoCE excavator in the form of a thirty tonne EC300E. The machine will be deploye...
The 23-year-old Norwegian contractor, Simen Berge, has a high level of expertise beyond his years, driven by his company Berge Bygdeservice’s latest acquisition, a Hitach...
A new trade fair for digital construction – digitalBAU – opened its doors from 11-13 February 2020 in Cologne. The focus of this leading digital construction trade fair w...
Through careful daily inspections and maintenance, wheel loader operators can boost the uptime, productivity and service life of their VolvoCE machines. 1. Complete daily...
At the end of January 2020, representatives of the historic Aargau city of Kaiserstuhl, in Switzerland, were able to receive a special type of municipal vehicle for their...
Skyjack focuses its Next Generation of equipment on targeting key cost of ownership items for rental companies. Going beyond ANSI standards, the industry leader made upda...
LoJack® a leader in stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) and innovative automotive services has announced the launch of the LoJack® Connect family of subscription services. Avai...
Cat Footwear has set out to change the work boot industry with an innovation in lightweight protection, introducing the Excavator Superlite as their latest addition to th...
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