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JB Construction 1 stocks up on new equipment for nationwide Aldi foundations
JB Construction 1 stocks up on new equipment for nationwide Aldi foundations Birmingham based JB Construction 1 has recently taken delivery of a host of new excavators; dumpers and rollers as they con...
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Balfour Beatty to deliver first stages of East Leeds Orbital Route
Balfour Beatty to deliver first stages of East Leeds Orbital Route Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been awarded a £5 million contract by Leeds City...
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Atkins explores the benefits of 5G connectivity for British roads
Atkins explores the benefits of 5G connectivity for British roads Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, will be carrying out a 5G feasibility study to explore the benefits of increased investment...
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Velocity invests in capacity to meet increasing demand for UK pothole repairs
Velocity invests in capacity to meet increasing demand for UK pothole repairs Road repair specialists Velocity have invested in new machines to meet the increasing demand for their services from local...
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Rail safety warning issued after motorist level crossing misuse in Anglesey
Rail safety warning issued after motorist level crossing misuse in Anglesey Network Rail in Wales and Borders, British Transport Police and Arriva Trains Wales are calling for motorists in Anglesey to...
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Nominations announced for this years Highways Awards
Nominations announced for this years Highways Awards The shortlist for this year’s Highways Awards (formerly Highways Magazine Excellence Awards) has been announced, ahead of the ceremony on Wednesday...
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Siemens Mobility supports UK CITE live testing for connected cars
Siemens Mobility supports UK CITE live testing for connected cars Following an extensive programme of laboratory and test-track testing, UK CITE, the project to create an advanced environment for conn...
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ABMEC announces first Environment Health and Safety Day at HSL Laboratories in Buxton
ABMEC announces first Environment Health & Safety Day at HSL Laboratories in Buxton The Association of British Mining Equipment Companies ABMEC has announced their first Environment, Health &...
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Eye in the sky set to provide a better railway for passengers in Southern England
Eye in the sky set to provide a better railway for passengers in Southern England Network Rail are now using a helicopter across the south western rail network as part of the drive to provide better j...
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Britpave offers new Concrete Road Pavements Course
Britpave offers new Concrete Road Pavements Course A new course ‘Concrete Road Pavements: a technical introduction’ is to be held by Britpave, the British Cementitious Paving Association on Wednesday...
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Weighing in to support the industry with apprenticeships
Weighing in to support the industry with apprenticeships MP Skills are proud to launch the new Weighbridge Operator apprenticeship, a versatile apprenticeship which is applicable to all levels of busi...
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Balfour Beatty VINCI announces new Managing Director for HS2 Joint Venture
Balfour Beatty VINCI announces new Managing Director for HS2 Joint Venture Balfour Beatty VINCI announces the appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture. Mark Davies wil...
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Volvo L90H is the loading shovel of choice for Robins of Herstmonceux Chalk Pit
Volvo L90H is the loading shovel of choice for Robins of Herstmonceux Chalk Pit Robins of Herstmonceux, Hailsham, East Sussex has opted for a new Volvo L90H loading shovel which joins existing Volvo L...
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UK Construction Equipment sales show further growth in Q2 2018
UK Construction Equipment sales show further growth in Q2 2018 Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 3.8% in the second quarter of 2018, compared with the sam...
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Estonia measures the road marking reflectivity of their road network
Estonia measures the road marking reflectivity of their road network Easily noticeable road markings improve road users’ safety, especially in low-light places and when it’s dark outside. During the l...
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Smart motorway work set to increase Britain’s M62 capacity by a third
Smart motorway work set to increase Britain’s M62 capacity by a third Construction work to increase the capacity of one of the M62, the North West’s busiest stretches of motorway by a third star...
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Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project
Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project The Highways England team behind a proposed A30 upgrade in Cornwall are not only concentrating their effo...
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Street artist and sign writer Lionel Stanhope transforms London’s railway bridges with art
Street artist and sign writer Lionel Stanhope transforms London’s railway bridges with art London’s historic railway bridges are being transformed into stunning pieces of art thanks to Network R...
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STRABAG consortium awarded €115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade
STRABAG consortium awarded €115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade A consortium consisting of STRABAG AG, Ed. Züblin AG and STRABAG Rail GmbH has been hired by Deutsche Bahn AG to...
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London Borough of Bromley awards £70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney
London Borough of Bromley awards £70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney The London Borough of Bromley has awarded its Major and Minor highways works contracts to JB Riney & Co Ltd. JB Riney has been...
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Swiss Thun pioneering sustainability with the eSwingo 200+
Swiss Thun pioneering sustainability with the eSwingo 200+ The city of Thun (Bernese Oberland) in Switzerland will have electric sweepers from 2019. The eSwingo 200+ not only offers CO² neutral operat...
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CAV Scotland 2018 champions connected and autonomous vehicles
CAV Scotland 2018 champions connected and autonomous vehicles A new event. CAV Scotland, brings together global experts in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) with live demonstrations has been se...
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Car-free day in Cardiff achieves 69 percent air quality improvement
Car-free day in Cardiff achieves 69 percent air quality improvement On Sunday 13th May 2018, Cardiff Council organised a car-free day in the city’s central area. As a result of this event air quality...
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Chepstow Plant International grows their fleet with 99 new Volvos
Chepstow Plant International grows their fleet with 99 new Volvos Chepstow Plant International has signed a deal with SMT GB for the supply of 99 machines for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving f...
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Record levels of traffic forced to use deteriorating UK road network
Record levels of traffic forced to use deteriorating UK road network New Department for Transport (DfT) statistics underline the unprecedented demands being placed on our deteriorating local road netw...
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Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact
Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today published its paper “Defence construction: keepin...
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Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic beachfront
Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic beachfront Boxpark today reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic Madeira Terrace into an internationally renowned retail-and-leisure-as-entertainment...
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PERI VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit debuts on the M8 road bridge in Poland
PERI VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit debuts on the M8 road bridge in Poland For realising a demanding bridge construction in the wetland area near Szczecinek, PERI engineers planned a project-sp...
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Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways
Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways Four million people use Highways England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN) each day. This is forecast to grow by a further 40%...
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Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands
Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands As England basks in a heatwave, the power of the sun is helping light the way for motorists in the East Midlands. Highways England has ins...
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STRABAG awarded €111m contract for 16km section of A1 in Poland
STRABAG awarded €111m contract for 16km section of A1 in Poland The Polish subsidiary of publicly listed European construction company STRABAG SE will be part of a syndicate to build a 16 km section o...
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British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience
British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed calls from MPs for government to examine the ability o...
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Nearly 90 percent of London Van Drivers to be charged to drive in the capital
Nearly 90 percent of London Van Drivers to be charged to drive in the capital According to British insurance comparison website The Van Insurer, almost 90 per cent of van drivers in London and the Sou...
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First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester
First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester Drivers using the M60 in Greater Manchester are now enjoying the benefits of the region’s first smart motorway. The technology went live on Tues...
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National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme
National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme A route safety scheme which uses SolarLite Active LED Road Stud technology to “revolutionise” safety on a major trunk roa...
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The UK heatwave puts the spotlight on the Construction Industry’s legal obligations
The UK heatwave puts the spotlight on the Construction Industry’s legal obligations The UK Met office issues an Amber weather warning and tells Britons to “stay out of the sun” during this summe...
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The remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station
The remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station A video released by Network Rail gave train passengers a glimpse of what the newly remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station looks like. The 3D virtual vide...
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Mabey designs and installs two new bridges for The British Open at Carnoustie
Mabey designs and installs two new bridges for The British Open at Carnoustie Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has announced the design and installation of two new bridges, pro...
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NM Group begins final phase of million pound flooding project in East Yorkshire
NM Group begins final phase of million pound flooding project in East Yorkshire NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) has announced the final phase of the far-reaching Anlaby and East Ella Flood A...
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Construction leaders launch charity to transform cancer support and fundraising
Construction leaders launch charity to transform cancer support and fundraising Building industry leaders have come together to launch a new cancer charity aiming to transform cancer advice and suppor...
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ASPIN bolsters Executive Team to support developments to grow the business
ASPIN bolsters Executive Team to support developments to grow the business Aspin, a leading provider of engineered solutions for the UK’s infrastructure sectors, has strengthened its executive team wi...
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Regen 2018 – 5th Annual UK Regeneration Exhibition and Conference
Regen 2018 – 5th Annual UK Regeneration Exhibition and Conference Date: 7 – 8 November 2018 Location: St. Georges Hall, St George’s Place, Liverpool, L1 1JJ, UK Details: Regen 2018 i...
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McCann reduces their carbon footprint with fleet of hybrid electric vehicles
McCann reduces their carbon footprint with fleet of hybrid electric vehicles Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has made a substantial commitment to protecting the environme...
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Penfold Verrall add some Volvo muscle to their excavator fleet
Penfold Verrall add some Volvo muscle to their excavator fleet Following its initial purchase of Volvo excavators three years ago, haulage and muck shifting contractors Penfold Verrall of Dial Post ne...
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Eurovia Contracting appointed to £450m Midlands Highways Alliance framework
Eurovia Contracting appointed to £450m Midlands Highways Alliance framework Eurovia Contracting has been appointed onto the new £450m Midlands Highways Alliance (MHA) framework that will cover works c...
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Quarrying Industry First for University of Derby Minerals Course
Quarrying Industry First for University of Derby Minerals Course A student at the University of Derby’s Centre for Mineral Products has become the first person in the mineral extractives and quarrying...
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Highways England looks at making it easier to drive through roadworks
Highways England looks at making it easier to drive through roadworks Drivers could be allowed to travel at increased speed through motorway roadworks depending on what day of the week they are travel...
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NIC calls Ofgem proposals a good step to preparing UK for Electric Vehicles
NIC calls Ofgem proposals a good step to preparing UK for Electric Vehicles Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), today welcomed moves by energy regulator Ofgem to...
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Ziegler Group focuses on flexible Sawmill and logistics solutions
Ziegler Group focuses on flexible Sawmill and logistics solutions With its headquarters in Bavaria, the Ziegler Group is well established in the timber and sawmill sector, not only because it operates...
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TBF Construction Machinery becomes the Hitachi Construction Machinery dealer in Ireland
TBF Construction Machinery becomes the Hitachi Construction Machinery dealer in Ireland TBF Construction Machinery (TBF) has extended its territory to become the official dealer for Hitachi Constructi...
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