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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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STRABAG wins additional €800m section of Alto Maipo hydropower project in Chile
STRABAG wins additional €800m section of Alto Maipo hydropower project in Chile After the refinancing that was successfully concluded yesterday, Tuesday, the publicly listed construction group STRABAG...
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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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Biplane Airmail Service resumes in USA for one historic week
Biplane Airmail Service resumes in USA for one historic week Like a flight back in time, historic Stearman Speedmail biplanes will carry mail from San Diego to Seattle from Sunday, May 13, to Friday,...
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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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Meet Metso and their waste recycling equipment at IFAT China
Meet Metso and their waste recycling equipment at IFAT China Metso will present its extensive waste recycling equipment and service offering at IFAT China 2018 taking place May 3-5 in Shanghai, China....
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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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Citilabs leverages location data to create US wide analytics with pedestrian movements
Citilabs leverages location data to create US wide analytics with pedestrian movements Leading mobility analytics solution provider Citilabs, harnessing smart phone and mobile app data, today announce...
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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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Metso features high performing recycling solutions at USA Waste Expo
Metso features high performing recycling solutions at USA Waste Expo Metso will present its extensive waste recycling equipment and services offering at Waste Expo 2018, taking place April 24-26 at th...
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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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China’s Shanghai-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge built using Doka automatic climbing formwork
China’s Shanghai-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge built using Doka automatic climbing formwork In China’s Jiangsu Province, north of Shanghai, work is in progress on what will be the world...
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Mordialloc Freeway to be upgraded in Australia
Mordialloc Freeway to be upgraded in Australia People in Melbourne’s south-east will get home faster and spend less time stuck in traffic when the new Mordialloc Freeway bypass is upgraded. The Victor...
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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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Ancient Maori comb fragments found during New Zealand road construction
Ancient Maori comb fragments found during New Zealand road construction The teeth of a pre-European ceremonial wooden comb, a Maori heru, have been discovered during earthworks on the Huntly section o...
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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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New York’s JC Smith awarded Minnich Manufacturing dealership
New York’s JC Smith awarded Minnich Manufacturing dealership Minnich Manufacturing, the leading manufacturer of concrete dowel pin drills, concrete vibrators and vibrator monitoring systems celebratin...
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Cape Verde to host first SINN Power wave energy project
Cape Verde to host first SINN Power wave energy project With the signed agreement between SINN Power and Fazenda de Camarão, SINN Power is all set to begin the company’s first commercial wave energy p...
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Ammann Australia expands
Ammann Australia expands Solid growth has led Ammann Australia to relocate its headquarters, warehouse and training centre to better serve its customers in the region. The facility was moved from Nara...
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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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Sacyr Mutu-Ya-Kevela School project opened by President of Angola
Sacyr Mutu-Ya-Kevela School project opened by President of Angola The President of the Republic of Angola, Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, has inaugurated the Liceo Mutu-Ya-Kevela School in Luanda fol...
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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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TyBot and Brayman Construction selected as national finalist for 2018 Innovation Award
TyBot and Brayman Construction selected as national finalist for 2018 Innovation Award The TyBot / Brayman team was recently selected as a Top 3 National Finalist for the inaugural 2018 Innovation Awa...
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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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