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Help prepare Britain’s Roads for the Future and driverless cars
Help prepare Britain’s Roads for the Future and driverless cars Britain’s leading lights from across industry have the chance to help ensure the country has roads fit for the future and ready for driv...
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INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2018 at the heart of technological challenges in construction
INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2018 at the heart of technological challenges in construction INTERMAT, the international trade show for construction and infrastructure, announced the winners of the INTERM...
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National Infrastructure Commission seeks evidence on future of Britain’s freight infrastructure
National Infrastructure Commission seeks evidence on future of Britain’s freight infrastructure A Call for Evidence is launched today to help shape a new study into improving the infrastructure...
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VolvoCE is Building Tomorrow at Intermat Paris 2018
VolvoCE is Building Tomorrow at Intermat Paris 2018 Under the theme ‘Building Tomorrow’, Volvo Construction Equipment will showcase its evolving approach to customer success, focusing on services, dea...
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Northern England leaders publish Strategic Transport Plan to transform the region
Northern England leaders publish Strategic Transport Plan to transform the region Civic and business leaders from across the North have come together to publish Transport for the North’s draft Strateg...
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Balfour Beatty awarded £124m UK Major Highways Programme
Balfour Beatty awarded £124m UK Major Highways Programme Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been selected by Wokingham Borough Council to deliver their...
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Aebi MT750 ideally suited to the extreme conditions at Profen Mine in Germany
Aebi MT750 ideally suited to the extreme conditions at Profen Mine in Germany Need a vehicle to handle extreme inclines, water, mud, deep tracks and a deployment that will test any vehicle to its limi...
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Lightwater Quarries upgrades to Volvo L260H
Lightwater Quarries upgrades to Volvo L260H The first recently introduced Volvo L260H loading shovel to be sold in Great Britain has been delivered to Lightwater Quarries Ltd, North Stainley, near Rip...
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Manitou Group wins Equipment and Material Prize at the Intermat Innovation Awards
Manitou Group wins Equipment and Material Prize at the Intermat Innovation Awards The Manitou group, a world leader in rough-terrain handling, earned the “Equipment and Material” prize in...
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Shell and ITM Power to build Electrolysis plant at Rhineland Refinery
Shell and ITM Power to build Electrolysis plant at Rhineland Refinery Shell and ITM Power will build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Rhineland refinery, Germany. With a peak capacit...
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Costain and Tarmac first to win prestigious national collaboration award
Costain and Tarmac first to win prestigious national collaboration award Costain and Tarmac are celebrating after winning a prestigious national award recognising the success of their long-term partne...
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Moving Kiruna in Sweden – by the numbers
Moving Kiruna in Sweden – by the numbers Why the town of Kiruna is being moved and what makes it one of the most ambitious urban planning projects in the world. 1,3 billion euros The sum, in eur...
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How to make roads safer now and for the future
How to make roads safer now and for the future Operators across the road network from local authorities to national transport bodies, identify improving road safety as a top priority. With the number...
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3RD International Roads. Bridges and Tunnels Fair 2018
3RD International Roads. Bridges and Tunnels Fair 2018 Date: 3 – 6 October, 2018 Country: Turkey Location: Istanbul Congress Center , Harbiye Mahallesi, Darülbedai Caddesi No:3, 34367 Şişli/İsta...
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Spanish scrap recycler relies on versatile SENNEBOGEN Material Handlers
Spanish scrap recycler relies on versatile SENNEBOGEN Material Handlers As a family enterprise, the Spanish scrap metal recycling company Toferla S.L. has been growing steadily since 1953 by buying an...
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STRABAG subsidiary ZÜBLIN starts construction of Germany’s first timber high-rise
STRABAG subsidiary ZÜBLIN starts construction of Germany’s first timber high-rise When completed, it will be the tallest timber building in Germany. The ten-storey SKAIO high-rise in Heilbronn, based...
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Zlompol celebrates 25th birthday with a SENNEBOGEN material handler
Zlompol celebrates 25th birthday with a SENNEBOGEN material handler Zlompol Sp.J., based in Tarczyn in Poland, has been handling scrap for 25 years. The company started off using classic earthwork dig...
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CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan
CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, and we are pleased that our work has contributed towards many of the goals iden...
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Highways England announces new contract for future road improvements
Highways England announces new contract for future road improvements Highways England has released details of a new type of contract – the Regional Delivery Partnership – for future major projects for...
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Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall JV awarded €360m motorway upgrade contracts
Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall JV awarded €360m motorway upgrade contracts The Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall joint venture, (bm JV), has been awarded two contracts worth a total of approximately €360...
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Noise barriers to be installed on M40 Motorway in England
Noise barriers to be installed on M40 Motorway in England Work on a highly anticipated £3.5 million plan to cut traffic noise for many people living along a section of the M40 in Buckinghamshire has b...
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VINCI Airports selected as best bidder for Belgrade Airport
VINCI Airports selected as best bidder for Belgrade Airport The Republic of Serbia and ANT (Airport Nikola Tesla) have selected VINCI Airports, the world’s fourth-largest airport operator, as preferre...
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England’s A556 Green Bridge is a winter wonderland
England’s A556 Green Bridge is a winter wonderland Stunning new pictures of an innovative Green Bridge across the new A556 Knutsford to Bowdon bypass show how the project has literally taken roo...
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TSL Contractors value Excavator service support from VolvoCE
TSL Contractors value Excavator service support from VolvoCE The consistent quality of after-market support offered to Argyll based TSL Contractors Ltd by SMT GB’s local home based engineer backed up...
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DP Cold Planing takes delivery of a fleet of Caterpillar Cold Planers
DP Cold Planing takes delivery of a fleet of Caterpillar Cold Planers National road planing specialist, DP Cold Planing Limited, is the first business in the UK to take delivery of a number of new Cat...
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Rail Baltica announces detailed technical design tenders for Estonia and Lithuania railway
Rail Baltica announces detailed technical design tenders for Estonia and Lithuania railway The first tenders for detailed technical design of the railway line in Estonia and Lithuania have been announ...
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Liebherr LTM 1090-4.2 mobile crane a first for BMS
Liebherr LTM 1090-4.2 mobile crane a first for BMS Danish crane and heavy haulage contractor BMS took delivery of the very first LTM 1090-4.2 in mid-December 2017. Liebherr first unveiled the 90-tonne...
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STRABAG wins two more sections of S7 expressway in Poland for around €200m
STRABAG wins two more sections of S7 expressway in Poland for around €200m Two subsidiaries of STRABAG SE have been awarded the contract in Poland to design and build two sections of the S7 expressway...
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Monitors in Scotland inform local air quality management strategy
Monitors in Scotland inform local air quality management strategy In North Ayrshire, Scotland, monitoring activities have demonstrated that the main local air quality issues are related to traffic con...
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Griffiths becomes part of Tarmac
Griffiths becomes part of Tarmac Tarmac, the UK’s leading building materials and construction solutions business, has announced that Griffiths, a successful and well-respected regional construction an...
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A day in the life of a Volvo Technician in Kiruna
A day in the life of a Volvo Technician in Kiruna Working in Kiruna, a Swedish mining town above the Arctic circle, puts special requirements on a technician. One day, Anton Laitamaa is a thousand met...
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The Wildlife Trusts releases guidelines call for homes, people and wildlife
The Wildlife Trusts releases guidelines call for homes, people and wildlife New guidelines published by The Wildlife Trusts today show how new housing developments can be built in a way that provides...
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Highways England announces new people centric road design principles
Highways England announces new people centric road design principles Highways England today renewed its focus on design with the launch of a set of design principles which will inform future road sche...
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Hitachi Sumitomo SCX800A-3 crawler crane allows extra flexibility for BRUN
Hitachi Sumitomo SCX800A-3 crawler crane allows extra flexibility for BRUN A Swiss contractor, GEBR BRUN AG, has invested in a new Hitachi Sumitomo SCX800A-3 to replace one of its existing crawler cra...
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RSTA welcomes A road investment, but what about the rest of UK local roads?
RSTA welcomes A road investment, but what about the rest of UK local roads? The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed government proposals to invest in a Major Roads Network that cou...
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Mikron Hidrolik lifts Turkey into the future
Mikron Hidrolik lifts Turkey into the future Mikron Hidrolik is a fast-growing Turkish company that manufactures mobile cranes and materials handling equipment. The company began operations in the 199...
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Reduced tolls on Severn bridges between England and Wales starts next week
Reduced tolls on Severn bridges between England and Wales starts next week Drivers who use the Severn bridges are reminded changes to the TAG payment system take place next week. Responsibility for th...
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SIAC / Colas JV awarded €120m motorway upgrade and bypass project in Ireland
SIAC / Colas JV awarded €120m motorway upgrade and bypass project in Ireland The award of today’s contract with SIAC/Colas JV commences one of the most significant road schemes contained in the Govern...
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Heathrow pushes airlines to use cleaner, quieter aircraft
Heathrow pushes airlines to use cleaner, quieter aircraft Environmental charges at Heathrow are set to increase by 7% as the airport seeks to minimise its impact and aircraft pollution on local commun...
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WEC CCTV manufacture 65 camera masts for Mersey Gateway Project
WEC CCTV manufacture 65 camera masts for Mersey Gateway Project WEC CCTV, a UK manufacturer of camera mounting structures, has supplied 65 specially designed camera masts for the new Mersey Gateway Br...
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Quarry and Earthworks Ltd in Somerset, England moves forward with Volvo
Quarry and Earthworks Ltd in Somerset, England moves forward with Volvo Having started up in business just nine years ago, acquiring secondhand Volvo excavators, Quarry & Earthworks proprietor, Ma...
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Groupe ADP wins 15 International Airport contracts
Groupe ADP wins 15 International Airport contracts Groupe ADP, through its subsidiary ADP Ingénierie, recently won a series of contracts with major international airports for design, study, or technic...
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Liebherr to present new construction machines at Intermat 2018
Liebherr to present new construction machines at Intermat 2018 Liebherr will exhibit a number of new products at stand E6/E035 on the open-air grounds at Intermat 2018’s Villepinte exhibition centre i...
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STRABAG awarded €125m road construction contract in Hungary
STRABAG awarded €125m road construction contract in Hungary The European construction group STRABAG SE has been awarded a road construction contract in Hungary with a volume of approx. € 125 million....
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Highways England continues archaeological survey work on A303 Stonehenge scheme
Highways England continues archaeological survey work on A303 Stonehenge scheme Highways England will continue archaeological surveys in the new year as part of the ongoing scheme to improve journeys...
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Lundin Mining awards contract to Metso for Somincor Zinc Project in Portugal
Lundin Mining awards contract to Metso for Somincor Zinc Project in Portugal With the Zinc Expansion Project, Lundin Mining expects to expand production from the existing mining areas and from the dee...
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Multi-million pound major road improvements in England unlock homes and jobs this winter
Multi-million pound major road improvements in England unlock homes and jobs this winter Multi-million pound road upgrades announced today by Highways England will help create more than 4,300 jobs and...
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Balfour Beatty announces partial sale of M25 (Updated)
Balfour Beatty announces partial sale of M25 Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announced that it has reached an agreement with funds managed by Dalmore Capital Limited (Dalmore)...
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Highways England backs bypass as best A5036 option for Merseyside
Highways England backs bypass as best A5036 option for Merseyside Highways England has reiterated its view that building a new bypass is the best option to replace the A5036 Port of Liverpool route in...
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BAM wins German PPP road project A10 / A24 Neuruppin to Pankow
BAM wins German PPP road project A10 / A24 Neuruppin to Pankow The consortium consisting of BAM-PGGM and HABAU, has been appointed preferred bidder for the project Availability Model A10 / A24 AS Neur...
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