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Highways England reveals 15 more upgrades to start or open by spring 2018
Highways England reveals 15 more upgrades to start or open by spring 2018 Seven major schemes completed in the past year Eight major schemes due to be completed in the next 12 months Seven schemes to...
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England’s M3 £174m upgrade opens to traffic
England’s M3 £174m upgrade opens to traffic The M3 in Surrey and Hampshire has become the latest road in the UK to be upgraded to a smart motorway, Highways England announced today (Tuesday 1 Au...
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Saxby Surfacing celebrate 30 years in business with purchase of a Volvo P6870C ABG Paver
Saxby Surfacing celebrate 30 years in business with purchase of a Volvo P6870C ABG Paver Saxby Surfacing Contractors from Sheffield are entering their thirtieth year of trading and to commemorate the...
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Clearview Intelligence celebrates Brake Award nomination for safety innovation
Clearview Intelligence celebrates Brake Award nomination for safety innovation Clearview Intelligence has long been an active supporter of Brake, the road safety charity, so was were delighted to lear...
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Special PPE required during hydro-demolition at Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction
Special PPE required during hydro-demolition at Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction Flying debris that travels faster than a bullet is just one of the hazards facing Highways England repair teams wo...
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Hitachi excavators make their mark in Denmark
Hitachi excavators make their mark in Denmark Hitachi short-tail swing mini and medium excavators are relied upon by Danish contractor Allan Madsen of AM Entreprise ApS for completing groundworks, dra...
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STRABAG to work on billion euro HS2 project in the United Kingdom
STRABAG to work on billion euro HS2 project in the United Kingdom Main Work Civil Contract packages for lots S1 and S2 of new HS2 high-speed railway link in the United Kingdom. Consortium consisting o...
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Hitachi donates an excavator to elephant sanctuary in Southwest France
Hitachi donates an excavator to elephant sanctuary in Southwest France Hitachi Construction Machinery is donating a used mini excavator to the first elephant sanctuary in Europe. The 70-acre rural sit...
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London’s most inspiring entrepreneurs are leaving the skyscrapers for a new start
London’s most inspiring entrepreneurs are leaving the skyscrapers for a new start For years, it was the ultimate graduate dream – a secure training scheme with a big-name company in the City, pl...
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Asphalt preservatives dramatically extend the lifespan of highways
Asphalt preservatives dramatically extend the lifespan of highways The highways industry is faced with a unique challenge – The ‘Road’, with its depreciating finite life, cannot economically be...
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LKAB Minerals has relied on Volvo Loaders for 22 years
LKAB Minerals has relied on Volvo Loaders for 22 years UK based LKAB Minerals Ltd continues a tradition of operating Volvo loading shovels dating back to 1995 with the addition of a new L90H loading s...
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McCann demonstrates top quality drainage works in Yorkshire, England
McCann demonstrates top quality drainage works in Yorkshire, England Nottingham-based Civil and Electrical Engineering firm, McCann, has successfully completed essential drainage maintenance work on t...
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Britain’s leading equipment rental company A-Plant invests £55 million for 1,200 JCB machines
Britain’s leading equipment rental company A-Plant invests £55 million for 1,200 JCB machines JCB has secured one of its biggest-ever deals in the UK – an order for more than 1,200 machines and...
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UK based Wickes launches TradePro Loyalty Programme
UK based Wickes launches TradePro Loyalty Programme Home improvement retailer Wickes has launched a new loyalty programme exclusively for trade customers – called Wickes TradePro – offering 10% off pu...
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Doka’s Concremote concrete sensor technology crowned “Commercial Innovation of the year”
Doka’s Concremote concrete sensor technology crowned “Commercial Innovation of the year” Doka UK was awarded for the innovative concrete- sensor technology Concremote with this year...
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Volvo EC750E 75 tonne crawler excavator makes Eastern European debut
Volvo EC750E 75 tonne crawler excavator makes Eastern European debut Polish cement company, Cementownia Warta’s Volvo EC750E crawler excavator is the first of its kind in Eastern Europe, powering prod...
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Anniversary of tunnel opening sees the Hindhead area recognised as a wildlife haven
Anniversary of tunnel opening sees the Hindhead area recognised as a wildlife haven The Devil’s Punch Bowl, once separated from Hindhead Common by the A3, has become one of the top wildlife sites in s...
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The Nucleus to help Handiss build a better world with engineers and architects
The Nucleus to help Handiss build a better world with engineers and architects Tech-driven startup, building bridges between clients with construction projects and the engineers and architects needed...
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£100 million viaduct repair to begin on the M5 in England
£100 million viaduct repair to begin on the M5 in England A three-way joint venture between BAM, Morgan Sindall and VolkerFitzpatrick has secured the £100 million-plus project to refurbish the Oldbury...
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Balfour Beatty reaches key milestone on its Perth Transport Futures Project
Balfour Beatty reaches key milestone on its Perth Transport Futures Project Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has reached a key milestone in the first phase of its Perth Transpor...
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Extremely rare Roman Sarcophagus discovered during construction in London
Extremely rare Roman Sarcophagus discovered during construction in London An archaeological gem, unearthed by builders from Galliard Construction, has been moved to the Museum of London, where its con...
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Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland invests in a big 35 tonne Volvo L250H Loading Shovel
Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland invests in a big 35 tonne Volvo L250H Loading Shovel Long standing user of Volvo Construction Equipment products, Tillicoultry Quarries, has purchased its largest Vol...
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Hitachi provides perfection for Millot TP’s excavator operators
Hitachi provides perfection for Millot TP’s excavator operators Millot TP has expanded its fleet of construction machinery with the purchase of two new Hitachi medium excavators and a wheel loader fro...
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SIKA invests in Membrane production in Russia
SIKA invests in Membrane production in Russia Sika is expanding its product portfolio in Russia with the commissioning of a new production line for PVC membranes at its factory in Lobnya, near Moscow....
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£1.1 million junction improvements to benefit drivers, cyclists and pedestrians
£1.1 million junction improvements to benefit drivers, cyclists and pedestrians Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians are set to benefit from a £1.1 million scheme to improve safety at a busy junction nea...
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Wirtgen at Steinexpo 2017 with world premiere from Kleemann
Wirtgen at Steinexpo 2017 with world premiere from Kleemann The Wirtgen Group will be showcasing tailored solutions for recycled material processing and quarry applications when it exhibits products f...
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M3 Motorway in England gets first ‘Orange’ Smart Motorway Emergency Area
M3 Motorway in England gets first ‘Orange’ Smart Motorway Emergency Area The first of a new-style smart motorway emergency area, where drivers can stop in an emergency, is being trialled on the M3 in...
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First big HS2 contracts to build Britain’s new railway will support 16,000 jobs
First big HS2 contracts to build Britain’s new railway will support 16,000 jobs Winners of £6.6 billion worth of major construction contracts for HS2 Phase One announced. government confirms plans to...
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EIB lends €1bn to co-finance Romania’s transport infrastructure projects
EIB lends €1bn to co-finance Romania’s transport infrastructure projects The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 1bn to co-finance with European Structural and Investment Funds priorit...
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JCB wins huge power generation deal at prestigious Canary Wharf
JCB wins huge power generation deal at prestigious Canary Wharf JCB Broadcrown has secured a contract to provide stand-by power at one of London’s most striking and mixed use developments. Standing 27...
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BPMS produce pink Avant wheel-loader to support Make a Wish Foundation and Macmillan Cancer
BPMS produce pink Avant wheel-loader to support Make a Wish Foundation and Macmillan Cancer Hampshire based plant and machinery dealers BPMS Ltd. have produced the world’s first pink Avant 635 compact...
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Balfour Beatty VINCI JV to be awarded £2.5 billion HS2 rail contracts
Balfour Beatty VINCI JV to be awarded £2.5 billion HS2 rail contracts Balfour Beatty VINCI, a long established joint venture between two global infrastructure leaders recognized for its portfolio of l...
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New A5 to M1 link road in UK opens up opportunities for thousands of new homes and jobs
New A5 to M1 link road in UK opens up opportunities for thousands of new homes and jobs A new road which links the A5 with the M1 via a new motorway junction in Bedfordshire has been welcomed at its o...
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Searching for a parking space costs the UK £23.3 billion per year
Searching for a parking space costs the UK £23.3 billion per year UK drivers spend an average of 44 hours a year searching for parking, at a cost of £733 each in wasted time, fuel and emissions, a tot...
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UK Construction Industry invited to support CRASH at Charity Golf Event
UK Construction Industry invited to support CRASH at Charity Golf Event Global events and media experts at Versanta are asking members of the Construction industry to take to the fairways as part of a...
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S.M.E. Businesses are Driving Record Employment Levels in Britain
S.M.E. Businesses are Driving Record Employment Levels in Britain Film and TV production, machinery repair and food vans all booming SMEs account for over 70% of private sector employment growth since...
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JCB’s Louise crowned Apprentice of the Year
JCB’s Louise crowned Apprentice of the Year Teenager Louise Meredith is the toast of JCB after she was named Young Employee / Apprentice of the Year at a regional business awards. Higher Apprentice Lo...
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Thales supporting modernisation of 36 km or railway through Ankara
Thales supporting modernisation of 36 km or railway through Ankara Turkey’s Başkentray project involves the renovation of the signalling systems for conventional, high-speed and suburban lines a...
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Chapman Taylor behind the first modular hotel built in Manchester
Chapman Taylor behind the first modular hotel built in Manchester Chapman Taylor’s new 220 bedroom Holiday Inn Express, built off-site from purpose built steel shipping containers, has been completed...
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Herrenknecht TBM completes 3.2 km road tunnel in Switzerland
Herrenknecht TBM completes 3.2 km road tunnel in Switzerland The shell of the Belchen rehabilitation tunnel has been completed. Tunnelling ended successfully in Eptingen in the Swiss canton of Basel-C...
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Marshalls relies on VolvoCE to pave the way for monumental work
Marshalls relies on VolvoCE to pave the way for monumental work With prestigious projects such as London’s Trafalgar Square and Wembley Stadium in its portfolio, the UK’s leading hard landscaping manu...
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Quieter Homes Scheme opened to Heathrow neighbours
Quieter Homes Scheme opened to Heathrow neighbours Heathrow launches bespoke noise insulation free of charge to local homeowners More than 700 residents have been invited to join the programme followi...
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First of its kind Machine Simulator Training at Hinkley Point C
First of its kind Machine Simulator Training at Hinkley Point C UK Plant Operators LTD have teamed up with Leica Geosystems and Kier Bam to test run a state of the art simulator based familiarisation...
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New Volvo loading shovel lands on familiar territory at Scottish Bogside
New Volvo loading shovel lands on familiar territory at Scottish Bogside The world’s leading glass bottle manufacturer, O-I Manufacturing Ltd, continues to favour Volvo Construction Equipment products...
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UK’s Motorway litter droppers warned not to put lives at risk
UK’s Motorway litter droppers warned not to put lives at risk CCTV shows lorry driver discarding oil container on M62 40,000 sacks of litter collected last year Motorway drivers are being warned...
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SafeZone permanent average Speed Enforcement System deployed across London
SafeZone permanent average Speed Enforcement System deployed across London Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has recently completed the deployment of the UK’s largest, and bus...
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The Pipeline warns the UK Construction Industry lagging on gender diversity
The Pipeline warns the UK Construction Industry lagging on gender diversity Women Count 2017, the second annual report by the Pipeline, which delivers executive leadership programmes specifically desi...
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Major milestone for A21 upgrade in England as new flyover opens
Major milestone for A21 upgrade in England as new flyover opens A brand new flyover, built as part of a major upgrade on the A21 in Kent, will be used by drivers for the first time in July. The work i...
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JCB Loadalls under Starter’s Orders for British Grand Prix role at Silverstone
JCB Loadalls under Starter’s Orders for British Grand Prix role at Silverstone A fleet of JCB machines is under starter’s orders to take on a starring role at the British Grand Prix. Fourteen JC...
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Germany’s Emperor William I Monument restored by Kögel Bau and Volvo CE
Germany’s Emperor William I Monument restored by Kögel Bau and Volvo CE Digging deep beneath one of Germany’s most prominent monuments is Volvo CE-equipped construction company, Kögel Bau, emplo...
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