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AfDB invests $125.3m for new Dam and the Water Treatment Plant in Tanzania
AfDB invests $125.3m for new Dam and the Water Treatment Plant in Tanzania The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Wednesday approved a $125.3 million loan to finance the first phase...
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Obayashi selects Innoviz LiDAR for proprietary Automatic Tower Crane System
Obayashi selects Innoviz LiDAR for proprietary Automatic Tower Crane System Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of high-performance solid-state LiDAR sensors, and Obayashi Corporation, a major J...
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AECOM JV wins Program Management for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
AECOM JV wins Program Management for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced its Airfield Management Partners joint venture w...
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Iteris wins $5m Florida DoT Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability Initiative
Iteris wins $5m Florida DoT Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability Initiative Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a...
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LiuGong Mining Trucks with rugged Allison Transmissions head to Colombia
LiuGong Mining Trucks with rugged Allison Transmissions head to Colombia Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions and the...
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PreZero partners with DXC Technology to reinvent Waste Recycling in Spain
PreZero partners with DXC Technology to reinvent Waste Recycling in Spain DXC Technology, a Fortune 500 global technology services provider, has been awarded a four-year contract by PreZero Group, a l...
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ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online to enhance City Services in Yakima, Washington
ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online to enhance City Services in Yakima, Washington For years, staff at the City of Yakima have managed all the geographic data for the municipality and used imagery as a too...
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Eagle Crusher’s Newest Plants on Display at World of Asphalt/Agg1
Eagle Crusher’s Newest Plants on Display at World of Asphalt/Agg1 The Eagle Crusher RapiDeploy® 1000, the company’s latest new-product innovation, will be on display at Booth #2002 at this year’s Worl...
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KfW IPEX-Bank co-financing €70m of the Sotra Connection road project in Norway
KfW IPEX-Bank co-financing €70m of the Sotra Connection road project in Norway KfW IPEX-Bank provided a circa NOK 700 (c. EUR 70m) million loan as part of a strong international consortium of lenders...
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Yunex Traffic technology upgrades to help reduce CO2 emissions across Liverpool
Yunex Traffic technology upgrades to help reduce CO2 emissions across Liverpool Forming part of a Transforming Cities Funding project, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has awarded a co...
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SOCOTEC delivers for the UK Transport and Logistics sector
SOCOTEC delivers for the UK Transport and Logistics sector Contributing £127 billion Gross Added Value, the logistics sector is vital to keeping the country’s economy moving. SOCOTEC’s Environment...
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Mastt Construction Technology start-up raises $9.5m for overseas expansion
Mastt Construction Technology start-up raises $9.5m for overseas expansion Construction technology start-up Mastt has raised $9.5 million (AUD) less than 12 months after its seed round, as it aims to...
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Ground-breaking Desalination Tech during Water Week at Dubai World Expo
Ground-breaking Desalination Tech during Water Week at Dubai World Expo More than 340 million square meters of banners were printed in Europe throughout 2018. If one were to link all these banners tog...
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Decarbonising highway operations in London enabled by Ringway innovations
Decarbonising highway operations in London enabled by Ringway innovations Ringway has made a further move to decarbonise its operations by enhancing its low impact fleet with a further EAV2Cubed cargo...
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CDE’s first-of-its-kind Contaminated Soils Wash Plant being commissioned in Canada
CDE’s first-of-its-kind Contaminated Soils Wash Plant being commissioned in Canada Locally-owned concrete, asphalt and aggregate recycling firm Calgary Aggregate Recycling Inc. (CAR) has announc...
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VINCI Highways gets to work on the B247 Federal Road project in Germany
VINCI Highways gets to work on the B247 Federal Road project in Germany VINCI Highways announces the beginning of the works to expand the B247 “Via Mülhausen Thüringen” road between Mühlhausen and Bad...
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Buildiro.com launches Crowdfunding Investment Round on Seedrs
Buildiro.com launches Crowdfunding Investment Round on Seedrs Buildiro.com, a digital marketplace for tradespeople, builders, and DIY enthusiasts in the United Kingdom, has launched a crowdfunding inv...
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UK National Highways appoints Faithful+Gould to support vital strategic road projects
UK National Highways appoints Faithful+Gould to support vital strategic road projects Faithful+Gould, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been appointed by National Highways to provide commercial m...
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Hytera Secure Communication Radio Technology endorsed at Expo 2020 Dubai
Hytera Secure Communication Radio Technology endorsed at Expo 2020 Dubai Hytera, a global leading provider of professional communications equipment and solutions, reported that their PoC radios, showc...
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Lower Thames Crossing using Procurement to reduce Carbon
Lower Thames Crossing using Procurement to reduce Carbon National Highways has today invited shortlisted bidders to tender for the £1.9 billion contracts to build the roads, green bridges, parks and w...
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Hubbway Plant Hire invest in intuitive Xwatch Machine Control technology
Hubbway Plant Hire invest in intuitive Xwatch Machine Control technology Hubbway Ltd was founded in 1965 by George Hubb. The business was originally located in Ellington, next to one of the largest de...
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XCMG equipment operates non-stop on Africa’s largest Hydropower Plant Construction
XCMG equipment operates non-stop on Africa’s largest Hydropower Plant Construction A fleet of XCMG construction machinery equipment has been operating nonstop on the construction of Africa’s la...
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Building up to Sydney Build Expo 2022
Building up to Sydney Build Expo 2022 Australia’s top built environment experts will meet with industry businesses and vendors at the annual Sydney Build Expo 2022. Taking place on the 1st & 2nd o...
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Velodyne Lidar to monitor Truck Traffic and Air Quality in Rüsselsheim
Velodyne Lidar to monitor Truck Traffic and Air Quality in Rüsselsheim Velodyne Lidar, Inc., today announced that the city of Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany, has selected Velodyne to deliver an Intellig...
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VertiGIS acquires EDP in Sweden to expand GIS solutions into the Nordic Market
VertiGIS acquires EDP in Sweden to expand GIS solutions into the Nordic Market VertiGIS, a leading geographic information systems (GIS) solution provider and software developer, has completed the acqu...
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UK Construction Industry booming with February contracts reaching £7bn
UK Construction Industry booming with February contracts reaching £7bn The latest report from leading construction industry intelligence provider, Barbour ABI, reveals that more than £7bn worth of con...
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Ritchie Bros. celebrates big March Auctions in Edmonton and the US Rockies
Ritchie Bros. celebrates big March Auctions in Edmonton and the US Rockies A week after selling 11,000+ items in Orlando, FL, Ritchie Bros. was right back at it with multi-day online auctions in Edmon...
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Mobile Mini a headline sponsor for Safety, Health and Environment Show North East
Mobile Mini a headline sponsor for Safety, Health and Environment Show North East Mobile Mini UK, one of the leading worldwide providers of portable accommodation and secure storage containers, has be...
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Wireless charging pioneered in Finland by Electreon and Destia
Wireless charging pioneered in Finland by Electreon and Destia Electreon intends to enter the Finnish market through a collaboration with Destia, the biggest infrastructure service company and a leadi...
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Granite wins $32m highway realignment project in California
Granite wins $32m highway realignment project in California Granite has been selected for the State Route 20 Omega Curve Realignment project in Nevada County, California. The project is awarded by Cal...
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Ahead of Futureworx event Xwatch announces MDiG collaboration
Ahead of Futureworx event Xwatch announces MDiG collaboration Xwatch safety systems have recently announced a new partnership with technology solutions specialists, MDiG, who will become official dist...
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The role of Telematics in reducing speeding evaluated by University College London
The role of Telematics in reducing speeding evaluated by University College London University College London (UCL) has received £140k funding from The Road Safety Trust to evaluate the role of telemat...
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New GHG emissions guidance published by ADEPT and Future Highways Research Group
New GHG emissions guidance published by ADEPT and Future Highways Research Group The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) and the Future Highways Research...
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Sacyr expands into Sweden with 17 km roadway contract
Sacyr expands into Sweden with 17 km roadway contract Sacyr Engineering and Infrastructures has won its first project ever in Sweden: the 32 km expansion of the Vag 56 roadway and the construction of...
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How Birmingham Highways new PFI Contract has changed
How Birmingham Highways new PFI Contract has changed Since June 2019 Birmingham City Council (BCC) and Birmingham Highways Limited (BHL), the special purpose vehicle owned by Equitix and PIP Infrastru...
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Liebherr TA 230 Litronic Dump Trucks deployed in Denmark and Sweden by MJ Eriksson
Liebherr TA 230 Litronic Dump Trucks deployed in Denmark and Sweden by MJ Eriksson Successful deployment of the TA 230 Litronic at one of the largest construction companies in Denmark: M.J. Eriksson A...
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Roadflash announces European launch of hazard awareness wrap
Roadflash announces European launch of hazard awareness wrap A new brand has entered the automotive market with a range of products designed to keep road users safe in the case of a breakdown –...
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Philippine’s Customs adopt Hytera Body-Worn Camera Solution
Philippine’s Customs adopt Hytera Body-Worn Camera Solution The Philippine Bureau of Customs integrated Hytera Body-Worn Camera Solution to their daily operation to modernize and strengthen its...
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Allison Transmission opens Innovation Center at Indianapolis Headquarters
Allison Transmission opens Innovation Center at Indianapolis Headquarters Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional, electric hybrid and fully electric vehicle propulsi...
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Wildfire AI Detection Pilot Program in Colorado uses N5 Sensor network
Wildfire AI Detection Pilot Program in Colorado uses N5 Sensor network With extreme weather and drought conditions, wildfires are intensifying and expected to impact areas not typically at risk accord...
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Targeting queue jumpers with WJ
Targeting queue jumpers with WJ Queue jumping is an ever present and increasing problem on the UK’s road network, whereby motorists wrongly utilise a traffic-free lane to cut in front of other road us...
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Technology Innovation Institute opens Advanced Materials Research Center in Abu Dhabi
Technology Innovation Institute opens Advanced Materials Research Center in Abu Dhabi Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a global research center and applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s A...
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Heishan selects Tonly Mining Dump Trucks with Allison Off-Road Series Transmissions
Heishan selects Tonly Mining Dump Trucks with Allison Off-Road Series Transmissions Allison Transmission, a manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions and the largest gl...
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Ferrovial wins €171m section of Murcia to Almería high-speed railway line
Ferrovial wins €171m section of Murcia to Almería high-speed railway line Ferrovial, through its Construction division, has been awarded a contract to build the high-speed rail track-bed between Lorca...
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Aggregate Industries brings Biogenic Asphalt to the UK
Aggregate Industries brings Biogenic Asphalt to the UK As part of its ongoing commitment to decarbonising the construction industry, leading building materials supplier Aggregate Industries has furthe...
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Peterbilt Electric Trucks eligible for up to $150,000 CARB HVIP Voucher
Peterbilt Electric Trucks eligible for up to $150,000 CARB HVIP Voucher Peterbilt Motors Company announces its industry-leading line-up of electric vehicles are eligible for the 2022 Hybrid and Zero-E...
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CEMEX invests in PartRunner on-demand Digital Delivery Solution
CEMEX invests in PartRunner on-demand Digital Delivery Solution CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., and CEMEX’s open innovation and corporate venture unit, CEMEX Ventures, announced today their investment in PartR...
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British companies must now provide Hearing Protection for all workers
British companies must now provide Hearing Protection for all workers Employers in Great Britain need to ensure that they are ready to provide the same level of hearing protection to workers who carry...
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Is Hybrid Connectivity the answer to safer Smart Motorways?
Is Hybrid Connectivity the answer to safer Smart Motorways? Whatever the Government decides when it’s completed its review of the paused smart motorway programme in England, digitisation of road and l...
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GSSI announces Florida showcase to focus on GPR for Concrete and Utility Markets
GSSI announces Florida showcase to focus on GPR for Concrete and Utility Markets GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be hosting a Florida Showcase...
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