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Heathrow expansion takes next step towards building a construction legacy across the UK

Heathrow expansion takes next step towards building a construction legacy across the UK Heathrow has announced the next step in building Britain’s new runway by revealing the sixty-five longlisted sit...
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AfDB funded Thika Highway continues to impact Kenyan lives five years on

AfDB funded Thika Highway continues to impact Kenyan lives five years on The long-standing partnership between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Kenya to promote inclusive and...
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How design is driving Americas largest infrastructure project

How design is driving Americas largest infrastructure project Florida’s I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project aims to create a commuting experience that will delight residents and tourists alike. Alvaro Al...
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Julio and Julio in Brazil reduce quarry operating costs with Metso Haul Truck Solution

Julio and Julio in Brazil reduce quarry operating costs with Metso Haul Truck Solution Julio and Julio Group has chosen Metso’s Haul Truck Solution to reduce the operating costs and improve the...
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Highways England launches Health and Safety Passport scheme for over 50,000 workers

Highways England launches Health and Safety Passport scheme for over 50,000 workers With an ambition to set a common safety standard for more than 50 thousand workers across its whole supply chain, Hi...
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RSTA seminar explains how asset management is an opportunity, rather than a threat

RSTA seminar explains how asset management is an opportunity, rather than a threat The UK Department for Transport’s funding allocation requirements now call for local highway authorities to hav...
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South Australia Regional Roads Package ready to be rolled out

South Australia Regional Roads Package ready to be rolled out The Australian Government has approved Federal funding to help carry out vital regional road upgrades across South Australia. Federal Mini...
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Granite – Parsons – Corman JV win US$410m Interstate project in Virginia, USA

Granite – Parsons – Corman JV win US$410m Interstate project in Virginia, USA Granite Construction Incorporated, Parsons Corporation, and Corman Construction Inc., announced today that the...
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4,000 British truck drivers caught watching DVDs and boiling kettles

4,000 British truck drivers caught watching DVDs and boiling kettles The shocking footage above was released by Highways England today and show drivers watching DVDs, reading books, and even bo...
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Amsterdam aims for smart city status with help from Schmidt sweeping technology

Amsterdam aims for smart city status with help from Schmidt sweeping technology Amsterdam is considered to be a smart city and with “Climate Street”, for example, it initiated a flagship project for t...
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Ferrovial consortium to deliver the €1,150m Western Roads Upgrade in Melbourne

Ferrovial consortium to deliver the €1,150m Western Roads Upgrade in Melbourne Cintra, subsidiary of Ferrovial, through the Netflow joint venture recently formed with Plenary, has been selected...
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Contractor sought for £220m highways contract for Telford/Wrekin Council, UK

Contractor sought for £220m highways contract for Telford/Wrekin Council, UK Telford & Wrekin Council has today published its official notice for a £220m highways maintenance contract. The notice...
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Search underway for mammoth Tunnel Boring Machines

Search underway for mammoth Tunnel Boring Machines An international search is underway for a supplier to build the four massive Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) that will build Australia’s biggest ever pu...
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Trio of Liebherr mobile cranes scales mountains to erect wind turbines

Trio of Liebherr mobile cranes scales mountains to erect wind turbines Austrian crane and heavy haulage contractor Felbermayr has erected a wind farm on a range of medium-height mountains in Styria. T...
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Volvo Excavators prove their worth in Scotland

Volvo Excavators prove their worth in Scotland “I’m sticking with Volvo…” says Brian Taylor, proprietor of B G Taylor Groundworks of Glenrothes as he reflects on one year’s operation with his Volvo EC...
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Volvo loading shovels at Britaniacrest Recycling increase productivity

Volvo loading shovels at Britaniacrest Recycling increase productivity Britaniacrest Recycling Ltd of Hookwood, Surrey has recently added a Volvo L150H to its plant fleet with a second machine on orde...
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ADB to support sustainable urban public transport in Jinan, China

ADB to support sustainable urban public transport in Jinan, China The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $150 million loan to support the development of a bus rapid trans...
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Hitachi donates mini-excavator to elephant conservation project

Hitachi donates mini-excavator to elephant conservation project A Hitachi ZX38U-5 mini excavator has been delivered to the first elephant sanctuary in Europe. The Premium Used machine was donated by H...
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Scalability of Metso’s award-winning HRC technology confirmed in pilot testing in Chile

Scalability of Metso’s award-winning HRC technology confirmed in pilot testing in Chile The scalability of Metso’s HRCTM high-pressure grinding technology has successfully been proven in p...
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Dubai Water Canal project wins IRFs Global Roads Achievement Award

Dubai Water Canal project wins IRFs Global Roads Achievement Award Parsons is honoured to announce that the Dubai Water Canal project won the International Road Federation’s Global Roads Achievement A...
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London’s Sculptural Rolling Bridge is a design icon

London’s Sculptural Rolling Bridge is a design icon In 2004, a pedestrian bridge with a difference was opened in London spanning an inlet off the main canal at Merchant Square, Paddington Basin. The R...
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It All Started With a Case Backhoe

It All Started With a Case Backhoe Jon Fye founded Fye Excavating in Sperry, Iowa in 1995 with only three employees. Incorporated in 1998, Fye Excavating Inc. now employs over 50 people. The company p...
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Local businesses gear up for Australia’s West Gate Tunnel Project

Local businesses gear up for Australia’s West Gate Tunnel Project Victorian businesses, big and small, are being called on to join the team to build the West Gate Tunnel Project. Construction wi...
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STRABAG wins €170 million road construction contracts in Poland

STRABAG wins €170 million road construction contracts in Poland The European-based construction group STRABAG, through its Polish subsidiaries, has been awarded three road construction contracts from...
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Washington DoT looks at disadvantaged business enterprise goals for highway projects

Washington DoT looks at disadvantaged business enterprise goals for highway projects Contractors, trade and labor organizations, small and disadvantaged businesses and all others who may be interested...
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Mabey helps Mersey Gateway reach completion ahead of time and under budget

Mabey helps Mersey Gateway reach completion ahead of time and under budget Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has today announced its role as the biggest provider, designer and s...
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Snøhetta reimagines 550 Madison in New York

Snøhetta reimagines 550 Madison in New York Snøhetta has been commissioned to reimagine the 1980’s postmodern tower located at 550 Madison Avenue. The renovation is the first major project to be annou...
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£27 million flood defence scheme opens in Blackpool

£27 million flood defence scheme opens in Blackpool A £27.1 million flood defence scheme to reduce flood risk to 4,800 properties in Blackpool has been officially opened by Blackpool Council Cabinet M...
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Florida’s 21 mile, $2.3 billion, Interstate 4 reconstruction supported by VolvoCE

Florida’s 21 mile, $2.3 billion, Interstate 4 reconstruction supported by VolvoCE Florida’s I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project is at the forefront of several global trends in infrastructure design...
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Los Angeles DoT selects INRIX for Urban Mobility Intelligence

Los Angeles DoT selects INRIX for Urban Mobility Intelligence Los Angeles drivers spent an average of 104 hours last year in traffic jams during peak congestion hours – more than any other city in the...
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AfDF paves way for Guinea-Sierra Leone road reconstruction with €48 million

AfDF paves way for Guinea-Sierra Leone road reconstruction with €48 million The Boards of the African Development Bank Group have approved funding of €48 million from the African Development Fund (ADF...
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Starting Out Safely program leading the way in children’s road safety in Australia

Starting Out Safely program leading the way in children’s road safety in Australia Victoria, Australia, is leading the way in road safety with more than 75,000 children benefiting from an Australian-f...
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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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US Air Force Engineers repair runway near Mosul in Iraq

US Air Force Engineers repair runway near Mosul in Iraq Three months ago, four U.S. Air Force engineers with the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group arrived in northern Iraq to conduct a reconnaiss...
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Canadian Aecon Group acquired by China’s CCCI

Canadian Aecon Group acquired by China’s CCCI Aecon Group Inc. and CCCC International Holding Limited today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the China Com...
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Rwanda seeks technical consultants to support Road Maintenance Fund and Transport Development

Rwanda seeks technical consultants to support Road Maintenance Fund and Transport Development The Government of the Republic of Rwanda has received financing from the Nigeria Technical Cooperation Fun...
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Infrastructure upgrade essential for Asia to continue growth

Infrastructure upgrade essential for Asia to continue growth Infrastructure is essential for development. Roads, railways, ports and power supplies have helped drive Asia’s growth, allowing its people...
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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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