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400,000th Durakerb unit drives construction sector to sustainability success
400,000th Durakerb unit drives construction sector to sustainability success Supporting the UK government’s drive towards a net-zero carbon emissions economy, Durakerb (part of the Econpro group) has...
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McCann and fellow sponsors turn Chilwell Manor Golf Club’s vision into reality
McCann and fellow sponsors turn Chilwell Manor Golf Club’s vision into reality A new practice area was unveiled at Chilwell Manor Golf Club on Monday 10th June after several local sponsors, incl...
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O’Rourke Infrastructure put a third Volvo P6870C wheeled paver to work in Portsmouth
O’Rourke Infrastructure put a third Volvo P6870C wheeled paver to work in Portsmouth “Product support is key…” according to father and son team, Phil and William O’Rourke, proprietors of Portsmo...
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Network Rail launches a £70m track worker safety task force
Network Rail launches a £70m track worker safety task force Network Rail has launched a new safety task force, backed with a £70m fund, to target track-worker safety, bringing together multiple strand...
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Rockwheel owner Rokla to buy Hartl Crusher
Rockwheel owner Rokla to buy Hartl Crusher German rotary cutter manufacturer Rokla GmbH, which operates under the Rockwheel brand, has announced its acquisition of Austrian crusher and screening bucke...
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Go Plant Fleet Services supports key A14 road improvement project in the UK
Go Plant Fleet Services supports key A14 road improvement project in the UK Go Plant Fleet Services has been carrying out a major road sweeping operation on Highways England’s £1.5 billion A14 Cambrid...
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Highways England on the right lines to make ghost markings disappear
Highways England on the right lines to make ghost markings disappear Ghost markings and blacked out lines on the road, which can confuse drivers, could become a thing of the past thanks to Highways En...
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TankCare Fuel Certification Scheme looking to protect distributors
TankCare Fuel Certification Scheme looking to protect distributors Leading fuel experts OTS TankCare have created an independent fuel certification scheme for fuel distributors that has been authorise...
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ALE supports Newcastle Metro modernisation with swift double bridge replacement
ALE supports Newcastle Metro modernisation with swift double bridge replacement ALE performed a time-critical double bridge replacement in the UK for the Newcastle Metro and the Tyne and Wear Metro. T...
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VolvoCE’s Eskilstuna site drives towards innovation and sustainability
VolvoCE’s Eskilstuna site drives towards innovation and sustainability Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced 16 MSEK of investments at its Eskilstuna site in Sweden, including an...
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Besblock ends up sponsoring disabled cricket team thanks to a chance haircut
Besblock ends up sponsoring disabled cricket team thanks to a chance haircut Award-winning concrete block manufacturer Besblock has signed a sponsorship deal with Shropshire Disabled Cricket Team afte...
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VolvoCE gives Nibulon a lift turning grain transportation into plain sailing
VolvoCE gives Nibulon a lift turning grain transportation into plain sailing VolvoCE and Volvo Penta are helping Ukrainian grain exporter Nibulon to make waterways suitable for cargo transportation an...
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Aldimak in Spain takes on Terex Trucks dealership
Aldimak in Spain takes on Terex Trucks dealership Spain is leading the way on eurozone growth with the country’s construction activity rebounding after several tough years following the global economi...
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Highways England’s winning formula on track to tackle F1 traffic
Highways England’s winning formula on track to tackle F1 traffic With a crowd of more than 340,000 spectators and more than 125,000 vehicles heading to the Formula 1 British Grand Prix this week...
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HSE clamps down on Welding Fume Control in the UK
HSE clamps down on Welding Fume Control in the UK Businesses that undertake any form of welding activity are being alerted to a tightening of health and safety around Welding Fume Control law that ma...
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Recycled plastic will save the environment by creating a pollution free Hydrogen Society
Recycled plastic will save the environment by creating a pollution free Hydrogen Society A new vision is looking to tackle the world’s problem of unrecyclable plastic and turn it into a solution...
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Czech Republic public transport in the city of Plzeň supported by the EIB
Czech Republic public transport in the city of Plzeň supported by the EIB The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €50m (some CZK 1.25bn) to Plzeňské městké dopravní podniky (PMDP), a public tran...
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Ukraine modernizing City of Kyiv Public Transport with help from IFC and World Bank
Ukraine modernizing City of Kyiv Public Transport with help from IFC and World Bank IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Kyiv City State Administration have agreed to work together to suppor...
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PolyBitumens invests in first UK road legal mobile storage bitumen tank
PolyBitumens invests in first UK road legal mobile storage bitumen tank PolyBitumens has taken delivery of the first ‘Road Legal’ Mobile Storage Tank in the UK, which will enable the storage of Bitume...
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Innovative Highways England road signs go multilingual
Innovative Highways England road signs go multilingual Electronic message signs have gone all multilingual in a ground-breaking initiative to improve roadworks information for lorry drivers. Highways...
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Glasgow schools aiming to lower Scotland’s vehicle pollution
Glasgow schools aiming to lower Scotland’s vehicle pollution Schools near Glasgow have been monitoring air quality as part of a project aiming to reduce the levels of pollution emitted by vehicl...
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EU commits to boosting economy by investing in efficient transport
EU commits to boosting economy by investing in efficient transport On Monday 8 July at the seat of the European institutions in Madrid, the European Commission, European Investment Bank (EIB) and Inst...
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SENNEBOGEN demolition excavator 830 E opens up Regensburg
SENNEBOGEN demolition excavator 830 E opens up Regensburg Ten years of standing vacant is enough long enough and now finally Metz Erdbau GmbH has been given the popular task of tearing down what was l...
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InTouch’s SmartWater product featured in House of Commons debate
InTouch’s SmartWater product featured in House of Commons debate MPs in the House of Commons debated the use of smart city technology, as 5G prepares to roll out across the UK. Lancashire-based...
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Manitou MD takes seat on Construction Equipment Association Management Council
Manitou MD takes seat on Construction Equipment Association Management Council Following the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) AGM at Plantworx Construction Exhibition, Chief Executive, Rob Oli...
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Victorian railway bridge in Manchester city centre to be restored
Victorian railway bridge in Manchester city centre to be restored Passengers, motorists and residents are being informed about work to carefully restore a railway bridge next to Deansgate station in M...
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CASE Eagle Day in the UK offers guests a unique chance to get hands on with CASE machines
CASE Eagle Day in the UK offers guests a unique chance to get hands on with CASE machines On the 16 of July 2019, CASE Construction Equipment will host a CASE Eagle Day in the UK at Maltby Colliery,...
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Mabey Hire’s local expertise enabling delivery of Birmingham’s Metro network
Mabey Hire’s local expertise enabling delivery of Birmingham’s Metro network Leading engineering services specialist Mabey Hire has today announced its role in enabling one of the biggest tram e...
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CASE digs in for Goodwood Festival of Speed
CASE digs in for Goodwood Festival of Speed The Goodwood Festival of Speed, presented by Mastercard, is an epic undertaking from start to finish, with more than 650 cars worth in excess of £1.8 billio...
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Second bespoke Volvo EC140ELM Forestry Excavator for BM Excavations
Second bespoke Volvo EC140ELM Forestry Excavator for BM Excavations Ben Miller, proprietor of East Lothian based BM Excavations has taken delivery of a second bespoke Volvo EC140ELM excavator for his...
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ACOEM acquires Air Monitors Ltd to expand smart cities presence
ACOEM acquires Air Monitors Ltd to expand smart cities presence ACOEM Group has accelerated its international expansion plans with the acquisition of Air Monitors Ltd, the exclusive distribution partn...
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Airspeeder could be the new flying motorsport for the 21st Century
Airspeeder could be the new flying motorsport for the 21st Century Airspeeder, a radical new airborne motorsport for the 21st century will make its global public debut at this week’s Goodwood Festival...
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UK road network at tipping point with a broken funding model
UK road network at tipping point with a broken funding model The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) has commented on the Transport Select committee enqu...
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Carr’s Group acquires NW Total Engineered Solutions to bolster engineering capability
Carr’s Group acquires NW Total Engineered Solutions to bolster engineering capability Carr’s Group, the Agriculture and Engineering Company, announces the acquisition of the entire issued...
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New CDE plant delivers 100 percent increased production for D’Arcy Sands in Ireland
New CDE plant delivers 100 percent increased production for D’Arcy Sands in Ireland At its Wexford site, near the village of Blackwater, D’Arcy Sands was facing a combination of site-speci...
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EIB improving the highway of the seas between Sweden and Finland
EIB improving the highway of the seas between Sweden and Finland The European Investment Bank has signed a €70 million loan with Kvarken Link Oy, a special purpose vehicle jointly owned by the municip...
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Plantworx 2019 proved a triumph despite the rain
Plantworx 2019 proved a triumph despite the rain The 4th biennial Plantworx Construction Machinery Show, incorporating Railworx, (11 – 13 June), hosted by the Construction Equipment Association (CEA),...
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UK Patent case highlights employee rights over intellectual property
UK Patent case highlights employee rights over intellectual property A recent decision by the UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) highlighted the need to tread carefully when it comes to...
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Eurovia announces 2 new positive-energy Power Road projects in France
Eurovia announces 2 new positive-energy Power Road projects in France While resurfacing the cinema car park in Feurs (Forez Est, central France) and modernising the heat and energy systems in 76 socia...
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Adaptive lighting improves safety on Liebherr L586 XPower wheel loaders
Adaptive lighting improves safety on Liebherr L586 XPower wheel loaders A Liebherr L 586 XPower® wheel loader was recently put into operation at the Dowideit Recycling GmbH machine park in Wustermark....
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Network Rail has publishes long term plan for digital railway
Network Rail has publishes long term plan for digital railway Network Rail has published a digital railway framework that sets out the long-term delivery of digital signalling, to bring significant be...
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Safety first in Northern Ireland for Hitachi excavators on A6 Dualling Scheme
Safety first in Northern Ireland for Hitachi excavators on A6 Dualling Scheme A local subcontractor is promoting the safety of its working practices and fleet of Hitachi construction machinery on the...
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Highways England unveils electric roadworks vehicles trial
Highways England unveils electric roadworks vehicles trial Two fully electric powered roadworks vehicles are being trialled by Highways England for the first time, the company announced today. One of...
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Plantforce Rentals tackles safety with high spec Hyundai wheeled excavator
Plantforce Rentals tackles safety with high spec Hyundai wheeled excavator Plantforce Rentals is a leading construction equipment rental company headquartered in Somerset, with additional depots acros...
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Costain awarded sole maintenance service provider by United Utilities
Costain awarded sole maintenance service provider by United Utilities Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has been appointed as sole Maintenance Service Provider by United Utilities a...
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Network Rail announces £215m UK wide contract awards for signalling
Network Rail announces £215m UK wide contract awards for signalling Network Rail has announced the award of 17 multi-million-pound framework contracts to deliver minor signalling works across the coun...
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Osborne to rollout Mabey Hire’s STEM Education Programme
Osborne to rollout Mabey Hire’s STEM Education Programme Mabey Hire secures further industry support for its STEM Education Programme, which launched earlier this year Mabey Hire is delighted to...
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JCB Fastrac Tractor sets new 103.6mph British Speed Record
JCB Fastrac Tractor sets new 103.6mph British Speed Record JCB has set a new British speed record for tractors with its high-speed Fastrac tractor. The tractor notched up 103.6mph at Elvington Airfiel...
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A look at the reconstruction of the world’s longest road tunnel
A look at the reconstruction of the world’s longest road tunnel Reconstruction of the Coastal Highway Route E39 is not only Norway’s biggest ever infrastructure project – but the Rogfast road tu...
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Bleeding Wolf in Altrincham to get £800,000 railway investment
Bleeding Wolf in Altrincham to get £800,000 railway investment Bleeding Wolf is an area of railway named after a legendary act of bravery will see an important railway upgrade this summer to ensure fa...
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