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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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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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