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Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project
Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project The Highways England team behind a proposed A30 upgrade in Cornwall are not only concentrating their effo...
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Street artist and sign writer Lionel Stanhope transforms London’s railway bridges with art
Street artist and sign writer Lionel Stanhope transforms London’s railway bridges with art London’s historic railway bridges are being transformed into stunning pieces of art thanks to Network R...
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STRABAG consortium awarded €115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade
STRABAG consortium awarded €115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade A consortium consisting of STRABAG AG, Ed. Züblin AG and STRABAG Rail GmbH has been hired by Deutsche Bahn AG to...
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Metso enters Indian waste recycling market
Metso enters Indian waste recycling market Metso has signed a non-exclusive agency agreement with Seepra Recycling Group for the India market area. The agreement covers the whole of India with respons...
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London Borough of Bromley awards £70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney
London Borough of Bromley awards £70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney The London Borough of Bromley has awarded its Major and Minor highways works contracts to JB Riney & Co Ltd. JB Riney has been...
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ALE uses innovative Mega Jack to install Perth Bridge
ALE uses innovative Mega Jack to install Perth Bridge ALE has used its innovative Mega Jack system to lift both halves of the main arch of Matagarup Bridge in Perth, Australia. ALE executed the comple...
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Volvo CE North America launches a new blog – The Scoop
Volvo CE North America launches a new blog – The Scoop Tailored for a mix of owners, operators and fleet managers, The Scoop by Volvo CE North America provides practical content that is helpful...
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Swiss Thun pioneering sustainability with the eSwingo 200+
Swiss Thun pioneering sustainability with the eSwingo 200+ The city of Thun (Bernese Oberland) in Switzerland will have electric sweepers from 2019. The eSwingo 200+ not only offers CO² neutral operat...
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CAV Scotland 2018 champions connected and autonomous vehicles
CAV Scotland 2018 champions connected and autonomous vehicles A new event. CAV Scotland, brings together global experts in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) with live demonstrations has been se...
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Car-free day in Cardiff achieves 69 percent air quality improvement
Car-free day in Cardiff achieves 69 percent air quality improvement On Sunday 13th May 2018, Cardiff Council organised a car-free day in the city’s central area. As a result of this event air quality...
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Chepstow Plant International grows their fleet with 99 new Volvos
Chepstow Plant International grows their fleet with 99 new Volvos Chepstow Plant International has signed a deal with SMT GB for the supply of 99 machines for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving f...
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Record levels of traffic forced to use deteriorating UK road network
Record levels of traffic forced to use deteriorating UK road network New Department for Transport (DfT) statistics underline the unprecedented demands being placed on our deteriorating local road netw...
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Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact
Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today published its paper “Defence construction: keepin...
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Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic beachfront
Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic beachfront Boxpark today reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic Madeira Terrace into an internationally renowned retail-and-leisure-as-entertainment...
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Metso wins big mining equipment order from JSW Steel in India
Metso wins big mining equipment order from JSW Steel in India Metso has won a significant order to deliver a pellet plant, including grinding, filtration and a pyro-processing pellet plant to a large-...
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PERI VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit debuts on the M8 road bridge in Poland
PERI VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit debuts on the M8 road bridge in Poland For realising a demanding bridge construction in the wetland area near Szczecinek, PERI engineers planned a project-sp...
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Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways
Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways Four million people use Highways England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN) each day. This is forecast to grow by a further 40%...
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Melbourne to get further A$530 million improvements on the Hurstbridge Rail Line
Melbourne to get further A$530 million improvements on the Hurstbridge Rail Line Commuters on the Hurstbridge line will have more trains, more seats and fewer delays with a re-elected Andrews Labour G...
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Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands
Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands As England basks in a heatwave, the power of the sun is helping light the way for motorists in the East Midlands. Highways England has ins...
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STRABAG awarded €111m contract for 16km section of A1 in Poland
STRABAG awarded €111m contract for 16km section of A1 in Poland The Polish subsidiary of publicly listed European construction company STRABAG SE will be part of a syndicate to build a 16 km section o...
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British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience
British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed calls from MPs for government to examine the ability o...
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EBRD finances rehabilitation of Cairo Metro Line 1
EBRD finances rehabilitation of Cairo Metro Line 1 Millions of commuters will benefit from a €205 million loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to support the Eg...
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Nearly 90 percent of London Van Drivers to be charged to drive in the capital
Nearly 90 percent of London Van Drivers to be charged to drive in the capital According to British insurance comparison website The Van Insurer, almost 90 per cent of van drivers in London and the Sou...
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First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester
First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester Drivers using the M60 in Greater Manchester are now enjoying the benefits of the region’s first smart motorway. The technology went live on Tues...
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National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme
National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme A route safety scheme which uses SolarLite Active LED Road Stud technology to “revolutionise” safety on a major trunk roa...
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Volvo Construction Equipment Road Institute 2018/2019 courses announced
Volvo Construction Equipment Road Institute 2018/2019 courses announced Registration is now open for Volvo’s 2018-2019 Road Institute, the paving industry’s premier training program. Offering a mix of...
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The UK heatwave puts the spotlight on the Construction Industry’s legal obligations
The UK heatwave puts the spotlight on the Construction Industry’s legal obligations The UK Met office issues an Amber weather warning and tells Britons to “stay out of the sun” during this summe...
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The remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station
The remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station A video released by Network Rail gave train passengers a glimpse of what the newly remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station looks like. The 3D virtual vide...
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Mabey designs and installs two new bridges for The British Open at Carnoustie
Mabey designs and installs two new bridges for The British Open at Carnoustie Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has announced the design and installation of two new bridges, pro...
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NM Group begins final phase of million pound flooding project in East Yorkshire
NM Group begins final phase of million pound flooding project in East Yorkshire NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) has announced the final phase of the far-reaching Anlaby and East Ella Flood A...
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Construction leaders launch charity to transform cancer support and fundraising
Construction leaders launch charity to transform cancer support and fundraising Building industry leaders have come together to launch a new cancer charity aiming to transform cancer advice and suppor...
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ASPIN bolsters Executive Team to support developments to grow the business
ASPIN bolsters Executive Team to support developments to grow the business Aspin, a leading provider of engineered solutions for the UK’s infrastructure sectors, has strengthened its executive team wi...
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BAM Nuttall delivers UK training for Sierra Leone Water Rehabilitation Project
BAM Nuttall delivers UK training for Sierra Leone Water Rehabilitation Project Leading construction and engineering company BAM Nuttall has brought seven local operatives, from its Freetown Water Reha...
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Regen 2018 – 5th Annual UK Regeneration Exhibition and Conference
Regen 2018 – 5th Annual UK Regeneration Exhibition and Conference Date: 7 – 8 November 2018 Location: St. Georges Hall, St George’s Place, Liverpool, L1 1JJ, UK Details: Regen 2018 i...
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We are at a tipping point for bitumen
We are at a tipping point for bitumen We live in rapidly changing times, especially for bitumen trading businesses. Refiners are concerned about the impact that the International Maritime Organisation...
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Cleverciti Systems Americas gets a high-flying General Manager
Cleverciti Systems Americas gets a high-flying General Manager Cleverciti Systems delivers high-tech solutions for outdoor and on-street parking detection, monitoring and guidance. They have just anno...
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McCann reduces their carbon footprint with fleet of hybrid electric vehicles
McCann reduces their carbon footprint with fleet of hybrid electric vehicles Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has made a substantial commitment to protecting the environme...
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Penfold Verrall add some Volvo muscle to their excavator fleet
Penfold Verrall add some Volvo muscle to their excavator fleet Following its initial purchase of Volvo excavators three years ago, haulage and muck shifting contractors Penfold Verrall of Dial Post ne...
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Eurovia Contracting appointed to £450m Midlands Highways Alliance framework
Eurovia Contracting appointed to £450m Midlands Highways Alliance framework Eurovia Contracting has been appointed onto the new £450m Midlands Highways Alliance (MHA) framework that will cover works c...
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Quarrying Industry First for University of Derby Minerals Course
Quarrying Industry First for University of Derby Minerals Course A student at the University of Derby’s Centre for Mineral Products has become the first person in the mineral extractives and quarrying...
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Ertech and Georgiou Group win Sydney Northern Road Upgrade contract
Ertech and Georgiou Group win Sydney Northern Road Upgrade contract The $1.6 billion upgrade of The Northern Road in Western Sydney has reached a major milestone with a contract being awarded to a joi...
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Highways England looks at making it easier to drive through roadworks
Highways England looks at making it easier to drive through roadworks Drivers could be allowed to travel at increased speed through motorway roadworks depending on what day of the week they are travel...
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Construction of A$8-13 billion Melbourne Airport Rail Link promised
Construction of A$8-13 billion Melbourne Airport Rail Link promised Australian Premier Daniel Andrews today announced that a re-elected Labour Government would provide up to $5 billion towards the Mel...
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NIC calls Ofgem proposals a good step to preparing UK for Electric Vehicles
NIC calls Ofgem proposals a good step to preparing UK for Electric Vehicles Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), today welcomed moves by energy regulator Ofgem to...
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Ziegler Group focuses on flexible Sawmill and logistics solutions
Ziegler Group focuses on flexible Sawmill and logistics solutions With its headquarters in Bavaria, the Ziegler Group is well established in the timber and sawmill sector, not only because it operates...
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TBF Construction Machinery becomes the Hitachi Construction Machinery dealer in Ireland
TBF Construction Machinery becomes the Hitachi Construction Machinery dealer in Ireland TBF Construction Machinery (TBF) has extended its territory to become the official dealer for Hitachi Constructi...
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Ofgem proposes electricity reforms to support electric vehicle revolution
Ofgem proposes electricity reforms to support electric vehicle revolution Ofgem has set out proposals to take forward reforms to support millions of new electric vehicles forecast on Britain’s roads i...
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McCann wins coveted RoSPA Gold Award
McCann wins coveted RoSPA Gold Award Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann recently collected its third consecutive RoSPA Gold Award for its ongoing commitment to health and sa...
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Prichards of Llantrisant prefer long lasting Volvo Construction Equipment
Prichards of Llantrisant prefer long lasting Volvo Construction Equipment Prichards of Llantrisant, South Wales, has added a range of Volvo excavators and a new A30G articulated hauler to its extensiv...
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Telensa Smart Streetlight deployed in Edinburgh’s 64,000 light Energy Efficiency Program
Telensa Smart Streetlight deployed in Edinburgh’s 64,000 light Energy Efficiency Program Telensa, the global leader in connected street lighting and smart city applications, today announced that...
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