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UK businesses now looking globally to secure positive future post Brexit and COVID-19
UK businesses now looking globally to secure positive future post Brexit and COVID-19 One World Express has commissioned an independent survey among over 900 decision-makers within UK businesses to ex...
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Ringway Hertfordshire is using AI to tackle COVID-19 social distancing challenges
Ringway Hertfordshire is using AI to tackle COVID-19 social distancing challenges Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used by the Ringway Hertfordshire team during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow ess...
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Redline secures 4 year HS2 security consultancy contract to support Align JV
Redline secures 4 year HS2 security consultancy contract to support Align JV Redline, an Air Partner company and a leading provider of global security solutions has announced it has secured a four-yea...
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Glastonbury supplier Live Trakway calls on Siltbuster Process Solutions
Glastonbury supplier Live Trakway calls on Siltbuster Process Solutions Siltbuster Process Solutions (SPS), the water treatment specialist, is helping Live Trakway, the company which supplies temporar...
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Leading Danish companies form partnership for ambitious Green Energy fuel project
Leading Danish companies form partnership for ambitious Green Energy fuel project Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS and Ørsted have formed a partnership to deve...
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Yanmar expands in UK with new dealer Taylor and Braithwaite
Yanmar expands in UK with new dealer Taylor and Braithwaite Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has appointed Taylor & Braithwaite to its UK dealer network. The construction, quarrying and recycling spe...
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Worldsensing builds on Sisgeo partnership with automated readings from digital sensors
Worldsensing builds on Sisgeo partnership with automated readings from digital sensors Worldsensing has announced a new firmware release as part of its growing partnership with the leading geotechnica...
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McCann expands with new hires to support civil and electrical engineering projects
McCann expands with new hires to support civil and electrical engineering projects Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has added four new members to its team as it continues...
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Peab awarded rehabilitation of E20 highway outside of Gothenburg
Peab awarded rehabilitation of E20 highway outside of Gothenburg Peab has been commissioned to rebuild four kilometers of the existing stretch of E20 between Tollered and Ingared outside of Gothenburg...
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Prantl invests in new generation Liebherr excavators
Prantl invests in new generation Liebherr excavators Three ruby-red Liebherr excavators have been used for several months in construction projects in Tirol and southern Germany – Two Generation 8 R 92...
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HS2 adopts CESAR ECV plant emissions scheme to promote clean air
HS2 adopts CESAR ECV plant emissions scheme to promote clean air As part of its bid to create ‘greener’ construction sites, by reducing emissions and controlling air quality, HS2 is the first infrastr...
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Ferrovial Agroman rebrands as Ferrovial Construction
Ferrovial Agroman rebrands as Ferrovial Construction Ferrovial Agroman, one of the construction business units of Ferrovial, has taken the decision to change of its corporate name to Ferrovial Constru...
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A66 route announced for £1 billion Trans-Pennine dualling transformation
A66 route announced for £1 billion Trans-Pennine dualling transformation Major upgrades to a northern Trans-Pennine route are a step closer today with the official preferred route announced for the £1...
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Mecalac announces unbeatable finance package for UK customers
Mecalac announces unbeatable finance package for UK customers Working in conjunction with Mecalac Financial Solutions, Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has launched an unbeatable Buy Now… Pay L...
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AMTE Power and Britishvolt look to create landmark battery Giga Factory in the UK
AMTE Power and Britishvolt look to create landmark battery Giga Factory in the UK AMTE Power and Britishvolt are pleased to announce plans to investigate collaborating to build the UK’s first full cyc...
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HELMA SA signs up as a new Hitachi Equipment dealer in Greece
HELMA SA signs up as a new Hitachi Equipment dealer in Greece Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has announced the appointment of a new dealer for customers in Greece. As of 1 May 2020,...
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Siemens Mobility wins major traffic signal and intelligent transport systems contract
Siemens Mobility wins major traffic signal and intelligent transport systems contract Siemens Mobility Limited has been awarded a significant traffic signal maintenance contract by a consortium of thr...
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New Sponsor Body set to reveal Houses of Parliament restoration plans
New Sponsor Body set to reveal Houses of Parliament restoration plans Plans for the vital restoration needed to save the Houses of Parliament will be examined by an expert team set up by the new Spons...
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TRL looks at the transport lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
TRL looks at the transport lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic Let us not get confused: the coronavirus pandemic is above all a human tragedy and our hearts go out to all those who have lost loved ones...
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Ford Ranger Thunder storms into Europe
Ford Ranger Thunder storms into Europe The new Ford Ranger Thunder brings style and enhanced specification to Europe’s best-selling pick-up, now available to order from £32,965 (RRP, excluding VAT) fo...
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Van der Meijden and Yotta partner to address needs of Dutch waste industry
Van der Meijden and Yotta partner to address needs of Dutch waste industry Netherlands-based, IT and services consultancy, Van der Meijden (VDM-Management and advice) has announced it has signed a par...
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National Infrastructure Commission calls for action now to help heal the economy
National Infrastructure Commission calls for action now to help heal the economy Sir John Armitt, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, has reinforced the need for long term infrastructure...
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Highways England install two new bridges over the M4 motorway in one weekend
Highways England install two new bridges over the M4 motorway in one weekend The M4 between junctions 6 and 8/9 near Slough and Maidenhead in Berkshire has fully reopened after work to lift huge steel...
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Leading concrete manufacturer Besblock sees orders double in a matter of days
Leading concrete manufacturer Besblock sees orders double in a matter of days As the UK construction industry gears up to return to work, Shropshire-based concrete manufacturers Besblock has seen orde...
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Femern Link contractors receive go ahead for world’s longest immersed tunnel
Femern Link contractors receive go ahead for world’s longest immersed tunnel Femern A/S has issued the Commencement Notice to the Femern Link Contractors joint venture so they proceed with the e...
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Northern UK leaders call for clear communication to manage rail challenges
Northern UK leaders call for clear communication to manage rail challenges Crystal clear communications with rail passengers and staff will be the single most important factor in keeping people safe a...
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JCB resumes production with comprehensive safety measures in place
JCB resumes production with comprehensive safety measures in place JCB today announced a partial re-starting of production at five of its UK factories as a comprehensive package of safety measures is...
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SRL Traffic Systems expands VMS Fleet by 150 percent
SRL Traffic Systems expands VMS Fleet by 150 percent The UK and Republic of Ireland’s leading manufacturer and provider of mobile intelligent transport systems (ITS), SRL Traffic Systems, has increase...
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JCB would do it all again as ventilator housing line stood down
JCB would do it all again as ventilator housing line stood down JCB today stood down production lines which had been poised to produce thousands of special housings for a new type of ventilator. The h...
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The Liebherr new generation of crawler excavators designed for the Swedish market
The Liebherr new generation of crawler excavators designed for the Swedish market Liebherr’s new generation crawler excavator is steadily establishing a presence in countries around the world. O...
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SWARCO launches MyCity Modular Traffic Management Platform
SWARCO launches MyCity Modular Traffic Management Platform SWARCO, the traffic technology group, has launched MyCity, a new highly flexible and customisable modular traffic management platform that gi...
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Help Hitachi Construction Machinery UK raise money for the NHS
Help Hitachi Construction Machinery UK raise money for the NHS Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK) has launched an appeal to raise money for the NHS Charity, “NHS Charities Together” to help sup...
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Can Board Games help navigate complex Change Management issues?
Can Board Games help navigate complex Change Management issues? With board games becoming a regular activity in many UK households, Jonathan Berry, European Practice Director at international change m...
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Project managers anticipate a bumpy road ahead as the UK starts to reopen for business
Project managers anticipate a bumpy road ahead as the UK starts to reopen for business As the UK prepares to reopen for business, the vast majority of project professionals fear future disruption to t...
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Terex TA400s Trucks brave -45 in Russian mine
Terex TA400s Trucks brave -45 in Russian mine Four Terex Trucks TA400 articulated haulers have clocked up around 48,000 hours in a remote coal mine in Siberia, Russia, where they are braving extreme c...
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RK Plant Engineers set new machine control heights with GKD Technologies
RK Plant Engineers set new machine control heights with GKD Technologies Established in 2015, Stockport based RK Plant Engineers is a family business run by father and son team, Ryan and Kenny Andres,...
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Encarna invests in Hyundai material handling equipment and expands forklift training
Encarna invests in Hyundai material handling equipment and expands forklift training Encarna Formation specialises in operator training for a wide range of construction machinery, which includes, fork...
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JCB volunteers join forces to make needed PPE and deliver vital NHS kit
JCB volunteers join forces to make needed PPE and deliver vital NHS kit Hospitals and NHS staff in Staffordshire and Derbyshire have taken delivery of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) made an...
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MIPS teaming up to deliver their brain protection system to the Construction Sector
MIPS teaming up to deliver their brain protection system to the Construction Sector Swedish brain protection company MIPS is teaming up with leading European Safety Helmet and PPE manufacturers to inc...
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Fixing potholes is essential work for now and the future
Fixing potholes is essential work for now and the future Vehicle repairs cost due to pothole damage are huge with UK drivers spending £4.09 billion a year on car damage caused by potholes and it’s est...
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Highways England completes Britain’s biggest A14 project eight months early
Highways England completes Britain’s biggest A14 project eight months early Britain’s biggest road-building project, the A14 is opening for traffic eight months ahead of schedule, Highways Engla...
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New partner bolsters Womble Bond Dickinson’s Construction and Engineering Team
New partner bolsters Womble Bond Dickinson’s Construction and Engineering Team Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its construction and engineering practice in th...
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Nordic Investment Bank finances €70m for hydropower in Sweden and Finland
Nordic Investment Bank finances €70m for hydropower in Sweden and Finland NIB has signed a ten-year loan agreement of €70 million with Fortum Oyj to finance the refurbishment of two hydropower plants...
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Per Person Per Night improves accommodation booking for travelling contractors
Per Person Per Night improves accommodation booking for travelling contractors While many industries in the UK are struggling under the challenges of Covid-19, the construction industry is still going...
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Dennis Automotive launches £1 million campaign to GetBritainMovingAgain
Dennis Automotive launches £1 million campaign to #GetBritainMovingAgain Dennis Automotive, publishers of Auto Express, evo, Car Throttle, Octane, Carbuyer and DrivingElectric, has announced a million...
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M56 Manchester to Wales motorway set for £12 million improvements
M56 Manchester to Wales motorway set for £12 million improvements The motorway which links Manchester to North Wales is getting £12 million worth of improvements to provide better journeys for drivers...
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How Council Highways departments can break down data silos for digital transformation
How Council Highways departments can break down data silos for digital transformation Local authorities put in a great deal of investment and planning time every year in maintaining and developing the...
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Portsmouth based Parchow Groundworks invest in twenty LiuGong Excavators
Portsmouth based Parchow Groundworks invest in twenty LiuGong Excavators Based in Waterlooville near Portsmouth, UK, Parchow Groundworks Ltd have become the latest business to invest in LiuGong excava...
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Keele University experts advise policymakers on road safety during and after lockdown
Keele University experts advise policymakers on road safety during and after lockdown Criminology experts from Keele University are studying the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on Britain’s road n...
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Yanmar launches Buy Now Pay Later sales initiative in the UK
Yanmar launches Buy Now Pay Later sales initiative in the UK Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has announced a limited-time sales initiative across the UK and Ireland, to make purchasing state-of-the-art...
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