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Costain awarded new contracts across the UK Highways sector
Costain awarded new contracts across the UK Highways sector Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has been awarded a range of new highways contracts in the last quarter, totalling over...
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48 years in the recycled aggregates business
48 years in the recycled aggregates business In October 1970, a 17-year-old Mike Broad, fresh out of education at Wigan Grammar School, secured his first job with local, family-owned quarrying and agg...
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ERA reports Europe’s equipment rental market continues to grow
ERA reports Europe’s equipment rental market continues to grow The European Rental Association (ERA) has launched the ERA Market Report 2019 and reveals for the year 2018, in the EU-28 and EFTA...
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Clearview to launch first of its kind pedestrian and cycle counter at Highways UK
Clearview to launch first of its kind pedestrian and cycle counter at Highways UK With the Highways UK show fast approaching, Clearview Intelligence have been gearing up to showcase their new first of...
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British Construction firms fined £36m for breaking competition law
British Construction firms fined £36m for breaking competition law The British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued three firms with fines totalling more than £36m for breaking competiti...
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Boels Rental invests €29 million for Europe wide JCB Hire Fleet
Boels Rental invests €29 million for Europe wide JCB Hire Fleet Leading European plant and tool hire company Boels Rental has placed its biggest ever order with JCB as it invests in a new machine flee...
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Gordon Bow Plant Hire invests in the future with Volvo Construction Equipment
Gordon Bow Plant Hire invests in the future with Volvo Construction Equipment Gordon Bow Plant Hire Ltd of Broxburn, West Lothian, has added ten new Volvo EC140E excavators for the very first time, as...
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BigChange mobile technology streamlining and protecting GAP Hire equipment
BigChange mobile technology streamlining and protecting GAP Hire equipment GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent equipment hire company, has deployed a cloud-based mobile resource managemen...
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Are we doing enough to combat construction waste?
Are we doing enough to combat construction waste? As the effects on the world become too great to deny, we’re seeing more and more focus turning towards the level of waste produced globally. A widespr...
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Modular construction can help to solve the UK housing crisis
Modular construction can help to solve the UK housing crisis Modular Construction is not a new concept, but has been used all around the world for decades. In the UK this method of construction has re...
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KB Group expands loader fleet with Hitachi Premium Rental in Amsterdam
KB Group expands loader fleet with Hitachi Premium Rental in Amsterdam The KB Group has expanded its fleet of Hitachi construction machinery with the delivery of two new wheel loaders – a medium ZW310...
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Hyundai CE Europe unveils a trio of Stage V compliant HL900 wheel loaders
Hyundai CE Europe unveils a trio of Stage V compliant HL900 wheel loaders Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) kick starts the HL900 A-series with three Stage V compliant wheel loaders: the HL...
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The Executive Hire Show gearing up for a great 2020 event
The Executive Hire Show gearing up for a great 2020 event The tool, equipment and compact plant hire industry continues to go from strength to strength according to reports from the organisers of the...
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JCB wins a major order for their new electric mini excavator from A-Plant
JCB wins a major order for their new electric mini excavator from A-Plant JCB has announced it has secured its biggest fleet deal to date for its brand new electric mini excavator – just weeks after g...
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Ashcourt Group upgrade with new Volvo excavators, loaders and a paver
Ashcourt Group upgrade with new Volvo excavators, loaders and a paver The Hull-based Ashcourt Group has added more Volvo excavators and loading shovels to its plant fleet, together with a P6870C wheel...
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Soil Handling Steering Group to establish new guidelines
Soil Handling Steering Group to establish new guidelines A new partnership, the between the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) and Natural England has been created to update the Department for Food, Environm...
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Network Rail offering epic career choice with Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeships
Network Rail offering epic career choice with Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeships Network Rail are recruiting for the next batch of future rail leaders through the Engineering Apprenticeships scheme....
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Miles Macadam completes Europe’s only multi-storey coach park
Miles Macadam completes Europe’s only multi-storey coach park North West based specialist surfacing company, Miles Macadam, has completed works to surface Europe’s first multi-storey coach parki...
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Metcalfe Farms brings in the harvest with Volvo Construction Equipment
Metcalfe Farms brings in the harvest with Volvo Construction Equipment Metcalfe Farms Ltd, the heavy haulage and farming concern based at Leyburn, North Yorkshire, has purchased a Volvo L180H loading...
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NEBOSH signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mental Health UK
NEBOSH signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mental Health UK To mark World Mental Health Day 2019 NEBOSH has announced plans to work with Mental Health UK. The memorandum of understanding, which was...
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Highways England starts survey for a new Merseyside bypass
Highways England starts survey for a new Merseyside bypass Environmental specialists have begun carrying out surveys as part of design work for a new Merseyside bypass to the Port of Liverpool. Contra...
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Second caisson enables new sea lock in IJmuiden
Second caisson enables new sea lock in IJmuiden Rijkswaterstaat has achieved an important milestone in the construction of the new sea lock in IJmuiden. The second caisson of the sea lock has reached...
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SWECO awarded two big road upgrade contracts with Galliford Try
SWECO awarded two big road upgrade contracts with Galliford Try Engineering consultancy Sweco is set to deliver two major road programme upgrades worth £435 million, in partnership with lead contracto...
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SE England transport strategy to transform economy and hit net-zero carbon by 2050
SE England transport strategy to transform economy and hit net-zero carbon by 2050 An ambitious transport strategy plan to more than double the South East’s economy by 2050, create half a million new...
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60,000th Liebherr Crawler Excavator turns heads on the Champs Elysées
60,000th Liebherr Crawler Excavator turns heads on the Champs Elysées Within the framework of organising a Liebherr event at the House of Alsace, in the heart of the Champs Elysées, the 60,000th Liebh...
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NEBOSH launches Safety Simplified to shake up workplace safety training
NEBOSH launches Safety Simplified to shake up workplace safety training NEBOSH, one of the world’s leading providers of health and safety qualifications, has launched Safety Simplified, a brand new ap...
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JCB helps London skills company deliver Electric Digger training
JCB helps London skills company deliver Electric Digger training The company has provided a JCB 19C-1E electric digger – the world’s first electric mini excavator to go into full production – to the S...
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Insolvency in the Construction Sector
Insolvency in the Construction Sector In the past five years, insolvency rates in the construction industry have increased more quickly than in other industries across the UK. This article considers t...
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Brexit and a non-existent summer put a damper on construction hiring in the UK
Brexit and a non-existent summer put a damper on construction hiring in the UK This year, the annual increase in construction hiring in the UK over the summer didn’t happen, according to recruiter Ran...
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Barcelona buys 42 high-tech trains to modernise metro with €268m EIB support
Barcelona buys 42 high-tech trains to modernise metro with €268m EIB support A €268m operation to replace the 42 oldest trains running on the Barcelona metro was finalised with the signature of the co...
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VolvoCE front shovel excavator wins high praise in Slovakia
VolvoCE front shovel excavator wins high praise in Slovakia In partnership with SNS, Volvo CE has supplied its first front shovel excavator in Europe to Slovakian dolomite mine operator Dolkam Šuja, m...
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Createc wins 2nd Queen’s Award for their complex nuclear innovations
Createc wins 2nd Queen’s Award for their complex nuclear innovations An innovative company known for finding solutions to some of the world’s most complex industrial challenges has been presente...
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Construction Equipment Association recruit expert to the CESAR Network Team
Construction Equipment Association recruit expert to the CESAR Network Team The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has announced the appointment of Clive Harris as a consultant to help deliver t...
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SWARCO Traffic helps ease traffic flow at the Southampton Ocean Cruise Terminal
SWARCO Traffic helps ease traffic flow at the Southampton Ocean Cruise Terminal Intelligent Variable Message Sign (VMS) technology from SWARCO Traffic Ltd is helping to better manage traffic flow at t...
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Lord Bamford opens new £50 million JCB Headquarters in Germany
Lord Bamford opens new £50 million JCB Headquarters in Germany JCB Chairman Lord Bamford has officially opened a new headquarters for one of its most important European businesses in an investment wor...
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Yanmar expands Construction Equipment demo fleet in UK and Ireland
Yanmar expands Construction Equipment demo fleet in UK and Ireland Yanmar Compact Equipment Europe (CEE) has expanded its UK and Ireland construction equipment demo fleet, adding the class-leading B95...
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EIB provides €200m to support clean urban transport in Spain
EIB provides €200m to support clean urban transport in Spain The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided almost €200m for clean urban transport to cut the polluting emissions produced by buses in...
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EIB funding €115 million for electric buses in Rotterdam and the Hague
EIB funding €115 million for electric buses in Rotterdam and the Hague The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan agreement worth €115 million with public transport provider RET of Rotterdam...
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Agrichianti moves the earth in Tuscany with Hitachi construction fleet
Agrichianti moves the earth in Tuscany with Hitachi construction fleet An Italian contractor is relying on a fleet of Hitachi construction machinery to help it prepare the ground for vineyards and pla...
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JPG creates full-time BIM role to fast track technology
JPG creates full-time BIM role to fast track technology Leeds based JPG Group has created a dedicated role to ensure a fast track compliance and company-wide operation in Building Information Modellin...
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Highways England brings new way of working to the East of England
Highways England brings new way of working to the East of England A new way of maintaining and improving motorways and major A roads in the East of England launched on Tuesday. The new approach will s...
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Volvo excavator demo sparks new business at D K Plant Hire
Volvo excavator demo sparks new business at D K Plant Hire D K Plant Hire of Aberfeldy, Perthshire has opted for a brace of Volvo compact excavators for the first time, following a successful demonstr...
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Highways Awards look at British innovation and digital roads that mend their own potholes
Highways Awards look at British innovation and digital roads that mend their own potholes Since the Romans put us on the straight and not-so-narrow road, the UK has become a world leader with British...
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Six people a month risk their life to cross the rail tracks in Grays, UK
Six people a month risk their life to cross the rail tracks in Grays, UK Over six people a month are putting their lives at risk by walking across the rail tracks at a level crossing in Grays. The lat...
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GAP Hire Solutions extended hire fleet with 200 Trime X-ECO LED Lighting Towers
GAP Hire Solutions extended hire fleet with 200 Trime X-ECO LED Lighting Towers The national equipment hire group, GAP Hire Solutions, has extended its hire fleet of site lighting towers following the...
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Highways England gets green light for major M6 roundabout improvement
Highways England gets green light for major M6 roundabout improvement A multi-million-pound transformation of a key motorway junction in Cheshire will get underway next year after the Government gave...
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Control and software automation specialist QSI Group expanding with Actemium rebrand
Control and software automation specialist QSI Group expanding with Actemium rebrand QSI Group, part of VINCI Energies UK & RoI since 2017, has been rebranded as Actemium Automation Teesside as it...
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The OCU identifies the cleanest and most neglected cities in Spain
The OCU identifies the cleanest and most neglected cities in Spain The Organization of Consumers and Users ( OCU ) has carried out a study to identify the cleanest cities in Spain. The result shows th...
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Bomag showed off the future of road construction at their Innovation Days
Bomag showed off the future of road construction at their Innovation Days With the Innovation Days 2019, Bomag hosted its fourth in-house exhibition at its parent plant in Boppard from 9 to 14 Septemb...
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Brenner Base Tunnel concrete produced by two Liebherr Betonmix 3.0 mixing plants
Brenner Base Tunnel concrete produced by two Liebherr Betonmix 3.0 mixing plants Two Liebherr Betomix 3.0 mixing plants produce concrete for the Brenner Base Tunnel major project. This is one of the m...
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