Technology News in Construction and Infrastructure
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The JCT Symposium always signals the start of the next round of events for Clearview Intelligence. JCT takes place at the University of Warwick every September and offers...
The new Hitachi hybrid hydraulic excavator has been unveiled for the first time in Europe this month. The ZH210-6 was presented by the official Hitachi dealer in Belgium,...
A new long-term contract to maintain traffic management equipment throughout Northern Ireland (NI) for a minimum period of four years has been awarded to Siemens by the D...
AGD Systems, one of the UKβs leading manufacturers of ITS product solutions, will launch its next-generation AGD 350 Traffic Control Radar at JCT Symposium & Exhibiti...
Adequate and uniform compaction of road materials, such as soils, aggregate bases, and asphalt pavement materials, is one of the most important requirements in roadway co...
The tech company Edeva from Sweden has developed a dynamic speed bump, called the Actibump, that has proven its efficiency through years of use in Sweden. The Actibump pr...
Hitachi has developed an industry-leading innovation as part of its ConSite remote fleet monitoring system. The first of its kind in the construction industry, it extract...
Major structural repairs to the M1 North highway bridges over Oxford and Federation Roads in Johannesburg were recently completed. The removal of superfluous concrete in...
For most people the acronym, JSCCR, is a definite puzzler. What it stands for is Juniper, Spruce, Cranberry, Cottonwood, and Rose, which are the names of the roads in a h...
Removing barriers to adopting innovation and ensuring standards keep pace with technical developments is vital if we are to meet future infrastructure needs, says Tensar...
Cat phones has introduced three new additions to its portfolio which see important updates to its rugged and resilient Cat Smartphone range and the first release of a rug...
A Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer has delivered stronger, safer and more reliable running lanes for the M3 smart motorway project in Surrey. More than 130,000 vehicl...
Australian robotic technology company Fastbrick Robotics Limited has received two National Innovation Awards at Australiaβs premier innovation awards event. The iAwards w...
The UKβs first Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) ‘platooning’ trial, jointly funded by Highways England and the Department for Transport, has been approved. Overseen...
A βconnected cityβ, also known as a βsmart cityβ, relies on an intelligent infrastructure which utilises the wealth of innovation and technologies created by Internet of...
Digitalisation, modern communication technologies, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) is improving and speeding up construction site planning, process control and o...
Colas in partnership with US companies Royal Truck and Equipment (RT&E) and Micro Systems Inc. (MSI) have developed the worldβs first Autonomous Impact Protection Veh...
The Bomag Economizer measures the level of compaction and displays the result in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. At customer request, Bomag now equips any of its sin...
Siemens has been commissioned by the German state of Hesse to build an overhead contact line for electrified freight transport on a ten-kilometer stretch of autobahn. The...
Atkins, one of the worldβs most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, has signed a global partnership agreement with INRIX, the world leader...
Traffic flows better and congestion is reduced when signalised junctions use adaptive traffic control (ATC) systems such as SCOOT (Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Techniq...
Last 4-tonne concrete blocks lifted into place on M6 A new 20-mile-long concrete safety barrier on the M6 in Cheshire is nearing completion as part of a Β£274 million proj...
The A75 Gretna Green to Stranraer road is the main route through Scotland to the ferry port servicing Northern Ireland. Consequently, traffic volumes tend to increase whe...
Trimble and Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo) announced today that Trimble has been chosen as Sumitomoβs preferred technology provider for machine cont...
ALE HeavyLift has started to build a second Mega Jack 800 jacking system. The Mega Jack 800, an innovative 800 tonne jacking system is a multi-application solution that w...
The Roadtec CIR Additive System is used in the cold-in-place recycling of asphalt pavement in the repair and rehabilitation of asphalt-paved roads. The system is used to...
The future of motoring in Queensland has been launched at Parliament House in Brisbane β and it is electric. Environment Minister and Acting Main Roads Minister Steven Mi...
Doka UK was awarded for the innovative concrete- sensor technology Concremote with this year’s Construction News Award. Concremote allows construction firms to digi...
The 11th road safety performance index report was released last month. This report monitors progress on the European Unionβs commitment to reduce road deaths by 50% betwe...
New radar technology offers accurate continuous level measurement in cement plants not affected by internal structural objects and build-ups in silos. A variety of issues...
Trimble has announced it is collaborating with Propeller Aero to distribute its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) analytics platform. Propeller, based in Sydney and Denver,...
There is a juggling act that Local Authorities face when providing parking facilities. They are having to face up to a no-win situation. If they please their residents by...
The summer holiday season is almost upon us and with it the inevitable increase in traffic on the roads. Clearview Intelligence has the solutions to keep the traffic movi...
Hyperloop One today announced the successful completion of the world’s first full systems Hyperloop test in a vacuum environment. This test was Phase 1 of a multi-P...
UK Plant Operators LTD have teamed up with Leica Geosystems and Kier Bam to test run a state of the art simulator based familiarisation course for Leica machine control a...
Volvo Construction Equipmentβs LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader has excelled during hundreds of hours of real-world testing, achieving around a 50% improvement...
Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has recently completed the deployment of the UKβs largest, and busiest, permanent average speed enforcement sys...
INRIX the world leader in connected car services and movement analytics, and APCOA Parking Group, the largest European parking operator, today announced a major new partn...
INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics has announced the availability of its On-Street Parking service for the new BMW 5 Series Se...
Parsons announces that it has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyβs (MITβs) Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), a program dedicated to creating and strengtheni...
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