VolvoCE scoops up two awards at Brand Film Festival London Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) takes silver and bronze prizes at PR Week’s Brand Film Festival awards in London. Volvo CE’s excavator film Pump It Up won silver for its viral creativity at the Brand Film Festival awards on May 1, while...
New Motorway Services in Leeds explores world of work with primary children Primary School students from East Leeds have benefitted from a skills initiative delivered by the team behind a nearby £60m major project to build a new Motorway Services Area (MSA) on the M1. Project Developers of Leeds Skelton...
Highways England rolls out Giant mobile barrier trucks Two giant 70ft-long mobile barrier lorries originally designed for military use to protect against roadside bombs are now keeping road workers and motorists safe. The 16-tonne barriers are among the latest innovations demonstrating Highways England’...
Hackathon calls for experts to create radical fire safety solutions Developers, engineers, building owners, tech start-ups and coders are needed to join a central London Hackathon that will bring experts from the built environment and the digital world together to develop new, commercially viable soluti...
Skyjack’s ELEVATE moving away from the map Skyjack has announced new developments to ELEVATE, its OEM-delivered telematics solution. The mobile-first solution was launched in 2018 and Skyjack has continued to work with its customers to ensure that ELEVATE identifies critical data points to help it...
Small Robots showcase sustainable farming robots at 4IR Agritech event Small Robot Company, a British Agritech start-up for sustainable farming, featured prominently in the Spring Reception for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) yesterday. Using robotics and arti...
Ebonyi State road in Nigeria upgrade to get US$167.6m funding The African Development Bank Group approved a US$70 million loan for a road project in Nigeria’s South Eastern Ebonyi State. The Bank will provide US$40 million, while its co-financier, the Africa Growing Together Fund (AGTF), will contribute...
Modernisation of Tamale Airport in Ghana financed by KfW IPEX-Bank KfW IPEX-Bank is supporting the expansion of Tamale Airport in northern Ghana with a loan of US$80 million. The loan is covered by government export credit insurance of the UK Export Finance (UKEF) agency. The contractor is the British s...
Minster Surfacing developing technology to make roads 90% recycled Lincolnshire-based road surfacing firm, Minster Surfacing is developing technology that could lead to all roads being made from 90% recycled material. Minster Surfacing works on roads across Lincolnshire on behalf of Lincolnshire County...
Shortlisted road safety schemes give drivers a clear view of approaching hazards Innovative road safety solutions which use Vehicle Activated Signs (VAS) to warn drivers of approaching hazards have contributed to two out of three finalist schemes at the Scottish Transport Awards (STA). In the category f...
Chalmit launches Protecta X LED lighting Chalmit, the leading luminaires manufacturer, has launched the Protecta X LED, a revolutionary light for the engineering and manufacturing industries. Up to 50% brighter than any traditional linear light on the market, the Protecta X has a user-definable light di...
Network Rail partnership launched to tackle increasing numbers of railway risk takers Network Rail and the British Transport Police (BTP) have today launched a new partnership with the English Football League Trust (EFL Trust) and StreetGames to help tackle the increasing number of people risking their...
Metso expands M & J pre-shredder waste recycling range with two new models Metso is expanding its waste recycling product range with the launch of the new Metso M&J K-series pre-shredders. The first two models will be M&J K160 and M&J K210. The new competitive models provide a low cost-p...
Excellent Volvo aftercare prompts Central Plant Hire in excavator choices Central Plant Hire of Horsham, West Sussex, has ordered a brace of Volvo EC18E compact excavators from Glosrose Construction Equipment thanks to the continued high level of aftersales support offered by both Glosrose and SMT GB. T...
Asphalt Pavement Alliance announces 2018 perpetual Pavement Award Winners Six departments of transportation were named as winners of 2018 Perpetual Pavement Awards by Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA). The award celebrates long-life asphalt pavements that reflect the characteristics of a Perpetual Pavemen...
USCO SpA purchases Midland Steel Traders Parts Group The UK’s leading undercarriage and wear parts specialist Midland Steel Traders Ltd (MST) has recently been purchased by their Italian supplier and world leader in the after-market earth-moving machines components, USCO S.p.A. MST were formed in 1963 i...
Plantworx 2019 features New Machines and Tech Hot on the heels of Bauma Munich, the Plantworx Construction Machinery Exhibition hosted by the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) is almost upon us! The 4th biennial working construction event is taking place at its brand-new home at the East of Engla...
Rivian announces $500m Ford partnership for electric vehicles Rivian today announced an equity investment of $500 million from Ford Motor Company. In addition to the investment, the companies have agreed to work together to develop an all-new, next-generation battery electric vehicle for Ford’s growing...
Boomtime for Australian Infrastructure Investors The Australian Government intends to invest AUD$100 billion over ten years from 2019-2020 in Australian Infrastructure around the nation. Both major parties, Labour and the Coalition, promise to spend billions on new rail and road projects and improvement...
VolvoCE launches Uptime Centre for EMEA region In a bid to become the customer’s number one choice for uptime in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Volvo CE has opened a new Uptime Centre with a dedicated team to proactively support Volvo dealers in providing solutions to problems that can lead t...
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