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President Trump works to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure
President Trump works to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure The old system for completing environmental reviews in the US was fragmented, inefficient, and unpredictable leading to a call...
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Oldcastle Precast produce post-tensioned bridge slabs for Pine Basin Bridge replacement
Oldcastle Precast produce post-tensioned bridge slabs for Pine Basin Bridge replacement Oldcastle Precast Idaho Falls teamed with Bonneville Power Administration, HK Contractors, and Bryant Greene Con...
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£7 m flood resilience works announced for A66 Cumbrian tourist route
£7 m flood resilience works announced for A66 Cumbrian tourist route A £7 million project designed to keep drivers safely and smoothly on the move along the A66 at Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria was co...
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Siemens builds eHighway for hybrid trucks in Germany
Siemens builds eHighway for hybrid trucks in Germany Siemens has been commissioned by the German state of Hesse to build an overhead contact line for electrified freight transport on a ten-kilometer s...
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Minera Las Bambas gives METSO award for exceptional safety performance in Peru
Minera Las Bambas gives METSO award for exceptional safety performance in Peru Metso has received an award from Minera Las Bambas for achieving the goal of zero incidents during plant shutdowns. The s...
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Black mudfish get special attention on New Zealand Expressway works
Black mudfish get special attention on New Zealand Expressway works Staff working on the Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway have dug in more than 1300 natives to protect an isolated pocket of at...
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Detailed design for 20km road rehabilitation project in Dominica provided by Mott MacDonald
Detailed design for 20km road rehabilitation project in Dominica provided by Mott MacDonald Mott MacDonald is providing the detailed design for the Loubiere to Bagatelle road rehabilitation project on...
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Hutton Stone invests in new Volvo EC380E crawler excavator for a new sandstone venture in the Scottish Borders
Hutton Stone invests in new Volvo EC380E crawler excavator for a new sandstone venture in the Scottish Borders Hutton Stone Co Ltd based close to Berwick upon Tweed in the Scottish Borders has purchas...
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Japan funds Sihanoukville Port development in Cambodia
Japan funds Sihanoukville Port development in Cambodia The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a loan agreement in Tokyo with the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia to provide...
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Japan funds reconstruction of bridges in St Lucia to protect its infrastructure from natural disasters
Japan funds reconstruction of bridges in St Lucia to protect its infrastructure from natural disasters On August 9, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a grant agreement with the...
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Highways England supports training exercise in Birmingham
Highways England supports training exercise in Birmingham Highways England joined together with the emergency services including West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance service for a sp...
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Elliott Bay Seawall Project in Washington USA receives multiple awards
Elliott Bay Seawall Project in Washington USA receives multiple awards Throughout the year the Elliott Bay Seawall project has received multiple awards for design, leadership, environmental, sustainab...
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£45.5m road improvements in England set to create 10,000 homes and 6,000 jobs
£45.5m road improvements in England set to create 10,000 homes and 6,000 jobs Multi-million pound road improvement schemes announced today by Highways England are set to help unlock the development of...
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Parsons to prepare Seismic Studies on two Montreal Bridges
Parsons to prepare Seismic Studies on two Montreal Bridges The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated have awarded Parsons and CIMA+ the mandate to prepare seismic studies of both the Jacq...
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Swiss Alps pedestrian suspension bridge opens
Swiss Alps pedestrian suspension bridge opens The Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge near the village of Randa in the Swiss Alps has opened as a replacement to a previous bridge that had been damaged by...
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China is building a rail tunnel, deep below the Great Wall of China
China is building a rail tunnel, deep below the Great Wall of China China is constructing a 12 kilometre long high-speed train tunnel through a section of the Great Wall to connect Zhangjiakou city, w...
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Taking articulated dump truck safety levels to zero
Taking articulated dump truck safety levels to zero Leading contractor Chepstow Plant International, like many contractors, takes health and safety very seriously. They have increased their focus on A...
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Parsons celebrates AASHTO Awards for Innovation, Excellence and Community
Parsons celebrates AASHTO Awards for Innovation, Excellence and Community Parsons is pleased to announce that the Columbia I-70 Bridges in Missouri as well as the Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing...
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Dome of Visions in Denmark made from sustainable wood
Dome of Visions in Denmark made from sustainable wood Aarhus in Denmark is the European Capital of Culture in 2017 and for this occasion, a huge transparent dome of glue-laminated timber will serve as...
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11 new Volvo articulated haulers and a 75t excavator for Hall Construction
11 new Volvo articulated haulers and a 75t excavator for Hall Construction A package of eleven Volvo articulated haulers and a seventy-five tonne EC750E mass excavator have re-established a long stand...
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£282m investment for M42 junction 6 near Birmingham, England
£282m investment for M42 junction 6 near Birmingham, England Highways England is announcing its preferred route for a major £282m improvement scheme to improve the M42 junction 6 near Solihull – whic...
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Ghana targets 5 million passengers yearly with AfDB funded international airport expansion
Ghana targets 5 million passengers yearly with AfDB funded international airport expansion The construction of a new terminal at Ghana’s flagship airport, Kotoka International Airport, is expected to...
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Emerging Africa Investment Fund backs expansion at two Madagascar airports
Emerging Africa Investment Fund backs expansion at two Madagascar airports Two airports in Madagascar are to have their runways, passenger terminal facilities and allied infrastructure upgraded and ex...
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Parsons and Tekfen Engineering awarded contract for World’s Longest Suspension Bridge in Turkey
Parsons and Tekfen Engineering awarded contract for World’s Longest Suspension Bridge in Turkey The Turkish Directorate of Highways KGM has awarded Parsons – in a joint venture with Tekfen Engin...
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Société Lyonnaise de Travaux Publics operators unanimously choose Hitachi Excavators
Société Lyonnaise de Travaux Publics operators unanimously choose Hitachi Excavators Société Lyonnaise de Travaux Publics (SLTP) has purchased eight Hitachi medium excavators and one mini excavator fr...
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Balfour Beatty recognised for outstanding support to the British Armed Forces community
Balfour Beatty recognised for outstanding support to the British Armed Forces community Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD)...
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School Ecology Workshops boost engagement for developers
School Ecology Workshops boost engagement for developers The Ecology Consultancy, a leading UK based ecological consultancy, have recently launched an initiative of School Ecology Workshops to assist...
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Cheshire’s new smart motorway safety barrier nears completion
Cheshire’s new smart motorway safety barrier nears completion Last 4-tonne concrete blocks lifted into place on M6 A new 20-mile-long concrete safety barrier on the M6 in Cheshire is nearing completio...
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MARIN tests floating mega city as a solution to sea level rise and overcrowded cities
MARIN tests floating mega city as a solution to sea level rise and overcrowded cities This week MARIN (Maritime Research Institute) tested an innovative concept for a floating mega island. The island...
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Architectural lighting turns the OnCube office complex in Shanghai into a landmark
Architectural lighting turns the OnCube office complex in Shanghai into a landmark To create the distinctive “onCube” building in Shanghai, the German GMP studio (consisting of Meinhard von Gerkan, Ni...
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ALE complete Mine transport project in South Africa
ALE complete Mine transport project in South Africa ALE has successfully transported 30 components making up two new Sandvik bucket wheel stacker reclaimers inside Richards Bay Coal Terminal, South Af...
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‘First of its kind’ speed awareness solution installed across six locations on the A75 in Scotland
‘First of its kind’ speed awareness solution installed across six locations on the A75 in Scotland The A75 Gretna Green to Stranraer road is the main route through Scotland to the ferry port servicing...
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New Mecalac MWR Excavators deliver a practical solution with a revolutionary design
New Mecalac MWR Excavators deliver a practical solution with a revolutionary design “Made in Mecalac” Design Design that sets us apart from the crowd is a major feature of Mecalac products. Besides be...
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CPB Contractors wins A$215 million Queensland ring road project
CPB Contractors wins A$215 million Queensland ring road project CPB Contractors has been selected by the Department of Transport and Main Roads to deliver Stage 1 of the $497.3 million Mackay Ring Roa...
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IsDB opens tenders for reconstruction of the Atyrau to Russian border (Astrakhan) Road Project in Kazakhstan
IsDB opens tenders for reconstruction of the Atyrau to Russian border (Astrakhan) Road Project in Kazakhstan The Islamic Development Bank has announced invitation for prequalification following the Ge...
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STRABAG to build €72m Thiba Dam in Kenya to secure future water supplies
STRABAG to build €72m Thiba Dam in Kenya to secure future water supplies STRABAG, the publicly listed technology group for construction services, has been commissioned to build the Thiba Dam in Kenya....
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Interview with Henri Marchetta, Chairman and Founder of the MECALAC Group and his son, Vice-Chairman Alexandre Marchetta
Interview with Henri Marchetta, Chairman and Founder of the MECALAC Group and his son, Vice-Chairman Alexandre Marchetta Mecalac is a business that has moved from industrialisation to similarly succes...
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Shell Bitumen solutions and expertise vital for 55km Hong Kong to Macau bridge
Shell Bitumen solutions and expertise vital for 55km Hong Kong to Macau bridge Today, China marked the completion of the main bridge deck section at the China mainland side of the landmark Hong Kong-Z...
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Heathrow’s mam-moth discovery
Heathrow’s mam-moth discovery Heathrow’s biodiversity engineers are in a flutter after uncovering what is the 3,000th species known to be living in the 170 hectares of biodiversity lands the airport m...
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Highways England reveals 15 more upgrades to start or open by spring 2018
Highways England reveals 15 more upgrades to start or open by spring 2018 Seven major schemes completed in the past year Eight major schemes due to be completed in the next 12 months Seven schemes to...
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England’s M3 £174m upgrade opens to traffic
England’s M3 £174m upgrade opens to traffic The M3 in Surrey and Hampshire has become the latest road in the UK to be upgraded to a smart motorway, Highways England announced today (Tuesday 1 Au...
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Saxby Surfacing celebrate 30 years in business with purchase of a Volvo P6870C ABG Paver
Saxby Surfacing celebrate 30 years in business with purchase of a Volvo P6870C ABG Paver Saxby Surfacing Contractors from Sheffield are entering their thirtieth year of trading and to commemorate the...
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Clearview Intelligence celebrates Brake Award nomination for safety innovation
Clearview Intelligence celebrates Brake Award nomination for safety innovation Clearview Intelligence has long been an active supporter of Brake, the road safety charity, so was were delighted to lear...
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Special PPE required during hydro-demolition at Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction
Special PPE required during hydro-demolition at Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction Flying debris that travels faster than a bullet is just one of the hazards facing Highways England repair teams wo...
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WSP announces acquisition of Poch, a leading Latin American consulting firm
WSP announces acquisition of Poch, a leading Latin American consulting firm WSP Global Inc., one of the world’s leading professional services firms, has announced that it is pursuing its expansi...
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Hitachi excavators make their mark in Denmark
Hitachi excavators make their mark in Denmark Hitachi short-tail swing mini and medium excavators are relied upon by Danish contractor Allan Madsen of AM Entreprise ApS for completing groundworks, dra...
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Metso celebrates Copper Mine’s 100 million tons of crushed ore
Metso celebrates Copper Mine’s 100 million tons of crushed ore Metso and Freeport-McMoRan celebrated an impressive milestone as the new HRC™3000, the world’s largest operating high-pressur...
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STRABAG to work on billion euro HS2 project in the United Kingdom
STRABAG to work on billion euro HS2 project in the United Kingdom Main Work Civil Contract packages for lots S1 and S2 of new HS2 high-speed railway link in the United Kingdom. Consortium consisting o...
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Hitachi donates an excavator to elephant sanctuary in Southwest France
Hitachi donates an excavator to elephant sanctuary in Southwest France Hitachi Construction Machinery is donating a used mini excavator to the first elephant sanctuary in Europe. The 70-acre rural sit...
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London’s most inspiring entrepreneurs are leaving the skyscrapers for a new start
London’s most inspiring entrepreneurs are leaving the skyscrapers for a new start For years, it was the ultimate graduate dream – a secure training scheme with a big-name company in the City, pl...
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