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Balfour Beatty announces partial sale of M25 (Updated)
Balfour Beatty announces partial sale of M25 Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announced that it has reached an agreement with funds managed by Dalmore Capital Limited (Dalmore)...
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Highways England backs bypass as best A5036 option for Merseyside
Highways England backs bypass as best A5036 option for Merseyside Highways England has reiterated its view that building a new bypass is the best option to replace the A5036 Port of Liverpool route in...
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Samsung CT wins a $421m reclamation contract in Hong Kong
Samsung CT wins a $421m reclamation contract in Hong Kong SEOUL, Korea – December 25, 2017 – Samsung C&T was awarded a $421 million reclamation contract by the Civil Engineering and Development De...
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Metso confident in Trump’s tax reform legislation impact
Metso confident in Trump’s tax reform legislation impact On December 22, 2017, President of the United States signed tax reform legislation which includes, among other things, a reduction in the...
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Balfour Beatty JV wins US$1.08b contract from Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Balfour Beatty JV wins US$1.08b contract from Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded, in joint venture, the $1.08bn (c. £80...
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Glaston sells FC Series tempering line to Asia-Pacific area
Glaston sells FC Series tempering line to Asia-Pacific area Glaston has closed a deal worth somewhat below €2 million with a leading Asia-Pacific glass processor, which supplies demanding glass soluti...
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BAM wins German PPP road project A10 / A24 Neuruppin to Pankow
BAM wins German PPP road project A10 / A24 Neuruppin to Pankow The consortium consisting of BAM-PGGM and HABAU, has been appointed preferred bidder for the project Availability Model A10 / A24 AS Neur...
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JLG parent Oshkosh Corp honoured by Glassdoor as one of the best places to work 2018
JLG parent Oshkosh Corp honoured by Glassdoor as one of the best places to work 2018 JLG parent company Oshkosh Corporation has been honoured with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the...
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Takeuchi red and grey for Rocket Rentals with £1.2m mini-excavator deal
Takeuchi red and grey for Rocket Rentals with £1.2m mini-excavator deal Christmas has come early for Gloucestershire based plant hire company Rocket Rentals and its customers as the family run busines...
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McCann is keeping Lincolnshire lit
McCann is keeping Lincolnshire lit Civil and electrical engineering firm J M McCann & Co Ltd. (McCann) has won the tender to continue to maintain North East Lincolnshire’s street lighting and illu...
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BAM / NCC joint venture win €385 million Swedish tunnel project
BAM / NCC joint venture win €385 million Swedish tunnel project The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) has selected Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG – the German tunnelling specialist...
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ADB finances urban and transport improvements in Pakistan
ADB finances urban and transport improvements in Pakistan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan today signed two loans totalling $380 million for projects to help improve the...
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Heathrow set to unveil options for £2.5bn savings on expansion plans
Heathrow set to unveil options for £2.5bn savings on expansion plans Heathrow has identified options that could enable delivery of an expanded hub airport for Britain for £2.5bn less than the plans su...
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Extra lanes to open before Christmas on Manchester smart motorway
Extra lanes to open before Christmas on Manchester smart motorway Drivers will be able to use over ten miles of extra lanes on the M62 near Rochdale in time for Christmas. Highways England is opening...
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Tarmac paves way for fleet safety through commitment to HGV accreditation
Tarmac paves way for fleet safety through commitment to HGV accreditation Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, has been reaccredited to undertak...
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Balfour Beatty awarded Thames Tideway Tunnel contract to supply plant and accommodation
Balfour Beatty awarded Thames Tideway Tunnel contract to supply plant and accommodation Balfour Beatty’s Plant & Fleet Services business has been awarded a contract in excess of £2 million to supp...
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JCB celebrates Christmas with a £500 bonus for their employees
JCB celebrates Christmas with a £500 bonus for their employees JCB today announced a £500 Christmas bonus for more than 5,500 UK employees. The pay out was announced this morning across at the company...
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250th Liebherr MK 88 mobile construction crane goes to BKV
250th Liebherr MK 88 mobile construction crane goes to BKV Liebherr has supplied the 250th MK 88 to Barneveldse Kraanverhuur (BKV). The Dutch crane contractor is a long-term customer of the constructi...
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30-year draft Strategic Transport Plan agreed for North West England
30-year draft Strategic Transport Plan agreed for North West England Civic and business leaders from across the North of England have agreed a draft Strategic Transport Plan, to be published by Transp...
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Deep Soil Mixing Ltd achieve ISO 9001 and 14001
Deep Soil Mixing Ltd achieve ISO 9001 and 14001 Ground remediation and soil stabilisation contractor, Deep Soil Mixing Ltd has achieved certification to two key international business standards...
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Telent Technology Services awarded UK road monitoring contract
Telent Technology Services awarded UK road monitoring contract Highways England today paved the way for the future technology which will keep road users as safe and informed as possible on the country...
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Komatsu partners with NVIDIA to deploy AI for safer, efficient construction sites
Komatsu partners with NVIDIA to deploy AI for safer, efficient construction sites Komatsu, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, has selected NVIDIA as its par...
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AfDB approves US$153m to improve road and rail transportation in Namibia
AfDB approves US$153m to improve road and rail transportation in Namibia To help speed up travel and transportation in Namibia, the Board of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of ZAR 2,0...
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Liebherr luffing jib cranes support Bangkok new Three Neighbourhood development
Liebherr luffing jib cranes support Bangkok new Three Neighbourhood development Thai Obayashi is using two Liebherr 160 HC-L cranes and a Liebherr 125 HC-L to construct the Samyan Mitrtown project, ne...
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RJT Excavations crushes it with Volvo in Scotland
RJT Excavations crushes it with Volvo in Scotland RJT Excavations Ltd of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders has opted for another Volvo excavator specifically for a long term crushing contract, based on...
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Allego signs up Siemens to support Electric Vehicle fast charging in the UK
Allego signs up Siemens to support Electric Vehicle fast charging in the UK Allego, a leading provider of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging solutions and cloud services, has appointed traffic technology...
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SMM Sonderbau commissions a new CBS 100 SL Elba concrete mixing plant
SMM Sonderbau commissions a new CBS 100 SL Elba concrete mixing plant The Müller construction company, headquartered at Weiding near Cham in Germany’s Upper Palatinate region is renowned far beyond th...
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HxGN SMART Build selected as Singapore’s Virtual Design and Construction Platform
HxGN SMART Build selected as Singapore’s Virtual Design and Construction Platform HxGN SMART Build has been awarded a grant under Singapore’s Construction Productivity RD&D Grant Call for Bu...
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Bergkamp announces FIZAMAQ Cía. Ltda as new distributor in Ecuador
Bergkamp announces FIZAMAQ Cía. Ltda as new distributor in Ecuador Bergkamp Inc., based in Salina, Kansas, USA, announces FIZAMAQ Cía. Ltda. as its new distributor in Ecuador for the full line of Berg...
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Australia’s West Gate Tunnel contracts signed, construction starts in weeks
Australia’s West Gate Tunnel contracts signed, construction starts in weeks Construction of the West Gate Tunnel will begin next month, with the Government signing contracts to build the vital a...
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ARCHITECT@WORK London 2018 announces approved exhibitors
ARCHITECT@WORK London 2018 announces approved exhibitors The London edition of this global, two-day event aimed at architects, designers and specifiers, is in its sixth year and is being held at Olymp...
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Metsä Wood to invest in Kerto LVL production in Punkaharju, Finland
Metsä Wood to invest in Kerto LVL production in Punkaharju, Finland Metsä Wood, a part of Metsä Group, has decided to build a new Kerto® LVL production line, with an annual capacity of 65,000 cubic me...
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Hartford DPW replaces wooden salt shed with ClearSpan fabric structure
Hartford DPW replaces wooden salt shed with ClearSpan fabric structure Established in 1784 and appointed the sole capital city of Connecticut, USA, in 1875, the city of Hartford covers 17.3 square mil...
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A new dawn for Kiruna as mine expands
A new dawn for Kiruna as mine expands Sweden’s northernmost city of Kiruna was founded next to an iron mine in 1900, and the two prospered together for more than 100 years. Now, the same mine’s expans...
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Galliford Try awarded £24m contract for new M49 junction at Avonmouth, UK
Galliford Try awarded £24m contract for new M49 junction at Avonmouth, UK The design and build scheme will feature a new grade separated junction with a roundabout spanning the motorway which will inc...
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New EIB €8.9 billion financing to support climate, water, transport, enterprise and education
New EIB €8.9 billion financing to support climate, water, transport, enterprise and education The December board meeting of the European Investment Bank (EIB) yesterday approved a total of €8.9 billio...
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Inrix predicts over 20 million vehicles will hit UK roads this Christmas causing 4 hour delays
Inrix predicts over 20 million vehicles will hit UK roads this Christmas causing 4 hour delays More than 20 million vehicles will hit the road this festive period resulting in significant delays, acco...
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Liebherr NC-B top-slewing cranes swing into action
Liebherr NC-B top-slewing cranes swing into action After the launch of the NC-B series last year, the cranes are already working on several construction sites. The smaller one of them is the Balewadi...
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Santa backs Highways England call for motorists to check their vehicles this Christmas
Santa backs Highways England call for motorists to check their vehicles this Christmas With just 13 days to go before Christmas, Highways England has called on the main man to help remind drivers to c...
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EIB supports upgrade of Kharkiv Metro in Ukraine
EIB supports upgrade of Kharkiv Metro in Ukraine The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 160m to finance improvements to the public transport system in Ukraine’s second largest city. EIB fun...
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South Yorkshire historic military bridge makes final journey
South Yorkshire historic military bridge makes final journey One of the last military bridges installed to form access to RAF Sandtoft, a Second World War airfield, has been removed after it was insta...
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New Zealand’s Waikato Expressway gets 110km/h speed limit sections
New Zealand’s Waikato Expressway gets 110km/h speed limit sections From today the speed limit on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road (SH2) and the Cambridge section of the Waikato Express...
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Heathrow welcomes 50th electric vehicle as part of pledge to ‘Go Electric’
Heathrow welcomes 50th electric vehicle as part of pledge to ‘Go Electric’ Heathrow has reached a key milestone in its pledge to ‘Go Electric’ with the delivery of the 50th electric vehicl...
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Norway to build world’s tallest timber building
Norway to build world’s tallest timber building “Mjøstårnet” will be more than 80 metres tall and stand 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world’s tallest timber building. “Mjøstårnet...
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Siemens hosts Women in ITS (UK) in England
Siemens hosts Women in ITS (UK) in England Leading traffic technology supplier Siemens hosted the latest Women in ITS interest group meeting at its offices and manufacturing centre in Poole, Dorset th...
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Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane works day and night
Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane works day and night Hoisting bridge elements through two overhead cables was the most difficult part of the job. A Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction...
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McCann begins work on £25m LED street lighting for Calderdale, Yorkshire
McCann begins work on £25m LED street lighting for Calderdale, Yorkshire Civil and Electrical Engineering firm, McCann, has begun work on a £25m contract to replace and maintain street lighting across...
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INTERMAT Construction Observatory flags €1,600 billion projects in EMEA
INTERMAT Construction Observatory flags €1,600 billion projects in EMEA INTERMAT, the international trade show for the construction and infrastructure sector, has unveiled its first Construction Indus...
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First glimpse of updated Highways England Road Design Manual set for 2018
First glimpse of updated Highways England Road Design Manual set for 2018 Highways England is set to release an updated set of road design standards in 2018 which will be used across the United Kingdo...
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BAM to deliver Visual Control Tower at Dublin Airport
BAM to deliver Visual Control Tower at Dublin Airport The Irish Aviation Authority has awarded the construction of the new Visual Control Tower (VCT) at Dublin Airport to BAM Ireland, the Irish operat...
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