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Balfour Beatty reaches key milestone on its Perth Transport Futures Project
Balfour Beatty reaches key milestone on its Perth Transport Futures Project Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has reached a key milestone in the first phase of its Perth Transpor...
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BGC Contracting Pty Ltd wins major A$4.3 billion contract for the Australia NSW Pacific Highway
BGC Contracting Pty Ltd wins major A$4.3 billion contract for the Australia NSW Pacific Highway Leading Australian mining and construction firm BGC Contracting Pty Ltd has continued its expansion into...
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China opens 2,768 km Silk Road highway from Beijing to Mongolia
China opens 2,768 km Silk Road highway from Beijing to Mongolia A new highway between Beijing and Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is now officially open traffic. The 2,768 km...
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7,000 new jobs will be created in Australia on the Victoria Metro Tunnel Project
7,000 new jobs will be created in Australia on the Victoria Metro Tunnel Project The Andrews Labor Government is creating thousands of local jobs and using Victorian businesses to build the biggest pu...
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Parsons partners with Bridges to Prosperity to construct a footbridge in Panama
Parsons partners with Bridges to Prosperity to construct a footbridge in Panama An 11-member Parsons team will travel to Panama this summer to work alongside the non-profit charity Bridges to Prosperi...
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Colas wins contract to build rail extension for Tramway of Rabat in Morocco
Colas wins contract to build rail extension for Tramway of Rabat in Morocco The Tramway Company of Rabat-Salé (STRS) has entrusted Colas Rail and GTR, a road subsidiary of Colas in Morocco with the co...
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Volvo makes a whitewater splash in Colorado
Volvo makes a whitewater splash in Colorado Colorado-based contractor, Whinnery Construction is employing Volvo excavators to navigate the Animas River, ensuring safe passageway for whitewater enthusi...
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Extremely rare Roman Sarcophagus discovered during construction in London
Extremely rare Roman Sarcophagus discovered during construction in London An archaeological gem, unearthed by builders from Galliard Construction, has been moved to the Museum of London, where its con...
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Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland invests in a big 35 tonne Volvo L250H Loading Shovel
Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland invests in a big 35 tonne Volvo L250H Loading Shovel Long standing user of Volvo Construction Equipment products, Tillicoultry Quarries, has purchased its largest Vol...
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Hitachi provides perfection for Millot TP’s excavator operators
Hitachi provides perfection for Millot TP’s excavator operators Millot TP has expanded its fleet of construction machinery with the purchase of two new Hitachi medium excavators and a wheel loader fro...
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SIKA invests in Membrane production in Russia
SIKA invests in Membrane production in Russia Sika is expanding its product portfolio in Russia with the commissioning of a new production line for PVC membranes at its factory in Lobnya, near Moscow....
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£1.1 million junction improvements to benefit drivers, cyclists and pedestrians
£1.1 million junction improvements to benefit drivers, cyclists and pedestrians Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians are set to benefit from a £1.1 million scheme to improve safety at a busy junction nea...
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Wirtgen at Steinexpo 2017 with world premiere from Kleemann
Wirtgen at Steinexpo 2017 with world premiere from Kleemann The Wirtgen Group will be showcasing tailored solutions for recycled material processing and quarry applications when it exhibits products f...
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Contractors selected for Victoria’s Metro Tunnel project delivering more Jobs, more Stations and more Trains
Contractors selected for Victoria’s Metro Tunnel project delivering more Jobs, more Stations and more Trains The design and builders for the biggest public transport project in Victoria’s histor...
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M3 Motorway in England gets first ‘Orange’ Smart Motorway Emergency Area
M3 Motorway in England gets first ‘Orange’ Smart Motorway Emergency Area The first of a new-style smart motorway emergency area, where drivers can stop in an emergency, is being trialled on the M3 in...
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First big HS2 contracts to build Britain’s new railway will support 16,000 jobs
First big HS2 contracts to build Britain’s new railway will support 16,000 jobs Winners of £6.6 billion worth of major construction contracts for HS2 Phase One announced. government confirms plans to...
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EIB lends €1bn to co-finance Romania’s transport infrastructure projects
EIB lends €1bn to co-finance Romania’s transport infrastructure projects The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 1bn to co-finance with European Structural and Investment Funds priorit...
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JCB wins huge power generation deal at prestigious Canary Wharf
JCB wins huge power generation deal at prestigious Canary Wharf JCB Broadcrown has secured a contract to provide stand-by power at one of London’s most striking and mixed use developments. Standing 27...
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BPMS produce pink Avant wheel-loader to support Make a Wish Foundation and Macmillan Cancer
BPMS produce pink Avant wheel-loader to support Make a Wish Foundation and Macmillan Cancer Hampshire based plant and machinery dealers BPMS Ltd. have produced the world’s first pink Avant 635 compact...
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Balfour Beatty VINCI JV to be awarded £2.5 billion HS2 rail contracts
Balfour Beatty VINCI JV to be awarded £2.5 billion HS2 rail contracts Balfour Beatty VINCI, a long established joint venture between two global infrastructure leaders recognized for its portfolio of l...
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Colombia signs €640m concession contract for Cúcuta to Pamplona Highway
Colombia signs €640m concession contract for Cúcuta to Pamplona Highway Sacyr Concesiones will invest 2 billion Colombian pesos (around €640 million) in renovating the 67-kilometer road and completing...
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New A5 to M1 link road in UK opens up opportunities for thousands of new homes and jobs
New A5 to M1 link road in UK opens up opportunities for thousands of new homes and jobs A new road which links the A5 with the M1 via a new motorway junction in Bedfordshire has been welcomed at its o...
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Searching for a parking space costs the UK £23.3 billion per year
Searching for a parking space costs the UK £23.3 billion per year UK drivers spend an average of 44 hours a year searching for parking, at a cost of £733 each in wasted time, fuel and emissions, a tot...
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UK Construction Industry invited to support CRASH at Charity Golf Event
UK Construction Industry invited to support CRASH at Charity Golf Event Global events and media experts at Versanta are asking members of the Construction industry to take to the fairways as part of a...
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S.M.E. Businesses are Driving Record Employment Levels in Britain
S.M.E. Businesses are Driving Record Employment Levels in Britain Film and TV production, machinery repair and food vans all booming SMEs account for over 70% of private sector employment growth since...
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JCB’s Louise crowned Apprentice of the Year
JCB’s Louise crowned Apprentice of the Year Teenager Louise Meredith is the toast of JCB after she was named Young Employee / Apprentice of the Year at a regional business awards. Higher Apprentice Lo...
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Thales supporting modernisation of 36 km or railway through Ankara
Thales supporting modernisation of 36 km or railway through Ankara Turkey’s Başkentray project involves the renovation of the signalling systems for conventional, high-speed and suburban lines a...
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Chapman Taylor behind the first modular hotel built in Manchester
Chapman Taylor behind the first modular hotel built in Manchester Chapman Taylor’s new 220 bedroom Holiday Inn Express, built off-site from purpose built steel shipping containers, has been completed...
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Herrenknecht TBM completes 3.2 km road tunnel in Switzerland
Herrenknecht TBM completes 3.2 km road tunnel in Switzerland The shell of the Belchen rehabilitation tunnel has been completed. Tunnelling ended successfully in Eptingen in the Swiss canton of Basel-C...
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Marshalls relies on VolvoCE to pave the way for monumental work
Marshalls relies on VolvoCE to pave the way for monumental work With prestigious projects such as London’s Trafalgar Square and Wembley Stadium in its portfolio, the UK’s leading hard landscaping manu...
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Quieter Homes Scheme opened to Heathrow neighbours
Quieter Homes Scheme opened to Heathrow neighbours Heathrow launches bespoke noise insulation free of charge to local homeowners More than 700 residents have been invited to join the programme followi...
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First of its kind Machine Simulator Training at Hinkley Point C
First of its kind Machine Simulator Training at Hinkley Point C UK Plant Operators LTD have teamed up with Leica Geosystems and Kier Bam to test run a state of the art simulator based familiarisation...
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Building instructor wins John Deere 333G compact track loader in Small Machines. Big Impact. contest
Building instructor wins John Deere 333G compact track loader in Small Machines. Big Impact. contest After all the online votes were counted, Eric Moores, a high school building trades instructor in W...
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New Volvo loading shovel lands on familiar territory at Scottish Bogside
New Volvo loading shovel lands on familiar territory at Scottish Bogside The world’s leading glass bottle manufacturer, O-I Manufacturing Ltd, continues to favour Volvo Construction Equipment products...
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UK’s Motorway litter droppers warned not to put lives at risk
UK’s Motorway litter droppers warned not to put lives at risk CCTV shows lorry driver discarding oil container on M62 40,000 sacks of litter collected last year Motorway drivers are being warned...
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University Minerals Students study processing at Haver & Boecker
University Minerals Students study processing at Haver & Boecker Continuing to build on a successful relationship, Haver & Boecker recently hosted University of Toronto’s minerals students. Th...
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SafeZone permanent average Speed Enforcement System deployed across London
SafeZone permanent average Speed Enforcement System deployed across London Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has recently completed the deployment of the UK’s largest, and bus...
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The Pipeline warns the UK Construction Industry lagging on gender diversity
The Pipeline warns the UK Construction Industry lagging on gender diversity Women Count 2017, the second annual report by the Pipeline, which delivers executive leadership programmes specifically desi...
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Major milestone for A21 upgrade in England as new flyover opens
Major milestone for A21 upgrade in England as new flyover opens A brand new flyover, built as part of a major upgrade on the A21 in Kent, will be used by drivers for the first time in July. The work i...
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JCB Loadalls under Starter’s Orders for British Grand Prix role at Silverstone
JCB Loadalls under Starter’s Orders for British Grand Prix role at Silverstone A fleet of JCB machines is under starter’s orders to take on a starring role at the British Grand Prix. Fourteen JC...
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Germany’s Emperor William I Monument restored by Kögel Bau and Volvo CE
Germany’s Emperor William I Monument restored by Kögel Bau and Volvo CE Digging deep beneath one of Germany’s most prominent monuments is Volvo CE-equipped construction company, Kögel Bau, emplo...
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INRIX powers the first on-street parking service in a connected car
INRIX powers the first on-street parking service in a connected car INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics has announced the availability of its On-Street Parki...
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Balfour Beatty welcomes Her Majesty The Queen to the Queen Elizabeth II Canal
Balfour Beatty welcomes Her Majesty The Queen to the Queen Elizabeth II Canal Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, alongside Scottish Canals, welcomed Her Majesty The Queen and His...
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SMT Nigeria supporting mining company AshakaCem a subsidiary of Lafarge Africa
SMT Nigeria supporting mining company AshakaCem a subsidiary of Lafarge Africa SMT Nigeria has signed a rental contract with a key player in the cement industry, Lafarge Holcim. SMT is delivering 13 V...
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SMT announces long-term distribution deal for Volvo Construction Equipment in Britain
SMT announces long-term distribution deal for Volvo Construction Equipment in Britain A deal was signed on July 4th 2017 for SMT (Services Machinery and Trucks) to takeover the distribution rights for...
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Formwork fine-tuning by Doka for construction of the new KTM museum
Formwork fine-tuning by Doka for construction of the new KTM museum High speed on two wheels. That’s what has made Upper Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM world-famous. But right now at compa...
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Mining companies in Pacific Rim sign three new Life Cycle Services Contracts with Metso
Mining companies in Pacific Rim sign three new Life Cycle Services Contracts with Metso During the first quarter of 2017, Metso signed three new long-term maintenance contracts with major mining compa...
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Czech quarry maximises performance with new Hitachi ZX490LCH-6 excavators
Czech quarry maximises performance with new Hitachi ZX490LCH-6 excavators The Czech Republic’s foremost purchaser of Hitachi construction machinery has further enhanced its fleet with a new ZX490LCH-...
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World Bank tells Romania it must act decisively to improve road safety
World Bank tells Romania it must act decisively to improve road safety The World Bank, in partnership with the European Transport Safety Council, the Romanian Ministry of Transport and the National Ro...
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Good signs of progress for Dover traffic flow
Good signs of progress for Dover traffic flow Work to improve journeys for drivers on the A20 approaching the Port of Dover is making good progress, Highways England said today (4 July 2017). The upda...
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