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Traffic jams and congestion cost the UK £30 billion a year
Traffic jams and congestion cost the UK £30 billion a year The UK is the third most congested country in Europe and we spend an average of 32 hours each year stuck in peak hour traffic. According to t...
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Blakedale to unveil new mini Impact Protection Vehicle at Road Expo Scotland
Blakedale to unveil new mini Impact Protection Vehicle at Road Expo Scotland Blakedale Limited is reinforcing its commitment to highway safety with the launch of a new 3.5 tonne Impact Protection Vehi...
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Tyre safety blitz for UK as Highways England works to drive down incidents
Tyre safety blitz for UK as Highways England works to drive down incidents Highways England is marking the end of Tyre Safety Month by revealing a series of initiatives it is developing or already del...
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Street Works UK cautions against proposed Lane Rental Schemes
Street Works UK cautions against proposed Lane Rental Schemes The trade association for utilities and their contractor partners on street works issues – has today warned against government prop...
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Eth Zurich invents technique for making an ultra-thin concrete roof
Eth Zurich invents technique for making an ultra-thin concrete roof Researchers from ETH Zurich have built a prototype of an ultra-thin, curved concrete roof using innovative digital design and fabric...
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New traffic signal refurbishment contract awarded to Siemens ITS
New traffic signal refurbishment contract awarded to Siemens ITS A new contract to design and refurbish traffic signal equipment and systems at nine signalised junctions in Coventry has been awarded t...
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ABT SpeedyBatch more profitable than any other asphalt plant
ABT SpeedyBatch more profitable than any other asphalt plant The ABT SpeedyBatch is a perfect fit for demanding but temporary airport work, which is why business executive Jaime Arnó turned to the Amm...
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State-of-the-art flood defence scheme in UK uses moveable weir technology
State-of-the-art flood defence scheme in UK uses moveable weir technology The £50 million flood alleviation scheme in Leeds which uses moveable weir technology – a first for flood risk reduction in th...
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Improved journeys to South West England a step closer as A303 preferred route announced
Improved journeys to South West England a step closer as A303 preferred route announced The next step in a multi-million pound scheme to give drivers quicker, safer and more reliable journeys in the S...
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Dual carriageway bypass unveiled for key A585 improvement in UK
Dual carriageway bypass unveiled for key A585 improvement in UK Highways England is planning to build a £100 million new bypass along the A585 near Poulton-le-Fylde in Lancashire, boosting the local e...
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Danish family contractor swears by quality Hitachi Construction Machinery
Danish family contractor swears by quality Hitachi Construction Machinery A new Hitachi ZW220-6 wheel loader has been delivered to Jysk Kloak Entreprise ApS (JKE), a specialist sewage and landscaping...
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British construction workers spend 130 hours a year making tea!
British construction workers spend 130 hours a year making tea! British builders rack up 130 hours per year making proper British builders tea and other hot drinks, according to new research. A survey...
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Snøhetta designs “Under” – Europe’s First Underwater Restaurant
Snøhetta designs “Under” – Europe’s First Underwater Restaurant At the southernmost point of the Norwegian coastline by the village of Båly, Snøhetta has designed Europe’s very...
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EIB finances €600m “Y Vasca” high-speed rail line in Spain
EIB finances €600m “Y Vasca” high-speed rail line in Spain Minister of Public Works and Transport Íñigo de la Serna attended the signing of a €600m loan granted by the European Investment...
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JCB celebrates 40 years of Loadall Telescopic Handler production
JCB celebrates 40 years of Loadall Telescopic Handler production JCB is celebrating a major milestone in its long record of innovative machine design – the 40th anniversary of the Loadall telescopic h...
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Quality Equipment and top notch after sales support proves a winner for Volvo CE
Quality Equipment and top notch after sales support proves a winner for Volvo CE Bryan Contractors of Caputh, near Perth has added another new Volvo ECR88D reduced-swing excavator and a fourteen tonne...
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How to save lives through a targeted approach to road safety
How to save lives through a targeted approach to road safety Last month’s reported road casualties in Great Britain: 2016 annual report revealed a 4% increase in the number of reported road safe...
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First Volvo Excavator for Reid Plant Hire in Scottish Highlands
First Volvo Excavator for Reid Plant Hire in Scottish Highlands Reid Plant Hire of Kingussie in the Scottish Highlands has opted for its first Volvo compact excavator in the guise of a zero swing ECR2...
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Highways England £15 billion road upgrade plan updated to minimise congestion
Highways England £15 billion road upgrade plan updated to minimise congestion Highways England has today updated its £15 billion road improvement programme to reduce the impact of roadworks on motoris...
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Wider lanes for drivers on England’s M62 smart motorway near Rochdale
Wider lanes for drivers on England’s M62 smart motorway near Rochdale Drivers on a 5-mile stretch of the M62 near Rochdale can now benefit from wider lanes, helping to improve the flow of traffi...
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BITUCHEM to showcase their surfacing solutions at Highways UK
BITUCHEM to showcase their surfacing solutions at Highways UK This November, BituChem will be joining the discussion of the many subjects surrounding British highways as the company exhibits at Highwa...
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Sapphire wins contract for Medway region drainage in UK
Sapphire wins contract for Medway region drainage in UK Sapphire Utility Solutions is delighted to announce that VolkerHighways has awarded them a five year contract with five further annual extension...
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Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald secure £115m highways maintenance extension
Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald secure £115m highways maintenance extension Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald, a 70:30 joint venture between two of Britain’s most established construction a...
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Johnsons Wellfield in Yorkshire calls on Volvo Excavators to mine Yorkstone
Johnsons Wellfield in Yorkshire calls on Volvo Excavators to mine Yorkstone Johnsons Wellfield of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, has made a significant investment in purchasing a brace of seventy-five...
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Snøhetta completes the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design in Bergen
Snøhetta completes the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design in Bergen Snøhetta has completed the new Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD) of the University of Bergen, Norway. This open, robust...
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South West traffic officers’ 24-hour bike challenge is a real spin-off for charity
South West traffic officers’ 24-hour bike challenge is a real spin-off for charity The South West-based traffic officers had set a target of covering 350 miles in a 24-hour spin bike challenge,...
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Heathrow will reduce freight emissions and still increase cargo capacity
Heathrow will reduce freight emissions and still increase cargo capacity Speaking at the BCC International Trade Summit today, Heathrow’s Non-Executive Chairman Lord Deighton announced a new ten step...
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Drivers warned to look out for Deer crossing roads at dawn and dusk this autumn
Drivers warned to look out for Deer crossing roads at dawn and dusk this autumn For the second year running, Highways England and DeerAware – The Deer Initiative have joined forces to warn motor...
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BAM Nuttall and Strathclyde Uni study how bacteria can solidify soil to replace concrete
BAM Nuttall and Strathclyde Uni study how bacteria can solidify soil to replace concrete Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE of the University of Strathclyde has extended her well-established partnership with...
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Balfour Beatty builds for the future with new £55m contract award
Balfour Beatty builds for the future with new £55m contract award Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been appointed by Forth Valley College to deliver the final phase of const...
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£61.4m roads package to keep drivers moving in the East of England
£61.4m roads package to keep drivers moving in the East of England A co-ordinated £61.4m package of essential maintenance and improvement work is underway on motorways and major A-roads across the Eas...
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Contractors invited to meet Cardiff University Campus bidders
Contractors invited to meet Cardiff University Campus bidders Construction companies, contractors and suppliers interested in working on Cardiff University £300m Innovation Campus are being invited to...
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Pessimistic construction workers think Brexit will hit infrastructure projects
Pessimistic construction workers think Brexit will hit infrastructure projects A new study suggests that more than 80% of construction workers believe Brexit will damage the UK’s industry and prevent...
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AGD Systems brings next-generation ITS solutions to Traffex Road Expo Scotland
AGD Systems brings next-generation ITS solutions to Traffex Road Expo Scotland AGD Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of ITS product solutions, will be exhibiting at this year’s Traffex Ro...
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Super stable, earthquake resistant formwork design for the tallest cooling tower in Greece
Super stable, earthquake resistant formwork design for the tallest cooling tower in Greece On site at one of the biggest projects in Greece in recent years, construction of the lignite-fired power pla...
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Metso wins order for new minerals processing plant in Russia
Metso wins order for new minerals processing plant in Russia Metso has won a significant order to deliver two complete minerals processing plant grinding lines to Russia. The first comminution line wi...
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Smart and responsive Pedestrian Crossing unveiled in London
Smart and responsive Pedestrian Crossing unveiled in London The world’s first responsive road crossing is being showcased in London as a prototype solution, aimed at tackling the 7,000+ incidents reco...
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Bomag showcased their product portfolio and new technologies at Innovation Days
Bomag showcased their product portfolio and new technologies at Innovation Days Bomag has hosted its biennial customer show and conference, “Innovation Days”, at its headquarters in Boppard. Some 1,20...
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Scottish SMEs to lay the foundations for Heathrow expansion
Scottish SMEs to lay the foundations for Heathrow expansion Businesses across Scotland are marking their diaries for a second Heathrow Business Summit Scotland, set for 18th October in Edinburgh. The...
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Shorts Group adds fourth short radius ECR235 Excavator to its fleet
Shorts Group adds fourth short radius ECR235 Excavator to its fleet Berkshire-based Shorts Group has added yet another Volvo ECR235 excavator to its growing machinery fleet. This latest model takes th...
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Driving efficiency into road planning
Driving efficiency into road planning In the highways industry, there is, quite rightly, a well-worn path of using Consultants to advise on best practice. There is nothing wrong with this approach as...
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Rapids bespoke mixing technology facilitates Collier Group’s entrance into concrete industry
Rapids bespoke mixing technology facilitates Collier Group’s entrance into concrete industry Rapid International Ltd based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland has supplied Collier Group of Fife, Scotla...
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Volvo CE backs high-speed revolution heading North
Volvo CE backs high-speed revolution heading North Britain’s new high-speed rail project, HS2 is on track to provide a swift and low-carbon alternative mode of transport from London to the Midlands an...
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Metsä Wood sees new living space potential for German cities
Metsä Wood sees new living space potential for German cities Due to advancing urbanization, there is an acute lack of living space in many metropolitan cities. An attractive solution to create new liv...
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PORR wins €97m contract to modernise 40km railway line in south of Poland
PORR wins €97m contract to modernise 40km railway line in south of Poland At the end of last week PORR S.A. and PKP PLK S.A signed an agreement to modernise the railway line E30 on the section Kędzier...
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Three’s not necessarily a crowd at Collier Quarrying & Recycling
Three’s not necessarily a crowd at Collier Quarrying & Recycling Another Volvo L220H loading shovel has been delivered to Collier Quarrying & Recycling, a division of the Collier Group,...
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Hitachi indispensable for Queen Silvia’s Children’s Hospital project in Sweden
Hitachi indispensable for Queen Silvia’s Children’s Hospital project in Sweden The first Hitachi ZX350LC-6 with clamshell telescopic arm (CTA) in Europe has made a huge impact on a high-profile...
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JCB Hydradig versatility fits the bill at Hadley Recycling
JCB Hydradig versatility fits the bill at Hadley Recycling Hadley Recycling and Waste Management seeks to divert as much waste from landfill and into recycling and renewable energy as possible. At its...
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WSP to support UK roll-out of connected and autonomous vehicles
WSP to support UK roll-out of connected and autonomous vehicles WSP has been commissioned by Highways England to drive forward its connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) programme over the next four...
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Highways England Strategic Design Panel vision and progress report published
Highways England Strategic Design Panel vision and progress report published The first report of a panel set up to put good design at the heart of England’s road improvement projects is published toda...
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