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EIB signs up to the One Ocean Summit in France for environmental-friendly ports
EIB signs up to the One Ocean Summit in France for environmental-friendly ports At the One Ocean Summit in Brest (France), a number of port authorities and stakeholders around the world signed a joint...
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Intertraffic Amsterdam 2022 set to feature a knowledge packed programme
Intertraffic Amsterdam 2022 set to feature a knowledge packed programme The Intertraffic Summit Programme 2022 has been announced and is fully focused on innovative solutions and best practices to spe...
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RPS wins spot on Crown Commercial Services Framework in the UK
RPS wins spot on Crown Commercial Services Framework in the UK RPS has been appointment by Crown Commercial Services (CCS) onto the Urban Regeneration Lot of the Construction Professional Services Fra...
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Acklea recycled plastic-bodied Traffic Management Vehicles now include Tail-Lift version
Acklea recycled plastic-bodied Traffic Management Vehicles now include Tail-Lift version Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea has extended its range of recyclable plastic-bodied 7.2t commercia...
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Wooldridge takes delivery of the first four brand new JCB 245XR tracked excavators
Wooldridge takes delivery of the first four brand new JCB 245XR tracked excavators A leading demolition and groundworks specialist has bought four of the first of JCB’s brand new Stage V 245XR tracked...
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Tracked Crawler Carrier unveiled at the Executive Hire Show by GGR Group
Tracked Crawler Carrier unveiled at the Executive Hire Show by GGR Group GGR Group, the leading provider of lifting solutions in the UK, have unveiled the latest addition to their unrivalled range of...
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Skanska trials low carbon reinforced concrete on National Highways M42 project
Skanska trials low carbon reinforced concrete on National Highways M42 project An industry-first low carbon reinforced concrete solution is being trialled on National Highways M42 Junction 6 improveme...
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Innovative Particulator being showcased by BISAF at the Equipment Hire Show
Innovative Particulator being showcased by BISAF at the Equipment Hire Show BISAF’s innovative and industry leading Particulator® has been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the category of Hire Indu...
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On the tiles with Bobcat’s new L85 Wheel Loader in Spain
On the tiles with Bobcat’s new L85 Wheel Loader in Spain Mosaics Ubasart is the first company in Spain to purchase a new Bobcat L85 compact wheel loader. Originally formed in 1950 in Moià (Barce...
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Intertraffic announces 2022 Award Nominee Shortlist
Intertraffic announces 2022 Award Nominee Shortlist The shortlist of nominees has been announced for the Intertraffic Awards 2022 – recognising, not two, but four year’s worth of excellence, following...
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Ramirent Alnabru empowers Green Machines in Norway
Ramirent empowering Green Machines in Norway Ramirent is now transforming the customer centre at Alnabru into the company’s green shift centre in Greater Oslo. All “green machines” i...
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Xwatch supports training at L Lynch Plant Hire and Haulage
Xwatch supports training at L Lynch Plant Hire and Haulage Lynch believes that the right training and familiarisation on all types of plant that the company supply is key to the company and the wider...
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Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV debuts at Mobile World Congress
Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV debuts at Mobile World Congress Fisker are a passionate creator of the world’s most sustainable electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions. They will be debu...
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STIHL acquires stake in TinyMobileRobots in Denmark
STIHL acquires stake in TinyMobileRobots in Denmark German industrial group STIHL, the world’s leading manufacturer of chainsaw power tools, forestry machinery and robotic lawn mowers for prosumers an...
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EIB invests €35m to finance Talgo’s digital transformation and innovation in Spain
EIB invests €35m to finance Talgo’s digital transformation and innovation in Spain The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Patentes Talgo have signed a €35 million green loan to finance the compa...
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Stoke celebrate Pothole milestone thanks to the JCB Pothole Pro
Stoke celebrate Pothole milestone thanks to the JCB Pothole Pro Stoke-on-Trent City Council is celebrating a major milestone in its mission to fix potholes quickly and permanently – after completing a...
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GAP Group goes Green with Silver award from the Scottish Green Apple Awards
GAP Group goes Green with Silver award from the Scottish Green Apple Awards The largest independent hire company in the UK, GAP Hire Solutions, has achieved a Silver Level accolade at the 2021 Scottis...
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Li-Cycle and Partners to build Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Norway
Li-Cycle and Partners to build Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Norway Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading lithium-ion battery...
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National Highways delivering Connected Autonomous Plant Project at Futureworx 2022
National Highways delivering Connected Autonomous Plant Project at Futureworx 2022 National Highways have expressed that the organisation is “delighted to confirm participation at this year’s Futurewo...
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EIB supports new rail cargo services across Portugal and Spain
EIB supports new rail cargo services across Portugal and Spain The European Investment Bank has signed a €45 million agreement with Medway ROSCO, a subsidiary of Medway Operador Ferroviário de Mercado...
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Decoding the Highway Code changes with Data Insights
Decoding the Highway Code changes with Data Insights Back in 2018 it was announced that a review of the Highway Code would take place. Following a three month stakeholder consultation process in 2020,...
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FVB expands water and sewage experience to include pipe networks
FVB expands water and sewage experience to include pipe networks FVB has substantial knowledge in water purification and water supply but has thus far focused on plants and pumps. Now they are expandi...
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Transmetrics AI improving Land Transport Network in Bulgaria for DB Schenker
Transmetrics AI improving Land Transport Network in Bulgaria for DB Schenker Transmetrics, a state-of-the-art AI platform developed exclusively for the supply chain, announces today that their artific...
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Sacyr wins contracts for LP-1 Highway in Canary Islands and Zafra Bypass in Badajoz
Sacyr wins contracts for LP-1 Highway in Canary Islands and Zafra Bypass in Badajoz Sacyr Engineering and Infrastructures has won two new highway contracts in Spain worth € 65 million: the LP-1 Los Ll...
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Irish tech company CitySwift supporting data-driven Public Transport Strategy in New York
Irish tech company CitySwift supporting data-driven Public Transport Strategy in New York CitySwift, the Galway-based leader in data and machine learning for the public transport sector, is expanding...
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BAM commissions an Electric Asphalt Paver from Wirtgen and New Electric
BAM commissions an Electric Asphalt Paver from Wirtgen and New Electric Royal BAM Group’s Dutch civil engineering company (BAM Infra Nederland) has commissioned Wirtgen and New Electric to convert an...
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Ringway Jacobs A51 project hosts Safety and Sustainability Innovation Day
Ringway Jacobs A51 project hosts Safety and Sustainability Innovation Day Cheshire East Highways, an integrated highways services contract working on behalf of Ringway Jacobs, recently undertook a maj...
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SIS Consortium issues €518m in Bonds to finance A3 Naples to Salerno P3 Highway
SIS Consortium issues €518m in Bonds to finance A3 Naples to Salerno P3 Highway The SIS consortium, which is a joint-venture between Sacyr (49%) and Fininc (51%) has successfully issued a €518 million...
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Topcon SmoothRide helps meet tight deadlines and navigate tricky working conditions
Topcon SmoothRide helps meet tight deadlines and navigate tricky working conditions When construction company Matthäi was hired to complete the resurfacing of the busy B420 road around Fürfeld in Rhin...
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The Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability Conference returns
The Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability Conference returns The Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) conference, exhibition and showcase returns from...
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Electric Cat D6 XE Dozer powering sustainability for FCC Environment
Electric Cat D6 XE Dozer powering sustainability for FCC Environment One of the UK’s leading waste and resource management companies, FCC Environment, has taken another step towards its ambitious targ...
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Toyota now taking orders for the Corolla Commercial Hybrid Electric Van
Toyota now taking orders for the Corolla Commercial Hybrid Electric Van The new model extends the Toyota Professional range of light commercial vehicles with a powertrain option that offers an ideal s...
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Construction industry gearing up for bauma 2022
Construction industry gearing up for bauma 2022 More than 10 months before bauma opens its doors in Munich from October 24–30, the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building mater...
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French Railway Authority SNCF Réseau relying on Trimble Collaboration Software
French Railway Authority SNCF Réseau relying on Trimble Collaboration Software Trimble announced today that SNCF Réseau, the French railway authority, has selected an integrated solution of Trimble® Q...
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Construction industry investment up by a third
Construction industry investment up by a third Business investment in the construction industry rose by more than a third annually in the third quarter of 2021 as Covid disruption and supply chain bot...
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Kiely Bros diverts 80 percent of waste from landfill with investment in CDE technology
Kiely Bros diverts 80 percent of waste from landfill with investment in CDE technology The UK’s largest provider of surface dressing and micro-surfacing, Kiely Bros, has achieved a significant enhance...
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UK celebrates a record-breaking year for Safe Digging
UK celebrates a record-breaking year for Safe Digging LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging resource, welcomed more than 3.4 million searches for underground pipes and cables pass through its ce...
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Hydrogen Utopia expanding their plastic-to-hydrogen projects in Poland
Hydrogen Utopia expanding their plastic-to-hydrogen projects in Poland Hydrogen Utopia International PLC a company pioneering non-recyclable waste plastics to hydrogen technology, is delighted to anno...
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Doosan Bobcat showcasing E10e mini-Excavator and new Compressor at EHS
Doosan Bobcat showcasing E10e mini-Excavator and new Compressor at EHS The Doosan Bobcat stand (I40) at the 2022 Executive Hire Show (EHS) will be showing Bobcat’s E10e, the industry’s first bat...
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First new JCB Mini Excavator purchased by Land Rover specialist dealership
First new JCB Mini Excavator purchased by Land Rover specialist dealership An independent Land Rover specialist has bought one of the first of JCB’s brand new 3.5 tonne mini excavators. Purchased by B...
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Hedera Network enables Neuron to track Drones in UK Government Sponsored Trial
Hedera Network enables Neuron to track Drones in UK Government Sponsored Trial Neuron, a leader in aviation technology and air traffic critical national infrastructure, has leveraged the Hedera networ...
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Orange invests in Move Capital I European Technology Venture Capital Fund
Orange invests in Move Capital I European Technology Venture Capital Fund Orange, via its holding company Orange Digital Investment, is investing in the ‘Move Capital I’ fund, a Kepler Cheuvreux Inves...
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Doosan expands in North West UK and North Wales with Blue Machinery
Doosan expands in North West UK and North Wales with Blue Machinery Doosan Infracore Europe has appointed Blue Machinery (Central) Ltd, based in Northwich in Cheshire, as the new Authorised Doosan Dea...
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New battery-powered regional trains to replace diesel trains in Germany
New battery-powered regional trains to replace diesel trains in Germany A zero-carbon future is on the horizon for regional trains between Berlin and the surrounding Brandenburg area. The railway comp...
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FuelActive wins Technical Innovation of the Year at 2021 International Business Awards
FuelActive wins Technical Innovation of the Year at 2021 International Business Awards Cardiff-based clean fuel delivery developer FuelActive has become a Gold Stevie winner, for Technical Innovation...
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Europe’s leading rail operators adopting IoT remote monitoring technology
Europe’s leading rail operators adopting IoT remote monitoring technology Worldsensing today confirmed mounting interest in its technology for rail infrastructure monitoring, with major European netwo...
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Reflections and projections for Building Safety in 2021
Reflections and projections for Building Safety in 2021 What a year it’s been for building safety. The construction sector has seen a significant amount of progress in this area over the last 12...
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Ocaña Airfield in Spain up for auction for €1.06m
Ocaña Airfield in Spain up for auction for €1.06m SENASA has put up for public auction the airfield of Ocaña (Spain) with a minimum bid of € 1,060,000. The sale will be available through Escrapalia, t...
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Mecalac featuring 3.5MDX Cabbed Site Dumper at the 2022 Executive Hire Show
Mecalac featuring 3.5MDX Cabbed Site Dumper at the 2022 Executive Hire Show Mecalac Construction Equipment UK will showcase its class-leading 3.5MDX cabbed site dumper at the 2022 Executive Hire Show....
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F.lli Zanoletti upgrades fleet in Italy with new Liebherr MK 88-4.1 cranes
F.lli Zanoletti upgrades fleet in Italy with new Liebherr MK 88-4.1 cranes The Italian transport and crane company F.lli Zanoletti S.p.A. is upgrading its fleet with a new Liebherr MK 88-4.1 mobile co...
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