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KCL Logistics doubles efficiency with Mandata Go transport management system
KCL Logistics doubles efficiency with Mandata Go transport management system North East UK chilled distribution firm KCL Logistics has revolutionised its working practices after implementing the Manda...
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GAP Group digitalises depot operations with Spartan PHALANX mobile solution
GAP Group digitalises depot operations with Spartan PHALANX mobile solution GAP Group, the largest independent hire company in the UK, announced today a partnership with Spartan Solutions Ltd to digit...
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Wirtgen cold recycling train brings sustainability to road rehabilitation in Portugal
Wirtgen cold recycling train brings sustainability to road rehabilitation in Portugal Trunk road ER 361 through the town of Monsanto, about 100 km north of Lisbon, required 2.7 km of structural rehabi...
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Sunderland moves closer to Carbon Neutral status with £9.1m development project
Sunderland moves closer to Carbon Neutral status with £9.1m development project A £9.1m development project will aid Sunderland’s ambitious plans to become a cleaner and greener city after planners ga...
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Homes are driving the Green Transition and Electric Vehicle revolution
Homes are driving the Green Transition and Electric Vehicle revolution Electric vehicles are driving the UK’s green transition, helping the nation on its journey towards sustainability and net zero em...
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Construction R and D investment outperformed UK industry in first quarter of the year
Construction R&D investment outperformed UK industry in first quarter of the year According to the latest ONS data R&D spending in the construction sector held firm in the first quarter of thi...
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Sweco to conduct planning for North Bothnia Line in Sweden
Sweco to conduct planning for North Bothnia Line in Sweden Sweco has been commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration for the planning of the new section of the North Bothnia Line railway bet...
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EIB supports Road Safety in Cyprus with €362m financing
EIB supports Road Safety in Cyprus with €362m financing Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank and Alain Godard, Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund, today visited Cyprus...
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Local Excavator recommendations drive Mead Construction to choose Doosan
Local Excavator recommendations drive Mead Construction to choose Doosan Mead Construction, based in Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire in the UK, has purchased the company’s first Doosan crawler excava...
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Ferrovial awarded contract for underground Madrid M-30 beltway
Ferrovial awarded contract for underground Madrid M-30 beltway Ferrovial, via its construction subsidiary, has been awarded the contract to underground Madrid’s M-30 beltway in the vicinity of the Cal...
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TRL awarded contract for Road Accident In-Depth Studies programme
TRL awarded contract for Road Accident In-Depth Studies programme TRL has been awarded the delivery contract to implement the ‘Road Accident In-Depth Studies‘ (RAIDS) programme for the UK Department f...
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Wigan based Breheny Groundwork invest in 3 next generation Cat 313 GC Excavators
Wigan based Breheny Groundwork invest in 3 next generation Cat 313 GC Excavators Finning UK & Ireland, exclusive distributor of Cat® products, has supplied Wigan-based Breheny Groundwork Contracto...
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Rhinowash strengthens relationship with Scottish Ambulance Service
Rhinowash strengthens relationship with Scottish Ambulance Service Rhinowash has today announced the extension of its relationship with the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), who are based on the front...
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Buckhurst Plant Hire invests in Spartan Equipment Sales and Rentals
Buckhurst Plant Hire invests in Spartan Equipment Sales & Rentals From July 2021 Buckhurst Plant Hire will add Spartan Equipment Sales & Rentals to their growing group of brands. This move com...
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Ukraine to benefit from $212m finance for Power Infrastructure Integration
Ukraine to benefit from $212m finance for Power Infrastructure Integration The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $212 million financing package, including a $177 million Internation...
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Teledyne CARIS partners with Seabed 2030 and the UK Hydrographic Office
Teledyne CARIS partners with Seabed 2030 and the UK Hydrographic Office The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered a technical cooperation agreement with the UK Hydrographic Office (U...
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Hüffermann buys 70 Liebherr Tower Cranes for German rental fleet
Hüffermann buys 70 Liebherr Tower Cranes for German rental fleet Hüffermann Krandienst GmbH has purchased 70 Liebherr tower cranes in one go to set up its new rental fleet. A symbolic handover recentl...
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First sustainability design and construction showroom opens in London
First sustainability design and construction showroom opens in London On the 8th of July 2021, EDGE, a sustainability-focused design and construction showroom, will launch its London resource centre i...
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Forth develops Rescue Robot for disaster recovery in hazardous environments
Forth develops Rescue Robot for disaster recovery in hazardous environments Forth, based in the UK, has developed the rescue robot for Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria. In the event of an incident t...
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Hardstaff Barriers now protecting Scottish drivers after M8 bridge upgrades
Hardstaff Barriers now protecting Scottish drivers after M8 bridge upgrades A major bridge upgrade project on Scotland’s busiest motorway has been completed ensuring maximum protection for all road us...
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Finning celebrates winning internationally recognised RoSPA safety award
Finning celebrates winning internationally recognised RoSPA safety award Finning UK & Ireland, the exclusive distributor for Caterpillar® products, is celebrating after landing an internationally...
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Highways England trials Graphene solutions to transform road construction materials
Highways England trials Graphene solutions to transform road construction materials Graphene, a material only one atom thick, could be used to prolong the life of roads across the country. If successf...
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Fuel use shows that the UK construction industry has recovered from the pandemic
Fuel use shows that the UK construction industry has recovered from the pandemic With the UK preparing for a new normal we can look back over the last 12 months to see what effect the pandemic had on...
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Network Rail trials Recycled Plastic Railway Sleepers
Network Rail trials Recycled Plastic Railway Sleepers Trains in Wiltshire are now running on top of old bottles, food packaging and other unwanted plastics, with the introduction of the first composit...
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Manchester Simister M60, M66 and M62 interchange £138m project awarded
Manchester Simister M60, M66 and M62 interchange £138m project awarded Smoother, safer journeys through one of the region’s busiest motorway-to-motorway junctions are a step nearer after the award of...
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Aggregate Industries promotes Sustainable Materials in line with new UK Net Zero rules
Aggregate Industries promotes Sustainable Materials in line with new UK Net Zero rules Leading construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has welcomed the news that firms looking to bid for...
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Polar-Bur trailer makes its European debut with TIP Trailer Services
Polar-Bur trailer makes its European debut with TIP Trailer Services Forming the centrepiece of TIP’s recent open day event was the brand new ‘Polar-Bur’ temperature-controlled lifting deck trailer fr...
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Suction Excavator Solutions transforms into an Employee Owned Trust
Suction Excavator Solutions transforms into an Employee Owned Trust Suction Excavator Solutions, otherwise known as SES, is the first suction excavator hire company to turn into an Employee Owned Trus...
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Stevens Equipment Rental renews and expands hire fleet with 37 VolvoCE machines
Stevens Equipment Rental renews and expands hire fleet with 37 VolvoCE machines With a working relationship reaching as far back as the 80s, Stevens Equipment Rental reaffirms its commitment to SMT GB...
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SENNEBOGEN Rail Gantry Electric Material Handler sorts the wood at German sawmill
SENNEBOGEN Rail Gantry Electric Material Handler sorts the wood at German sawmill One of Germany’s largest wood processing companies, GELO Holzwerke, therefore decided last year to make a far-re...
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Aggregate Industries Contracting Division expands site testing with UKAS-accredited Lab
Aggregate Industries Contracting Division expands site testing with UKAS-accredited Lab As part of its pledge to become a leading sustainable business, including the improvement of resource efficiency...
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Createc to provide sensor integrations for Boston Dynamics Spot robot
Createc to provide sensor integrations for Boston Dynamics Spot robot Createc, a pioneering UK robotics and computer vision company that provides solutions to the civil nuclear, defence, rail, marine...
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UK’s first 5G Road Sensor Network targets congestion in West Midlands
UK’s first 5G Road Sensor Network targets congestion in West Midlands Transport bosses are harnessing the power of 5G technology to cut traffic congestion on some of the West Midlands busiest r...
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DCW Insights looks at the future of property forecasting
DCW Insights looks at the future of property forecasting The history of property forecasting is certainly complex; until the 1980s, it’s been said that this was largely based on intuition and instinct...
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Local apprentices set to work at £15m Loftus Housing Development
Local apprentices set to work at £15m Loftus Housing Development A team of four local apprentices have been recruited to support the £15m Hummersea Hills development in Loftus, where 128 new homes wil...
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Scotland’s iconic Forth Road Bridge enters the digital era
Scotland’s iconic Forth Road Bridge enters the digital era Scotland’s iconic Forth Road Bridge is set for a new lease of life – carrying ultrafast internet traffic for the historic town which li...
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Canteras de Santullán upgrades with Doosan at Bilbo Quarry in Spain
Canteras de Santullán upgrades with Doosan at Bilbo Quarry in Spain Canteras de Santullán, a family-owned, independent quarrying company, has purchased new Doosan equipment for the company’s operation...
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Five things you need to know about the UK Environment Bill
Five things you need to know about the UK Environment Bill After several COVID-related setbacks, the Environment Bill, which provides a post-Brexit framework for environmental governance in England, i...
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Aggregate Industries expands with new Coleshill RMX plant in West Midlands
Aggregate Industries expands with new Coleshill RMX plant in West Midlands As part of ongoing plans to expand its concrete offering across the West Midlands, Aggregate Industries has opened a new read...
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Europe’s largest Salt Mine gets safer with SENNEBOGEN 613 E 16 T Telescopic Crane
Europe’s largest Salt Mine gets safer with SENNEBOGEN 613 E 16 T Telescopic Crane This time the traditional German miners‘ greeting “Glückauf” (“Good luck”) is the motto for the 16 t telescopic...
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VolvoCE commits to approved Carbon reduction using science based targets
VolvoCE commits to approved Carbon reduction using science based targets In a pledge to reduce its carbon impact and help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE)...
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Albania launches first tender for utility-scale onshore wind power plants
Albania launches first tender for utility-scale onshore wind power plants Albania has launched its first tender for utility-scale onshore wind power plants today. Individual projects with a capacity o...
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CHAS and British Lung Foundation initiative looks at dealing with deadly dust
CHAS and British Lung Foundation initiative looks at dealing with deadly dust June 21 – 27 marks Love your Lungs Week, a British Lung Foundation initiative to promote better lung health. Alex Mi...
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Doka invests in the future with new powder coating plant
Doka invests in the future with new powder coating plant The new Doka powder coating plant is one of the most modern plants of its kind in Europe and one of the largest production investments Doka has...
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Green issues facing the building, construction and infrastructure industries
Green issues facing the building, construction and infrastructure industries The construction industry is known for its heavy use of natural resources, which is often an unavoidable part of the proces...
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Post-pandemic construction surge driving demand for worker-friendly on-site storage
Post-pandemic construction surge driving demand for worker-friendly on-site storage New research highlights that the construction industry has grown nearly 6% in early spring 2021, meaning that new wo...
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Siemens Mobility welcomes launch of Birmingham Clean Air Zone
Siemens Mobility welcomes launch of Birmingham Clean Air Zone The start of this month saw Birmingham City Council launch its new Clean Air Zone (CAZ), with the scheme being enforced from this week. Si...
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JCT launches 2021 dispute adjudication board documentation
JCT launches 2021 dispute adjudication board documentation JCT has announced the launch of the Dispute Adjudication Board Documentation 2021 (DAB 2021). The new product was first made available for pr...
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Electrical Testing switches entire van fleet to Mercedes-Benz
Electrical Testing switches entire van fleet to Mercedes-Benz A winning combination of fixed costs, product reliability and good honest customer service means highways services specialist Electrical T...
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Network Rail unveils innovative railway footbridge design
Network Rail unveils innovative railway footbridge design A new design of bridge that could transform rail crossings across Britain will be unveiled by Network Rail at Rail Live today (June 16). The i...
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