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Kilimanjaro Summit Success in Aid of Maggie’s Cambridge
Kilimanjaro Summit Success in Aid of Maggie’s Cambridge Ramsey based company SidewinderUK.com supported their Finance Director Dawn Phillips and her friend Tina Cross who has recently returned f...
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ALE quickly mobilises largest-ever capacity cranes for Karbala Refinery in Iraq
ALE quickly mobilises largest-ever capacity cranes for Karbala Refinery in Iraq ALE has utilised the largest-ever capacity cranes in Iraq while performing the heavy lifting works at the Karbala Refine...
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SENNEBOGEN Crawler Cranes for THIBAULT SA and TBI in Paris
SENNEBOGEN Crawler Cranes for THIBAULT SA and TBI in Paris THIBAULT SA and TBI are two construction companies based in the town of Foucarmont in the Paris region Seine Maritime département run by the...
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ADB providing US$180 Million to Improve Nepal’s Mahendra Highway
ADB providing US$180 Million to Improve Nepal’s Mahendra Highway The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $180 million to support improvements to Nepal’s...
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Sub-Saharan Africa construction growth faster than any world region over next five years
Sub-Saharan Africa construction growth faster than any world region over next five years Sub-Saharan Africa will have the fastest growing construction industry among all major regions in the world ove...
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Rennicks traffic and transport solutions on show at Traffex Road Expo Scotland
Rennicks traffic and transport solutions on show at Traffex Road Expo Scotland For over thirty years, Rennicks UK Ltd has specialised in delivering the latest road traffic signage and technology. Prod...
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Snowtonomous connected and autonomous cars for Scotland
Snowtonomous connected and autonomous cars for Scotland “Snowtonomous driving” is the new buzz-phrase in the world of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) according to the Finnish Transport Agency,...
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ADB supports Elevated Highway in Sri Lanka to improve connectivity and trade
ADB supports Elevated Highway in Sri Lanka to improve connectivity and trade The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a US$300 million loan to help in the construction of abo...
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Nordic Investment Bank finances new section of E18 motorway in Norway
Nordic Investment Bank finances new section of E18 motorway in Norway The Nordic Investment Bank finances new section of E18 motorway in Norway and the Norwegian toll-road operator Ferde AS have signe...
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CABE Conference hears call for tougher Health and Safety for UK Construction
CABE Conference hears call for tougher Health and Safety for UK Construction Dame Judith Hackitt, author of ‘Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety’ has to...
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Hyundai excavators not stumped by thriving forestry business
Hyundai excavators not stumped by thriving forestry business Braintree, Essex based, Kingwell Holdings, headed up by founder and Managing Director, Justin Kingwell, have become renowned as a highly sp...
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VolvoCE provides extra energy for TAP Pipeline Project
VolvoCE provides extra energy for TAP Pipeline Project Equipping construction machines with a digital voice has brought a new level of productivity to an international energy project piping gas from t...
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Efficiency and reduced risk using TLG1000 for inaugural bridge installation in Argentina
Efficiency and reduced risk using TLG1000 for inaugural bridge installation in Argentina ALE has demonstrated the TLG1000’s ability to perform high capacity lifts safely and securely during the instal...
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Siemens deploys 1,000th Traffic Enforcement Camera
Siemens deploys 1,000th Traffic Enforcement Camera Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has supplied and installed its 1,000th traffic enforcement camera in the UK this year to m...
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Network Rail leaf-busting trains travel 4 times around the earth to tackle leaves on the line
Network Rail leaf-busting trains travel 4 times around the earth to tackle leaves on the line Network Rail will be travelling the equivalent of more than four times around the world on the south weste...
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Bargain handheld Rothenberger Thermal Imager on Specialbuy at Aldi
Bargain handheld Rothenberger Thermal Imager on Specialbuy at Aldi This October, Aldi will be stocking a thermal imager, a must-have device for builders and bill reducers, which can be used to pinpoin...
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Balfour Beatty sets out recommendations to evolve the Apprenticeship Levy
Balfour Beatty sets out recommendations to evolve the Apprenticeship Levy Following the Prime Minister’s announcement that Government is set to reform the Apprenticeship Levy, Balfour Beatty today pub...
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Construction and environmental specialist Amand invests in Ammann Compactors
Construction and environmental specialist Amand invests in Ammann Compactors The Amand group of companies regularly rejuvenates its equipment fleet at intervals of three to five years. On each occasio...
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Building on firm foundations to deliver the UK’s future infrastructure
Building on firm foundations to deliver the UK’s future infrastructure Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today releases its latest paper in response to the first ever appra...
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One in every seven drivers dice with death at Railway Level Crossings every day
One in every seven drivers dice with death at Railway Level Crossings every day New research from Network Rail reveals an alarming one in seven drivers report they wouldn’t wait for the barrier or gat...
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Hitachi Construction Machinery welcomes visitors with state-of-the-art demos
Hitachi Construction Machinery welcomes visitors with state-of-the-art demos Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has redesigned the demonstration area at its headquarters in Amsterdam to...
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New Highways England awards celebrate the best in the highways sector
New Highways England awards celebrate the best in the highways sector A new set of awards designed to celebrate the very best of the highways sector has been launched by Highways England to showcase i...
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Looking for clarity in Construction and EU Procurement in No-Deal Brexit
Looking for clarity in Construction and EU Procurement in No-Deal Brexit In nearly six months’ time, on 29 March 2019 at 11pm UK-time to be more exact, the UK is expected to leave the EU. The co...
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Success for ALE and Conbit on half-way milestone on world’s largest wind farm
Success for ALE and Conbit on half-way milestone on world’s largest wind farm As part of a collaborative scope for one of the biggest offshore wind farm projects in the world, ALE and their Conb...
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Industry leaders and visionaries from 11 Countries to attend Ceylon CIPIC and CEYBIT
Industry leaders and visionaries from 11 Countries to attend Ceylon CIPIC and CEYBIT Industry Leaders, Visionaries and Senior Decision Makers from 11 Countries are set to address the Ceylon Internatio...
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Network Rail’s Infrastructure Project Signalling Team scores P3M3 top marks
Network Rail’s Infrastructure Project Signalling Team scores P3M3 top marks Network Rail’s Infrastructure Projects (IP) Signalling team has achieved an industry first, recording the highest ever...
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Collaborative JV to deliver engineering and support works at Hinkley Point C
Collaborative JV to deliver engineering and support works at Hinkley Point C Today, representatives from Altrad, Balfour Beatty Bailey, Cavendish Nuclear and Doosan Babcock joined forces to officially...
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Aviva, BP, Hastings Direct and Honda RD Europe unite for the evolution of transport
Aviva, BP, Hastings Direct and Honda R&D Europe unite for the evolution of transport The founder members of a Shared Research Programme (SRP) have been announced today: Aviva, BP, Hastings Direct...
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Network Rail workers fight back against track defects caused by UK hottest summer
Network Rail workers fight back against track defects caused by UK hottest summer Network Rail engineers are fighting back against the effects of the hottest summer on record by repairing nine miles o...
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Metso welcomes Tennessee based Stowers Machinery to distributor network
Metso welcomes Tennessee based Stowers Machinery to distributor network Stowers Machinery Corporation will offer Metso’s mobile and stationary crushing and screening products to Eastern Tennesse...
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Village access roads completed near Port St Johns in South Africa
Village access roads completed near Port St Johns in South Africa The construction of two village access roads that will ensure increased road safety and all-weather access at the R61 junction outside...
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Driverless vehicles could allow London to reclaim over 6,300 hectares of land
Driverless vehicles could allow London to reclaim over 6,300 hectares of land The push towards introducing driverless vehicles in the UK will have a significant impact on the shape of our cities, pote...
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New LED street lights brighten up Camden Town
New LED street lights brighten up Camden Town Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann is helping to provide a bright future for the London borough of Camden. McCann is working as...
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RSTA sets up new Asset Management Group for UK road infrastructure
RSTA sets up new Asset Management Group for UK road infrastructure A new Asset Management Group has been set-up by the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). Aimed at local authorities, the Group...
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AfDB funds Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire road and transportation links
AfDB funds Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire road and transportation links The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank gave the green light for the launch of the second phase of the Mano Rive...
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Balfour Beatty lifts 2nd 240 tonne footbridge into place in Telford
Balfour Beatty lifts 2nd 240 tonne footbridge into place in Telford Balfour Beatty has achieved a major milestone on its Telford Footbridge project, with the successful installation of a new footbridg...
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CA Blackwell invests in 24 Volvo Haulers and Excavators for infrastructure project
CA Blackwell invests in 24 Volvo Haulers and Excavators for infrastructure project So says David Lancashire, Plant Manager for CA Blackwell (Contracts) Ltd as the company takes delivery of 24 Volvo ma...
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UAE runs first intermodal transport under TIR
UAE runs first intermodal transport under TIR The United Arab Emirates is an important trade hub with a robust economy. TIR offers huge potential for improving transit connectivity between ports and b...
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New GB Railfreight locomotive christened by The Worshipful Company of Paviors
New GB Railfreight locomotive christened by The Worshipful Company of Paviors GB Railfreight, in partnership with The Worshipful Company of Paviors, is pleased to announce the naming of its new locomo...
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Highways England praises drivers after A66 weekend closures
Highways England praises drivers after A66 weekend closures Highways England has praised drivers and residents for their support as its £5 million package of carriageway improvements along the A66 in...
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Greywacke extraction specialist Günter Jung relies on Liebherr XPower
Greywacke extraction specialist Günter Jung relies on Liebherr XPower Rugged American lorries for bulk material transportation are pairing up with high-performance Liebherr equipment for the greywacke...
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Volvo excavator completes the NC500 500 mile race around Scotland
Volvo excavator completes the NC500 500 mile race around Scotland Thurso-based Gow Groundworks has taken delivery of the first reduced swing radius Volvo EWR170E wheeled excavator to arrive in Great B...
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Urban Vision swops streetlights for a Totem Pole
Urban Vision swops streetlights for a Totem Pole What’s the difference between a streetlight and totem pole? Not a great deal if you work for Urban Vision, the joint venture between Galliford Try, Sal...
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Bridge on the move in 24-hour M6 Motorway operation this weekend
Bridge on the move in 24-hour M6 Motorway operation this weekend Motorists are reminded that work to remove an 800 tonne, 250ft long bridge over the M6 in Staffordshire takes place this weekend. The b...
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Migration Advisory Committee recommendations would cripple UK construction, says FMB
Migration Advisory Committee recommendations would cripple UK construction, says FMB The UK Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report, which sets out a series of recommendations for the new immigratio...
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Bonnybridge’s Central Demolition expands with VolvoCE
Bonnybridge’s Central Demolition expands with VolvoCE Central Demolition Ltd of Bonnybridge has invested in another package of Volvo excavators and loading shovels, including their largest shove...
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Chicago Smart Mobility Project wins ITS Midwest Project of the Year
Chicago Smart Mobility Project wins ITS Midwest Project of the Year The Chicago Smart Mobility (CSM) Project, Phase 1, recently won the ITS Midwest 2018 Project of Year Award. The project supports the...
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Trade can transform the Middle East
Trade can transform the Middle East During a visit to Muscat this week, Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General of IRU, turns his thoughts to history and the role that transport might play in lifting the...
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How people are transforming the connected car
How people are transforming the connected car The past decade has seen a radical transformation sweep the motor industry as global electric vehicle sales continue to gather pace. The British plug-in f...
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Network Rail and JCDecaux £280m advertising deal to transform passenger experience
Network Rail and JCDecaux £280m advertising deal to transform passenger experience JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC) and Network Rail have signed a deal that will see the number one outdoor advertisin...
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