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Volvo haulers keep on running at Jakto Excavations
Volvo haulers keep on running at Jakto Excavations Barnsley based Jakto Excavations has taken delivery of a further three Volvo A25G articulated haulers, increasing the company’s mixed fleet of A25s a...
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Port of Dar-es-Salaam to get US$345 Million refurbishment
Port of Dar-es-Salaam to get US$345 Million refurbishment A US$345 million credit is being given to upgrade the Port of Dar-es-Salaam About 35% of the cargo at the port is in transit to/from Ta...
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Scotland’s M8 closure journey times monitored by Clearview Intelligence
Scotland’s M8 closure journey times monitored by Clearview Intelligence As part of a significant upgrade to the Scottish motorway network Transport Scotland put in place a 10-week diversion on a...
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Volvo Construction Equipment to divest British dealership to SMT
Volvo Construction Equipment to divest British dealership to SMT Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced that it is divesting its wholly owned British dealership to long-term distributio...
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Highways England A14 Cambridge to Huntington upgrade takes shape
Highways England A14 Cambridge to Huntington upgrade takes shape Six months in, new aerial pictures show first glimpse of brand new road emerging New bridges taking shape Working in harmony with commu...
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UK Government publishes £6.1 billion programme of upgrades to major roads and motorways
UK Government publishes £6.1 billion programme of upgrades to major roads and motorways £6.1 billion programme of road improvements announced as part of the government’s £23 billion upgrade to t...
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New way of working for Highways England goes live in south west
New way of working for Highways England goes live in south west Highways England has changed the way in which it delivers its services across the south west region from today bringing key asset manage...
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Guide dogs learn to cross the road with a little help from AGD Systems
Guide dogs learn to cross the road with a little help from AGD Systems Guide dogs in training at Guide Dogs Cymru, Cardiff, are finding it a little easier to get to grips with pelican crossings, thank...
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Heathrow Airport agrees to boost rail services
Heathrow Airport agrees to boost rail services Heathrow agrees new plan with TfL and DfT to boost rail services to the airport Elizabeth line services to serve Terminal 5 From 2019 at least 22 trains...
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Aus $518 million Ballarat Line upgrade in Australia set to kick start the regions rail revival
Aus $518 million Ballarat Line upgrade in Australia set to kick start the regions rail revival The Andrews Labor Government in Australia has announced Lendlease, Coleman Rail and SMEC are now the pref...
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Highways England opens new fourth lane on M3 smart motorway
Highways England opens new fourth lane on M3 smart motorway Main construction on a £174 million project to upgrade the M3 in Surrey and Hampshire to a smart motorway has been completed on time Highway...
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Highways England announces £50 million investment in M6 Knutsford roundabout
Highways England announces £50 million investment in M6 Knutsford roundabout Highways England is planning a major, £50 million improvement of the roundabout at junction 19 of the M6 motorway near Knut...
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Fundraising and attendance records broken at 6th JCB Mud Run
Fundraising and attendance records broken at 6th JCB Mud Run A record-breaking – and capacity – field of 3,000 squirmed and splashed their way to a £70,042 charity total by taking on the c...
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Nampak Glass installs 1km gas pipeline to create new opportunities
Nampak Glass installs 1km gas pipeline to create new opportunities Nampak Glass has commissioned a 1km-long high pressure underground pipeline, which feeds from the existing Sasol Gas Ltd.’s transmiss...
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Waltham Cross junction of the M25 Motorway in the UK gets upgrade
Waltham Cross junction of the M25 Motorway in the UK gets upgrade A proposed multi-million pound upgrade to a busy M25 junction in Hertfordshire has won support in a public consultation, Highways Engl...
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China funds new 500 km road to connect Mozambique and South Africa
China funds new 500 km road to connect Mozambique and South Africa Construction of the 500km Mapinhane-Pafuri regional road (N222) road connecting the Vilanculos district to the Mozambique and South A...
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Metso awarded American Metal Market’s Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year
Metso awarded American Metal Market’s Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year Metso has been recognized as the best Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year by American Metal Market. The recognition wa...
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Berger Grundbautechnik relies on two SENNEBOGEN cranes to dig diaphragm walls on German Motorway project
Berger Grundbautechnik relies on two SENNEBOGEN cranes to dig diaphragm walls on German Motorway project Berger Grundbautechnik GmbH is using two SENNEBOGEN duty cycle cranes simultaneously in Berlin....
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ASTALDI wins € 82 million railway contract in Poland
ASTALDI wins € 82 million railway contract in Poland The Astaldi Group has been awarded the works to updgrade a section of the E-59 Warsaw-Poznań railway line (Lot IV). The contract amounts to EUR 82...
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KZN dairy farm in KwaZulu reaps the rewards of a Kubota tractor
KZN dairy farm in KwaZulu reaps the rewards of a Kubota tractor A dairy farmer in KwaZulu-Natal has invested in two Kubota tractors to improve on operational productivity. He is of the mind that retur...
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A musical road in Hungary will reward safe drivers with rock music!
A musical road in Hungary will reward safe drivers with rock music! The European-based construction group STRABAG has been awarded the contract to build and widen the R 67 expressway in Hungary. The €...
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Asia faces challenges attracting infrastructure investment and public–private partnerships
Asia faces challenges attracting infrastructure investment and public–private partnerships Viet Nam is one of several countries in developing Asia making strides on public–private partnerships (PPP)....
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McConnell Dowell and Martinus Rail to deliver Murray Basin Rail Project in Australia
McConnell Dowell and Martinus Rail to deliver Murray Basin Rail Project in Australia McConnell Dowell, in partnership with Martinus Rail, is pleased to announce the award of the Murray Basin Rail Proj...
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Ghella awarded Aus $2.81 billion Sydney Harbour Metro tunnel works
Ghella awarded Aus $2.81 billion Sydney Harbour Metro tunnel works Ghella, with its joint venture partners John Holland and CPB Contractors, will deliver twin new metro rail tunnels deep under the wor...
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Consultancy recruitment opens for Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project
Consultancy recruitment opens for Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project A Notice for expression of interest has been issued for the Multinational: Benin, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo an...
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The construction of the Denmark to Germany submerged Fehmarnbelt Tunnel
The construction of the Denmark to Germany submerged Fehmarnbelt Tunnel The world’s longest road and rail tunnel will require a factory that, in terms of its size, is set to be a record-breaker....
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Hitachi excavators deliver quality and reliability to German asphalt recycling contractor
Hitachi excavators deliver quality and reliability to German asphalt recycling contractor Baggerbetrieb Fred Walther has bought a new Hitachi ZX300LCN-6 for a long-standing contract on an asphalt recy...
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Deep Soil Mixing part of award winning road project
Deep Soil Mixing part of award winning road project A recent soil mixed road project ground engineering contractor Deep Soil Mixing Ltd carried out for contractor Kier Living and consulting engineers...
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Kubota RTV-X900 delivers deep underground
Kubota RTV-X900 delivers deep underground With a rich founding history of gold and diamond mining, South Africa remains a leader in deep underground mining as well as safety in this arena, making the...
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Kleemann Mobiscreen MS 703 EVO mobile screening plant launched in South Africa
Kleemann Mobiscreen MS 703 EVO mobile screening plant launched in South Africa Wirtgen South Africa, local subsidiary of the Wirtgen Group, global leader in mobile machine solutions for road construct...
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The steep climbs of the Swiss Alps are no match for Vögele’s Super 1803-3i wheeled paver
The steep climbs of the Swiss Alps are no match for Vögele’s Super 1803-3i wheeled paver On geographically tough terrain such as in the Swiss Alps, asphalt paving is a challenge in itself. Extre...
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Do we still need to get our road maintenance ducks in a row?
Do we still need to get our road maintenance ducks in a row? Traditionally now is the time of the year when new Local Authority budgets have kicked in, the weather is good and road repairs and improve...
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Metso invests €1 million to enhance their Lokotrack mobile crushing plant factories in Tampere
Metso invests €1 million to enhance their Lokotrack mobile crushing plant factories in Tampere The capacity of Metso’s Tampere factories in Finland will be increased and occupational safety impr...
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Copart UK expands its JCB wheeled loader fleet to seventy
Copart UK expands its JCB wheeled loader fleet to seventy A COMPANY which runs one of the biggest fleets of JCB wheeled loaders in the world is increasing its size further with the addition of six new...
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INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data
INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, today announced that its traffic dat...
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Parsons awarded interchange projects in North Carolina, USA
Parsons awarded interchange projects in North Carolina, USA Parsons is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to perform design servic...
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USA milling contractor Costello Industries relies on Wirtgen recyclers
USA milling contractor Costello Industries relies on Wirtgen recyclers Costello Industries has been rehabilitating highways, streets and bridges since 1945. “The focus of our work is on safety, qualit...
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Heathrow Airport helps SMEs take off into a World of Opportunity
Heathrow Airport helps SMEs take off into a World of Opportunity Airport partners with Department for International Trade’s (DIT) ‘Exporting is GREAT’ Campaign to award 20 SMEs with grants to fund tra...
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Briggs and Stratton builds on its decades long commitment to the Baja Collegiate Design Competition
Briggs and Stratton builds on its decades long commitment to the Baja Collegiate Design Competition Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power continues to strengthen its longstanding relationship with SA...
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Heathrow ranks airlines’ emissions and night noise performance
Heathrow ranks airlines’ emissions and night noise performance For the first time, airlines’ emissions performance, as well as their noise performance, is now tracked publicly in a quarterly league ta...
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Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline relies on Volvo Rotating Pipelayers
Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline relies on Volvo Rotating Pipelayers Turkish pipeline contractor FERNAS Construction employs Volvo PL4809D rotating pipelayers on the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pi...
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Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance
Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance Speed bumps have long been the default solution for local authorities wishing to facilitate a reduction in speeding vehicles on certain sections of road, par...
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Spain receives €217m loan from EIB for growth, transport and employment in the Junta de Andalucía region
Spain receives €217m loan from EIB for growth, transport and employment in the Junta de Andalucía region The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted the Junta de Andalucía a EUR 217 million loan fo...
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Timor-Leste: A safer highway means a better cup of coffee
Timor-Leste: A safer highway means a better cup of coffee Coffee is a central part of Timor-Leste’s economy and culture. Yet Timor-Leste’s coffee industry has been hampered by poor transport infrastru...
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20 million Africans benefit from transport and ICT projects financed by AfDB in 2016
20 million Africans benefit from transport and ICT projects financed by AfDB in 2016 Transport and information and communication technology (ICT) projects financed by the African Development Bank (AfD...
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AGD Systems wins British Brazilian export award
AGD Systems wins British Brazilian export award AGD Systems, a leading UK manufacturer of ITS product solutions, including traffic radar, was listed as one of the top 20 export partners to Brazil in t...
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Hitachi’s ZW310-6 wheel loader wins MinERALiX on-site competition
Hitachi’s ZW310-6 wheel loader wins MinERALiX on-site competition German recycling and demolition waste company MinERALiX has purchased a large-capacity Hitachi wheel loader for one of its facil...
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Van Dalen Metals Recycling upgrades with SENNEBOGEN equipment and technology
Van Dalen Metals Recycling upgrades with SENNEBOGEN equipment and technology The Dutch scrap recycling company Van Dalen Metals Recycling & Trading in Moerdijk has been using two new SENNEBOGEN 83...
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Ethiopia releases procurement notice for expressway consultancy development support
Ethiopia releases procurement notice for expressway consultancy development support The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has applied for financing in the amount of US$355million equivalent from...
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Britain’s oldest digger driver gets a special birthday treat
Britain’s oldest digger driver gets a special birthday treat One of the UK’s oldest digger drivers is turning heads on building sites after his boss ordered him a brand new limited edition JCB t...
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