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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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First railless train unveiled in Zhuzhou, China
First railless train unveiled in Zhuzhou, China The world’s first railless train unveiled in Zhuzhou, Central China’s Hunan province on 2 June 2017. The 30-meter train, with three carriage...
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Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale
Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale Doka Ventures, a subsidiary of Austria’s Umdasch Group, is joining forces with inventor of deployable 3D...
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Rachel Contracting relies on Volvo excavators for tactical takedowns
Rachel Contracting relies on Volvo excavators for tactical takedowns Things are looking up for Minnesota-based Rachel Contracting, thanks to a Volvo EC700CHR high reach excavator that is hard at work...
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European Investment Bank signs €80m loan to finance research into environmentally friendly refuse lorries
European Investment Bank signs €80m loan to finance research into environmentally friendly refuse lorries The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant EUR 80m in financing to Urbaser for its investme...
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Parsons’ I-80 SMART Corridor Project named operational efficiency project of the year
Parsons’ I-80 SMART Corridor Project named operational efficiency project of the year Parsons recently accepted the “Operational Efficiency Project of the Year” award from the California T...
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ProCon Partners on route for bumper year with a share of £2.4 billion Highways England contracts
ProCon Partners on route for bumper year with a share of £2.4 billion Highways England contracts ProCon Partners, the leading project controls consultancy, has won a series of projects with Highways E...
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Oldcastle Precast bridge projects win design excellence awards
Oldcastle Precast bridge projects win design excellence awards Oldcastle Precast’s Skilton Road Bridge Rehabilitation and Interstate-10 Tex Wash Bridge Emergency Replacement Projects were recipients o...
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Hyperloop One reveals vision for Europe with 9 routes spanning the continent
Hyperloop One reveals vision for Europe with 9 routes spanning the continent Hyperloop One is offering Europe’s transport infrastructure an option that is more efficient, Greener, on-demand and faster...
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Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland chooses flexibility and quality with a new Metso mobile jaw crusher
Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland chooses flexibility and quality with a new Metso mobile jaw crusher Tillicoultry Quarries‘ Northfield quarry in Scotland recently received its Metso Lokotrack®...
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Volvo Construction Equipment helping to shape the future at Elmia Wood
Volvo Construction Equipment helping to shape the future at Elmia Wood Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta, and Volvo Trucks – are joining forces to show that they provide an all-round offer for...
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African Development Bank funds US$829 Million for Songwe River Basin Program in Malawi and Tanzania
African Development Bank funds US$829 Million for Songwe River Basin Program in Malawi and Tanzania Malawi and Tanzania have agreed to work together for the development of the Songwe River Basin Progr...
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Chicago Pneumatic expands into Australia with Genelite partnership
Chicago Pneumatic expands into Australia with Genelite partnership Chicago Pneumatic has partnered with Genelite, one of Australia’s largest independent manufacturers, suppliers and distributors...
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Balfour Beatty joint venture secures US$257 million water park project in Hong Kong
Balfour Beatty joint venture secures US$257 million water park project in Hong Kong Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that its joint venture, Gammon Construction,...
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Snøhetta Reimagines Willamette Falls in Oregon, USA
Snøhetta Reimagines Willamette Falls in Oregon USA Willamette Falls is the second largest waterfall by volume in the United States. For over a century, the breathtaking site has been cut off from publ...
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University of Twente studies enhanced paving quality delivered by Vögele’s Asphalt PowerFeeder in South Africa
University of Twente studies enhanced paving quality delivered by Vögele’s Asphalt PowerFeeder in South Africa A job site in South Africa has demonstrated that the VÖGELE MT 3000-2 Offset PowerF...
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Land reclamation in Dubai relies on precise sea wall positioning down to the nearest millimetre
Land reclamation in Dubai relies on precise sea wall positioning down to the nearest millimetre Dubai is growing and growing, so every meter counts as potential new building ground – land reclam...
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Suphanburi Quarry in Thailand goes high-tech with a complete aggregate processing plant from Metso
Suphanburi Quarry in Thailand goes high-tech with a complete aggregate processing plant from Metso Insee Aggregates has selected Metso to supply a full-scope, state-of-the-art quarry processing plant...
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Brexit Britain open for business as the first freight train loaded with exports departs from UK bound for China
Brexit Britain open for business as the first freight train loaded with exports departs from UK bound for China The first ever UK to China export train departed on 10 April 2017 laden with containers...
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From nuclear facilities to creating habitats for albatrosses, no corners are cut with Northwest Demolition & Dismantling
From nuclear facilities to creating habitats for albatrosses, no corners are cut with Northwest Demolition & Dismantling Safety with no compromises The year was 1954; President Eisenhower put forw...
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