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Colas team is keeping Lincolnshire roads safe for key workers during pandemic
Colas team is keeping Lincolnshire roads safe for key workers during pandemic From the 1 April 2020, Colas Limited will take to the streets as one of Lincolnshire County Council’s new highways c...
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Electric vehicle battery production in Poland boosted with €480m EIB loan
Electric vehicle battery production in Poland boosted with €480m EIB loan The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €480 million loan agreement with LG Chem Wroclaw Energy, the Polish subsidiary...
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BITA and FLTA release Covid-19 notice for Materials Handling and Plant Equipment owners
BITA and FLTA release Covid-19 notice for Materials Handling and Plant Equipment owners The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) and The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) have issued a joint s...
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Zappshelter industrial strength air-beam tents perfect for the NHS front-line
Zappshelter industrial strength air-beam tents perfect for the NHS front-line Specialist shelter provider Zappshelter have come up with an innovative product to assist the NHS, emergency services, ess...
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STRABAG gradually resumes work on construction sites in Austria
STRABAG gradually resumes work on construction sites in Austria Around ten days after STRABAG announced the temporary halt of work on its construction sites in Austria, the largest Austrian constructi...
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McCann crowned with 5th consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal
McCann crowned with 5th consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has been awarded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Medal...
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Nordic Investment Bank finances new tram line for Helsinki
Nordic Investment Bank finances new tram line for Helsinki The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the City of Espoo have signed a 25-year loan of EUR 65.6 million to finance the construction of the new...
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Hyundai 90-tonne HX900L Excavator digging deep in Ireland
Hyundai 90-tonne HX900L Excavator digging deep in Ireland Having run Hyundai excavators since 2005, Irish plant and dredging contractors, Mill Road Plant Ltd, are familiar with the positive long-term...
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Gas Safety Trust launches 2020 small grant call for CO poisoning research
Gas Safety Trust launches 2020 small grant call for CO poisoning research The Gas Safety Trust (GST) today launched their 2020 Small Grants call. This Spring the Trust is looking to fund smaller, shor...
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JCB halts production as Coronavirus impact impacts global demand
JCB halts production as Coronavirus impact impacts global demand JCB is today stopping production at all of its UK manufacturing plants as disruption resulting from the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic...
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Motorcycle theft numbers on the rise – here is what you should do
Motorcycle theft numbers on the rise: Here is what you should do Did you know that over one single day, 130 motorcycles will be stolen in the UK, the same number in the US and over 150 will disappear...
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Are vehicle infotainment systems a road safety hazard?
Are vehicle infotainment systems a road safety hazard? Worrying results from a new study released today show that the latest in-vehicle infotainment systems, designed to improve road safety, are faili...
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Mendix app speeds up Parking Registration for 2.5m visitors to Rotterdam
Mendix app speeds up Parking Registration for 2.5m visitors to Rotterdam Mendix, a Siemens business and the global leader in enterprise low-code, today announced that the Municipality of Rotterdam has...
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Hyper Poland smashes funding goal in 10 days to demonstrate prototype Magrail system
Hyper Poland smashes funding goal in 10 days to demonstrate prototype Magrail system Just ten days after their launch on investment platform Seedrs, Hyper Poland has achieved its €451,000 investment t...
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Circuit Zandvoort opened prior to Dutch Grand Prix aided by Mammoet
Circuit Zandvoort opened prior to Dutch Grand Prix aided by Mammoet Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen has opened Circuit Zandvoort near Amsterdam – the venue for this...
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UK Government announces further changes to the IR35 construction tax changes
UK Government announces further changes to the IR35 construction tax changes Changes to the off-payroll working rules – which will impact on the construction industry by placing additional oblig...
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Nomad Digital to deploy train WiFi with Öresund in Denmark and Sweden
Nomad Digital to deploy train WiFi with Öresund in Denmark and Sweden Nomad Digital has won a multi-million-pound contract to execute their Nomad Connect WiFi solution for 111 trains, securing more ma...
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JCB sponsors British canoeist Adam Burgess as he paddles for Olympic gold
JCB sponsors British canoeist Adam Burgess as he paddles for Olympic gold BRITISH canoeing medallist Adam Burgess has some extra power in his paddle as he goes for gold this summer – after landi...
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Cold Comfort calls for open minds to tackle winter roads
Cold Comfort calls for open minds to tackle winter roads The UK’s highways leaders could look to Canada, Russia and even over their nearest county boundary to find new ways to tackle winter conditions...
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CDE hailed as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies
CDE hailed as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies CDE has been named as one of Ireland’s Best Managed companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards programme, in association with B...
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Colas introduces the French Exopush rake Exoskeleton to the UK
Colas introduces the French Exopush rake Exoskeleton to the UK Colas has launched the Exopush in its UK business. Exopush is an exoskeleton designed to give power assistance to operatives working on l...
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EBRD Green Cities Action Plan to transform public transport in Sarajevo
EBRD Green Cities Action Plan to transform public transport in Sarajevo The EBRD is financing major investments to improve public transport in Sarajevo, with CO² emission reductions likely to exceed 3...
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INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard finds congestion cost Britain £6.9 billion in 2019
INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard finds congestion cost Britain £6.9 billion in 2019 INRIX, a global leader in transportation analytics and connected car services, has published the 2019 INRIX Global Tra...
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COVID-19 and the Construction Industry
COVID-19 and the Construction Industry The construction industry has had a particularly difficult few years, with uncertainty around Brexit, high numbers of insolvencies, high-profile building safety...
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Tenstar Simulations showcasing their World of Simulation at CONEXPO 2020
Tenstar Simulations showcasing their World of Simulation at CONEXPO 2020 Tenstar Simulation, a specialist in the simulator industry that offers a wide range of professional machine education simulator...
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TU Wien unveils the Unfoldable Bridge in Austria
TU Wien unveils the Unfoldable Bridge in Austria There are many different methods for erecting bridges – but the new technique developed by TU Wien, the balanced lowering method, is quite spectacular:...
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Nottingham-based McCann named as a finalist at the 2020 Highways England Awards
Nottingham-based McCann named as a finalist at the 2020 Highways England Awards Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has been announced as a finalist in the 2020 Highways Engl...
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Five raises $41 million to tackle the biggest challenges in self-driving vehicles
Five raises $41 million to tackle the biggest challenges in self-driving vehicles Five, the UK self-driving company, has raised $41M in a Series B round of equity funding. New investors are Trustbridg...
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Equipmake and HiETA create the most power dense electric motor
Equipmake and HiETA create the most power dense electric motor The world’s most power dense permanent magnet electric motor is under development in the UK. Expert electrification company, Equipmake, h...
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Utility excavation searches on the rise for highways projects in the UK
Utility excavation searches on the rise for highways projects in the UK Richard Broome, Managing Director at Linesearch BeforeUdig (LSBUD), the nation’s leading online asset search facility, discusses...
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Czech firefighters get specialist vehicles on TATRA truck chassis
Czech firefighters get specialist vehicles on TATRA truck chassis On February 18, the special firefighting unit from the Czech town of Hlučín was handed over two special fire-fighting vehicles built o...
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Ringway Jacobs secures 5-year extension to Essex CC Integrated Highway Partnership
Ringway Jacobs secures 5-year extension to Essex CC Integrated Highway Partnership Ringway Jacobs, the leading integrated highways service provider to UK local authorities, secures the maximum five-ye...
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Roadmender UK promotes mastic asphalt as the new pothole hero
Roadmender UK promotes mastic asphalt as the new pothole hero In the aftermath of storm Jorge, widespread flooding and strong winds has compounded the extensive damage caused by Storm’s Ciara an...
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ADEPT calls for a national strategy for the future of British aviation
ADEPT calls for a national strategy for the future of British aviation In the wake of the Appeal Court’s decision that plans for the third runway at Heathrow were unlawful, the Association of Director...
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Clearview Intelligence strengthens the team to drive the future of traffic solutions
Clearview Intelligence strengthens the team to drive the future of traffic solutions Clearview Intelligence strengthens its senior management team with internal promotions ready to push on into 2020 a...
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Network Rail hails Britain’s most treasured bridges
Network Rail hails Britain’s most treasured bridges Network Rail is highlighting both The Forth and The Britannia bridges as two of the most treasured and recognisable features of the British ra...
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Energy Systems Catapult calls for innovators for zero carbon smart building challenge
Energy Systems Catapult calls for innovators for zero carbon smart building challenge Energy Systems Catapult is launching an innovator challenge call in collaboration with Places for People, Geovati...
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Dropbox research shows UK construction wasting time on valueless tasks
Dropbox research shows UK construction wasting time on valueless tasks On average, business and IT decision makers from UK construction organisations waste over a quarter (29%) of their time at work o...
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JCB celebrating production of 750,000 backhoe loaders in Rocester
JCB celebrating production of 750,000 backhoe loaders in Rocester The landmark machine was driven off the line at the company’s factory in Rocester, Staffordshire – the very location where the first J...
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GAP Group invests £2m in tenth division Tanker Services
GAP Group invests £2m in tenth division Tanker Services GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent rental company, has placed an order for 18 x 26t liquid waste tankers, following a recent annou...
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UK leaders call for Thameslink-level of commitment for Manchester congestion hotspots
UK leaders call for Thameslink-level of commitment for Manchester congestion hotspots As the Northern Rail franchise this weekend moves into new ownership, leaders from across the North of England hav...
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UK Construction Sector warned by Competition and Markets Authority not to Cheat
UK Construction Sector warned by Competition and Markets Authority not to Cheat The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched its “Cheating or Competing?” campaign this week, and...
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UK scaling up innovation support for Automotive Small Businesses
UK scaling up innovation support for Automotive Small Businesses The UK Government is scaling up its support to the automotive industry by hosting more UK Pavilions than ever before at major trade exh...
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Bridgend Quarry upgrades with 30 tonne Volvo EC300E Excavator
Bridgend Quarry upgrades with 30 tonne Volvo EC300E Excavator Bridgend Aggregates of King Edward, Northern Scotland, has taken delivery of its first VolvoCE excavator in the form of a thirty tonne EC3...
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Norwegian Berge Bygdeservice goes global with Hitachi and ABAX technology
Norwegian Berge Bygdeservice goes global with Hitachi and ABAX technology The 23-year-old Norwegian contractor, Simen Berge, has a high level of expertise beyond his years, driven by his company Berge...
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Cash retentions in Construction – Scottish Government Consultation Open
Cash retentions in Construction – Scottish Government Consultation Open Two years since Peter Aldous MP brought his private members bill to Westminster, some 26 years since the recommendations i...
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Go Plant Fleet Services cleaning up with new MAN TGM Sweeper
Go Plant Fleet Services cleaning up with new MAN TGM Sweeper UK provider of operated road sweepers and self-drive specialist vehicles, Go Plant Fleet Services, has just taken delivery of a new MAN TGM...
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UK Construction tax changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules due 6 April 2020
UK Construction tax changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules due 6 April 2020 Changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules – which will impact on the construction industry by placing addit...
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Network Rail opening ground-breaking STEM learning facility to inspire young people
Network Rail opening ground-breaking STEM learning facility to inspire young people Network Rail has opened a dedicated STEM learning facility with the aim of inspiring the next generation to pursue c...
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14th Executive Hire Show hailed a runaway success
14th Executive Hire Show hailed a runaway success The 14th annual Executive Hire Show (5&6 February, Ricoh Arena Coventry) was a runaway success – the event was a hive of activity from the o...
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