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England to Wales Severn bridge transfer to public ownership draws closer
England to Wales Severn bridge transfer to public ownership draws closer People travelling over the Severn bridge will soon benefit from cheaper journeys as the bridges return to public ownership earl...
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Williams Racing F1 driver Lance Stroll shares his secrets at the JCB Academy
Williams Racing F1 driver Lance Stroll shares his secrets at the JCB Academy Williams Martini Racing Formula One driver Lance Stroll today shared some of the secrets of his sporting success during a v...
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DAB Civil Engineering Contractors goes for quality with 3 Volvo EC220E Excavators
DAB Civil Engineering Contractors goes for quality with 3 Volvo EC220E Excavators Leicester based DAB Civil Engineering Contractors Ltd has rekindled its association with Volvo Construction Equipment...
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£600 billion UK National Infrastructure Pipeline puts the cart before the horse
£600 billion UK National Infrastructure Pipeline puts the cart before the horse The announcement by the British Government that some £600 billion is to be spent on national infrastructure investment i...
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New Wirtgen W210XP milling machine is a champion performer in its weight class
New Wirtgen W210XP milling machine is a champion performer in its weight class With the W210XP, the Wirtgen experts have extended their comprehensive product range with a new high-performance machine....
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Manitou scoops the Étoile du Design Made in France prize
Manitou scoops the Étoile du Design Made in France prize The Manitou group, the global leader in all-terrain handling, has won the “Étoile du Design Made In France” prize at the Étoiles du...
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EFKON delivers intelligent enforcement system for Austria’s toll roads
EFKON delivers intelligent enforcement system for Austria’s toll roads EFKON GmbH of Raaba by Graz, Austria, a subsidiary of STRABAG SE, is a leading provider of intelligent road toll collection...
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Major Metro Tunnel construction works on display in Australia
Major Metro Tunnel construction works on display in Australia Locals and visitors will be able to watch construction of the biggest public transport project in Victoria, Australia’s history from new v...
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ADB approves US$400m to modernise Azerbaijan’s North-South Railway Corridor
ADB approves US$400m to modernise Azerbaijan’s North-South Railway Corridor The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved two loans totalling $400 million to help strengthen...
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JCB celebrates manufacturing milestone of half a million engines
JCB celebrates manufacturing milestone of half a million engines A JCB business which has powered its way to international success celebrated the production of half a million JCB engines – enoug...
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Volvo CE continues the Megaproject story – Moving the city of Kiruna
Volvo CE continues the Megaproject story – Moving the city of Kiruna The latest episode of ‘The Megaproject Listing’ takes viewers to the northernmost city in Sweden, Kiruna – where the city is...
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Digital dashboard to keep Australian’s in Victoria up-to-date on road conditions
Digital dashboard to keep Australian’s in Victoria up-to-date on road conditions From today, Victorians will be able to log on to a digital dashboard on the VicRoads website to track progress on...
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John Wainwright’s Volvo EC750E Excavator a solid performer
John Wainwright’s Volvo EC750E Excavator a solid performer A new seventy-five tonne Volvo EC750E has been delivered to John Wainwright & Co Ltd’s Moons Hill Quarry in the Mendips following a...
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PERI scaffold solutions prop up the Williams Bridge refurbishment in Rotterdam
PERI scaffold solutions prop up the Williams Bridge refurbishment in Rotterdam The refurbishment of the pylons on Rotterdam’s Williams Bridge proved to be a tremendous challenge for installing t...
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JCB backs Stoke on Trent’s bid for City of Culture in the UK
JCB backs Stoke on Trent’s bid for City of Culture in the UK JCB today threw its weight behind Stoke-on-Trent’s bid for UK City of Culture status as the clock ticks down to decision day. Stoke-o...
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Highways England lifting 400 miles of roadwork to ease Christmas congestion
Highways England lifting 400 miles of roadwork to ease Christmas congestion A £15bn investment on motorways and major A-roads is helping motorists and hauliers this festive season get to their destina...
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PERI Group reorganise their Management Structure
PERI Group reorganise their Management Structure The shareholders and the Advisory Board of the PERI Group have decided to change the management organization of the family-owned company: As of January...
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CECE Secretary General visits Volvo CE Swedish facilities in Eskilstuna
CECE Secretary General visits Volvo CE Swedish facilities in Eskilstuna The Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE) recently met the experts at Volvo CE to discuss how technology and envi...
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Galliford Try leads the way with new employee wellbeing programme
Galliford Try leads the way with new employee wellbeing programme Galliford Try, the leading housebuilding and construction group, has launched its new employee wellbeing programme ‘Be Well’ and a new...
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First Volvo demolition EC750E Excavator for R Collard Ltd
First Volvo demolition EC750E Excavator for R Collard Ltd R Collard Ltd of Eversley, near Hook, Hampshire has taken delivery of the first demolition specified Volvo EC750E to be sold in Great Britain...
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Highways England gets green light for new Kent M20 motorway junction
Highways England gets green light for new Kent M20 motorway junction A £104m project to create a new motorway junction on the M20 in Kent has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State...
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New report shows Heathrow Airport Noise footprint at smallest recorded levels
New report shows Heathrow Airport Noise footprint at smallest recorded levels A new annual noise contour report shows that Heathrow airport’s noise footprint continues to shrink – with over 52,000 few...
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Citilabs leverages location data for Total Population Movement Analytics across the USA
Citilabs leverages location data for Total Population Movement Analytics across the USA Citilabs’ Streetlytics provides complete hour-by-hour origin-destination and road volume analytics for the entir...
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CIMIC’S Leighton Asia wins A$390m Hong Kong Airport works
CIMIC’S Leighton Asia wins A$390m Hong Kong Airport works CIMIC Group company, Leighton Asia, with joint venture partner Chun Wo Construction and Engineering Company Limited (‘Chun Wo’), has been sele...
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R&W Civil Engineering wins share of £100m M25 Motorway Works
R&W Civil Engineering wins share of £100m M25 Motorway Works R&W Civil Engineering has been awarded a place on the second Call-Off Framework Agreement (COFA-2) to deliver improvement works on...
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Oxfordshire deploys Siemens traffic weight enforcement system
Oxfordshire deploys Siemens traffic weight enforcement system A new traffic enforcement system has been introduced by Trading Standards in Oxfordshire to help protect one of the oldest river crossings...
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SkyAccess boosts Skyjacks presence in Switzerland
SkyAccess boosts Skyjacks presence in Switzerland Skyjack is increasing its market share in Switzerland with SkyAccess, a sales and rental company in the country, adding more Skyjack equipment to its...
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Safety first for Florida’s I-4 reconstruction
Safety first for Florida’s I-4 reconstruction Floridians are looking forward to an increase in both time and safety when the $2.3 billion I-4 Ultimate interstate megaproject is completed in 2021...
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ALE Heavy Lift completes bridge launch in Serbia
ALE Heavy Lift completes bridge launch in Serbia ALE has completed the launching of the Zezelj bridge, weighing 11,100 tonnes, in Novi Sad, Serbia. The global heavylifting providers were contracted by...
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Latin American Liebherr dealers hold conference in Chile
Latin American Liebherr dealers hold conference in Chile Liebherr invited sales partners from eight Latin American countries to a dealers’ conference in Chile. In addition to visiting the airpor...
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Parsons awarded Kentucky I-265/I-64 Interchange
Parsons awarded Kentucky I-265/I-64 Interchange Parsons has been selected by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) to present reconstruction options for the I-265/I-64 Interchange in Jefferson Co...
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Highways England wins prestigious award for Road to Growth strategy
Highways England wins prestigious award for Road to Growth strategy The Institute of Economic Development (IED) hailed Highways England’s strategic economic growth plan, The Road to Growth with...
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Strabag launches eCall automatic in-vehicle emergency call system in Luxembourg
Strabag launches eCall automatic in-vehicle emergency call system in Luxembourg STRABAG Infrastructure & Safety Solutions GmbH (SISS), a 100% subsidiary of STRABAG AG, has delivered its NGS3600 co...
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Property consultant remains positive for post Brexit UK construction sector
Property consultant remains positive for post Brexit UK construction sector One of the UK’s leading construction and property consultancies, Thomas & Adamson, believes despite the negative outlook...
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Liebherr wins two design awards for their earthmoving machines
Liebherr wins two design awards for their earthmoving machines Liebherr has received the 2018 German Design Award in the “Excellent Product Design” category for its T46-7 telescopic handle...
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MGS Training School gears up with State of the Art VolvoCE Equipment
MGS Training School gears up with State of the Art VolvoCE Equipment MGS Training Ltd, with its headquarters located at Bargeddie in Glasgow and its 40-acre training centre at Heartlands just off the...
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Builders Merchants Federation responds to UK Government Industrial Strategy
Builders Merchants Federation responds to UK Government Industrial Strategy Responding to the UK Government’s much-anticipated Industrial Strategy unveiled today, John Newcomb, Chief Executive of the...
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Successful implementation of innovative technology into an existing Mining Operation
Successful implementation of innovative technology into an existing Mining Operation The implementation of new technology into an existing mining operation can deliver a positive change in operation a...
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Samsung C and T wins First North-South Corridor contract in Singapore
Samsung C and T wins First North-South Corridor contract in Singapore Samsung C&T Corporation has been selected as the first contractor to design and construct a stretch of the North-South Corrido...
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Melbourne gets first dedicated, high-speed Busway Lane
Melbourne gets first dedicated, high-speed Busway Lane Melbourne, Australia, gets first dedicated Melbourne busway, built as part of North East Link – slashing travel times and delivering more service...
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Australia’s Melbourne NE Link biggest ever transport project in Victoria
Australia’s Melbourne NE Link biggest ever transport project in Victoria The North East Link will be the biggest transport project in Victoria’s history, finally building the missing link in Mel...
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Skyjack partners with a new supplier in the UAE
Skyjack partners with a new supplier in the UAE Linamar Corporation’s Skyjack division recently filled a tall order with growing UAE rental company Safelift LLC. The Abu Dhabi based rental compa...
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Will the dash cam make safer drivers and safer roads?
Will the dash cam make safer drivers and safer roads? A dash cam is a small camera mounted on the dashboard or windscreen of your car and facing the road, although for even better coverage you can als...
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AfDB approves €122m loan for Tunisia Road Improvement Project
AfDB approves €122m loan for Tunisia Road Improvement Project The Board of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of €112 million to help finance the North-East Road Connectivit...
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Volvo EC18D a Jack of all Trades for Willie Paterson
Volvo EC18D a Jack of all Trades for Willie Paterson A Volvo EC18D compact excavator has established a niche for itself with owners W T Paterson Joinery & Building – working on a whole spect...
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Speed down, save lives!
Speed down, save lives! Brake, the national road safety charity founded and lead the annual Road Safety Week, which takes place this week, the 20th – 26th November. This year’s theme is Speed Down Sav...
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ODI welcomes new Geospatial Commission and measures to open up land data in UK
ODI welcomes new Geospatial Commission and measures to open up land data in UK The Open Data Institute has called for open land data for a long time, both in the UK and abroad. By opening up mapping d...
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Lower Thames Crossing’s £8bn economic benefit welcomed
Lower Thames Crossing’s £8bn economic benefit welcomed Businesses from across Essex and Kent have been encouraged by Highways England, the organisation delivering the new Lower Thames Crossing, to sta...
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Life-saving training for Highways England Traffic Officers
Life-saving training for Highways England Traffic Officers More than 950 Highways England Traffic Officers are being trained in life saving first aid, giving them enhanced skills which may be used to...
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Parsons selected as Technical Advisor for Metrolinx enhanced train control and signalling
Parsons selected as Technical Advisor for Metrolinx enhanced train control and signalling Parsons has begun providing technical advisory services for Metrolinx’s Enhanced Train Control and Conventiona...
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