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HS2 offers free training to help UK businesses secure rail and road contracts
HS2 offers free training to help UK businesses secure rail and road contracts HS2 Ltd, Highways England, Network Rail and Transport for London have joined forces in encouraging small and medium sized...
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On ‘Time to Talk Day’ Finning UK makes mental health a priority
On ‘Time to Talk Day’ Finning UK makes mental health a priority In the UK construction industry, physical health is of paramount importance. It is common to see prominent reminders about p...
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Highways England awards Jacobs £162.5m Lower Thames Crossing contract
Highways England awards Jacobs £162.5m Lower Thames Crossing contract Highways England has awarded Jacobs the £162.5m Integration Partner contract which will see the company act as a catalyst for coll...
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Scottish Contractor cements commitment to JCB with new 150X HD Excavator
Scottish Contractor cements commitment to JCB with new 150X HD Excavator A leading Scottish contractor’s enduring loyalty to JCB’s tracked excavators has been cemented with the purchase of a brand-new...
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STRABAG consortium wins €246m motorway infrastructure contract in Hungary
STRABAG consortium wins €246m motorway infrastructure contract in Hungary The Hungarian subsidiary of European-based construction group STRABAG has been awarded a new infrastructure contract in Hungar...
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MCA Fusion Hire upgrades to put focus on specialist SafeCheck technology
MCA Fusion Hire upgrades to put focus on specialist SafeCheck technology One of the country’s leading suppliers of specialist hire equipment is rolling out a new investment programme to upgrade its el...
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SCCS and Senceive distribute Leica surveying and wireless monitoring products to the UK
SCCS and Senceive distribute Leica surveying and wireless monitoring products to the UK SCCS, part of Hexagon, an authorised distributor and a flagship business for both the rental and sale of Leica G...
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Aggregate Industries launches truck design competition
Aggregate Industries launches truck design competition Leading construction materials giant Aggregate Industries is calling on schools, parents and children across the UK to enter its newly-launched t...
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Britain’s top 10 vans of 2020
Britain’s top 10 vans of 2020 2020 was a year like no other, but for many van drivers working on the front line, their vans proved an indispensable means of keeping the wheels of industry turnin...
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Rocket Rentals invests £1.8m for new fleet of 46 new JCB machines
Rocket Rentals invests £1.8m for new fleet of 46 new JCB machines Gloucestershire plant hirer Rocket Rentals has invested in a fleet of 46 new JCB machines in a deal worth over £1.8 million – driven b...
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Data Privacy trends and predictions for 2021
Data Privacy trends and predictions for 2021 Thursday January 28 marked Data Privacy Day, an international effort to empower individuals and encourage businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data and...
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Bobcat’s new Pressure Washer attachment cleans up in Spain
Bobcat’s new Pressure Washer attachment cleans up in Spain The first Bobcat 250M Pressure Washer attachment in Spain has started working at Altrasan Alquiler de Maquinaria, based in Tui in the p...
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Highways England £150m Lancashire bypass gets underway
Highways England £150m Lancashire bypass gets underway The first major phase of construction work for the new £150 million A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool bypass in Lancashire will get underway on Mond...
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New qualifications for 2021 announced by NEBOSH
New qualifications for 2021 announced by NEBOSH Health and safety practitioners will have even more opportunities for professional development in 2021 as NEBOSH has announced the launch of seven new q...
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Rebuilding UK construction recruitment in 2021
Rebuilding UK construction recruitment in 2021 The construction industry was quick to adapt and carry on working in 2020, but it continues to struggle with labour levels. And this is a problem that’s...
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JCB launches recruitment drive to meet surge in production
JCB launches recruitment drive to meet surge in production JCB is recruiting more than 400 additional UK shop floor employees as the company gears up for a surge in production, the company announced t...
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Taylor and Braithwaite expand Hyundai sales territory in UK
Taylor and Braithwaite expand Hyundai sales territory in UK Hyundai has announced that Hyundai distributor, Taylor, and Braithwaite, based in Sandford in Cumbria, has expanded its territory to include...
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Centurion and MIPS partner to bring leading helmet safety technology to the UK
Centurion and MIPS partner to bring leading helmet safety technology to the UK Above-the-neck PPE specialist Centurion Safety Products, has announced a partnership with Swedish helmet safety technolog...
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Morris Site Machinery invests £4m in new Denyo generators and ArcGen welders
Morris Site Machinery invests £4m in new Denyo generators and ArcGen welders Morris Site Machinery has announced a significant investment in stock of its renowned Denyo generator and ArcGen welder bra...
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INFINIQ takes their AI datasets global with new European sales headquarters
INFINIQ takes their AI datasets global with new European sales headquarters INFINIQ is a Korean company that provides various artificial intelligence data sets, such as vision, voice, and text, to com...
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Electric air taxi project in the South West England wins government grant funding
Electric air taxi project in the South West England wins government grant funding A consortium led by Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, and involving Vertical Aerospace and the West of Englan...
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Metso Outotec ranked 8th in the list of 100 global sustainable companies
Metso Outotec ranked 8th in the list of 100 global sustainable companies Metso Outotec is ranked 8th on the Corporate Knights 2021 Global 100 Index of most sustainable companies in the world, and plac...
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Ringway Jacobs partners with BuildForce to support ex-forces recruitment
Ringway Jacobs partners with BuildForce to support ex-forces recruitment Ringway Jacobs has recently signed up to an alliance with BuildForce, whose vision is to inspire and enable ex-service personne...
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Wrightbus looks forward to a bright 2021 with 40 new employees
Wrightbus looks forward to a bright 2021 with 40 new employees Leading bus manufacturing company Wrightbus is looking to a positive year ahead with the creation of more than 40 new jobs at its Ballyme...
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Conservation project on Danube River made easier with Hitachi Zaxis-7 excavator
Conservation project on Danube River made easier with Hitachi Zaxis-7 excavator One of the first Hitachi ZX300-7 excavators in Austria is working on an important aquatic conservation project on the Ri...
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How British construction firms can mitigate materials shortages
How British construction firms can mitigate materials shortages The UK construction industry manufactures and uses an incredible amount of materials each year, producing around 2bn bricks, over 70 mil...
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European Commission set to bridge the digital divide in Europe
European Commission set to bridge the digital divide in Europe The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission are pursuing their common effort to help digital transformation a...
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129 year old Teesside University building set for historic refurbishment
129 year old Teesside University building set for historic refurbishment The future of business start-up in Teesside is looking bright following the refurbishment of a 129-year-old Teesside University...
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Bobcat get stuck into digging Madrid out of the snow
Bobcat get stuck into digging Madrid out of the snow This month’s Storm Filomena surprised the entire community of the Spanish capital city, Madrid. Its streets, parks, roads and airport woke up to a...
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Iveco and New Holland plants in Brazil and France achieve Bronze manufacturing status
Iveco and New Holland plants in Brazil and France achieve Bronze manufacturing status The Iveco Defence Vehicles manufacturing facility in Sete Lagoas, Brazil and the New Holland Agriculture plant in...
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CASE crawler excavators at work throughout Europe on demanding jobsites
CASE crawler excavators at work throughout Europe on demanding jobsites CASE Construction Equipment’s crawler excavators have recently been deployed across a diverse and challenging range of applicati...
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VolvoCE delivers first Electric Compact machines ordered at bauma
VolvoCE delivers first Electric Compact machines ordered at bauma Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and its local dealer Volvo Maskin are celebrating an important milestone in Norway’s long-term...
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Highways England awards AECOM and Atkins places on concrete roads framework
Highways England awards AECOM and Atkins places on concrete roads framework AECOM, one of the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, today announced it has won a place on Highways England’s...
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Womble Bond Dickinson explores navigating delay and disruption in 2021
Womble Bond Dickinson explores navigating delay and disruption in 2021 Against a backdrop of continued uncertainty due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and as the UK continues its jo...
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Harnessing remote drone technology for UK infrastructure will boost productivity
Harnessing remote drone technology for UK infrastructure will boost productivity Industries really don’t come any more mission-critical than infrastructure. Indeed, it is estimated that an average of...
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RSP wins Suction Excavator Manufacturer of the Year by BUILD
RSP wins Suction Excavator Manufacturer of the Year by BUILD RSP have been awarded Suction Excavator Manufacturer of the year 2020 and the team are absolutely thrilled. RSP were approached by BUILD fo...
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Econ Engineering steps up to fight potholes with increased Hotbox production
Econ Engineering steps up to fight potholes with increased Hotbox production Staff at the country’s leading manufacturer of gritters and snow ploughs are working around the clock making specialist veh...
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CHAS urges positive action on mental health by the construction industry
CHAS urges positive action on mental health by the construction industry CHAS, the supply chain risk management expert, is urging construction companies to use Blue Monday 2021 as an opportunity to ta...
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Esh Construction completes affordable Housing projects in Yorkshire
Esh Construction completes affordable Housing projects in Yorkshire Esh Construction has worked in partnership with Yorkshire Housing to deliver more than 80 affordable homes across two developments t...
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Britishvolt and Siemens UK collaborate on exclusive battery technologies
Britishvolt and Siemens UK collaborate on exclusive battery technologies Britishvolt, Britain’s foremost investor in battery technologies has announced that it has entered into an exclusive technology...
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Mabey Hire boosts their engineering excellence with key placements
Mabey Hire boosts their engineering excellence with key placements Renowned for its engineering excellence, Mabey Hire is dedicated to supporting and nurturing its talented workforce, while helping to...
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Sweco acquires Optiplan engineering and architecture consultancy in Finland
Sweco acquires Optiplan engineering and architecture consultancy in Finland Sweco has signed an agreement with the construction company NCC Suomi Oy to acquire Optiplan Oy, which has approximately 150...
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Eave construction hearing protection solutions chosen by VINCI
Eave construction hearing protection solutions chosen by VINCI Eave, a UK-based tech start-up which has developed a uniquely effective hearing protection system for construction workers, has partnered...
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Bobcat Telehandler and mini-excavator head to Belfast for McCusker Demolition
Bobcat Telehandler and mini-excavator head to Belfast for McCusker Demolition McCusker Demolition Ltd, based in Belfast in Northern Ireland, has purchased the company’s first Bobcat machines from Nort...
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SWARCO Traffic appoints ITS expert as new Managing Director
SWARCO Traffic appoints ITS expert as new Managing Director SWARCO Traffic, the traffic technology specialist, has appointed John Pickworth, an experienced Chartered Engineer with proven Intelligent T...
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HM-Entreprenør A/S invests in 12 Liebherr crawler excavators
HM-Entreprenør A/S invests in 12 Liebherr crawler excavators The Danish company HM-Entreprenør is based just 1.5 km from the headquarters of the JMM Group, Liebherr’s Danish distributor. In 2017, HM-E...
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Welsh Assembly calls in GeoPlace to evaluate unadopted roads in Wales
Welsh Assembly calls in GeoPlace to evaluate unadopted roads in Wales The law on the maintenance and adoption of private roads can be complex. Briefly, an unadopted road is a road or street not mainta...
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Highways England uses huge steel beams to create M53’s newest bridge
Highways England uses huge steel beams to create M53’s newest bridge Eight huge steel beams will be lifted into place over the M53 in Merseyside this weekend to help create a new bridge over the...
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Swerock acquires cement and mineral aggregate operations in Luleå, Sweden
Swerock acquires cement and mineral aggregate operations in Luleå, Sweden Peab’s subsidiary Swerock continues to grow through the acquisition of cement and mineral aggregate operations in the Luleå ar...
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Leeds engineers RWO celebrate new Highways England contract success
Leeds engineers RWO celebrate new Highways England contract success Leeds engineers RWO has won an undisclosed contract to support a multi-million pound infrastructure investment by motorways and majo...
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