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FARO expands 3D digital twin skills with Swedish Advanced Technical Solutions acquisition
FARO expands 3D digital twin skills with Swedish Advanced Technical Solutions acquisition FARO Technologies, a global leader for 3D measurement, imaging and realization solutions for 3D Metrology, AEC...
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Ken Pink Plant Hire adds two more Volvo A25G haulers to their plant hire fleet
Ken Pink Plant Hire adds two more Volvo A25G haulers to their plant hire fleet Ken Pink Plant Hire Ltd of Staverton, Gloucestershire, has purchased two more Volvo A25G articulated haulers for its mult...
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Time is running out to apply for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
Time is running out to apply for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme The window to attract crucial funding from the Government-supported Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CB...
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Deter dangerous crane climbers from your worksite
Deter dangerous crane climbers from your worksite The construction industry is one of the worst affected industries in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Facing significant challenges both throughout loc...
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Highways England announces £200m Mottram bypass reaches major milestone
Highways England announces £200m Mottram bypass reaches major milestone Plans for a £200 million bypass to improve journeys on the main route between Manchester and Sheffield have reached a major mile...
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Britpave calls on £27.4b roads investment plan to deliver long-term concrete solutions
Britpave calls on £27.4b roads investment plan to deliver long-term concrete solutions Britpave, the infrastructure industry association, has welcomed Highways England’s £27.4 billion second roads inv...
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Hitachi and Bombardier to supply 23 Frecciarossa trains to Trenitalia in Spain
Hitachi and Bombardier to supply 23 Frecciarossa trains to Trenitalia in Spain Hitachi Rail SpA and Bombardier Transportation have announced that they have signed a contract with Italy’s primary train...
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Highways England unveils £27 billion road investment to support 64,000 jobs
Highways England unveils £27 billion road investment to support 64,000 jobs Highways England has today unveiled the details of plans for £27.4 billion investment in the strategic road network across t...
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EBRD supports 35 year Port of Olvia concession project in Ukraine
EBRD supports 35 year Port of Olvia concession project in Ukraine Despite a challenging global economic outlook, Ukraine continues to attract leading international transhipping and stevedoring compani...
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CAT Financial introduces new deals to help construction firms get back on track
CAT Financial introduces new deals to help construction firms get back on track Cat Financial has introduced a bundle of finance deals to help construction firms get their businesses back on track as...
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Ford teams up with the RNLI to promote water safety messaging at the beach
Ford teams up with the RNLI to promote water safety messaging at the beach Ford have commissioned custom tyres that can leave key water safety messages imprinted on stretches of sand as part of a new...
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Aggregate Industries recognised for commitment to British Armed Forces
Aggregate Industries recognised for commitment to British Armed Forces Leading construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has been given the prestigious Silver Employment Recognition Scheme...
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Civil Engineering Contractor EKFB award Trimble and Totalmobile HS2 Contract
Civil Engineering Contractor EKFB award Trimble and Totalmobile HS2 Contract Trimble and Totalmobile, a field service management software specialist, announced today that they have been awarded a cont...
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EIB finances €15m for smart charging technology at The Mobility House in Germany
EIB finances €15m for smart charging technology at The Mobility House in Germany The European Investment Bank (EIB) and The Mobility House, a leading technology company and solution provider for charg...
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StreetWise trial reveals high consumer confidence in autonomous vehicles
StreetWise trial reveals high consumer confidence in autonomous vehicles Consumer confidence in autonomous driving technologies is high – this was the major result from a commuter research trial in Lo...
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StreetDrone secures UK funding for 5G connected and autonomous truck project
StreetDrone secures UK funding for 5G connected and autonomous truck project StreetDrone, the full-stack autonomous technology company, have won UK Government funding as part of a consortium tasked wi...
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Network Rail awards Soham Railway Station contract to J Murphy and Sons
Network Rail awards Soham Railway Station contract to J Murphy and Sons Network Rail has awarded the contract to build Soham’s new railway station to J Murphy and Sons Ltd. Having been without a rail...
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British MP urges parents to make sure their children are Road Safety Aware
British MP urges parents to make sure their children are Road Safety Aware Most parents do not think their children understand road dangers or concentrate properly when near roads, a new survey reveal...
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Austria’s Tyrol mountains no match for the VÖGELE SUPER 1803-3i Paver
Austria’s Tyrol mountains no match for the VÖGELE SUPER 1803-3i Paver Many people consider building mountain roads one of the royal disciplines: the steep terrain puts far more demands on techno...
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Brutal Digger puts Hyundai to the test in Russia
Brutal Digger puts Hyundai to the test in Russia Evgeny Akhtyrtsev is a heavy machine operator working for a small independent construction company based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Evgeny is also an Inst...
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TfN calls for Northern Infrastructure Pipeline to transform Britain’s Northern economy
TfN calls for Northern Infrastructure Pipeline to transform Britain’s Northern economy Transport for the North has today set out its initial plans for a Northern Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), a...
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TRACTO‐TECHNIK UK gearing up to resume trenchless technology courses
TRACTO‐TECHNIK UK gearing up to resume trenchless technology courses The construction sector is bouncing back and one sure sign of this is the resumption of industry training courses and trenchless te...
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Highways England awards Amey major SW bridges contract
Highways England awards Amey major SW bridges contract Highways England has announced a £240 million contract with Amey to maintain its major structures in the south-west – the M4 Prince of Wales Brid...
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Brenner Base Tunnel reaches new milestone with Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine
Brenner Base Tunnel reaches new milestone with Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine With the completion of the 16.7 km long exploratory tunnel, proud tunnellers at the Brenner Base Tunnel celebrated the...
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Highways England encouraging British road users to get pedalling
Highways England encouraging British road users to get pedalling Get pedalling! That’s the message from Highways England as Cycle to Work Day takes on a new meaning in 2020. With home working, staycat...
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Metso Outotec supplying two primary crushing stations for a Russian mining company
Metso Outotec supplying two primary crushing stations for a Russian mining company Metso Outotec will deliver two primary crushing stations for a mine located in the Russian Far East. The €23 million...
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EBRD and KfW IPEX-Bank invest in electric car industry in Poland
EBRD and KfW IPEX-Bank invest in electric car industry in Poland Two leading European banks are promoting the electric car industry with an investment in a new plant in central Poland run by global ch...
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Finning UK recognised for support of armed forces with Gold standard award
Finning UK recognised for support of armed forces with Gold standard award Finning UK Ltd, exclusive dealer of Cat® equipment, has been awarded a prestigious gold standard employer award in acknowledg...
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Highways England using Virtual Reality to train control room operators
Highways England using Virtual Reality to train control room operators One of the great strengths of virtual reality (VR) is its ability to allow users to experience real-world training scenarios, wit...
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WBD looks at the Green Homes Grant and implications for homeowners and landlords
WBD looks at the Green Homes Grant and implications for homeowners and landlords Last month Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a circa £3 billion green investment plan, including the Green Homes Grant,...
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LSBUD report 17 percent increase in UK Highways Projects in 2019
LSBUD report 17 percent increase in UK Highways Projects in 2019 There was a 17 percent jump in the amount of digging work on the UK’s highways last year, according to Digging Up Britain 2020. The rep...
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Bentley Motors explores an electric drive future
Bentley Motors explores an electric drive future Bentley Motors today announces a three-year research study that promises to transform electric vehicle powertrains, utilising a fully integrated, free...
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SRL Traffic Systems expands into high-speed VMS solutions
SRL Traffic Systems expands into high-speed VMS solutions The UK and Republic of Ireland’s leading manufacturer and supplier of mobile intelligent transport system (ITS) solutions, SRL Traffic Systems...
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Aggregate Industries launches ProLay System for tailored asphalts solutions
Aggregate Industries launches ProLay System for tailored asphalts solutions Leading construction and infrastructure player, Aggregate Industries has launched its new ProLay System™, a new gener...
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T and W Civil Engineering switch back to Hitachi with ten ZX33U-6 Excavators
T & W Civil Engineering switch back to Hitachi with ten ZX33U-6 Excavators T & W Civil Engineering have invested in ten Hitachi ZX33U-6 Excavators after switching back from another equipment b...
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Reference Point and Mitie launch Passport System for the highways workforce
Reference Point and Mitie launch Passport System for the highways workforce Reference Point and Mitie are delighted to announce the launch of the Passport System (powered by Validate) on 1 August 2020...
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Network Rail investing in 25,000 volt overhead electric lines in Lancashire and Cumbria
Network Rail investing in 25,000 volt overhead electric lines in Lancashire and Cumbria Passenger and freight journeys are being made more reliable in Lancashire and Cumbria with a multi-million-pound...
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Ringway Jacobs win prestigious Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award
Ringway Jacobs win prestigious Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award Ringway Jacobs is delighted to have achieved the highly prestigious Gold Award in the UK Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, for their...
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Leading construction technology expert calls for UK Taskforce to drive tech revolution
Leading construction technology expert calls for UK Taskforce to drive tech revolution Leading construction technology expert, Paul Cuatrecasas, has urged the Government to form a specialist taskforce...
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EIB funding €40m reconstruction of major roads in Montenegro
EIB funding €40m reconstruction of major roads in Montenegro The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a second tranche worth €40 million for the rehabilitation of 180 kilometres of road along the fiv...
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Mecalac Construction Equipment UK appoints Juergen Kreienbaum new GM
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK appoints Juergen Kreienbaum new GM Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has announced the appointment of Juergen Kreienbaum as General Manager. Joining the business with...
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McCann wins part of M27 smart motorway upgrade project
McCann wins part of M27 smart motorway upgrade project Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has recently been commissioned to deliver substantial works as part of Highways Eng...
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Hitachi’s cab comfort a big hit with UK’s first Zaxis-7 Excavator operators
Hitachi’s cab comfort a big hit with UK’s first Zaxis-7 Excavator operators The first machines from the new generation of Hitachi Zaxis-7 excavators have arrived in England and been delive...
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A new £70m Automotive Powertrain Research Centre is to be built in the UK
A new £70m Automotive Powertrain Research Centre is to be built in the UK A new £70 million research and development centre is to be established in the UK with the ambition of becoming one of the lead...
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APM announces Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Project of the Year finalists
APM announces Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Project of the Year finalists The finalists of the annual Association for Project Management (APM) Awards have been announced ahead of the li...
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10 Liebherr 1000 EC-H 40 High-Top crane rise to the Grand Paris Express challenge
10 Liebherr 1000 EC-H 40 High-Top crane rise to the Grand Paris Express challenge Since May 2018, there have been ten 1000 EC-H 40 High-Top tower cranes with very high lifting capacities on the constr...
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Ferrovial awarded €288m contract to expand Porto Metro in Portugal
Ferrovial awarded €288m contract to expand Porto Metro in Portugal Ferrovial, through a consortium involving its subsidiary Ferrovial Construction and Portuguese construction company Alberto Couto Alv...
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New guidance from Highways England allows 60mph traffic through roadworks
New guidance from Highways England allows 60mph traffic through roadworks Highways England issued new guidance for its supply chain today, to support them using 60mph more often within roadworks, wher...
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Satellite telemetry technology supporting flood protection in Scotland
Satellite telemetry technology supporting flood protection in Scotland In recent years the development of flood warning systems has benefited from advances in sensor, datalogger and communications tec...
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Herrenknecht hosts a special 2020 Training Day
Herrenknecht hosts a special 2020 Training Day Last Saturday, the plant gates were opened to young people from the company’s home region with a diverse range of insights into around a dozen appr...
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