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WJ Group announces strategic acquisition of JMS Lincoln Limited
WJ Group announces strategic acquisition of JMS Lincoln Limited WJ Group, the market-leading highway marking and safety business, has acquired JMS Lincoln Limited, a leading Surface Preparation, Retex...
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Topcon opens new European distribution centre in the Netherlands
Topcon opens new European distribution centre in the Netherlands Topcon Positioning Group has opened a new, state-of-the-art European distribution center in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. The new site has b...
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Leonardo joins consortium to upgrade Baggage Handling Systems at 10 Spanish airports
Leonardo joins consortium to upgrade Baggage Handling Systems at 10 Spanish airports Following the contract award to upgrade the Baggage Handling Systems (BHS) at 10 Spanish airports, Leonardo joined...
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Mabey Bridge supplying modular Bridge structures to Forestry and Land Scotland
Mabey Bridge supplying modular Bridge structures to Forestry and Land Scotland Mabey Bridge, an Acrow Group company specialising in modular steel bridging, is pleased to note it has reached a framewor...
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Traffic Group Signals gears up for five-year Vision for Street and Road Works in the UK
Traffic Group Signals gears up for five-year Vision for Street and Road Works in the UK As local authorities and utilities prepare to meet the demands of the Five-Year Vision for Street and Road Works...
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Womble Bond Dickinson reviews the Construction Industry in 2021
Womble Bond Dickinson reviews the Construction Industry in 2021 Simon Rowland, Partner and Head of Construction and Engineering and Michelle Essen, Managing Associate at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson...
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ElectReon brings Wireless Inductive EV Charging to the Arena of the Future in Italy
ElectReon brings Wireless Inductive EV Charging to the Arena of the Future in Italy ElectReon, the leading provider of inductive in-road charging technology for commercial and passenger electric vehic...
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Beach Care Project supported by CASE to drive plastic clean-up from beaches
Beach Care Project supported by CASE to drive plastic clean-up from beaches CASE Construction Equipment, partnered with parent company CNH Industrial and media platform 4 Elements, is supporting The B...
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Trial with See.Sense uses Dott e-scooters to measure road quality
Trial with See.Sense uses Dott e-scooters to measure road quality Dott has successfully completed a trial with cycling technology firm See.Sense to show how its e-scooters can be used to improve road...
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JCB adopts Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car for a sustainable car fleet
JCB adopts Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car for a sustainable car fleet Digger giant JCB has taken delivery of the latest Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car – just as it develops its own hydrogen...
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AECOM wins Transport for London engineering consultancy framework contract
AECOM wins Transport for London engineering consultancy framework contract AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced it has won places on over 30 Lots of the Transport...
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University of Plymouth finds living walls can reduce heat loss by over 30 percent
University of Plymouth finds living walls can reduce heat loss by over 30 percent Retrofitting an existing masonry cavity walled building with a green or living wall can reduce the amount of heat lost...
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Megatron regional Doosan dealer opens new Headquarters in Bulgaria
Megatron regional Doosan dealer opens new Headquarters in Bulgaria Sofia-based Megatron EAD, the Authorised Dealer for Doosan in Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro...
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CHAS joins Building a Safer Future to spearhead construction safety
CHAS joins Building a Safer Future to spearhead construction safety CHAS, the supply-chain risk management expert, has become a registered signatory of Building a Safer Future and is encouraging other...
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Darwin launches autonomous passenger shuttle trial service in Oxfordshire
Darwin launches autonomous passenger shuttle trial service in Oxfordshire A fully autonomous passenger shuttle service began trials on UK roads today, Science Minister George Freeman has announced. Th...
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Bobcat exhibits new MaxControl and R-Series Telehandlers at Smopyc
Bobcat exhibits new MaxControl and R-Series Telehandlers at Smopyc Bobcat’s new MaxControl system and the company’s new R-Series range of telehandlers made their first appearance at the Smopyc interna...
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Merseytravel’s air circuit breakers to be supplied and installed by SPIE
Merseytravel’s air circuit breakers to be supplied and installed by SPIE SPIE UK, a subsidiary of SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and com...
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Mammoet moves Vianen steel-arched bridge at night in the Netherlands
Mammoet moves Vianen steel-arched bridge at night in the Netherlands Mammoet assisted Rijkswaterstaat and contractor combination KWS – VES – DDM to successfully remove the steel arch bridge at Vianen,...
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Feickert Bauunternehmen relies on the power of Liebherr equipment
Feickert Bauunternehmen relies on the power of Liebherr equipment The four new earthmoving machines, two wheeled excavators and two crawler excavators, have been demonstrating their skills in Feickert...
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Yunex Traffic to install Zephyr air quality sensors across Liverpool
Yunex Traffic to install Zephyr air quality sensors across Liverpool Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority has awarded a contract to Yunex Traffic to supply and install 37 Zephyr® air quality...
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Teletrac Navman awarded Telematics contract with Associated British Ports
Teletrac Navman awarded Telematics contract with Associated British Ports Teletrac Navman, a global market leader in telematics technology, has secured a contract with Associated British Ports’ (ABP)...
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Liebherr Crawler Excavator digs in to the canals and ski slopes of the Hautes-Alpes
Liebherr Crawler Excavator digs in to the canals and ski slopes of the Hautes-Alpes For almost ten years, the family-owned company has relied on the quality and user-friendliness of Liebherr machines....
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Buckland Newton Hire adds new Cat 302.7 machines to their fleet
Buckland Newton Hire adds new Cat 302.7 machines to their fleet Plant hire and waste management firm Buckland Newton Hire (BNH) has increased its fleet of Cat machinery from exclusive Caterpillar® sup...
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Revolutionary JCB PotholePro gets to work in Stoke on Trent
Revolutionary JCB PotholePro gets to work in Stoke on Trent Stoke-on-Trent City Council has become the first authority in the UK to take delivery of one of JCB’s revolutionary PotholePro machine...
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National Highways finishes £43m M6 junction improvements
National Highways finishes £43m M6 junction improvements National Highways’ innovative £43 million project to tackle congestion at one of the busiest motorway junctions in the North West is now fully...
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Improving the UK’s infrastructure with Highways in the sky
Improving the UK’s infrastructure with Highways in the sky The country’s shortage of HGV drivers highlights the need to reimagine how we move goods across the UK. The world is on the cusp of a r...
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Topcon technology brings race track back to life at Porsche’s new Experience Centre
Topcon technology brings race track back to life at Porsche’s new Experience Centre The Autodromo di Franciacorta is a race track in Castrezzato, Italy, which has hosted a variety of prestigious...
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Sustainable road design championed by WJ and BEAR Scotland
Sustainable road design championed by WJ and BEAR Scotland A collaborative approach between road marking experts, WJ Scotland, and BEAR Scotland has brought significant carbon savings of 1,778 tonnes...
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Hitachi Construction Machinery UK celebrates achieving FORS silver accreditation
Hitachi Construction Machinery UK celebrates achieving FORS silver accreditation The Fleet Recognition Scheme (FORS) is a voluntary accreditation scheme for fleet operators which aims to raise the lev...
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Rokbak urges Scottish manufacturers to adopt sustainable operations
Rokbak urges Scottish manufacturers to adopt sustainable operations Paul Douglas, managing director, Rokbak, delivered the keynote address at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland’s (NMIS) ‘Ma...
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A new regional Truck Museum has been inaugurated in the Czech Republic
A new regional Truck Museum has been inaugurated in the Czech Republic The new Truck Museum is inaugurated in Kopřivnice in the Czech Republic, will feature eighty commercial vehicles. Visitors will a...
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HS2 chooses new absorbent Marine Booms to protect the environment
HS2 chooses new absorbent Marine Booms to protect the environment HS2 contractor Align JV, comprising Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick are piling the foundations for the 3.4km long...
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Bobcat tackles the extreme Winter conditions at Val Thorens Ski Resort
Bobcat tackles the extreme Winter conditions at Val Thorens Ski Resort Located at an altitude of 2300 m at the heart of the French Alps, Val Thorens is the highest ski and winter sports resort in Euro...
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National Highways new digital system will help keep motorists better informed
National Highways new digital system will help keep motorists better informed National Highways is reaching for the skies with a new digital infrastructure that will help keep roads moving and give dr...
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EU funds extra €5m for Počitelj-Zvirovići subsection in Bosnia and Herzegovina
EU funds extra €5m for Počitelj-Zvirovići subsection in Bosnia and Herzegovina The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Ministry of Finance of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed an agreement for a €5 mil...
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Transport for Wales develops AI Bus Strategy with CitySwift
Transport for Wales develops AI Bus Strategy with CitySwift Transport for Wales and CitySwift are delighted to announce they have partnered on a pilot programme to optimise public transport services u...
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New UK strategy to boost exports to £1 trillion – Made in the UK – Sold to the World
New UK strategy to boost exports to £1 trillion – Made in the UK – Sold to the World The Government today launches an ambitious new ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ plan to help busines...
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Network Rail wins APM Innovation in Project Management Award
Network Rail wins APM Innovation in Project Management Award The winners of the annual Association for Project Management (APM) Awards have been announced at a live ceremony which took place at Old Bi...
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Blackwood Plant Hire signs up to the Xwatch Safety Revolution in the UK
Blackwood Plant Hire signs up to the Xwatch Safety Revolution in the UK Blackwood Plant Hire, based in Kilmarnock, specialise in the hire of operated and self-drive excavators throughout Central Scotl...
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Hitachi Construction Machinery UK and Balfour Beatty join forces for a sustainable future
Hitachi Construction Machinery UK and Balfour Beatty join forces for a sustainable future Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK), a leading name in the construction, quarrying and demolition equipm...
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EBRD finances €150m construction of railway from Istanbul to Bulgaria
EBRD finances €150m construction of railway from Istanbul to Bulgaria The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a €150 million loan to the Turkish government for the con...
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Box structure flyover saves Network Rail £70m and six months
Box structure flyover saves Network Rail £70m and six months Engineers have saved £70m of taxpayers’ money by using creative new methods to build a railway flyover as part of the East West Rail projec...
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The UK Executive Hire Show back in business for 2022
The UK Executive Hire Show back in business for 2022 The Executive Hire Show team is delighted to confirm that the UK’s premier hire event is back and will be taking place between 9th and 10th Februar...
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The benefits of TSRGD Complaint signage
The benefits of TSRGD Complaint signage Danny Adamson, Managing Director at Messagemaker Displays Ltd. has shared his insights on the importance of specifying only TSRGD compliant LED signage for publ...
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UK Construction Plastic Waste increased 45.72 percent in two years
UK Construction Plastic Waste increased 45.72 percent in two years Plastic waste from the UK’s construction industry has increased 45.72% in two years, according to analysis of recently published gove...
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Florence’s historical Football Field gets the Case treatment
Florence’s historical Football Field gets the Case treatment Two CASE machines have recently been called upon to perform a unique operation in Florence: preparing a playing field in the heart of...
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Lower Thames Crossing plans to spend £1 in every £3 with SME’s
Lower Thames Crossing plans to spend £1 in every £3 with SME’s An innovative new database of more than 500 businesses, built by National Highways to help local firms win their share of work earm...
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Esh Construction completes £42.5m Strategic Transport Corridor in Sunderland
Esh Construction completes £42.5m Strategic Transport Corridor in Sunderland Esh Construction has marked the completion of its largest project in company history with Phase 3 of the Sunderland Strateg...
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Eurovia UK’s Employer Audit Scheme wins them a 5% Club Gold Award
Eurovia UK’s Employer Audit Scheme wins them a 5% Club Gold Award Eurovia UK was delighted to be recognised with The 5% Club Gold Award through its 2021 Employer Audit Scheme. This award recogni...
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PERI and STRABAG 3D print an office building with COBOD technology
PERI and STRABAG 3D print an office building with COBOD technology The leading position of Danish robot 3D construction printer company COBOD International A/S is further cemented day by day as more b...
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