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New way of working for Highways England goes live in south west
New way of working for Highways England goes live in south west Highways England has changed the way in which it delivers its services across the south west region from today bringing key asset manage...
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Guide dogs learn to cross the road with a little help from AGD Systems
Guide dogs learn to cross the road with a little help from AGD Systems Guide dogs in training at Guide Dogs Cymru, Cardiff, are finding it a little easier to get to grips with pelican crossings, thank...
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Heathrow Airport agrees to boost rail services
Heathrow Airport agrees to boost rail services Heathrow agrees new plan with TfL and DfT to boost rail services to the airport Elizabeth line services to serve Terminal 5 From 2019 at least 22 trains...
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Highways England opens new fourth lane on M3 smart motorway
Highways England opens new fourth lane on M3 smart motorway Main construction on a £174 million project to upgrade the M3 in Surrey and Hampshire to a smart motorway has been completed on time Highway...
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Highways England announces £50 million investment in M6 Knutsford roundabout
Highways England announces £50 million investment in M6 Knutsford roundabout Highways England is planning a major, £50 million improvement of the roundabout at junction 19 of the M6 motorway near Knut...
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Fundraising and attendance records broken at 6th JCB Mud Run
Fundraising and attendance records broken at 6th JCB Mud Run A record-breaking – and capacity – field of 3,000 squirmed and splashed their way to a £70,042 charity total by taking on the c...
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Waltham Cross junction of the M25 Motorway in the UK gets upgrade
Waltham Cross junction of the M25 Motorway in the UK gets upgrade A proposed multi-million pound upgrade to a busy M25 junction in Hertfordshire has won support in a public consultation, Highways Engl...
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Berger Grundbautechnik relies on two SENNEBOGEN cranes to dig diaphragm walls on German Motorway project
Berger Grundbautechnik relies on two SENNEBOGEN cranes to dig diaphragm walls on German Motorway project Berger Grundbautechnik GmbH is using two SENNEBOGEN duty cycle cranes simultaneously in Berlin....
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ASTALDI wins € 82 million railway contract in Poland
ASTALDI wins € 82 million railway contract in Poland The Astaldi Group has been awarded the works to updgrade a section of the E-59 Warsaw-Poznań railway line (Lot IV). The contract amounts to EUR 82...
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A musical road in Hungary will reward safe drivers with rock music!
A musical road in Hungary will reward safe drivers with rock music! The European-based construction group STRABAG has been awarded the contract to build and widen the R 67 expressway in Hungary. The €...
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The construction of the Denmark to Germany submerged Fehmarnbelt Tunnel
The construction of the Denmark to Germany submerged Fehmarnbelt Tunnel The world’s longest road and rail tunnel will require a factory that, in terms of its size, is set to be a record-breaker....
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Hitachi excavators deliver quality and reliability to German asphalt recycling contractor
Hitachi excavators deliver quality and reliability to German asphalt recycling contractor Baggerbetrieb Fred Walther has bought a new Hitachi ZX300LCN-6 for a long-standing contract on an asphalt recy...
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Deep Soil Mixing part of award winning road project
Deep Soil Mixing part of award winning road project A recent soil mixed road project ground engineering contractor Deep Soil Mixing Ltd carried out for contractor Kier Living and consulting engineers...
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The steep climbs of the Swiss Alps are no match for Vögele’s Super 1803-3i wheeled paver
The steep climbs of the Swiss Alps are no match for Vögele’s Super 1803-3i wheeled paver On geographically tough terrain such as in the Swiss Alps, asphalt paving is a challenge in itself. Extre...
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Do we still need to get our road maintenance ducks in a row?
Do we still need to get our road maintenance ducks in a row? Traditionally now is the time of the year when new Local Authority budgets have kicked in, the weather is good and road repairs and improve...
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Metso invests €1 million to enhance their Lokotrack mobile crushing plant factories in Tampere
Metso invests €1 million to enhance their Lokotrack mobile crushing plant factories in Tampere The capacity of Metso’s Tampere factories in Finland will be increased and occupational safety impr...
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Copart UK expands its JCB wheeled loader fleet to seventy
Copart UK expands its JCB wheeled loader fleet to seventy A COMPANY which runs one of the biggest fleets of JCB wheeled loaders in the world is increasing its size further with the addition of six new...
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Heathrow Airport helps SMEs take off into a World of Opportunity
Heathrow Airport helps SMEs take off into a World of Opportunity Airport partners with Department for International Trade’s (DIT) ‘Exporting is GREAT’ Campaign to award 20 SMEs with grants to fund tra...
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Heathrow ranks airlines’ emissions and night noise performance
Heathrow ranks airlines’ emissions and night noise performance For the first time, airlines’ emissions performance, as well as their noise performance, is now tracked publicly in a quarterly league ta...
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Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline relies on Volvo Rotating Pipelayers
Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline relies on Volvo Rotating Pipelayers Turkish pipeline contractor FERNAS Construction employs Volvo PL4809D rotating pipelayers on the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pi...
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Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance
Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance Speed bumps have long been the default solution for local authorities wishing to facilitate a reduction in speeding vehicles on certain sections of road, par...
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Spain receives €217m loan from EIB for growth, transport and employment in the Junta de Andalucía region
Spain receives €217m loan from EIB for growth, transport and employment in the Junta de Andalucía region The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted the Junta de Andalucía a EUR 217 million loan fo...
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AGD Systems wins British Brazilian export award
AGD Systems wins British Brazilian export award AGD Systems, a leading UK manufacturer of ITS product solutions, including traffic radar, was listed as one of the top 20 export partners to Brazil in t...
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Hitachi’s ZW310-6 wheel loader wins MinERALiX on-site competition
Hitachi’s ZW310-6 wheel loader wins MinERALiX on-site competition German recycling and demolition waste company MinERALiX has purchased a large-capacity Hitachi wheel loader for one of its facil...
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Van Dalen Metals Recycling upgrades with SENNEBOGEN equipment and technology
Van Dalen Metals Recycling upgrades with SENNEBOGEN equipment and technology The Dutch scrap recycling company Van Dalen Metals Recycling & Trading in Moerdijk has been using two new SENNEBOGEN 83...
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Britain’s oldest digger driver gets a special birthday treat
Britain’s oldest digger driver gets a special birthday treat One of the UK’s oldest digger drivers is turning heads on building sites after his boss ordered him a brand new limited edition JCB t...
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Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale
Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale Doka Ventures, a subsidiary of Austria’s Umdasch Group, is joining forces with inventor of deployable 3D...
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European Investment Bank signs €80m loan to finance research into environmentally friendly refuse lorries
European Investment Bank signs €80m loan to finance research into environmentally friendly refuse lorries The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant EUR 80m in financing to Urbaser for its investme...
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ProCon Partners on route for bumper year with a share of £2.4 billion Highways England contracts
ProCon Partners on route for bumper year with a share of £2.4 billion Highways England contracts ProCon Partners, the leading project controls consultancy, has won a series of projects with Highways E...
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Hyperloop One reveals vision for Europe with 9 routes spanning the continent
Hyperloop One reveals vision for Europe with 9 routes spanning the continent Hyperloop One is offering Europe’s transport infrastructure an option that is more efficient, Greener, on-demand and faster...
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Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland chooses flexibility and quality with a new Metso mobile jaw crusher
Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland chooses flexibility and quality with a new Metso mobile jaw crusher Tillicoultry Quarries‘ Northfield quarry in Scotland recently received its Metso Lokotrack®...
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Volvo Construction Equipment helping to shape the future at Elmia Wood
Volvo Construction Equipment helping to shape the future at Elmia Wood Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta, and Volvo Trucks – are joining forces to show that they provide an all-round offer for...
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Unusual geometry formwork delivers curves, corners and edges
Unusual geometry formwork delivers curves, corners and edges Unusual geometry and best-time progress: formworking operations 50 % faster and commissioning quantities lower on the AWO-Föhrenpark retire...
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Two Chinese companies to build US$1.3 billion 16 km Subway Line in Kiev, Ukraine
Two Chinese companies to build US$1.3 billion 16 km Subway Line in Kiev, Ukraine The China Railway International Group and China Pacific Construction Group have signed an agreement with the Kiev City...
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China pledges US$122 billion for China to UK Silk Road Rail Route
China pledges US$122 billion for China to UK Silk Road Rail Route Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged an extra $122bn for international infrastructure schemes as part of China’s grand “On...
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Ridgway celebrates 50 years of history as a JCB customer with huge order
Ridgway celebrates 50 years of history as a JCB customer with huge order A family-owned plant hirer has cemented more than half a century of links with JCB with a massive investment in a fleet of exca...
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Volvo helps the iceman conquer the volcano
Volvo helps the iceman conquer the volcano What happens when some cool customers have to quarry some volcanic basalt? They call in Volvo, of course. Standing in the middle of Reykjavik, Iceland’s capi...
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ASTALDI GROUP win €171 million railway contract in Poland
ASTALDI GROUP win €171 million railway contract in Poland The Astaldi Group has been awarded, in a joint venture, a contract to upgrade a section of the N-7 Warsaw Wschodnia Osobowa-Dorohusk railway l...
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Hitachi excavators and suppliers pass the test for performance, quality and reliability in Germany
Hitachi excavators and suppliers pass the test for performance, quality and reliability in Germany Richard Schulz Tiefbau GmbH has invested in two new Hitachi medium excavators supplied by the authori...
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Snøhetta designs bar and interior concept for the expansion of Oslo Airport, Norway
Snøhetta designs bar and interior concept for the expansion of Oslo Airport, Norway Snøhetta has designed a unique bar and interior concept for the expansion of Oslo Airport. Located centrally in the...
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Kier pioneers rapid setting material that cures in 18 hours instead of 3 days, saving 35 days and £35m on M6 project
Kier pioneers rapid setting material that cures in 18 hours instead of 3 days, saving 35 days and £35m on M6 project Kier Highways has saved UK Plc £35m on a single project, by using an innovative new...
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Balfour Beatty and West Sussex County Council trial drone technology for bridge inspections
Balfour Beatty and West Sussex County Council trial drone technology for bridge inspections West Sussex County Council, in partnership with Balfour Beatty Living Places, has begun trialling the use of...
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Britain’s bid for the America’s Cup is powered, lit and given a lift up by JCB
Britain’s bid for the America’s Cup is powered, lit and given a lift up by JCB Great Britain’s bid to win the oldest sporting trophy in the world has been given a helping hand by construct...
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Successful Deep Soil Mixing trials lead to multi-million project on the Mersey Gateway Crossing
Successful Deep Soil Mixing trials lead to multi-million project on the Mersey Gateway Crossing Deep Soil Mixing Ltd has commenced work on the prestigious new Mersey Gateway project between Widnes and...
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Volvo milks it in Germany
Volvo milks it in Germany Volvo Construction Equipment is helping Fehrbellin-based farmer, Rhinmilch, maintain its position as one of the most powerful dairy producers in the state of Brandenburg, Ger...
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European Investment Bank finances €75 million upgrade for Port of Barcelona
European Investment Bank finances €75 million upgrade for Port of Barcelona The logistics zone (ZAL Port) of the Port of Barcelona is receiving a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to financ...
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SENNEBOGEN to feature timber handling solutions at the world’s largest forestry fair in Sweden
SENNEBOGEN to feature timber handling solutions at the world’s largest forestry fair in Sweden The world’s largest forestry trade fair, Elmia Wood will open its doors from 7 to 10 June 201...
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FCC Construcción awarded €1.634 Billion contract for three new railway sections in Romania
FCC Construcción awarded €1.634 Billion contract for three new railway sections in Romania The Romanian National Railway Company (CFR) has awarded FCC Construcción a contract for the rehabilitation of...
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AECOM secures Technical Partner Role for Major A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down improvements scheme
AECOM secures Technical Partner Role for Major A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down improvements scheme Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured an eight-year contract with Highways England to b...
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AECOM secures third Menai Bridge contract
AECOM secures third Menai Bridge contract Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured a contract with the Welsh Government to deliver design services for the new third crossing of the Menai...
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