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Millions set to benefit as British railway technology transformation takes off
Millions set to benefit as British railway technology transformation takes off By the time HS2 arrives in Manchester, the majority of the UK network – covering some 70% of journeys – will have undergo...
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Crashing cars into poles at Traffex Seeing Is Believing
Crashing cars into poles at Traffex Seeing Is Believing Four live demonstrations will show, for the first time in public, the effects of crashing into a traditional, rigid lamp-post at high speed vs t...
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Walters Group diversify and expand with support from Volvo
Walters Group diversify and expand with support from Volvo Diversification and fleet expansion have been key to the continued success of The Walters Group this year which has invested heavily in new p...
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Tarmac Innovation Challenge celebrates supplier collaboration
Tarmac Innovation Challenge celebrates supplier collaboration Drone technology, cutting-edge pumping systems and state-of-the-art data monitoring software are among the exciting innovations set to be...
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Frankfurt’s OMNITURM tower is rising skyward
Frankfurt’s OMNITURM tower is rising skyward The almost rectilinear glass tower will bring action to the city’s skyline, because at about half-height the tower describes what could be call...
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Heathrow signs landmark deal to host the UK’s largest Electric Vehicle Fleets
Heathrow signs landmark deal to host the UK’s largest Electric Vehicle Fleets Heathrow, Jaguar and travel services company WeKnowGroup have signed a landmark deal that will see a fleet of up to...
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SWARCO leads the way in Tour de Yorkshire
SWARCO leads the way in Tour de Yorkshire SWARCO Traffic is helping local authorities during the Tour de Yorkshire 2018 with its innovative mobile Variable Message Signs (VMS). The mobile VMS incorpor...
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Snøhetta designs planetarium for Solobservatoriet, Norway’s largest astronomical facility
Snøhetta designs planetarium for Solobservatoriet, Norway’s largest astronomical facility Snøhetta’s design comprises a brand new 1,500 m² planetarium as well as scattered interstellar cabins, each sh...
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Grundon achieves IQ PRIME – Professional Recognition in Mineral Extraction status
Grundon achieves IQ PRIME – Professional Recognition in Mineral Extraction status Three mineral extraction sites operated by one of the UK’s leading suppliers of sands and aggregates have been r...
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UK Highways Industry and Road Safety Groups call for cut in road works
UK Highways Industry and Road Safety Groups call for cut in road works Pedestrian, road safety and disability campaign groups as well as experts across the highways sector have responded to news that...
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Ethical business certification for Mabey, a leading UK construction services company
Ethical business certification for Mabey, a leading UK construction services company Mabey Group’s UK construction services business announced today that it has become one of the first companies in th...
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New proposals for a wilder Britain – A critical moment to reverse the decline of nature
New proposals for a wilder Britain – A critical moment to reverse the decline of nature Today the Wildlife Trusts are publishing “Towards a wilder Britain – creating a Nature Recovery Netw...
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Heathrow’s Export Café is Open for Business
Heathrow’s Export Café is Open for Business Heathrow is treating delegates at this year’s Multimodal cargo conference with samples of the most popular British food items exported from the airpor...
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Download a detailed guide to the new GDRP Legislation and Camera Recording Systems
Download a detailed guide to the new GDRP Legislation and Camera Recording Systems Brigade Electronics has created a pack that customers can download from their website to provide a detailed guide to...
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Built in Britain by JCB celebrates the best of British Engineering at the London Motor Show
Built in Britain by JCB celebrates the best of British Engineering at the London Motor Show The Confused.com London Motor Show has partnered with JCB, which will see three of its vehicles headlining o...
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Mabey marks rail infrastructure success at Infrarail 2018
Mabey marks rail infrastructure success at Infrarail 2018 As Infrarail 2018 opens its doors, leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey is joining thousands of attendees to celebrate the...
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McCann exhibiting alongside EMAD at Nottinghamshire County Show
McCann exhibiting alongside EMAD at Nottinghamshire County Show Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann, will be exhibiting alongside the East Midlands Asset Delivery team for Hi...
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Time Lapse video shows Network Rail completing Ashton-under-Lyne works
Time Lapse video shows Network Rail completing Ashton-under-Lyne works Ashton-under-Lyne station reopened by Network Rail today after the work to provide passengers with better journeys between Manche...
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Highways England offers specialist motorway training for commercial drivers
Highways England offers specialist motorway training for commercial drivers Hauliers up and down the country are being urged to get ‘smart’ with Highways England’s specialist motorway training. In a p...
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Hyundai appoints new material handling equipment dealer in Scotland
Hyundai appoints new material handling equipment dealer in Scotland Euro Mechanical Handling Ltd (EMH), based at Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, is an independent Scottish Material Handling...
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McCann wins RoSPA Gold Health and Safety Award for third consecutive year
McCann wins RoSPA Gold Health and Safety Award for third consecutive year Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann, has completed a hat trick of successive award wins after being...
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Fluvial Innovations scoops a Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Fluvial Innovations scoops a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Poole-based Fluvial Innovations has announced that Her Majesty The Queen has selected the firm as winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise f...
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ALE Engineers launch major bridge over highway in Spain
ALE Engineers launch major bridge over highway in Spain ALE has successfully completed a bridge launch in Spain using time and cost-effective methodology. The steel arch bridge, weighing 2,100 tonnes...
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High-speed passenger trains now run from Ashford International to Paris
High-speed passenger trains now run from Ashford International to Paris The first in the fleet of brand new high-speed passenger trains to call at Ashford International was met on the platform on the...
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Next Architects design the landscape for 24km of road works in Friesland, Netherlands
Next Architects design the landscape for 24km of road works in Friesland, Netherlands Construction of the N356 De Centrale As, a highway connecting the N31 south of Burgum with the Dokkum ring road, i...
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Jewson places £8 million order for 500 JCB machines
Jewson places £8 million order for 500 JCB machines One of the UK’s leading builder’s merchants is investing heavily in its tool hire business with an order for 500 JCB machines worth more than £8 mil...
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Hill Engineering’s new TEFRA coupler for mini Excavators set for Hillhead launch
Hill Engineering’s new TEFRA coupler for mini Excavators set for Hillhead launch Hill Engineering has been designing and manufacturing pioneering excavator attachments since 1994. Up until now t...
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Keyline team uses pedal power to cycle Scotland in aid of Prostate Cancer UK
Keyline team uses pedal power to cycle Scotland in aid of Prostate Cancer UK A group of staff, suppliers and customers from heavy building materials supplier Keyline are gearing up to take on the chal...
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ALE bespoke lifting system saves time and money on Thames Tideway Project
ALE bespoke lifting system saves time and money on Thames Tideway Project ALE has completed the second phase of work on the Thames Tideway project in London, UK with the use of a time and cost-saving...
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Galliford Try sets to work upgrading Rugby with signalisation and roadworks
Galliford Try sets to work upgrading Rugby with signalisation and roadworks Galliford Try has secured a £3.7m contract to improve the Coton Arches roundabout in Rugby, Warwickshire. The scheme will in...
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Drax Power Station calls in Volvo Construction Equipment to handle Fly Ash
Drax Power Station calls in Volvo Construction Equipment to handle Fly Ash A Volvo L120H and a L150H have been supplied to Rail Freight Services on a long term contract for Lytag, handling pulverized...
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Safer roads to beat the holiday traffic
Safer roads to beat the holiday traffic The Easter break is traditionally a time when the UK population hit the roads to visit friends and family, or just take a hard-earned break from work. This year...
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STRABAG awarded tunnelling contract for Sirius Minerals Yorkshire Polyhalite Project
STRABAG awarded tunnelling contract for Sirius Minerals Yorkshire Polyhalite Project Sirius Minerals Plc. has hired the European construction group STRABAG SE to build an approx. 13 km tunnel section...
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Archaeology on Highways England project shines light on 6000 years of history
Archaeology on Highways England project shines light on 6000 years of history A Roman trade distribution centre, an abandoned medieval village and three prehistoric monuments are among nationally sign...
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Balfour Beatty awarded £47m overhead line works in Scotland
Balfour Beatty awarded £47m overhead line works in Scotland Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded two contracts worth c. £47m for the Fort Augustus to Fort William 1...
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Ringway secures 10 year maintenance services contract across the Bracknell Forest
Ringway secures 10 year maintenance services contract across the Bracknell Forest Ringway has been awarded a one-year extension to its term service contract in Bracknell Forest. The yearly extension i...
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Police HGV on final patrol after catching over 5,000 careless drivers
Police HGV on final patrol after catching over 5,000 careless drivers An unmarked HGV cab is taking to the road for the final time after catching over 5,000 careless drivers in the past three years. T...
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Balfour Beatty invests in its own expert Earthworks capability
Balfour Beatty invests in its own expert Earthworks capability Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has taken delivery of its first 22 specialist Earthworks...
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Volvo A60H articulated hauler working hard in Halkyn
Volvo A60H articulated hauler working hard in Halkyn The very first Volvo A60H articulated hauler to be sold in Great Britain was delivered to CEMEX UK during November last year and has been pulling o...
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Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution
Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution The recent CEA Annual conference (One Great George Street London) was attended by over 190 delegates from the Construction Equipmen...
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SENNEBOGEN telescopic crane to the rescue of derailed train in Switzerland
SENNEBOGEN telescopic crane to the rescue of derailed train in Switzerland In early January, winter storm Eleanor battered the village of Lenk in Switzerland, pushing a 19-tonne Montreux Oberland Bern...
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PMC Civil Engineering goes all out for Hyundai
PMC Civil Engineering goes all out for Hyundai Based in the idyllic market town of Wimbourne Minster in Dorset, PMC Civil Engineering are continuing to invest in the latest high-tech plant and machine...
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Ammann Asphalt Mixing Plant plays major role in Turkish Highway project
Ammann Asphalt Mixing Plant plays major role in Turkish Highway project An Ammann asphalt mixing plant production and ability to utilise fibres is playing a crucial role in the construction of the Nor...
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Unlocking Community Benefits in Scotland
Unlocking Community Benefits in Scotland The ground breaking Procurement Reform Act (Scotland) has undoubtedly delivered significant benefits since its introduction in 2014. While the act was visionar...
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Romania’s new national cathedral transformed with Doka Formwork
Romania’s new national cathedral transformed with Doka Formwork In the heart of Romania’s capital, a new Orthodox cathedral of impressive dimensions is now under construction. Measuring 12...
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Network Rail commissions new signalling system for North Wales
Network Rail commissions new signalling system for North Wales Passengers in North Wales are benefitting from a newly commissioned, state of the art signalling system between Shotton and Colwyn Bay wh...
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Volvo Electric articulated buses being tested in Sweden
Volvo Electric articulated buses being tested in Sweden In June, regular traffic with electrified buses will expand in Gothenburg. Two prototype all-electric articulated buses will be tested on part o...
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British Builders Merchants report 8.4 percent growth for 1st quarter 2018
British Builders Merchants report 8.4% growth for 1st quarter 2018 Builders merchants have reported an increase in sales of 8.4% in January (compared to January 2017) lifted by one additional trading...
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Milton Keynes takes part in autonomous vehicle trial on public roads
Milton Keynes takes part in autonomous vehicle trial on public roads A team from Ringway East Midlands Milton Keynes contract has taken part in the groundbreaking trial of autonomous vehicles on publi...
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Heathrow Terminal 2 named Best in the World
Heathrow Terminal 2 named Best in the World Passengers from around the world have once again voted for Heathrow to win major accolades at the 2018 Skytrax World Airport Awards, held yesterday evening...
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