New £1.5 million salt barn to help keep Britain’s roads moving this winter A new £1.5 million salt barn in Knutsford, Cheshire, will help to keep the region’s motorways and major A roads moving this winter. Highways England is storing more than 2,200 tonnes of salt in the new barn – enough to trea...
New A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon bridge beams lifted over major railway line New photos of giant bridge beams being lifted over one of the country’s main railway lines have been released by Highways England, as the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme successfully reaches yet another milestone....
How big is the pothole problem in the UK? If you lust after the thrill of airplane turbulence, you can often recreate it by driving down one of Britain’s many pothole-covered roads (though we wouldn’t recommend it). While it can be difficult to keep your car in top condition as you skilfully...
Remote control decreases downtime on Florida’s Interstate 4 project The ActiveCare alert came in on a sunny Wednesday morning in Florida: ‘Engine coolant critically low’. A technician sprang into action, temporarily halting a Volvo excavator from its work on the I-4 Ultimate Improvement Proj...
FCC wins bid to widen section I of the Inter-American Highway in Panama The consortium FCC Corredor de las Playas I, formed by FCC Construcción and the operator CICSA (infrastructures and construction division of the Grupo Carso), has won the bid to widen the first section of the Inter-American Highway...
STRABAG to build further Akalla tunnel section for the Stockholm motorway ring STRABAG Sverige AB, a subsidiary of STRABAG SE, has been awarded a €45 million contract from the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) to build the Akalla Motorway Tunnel. The tunnel is part of the Stockholm Bypass,...
Australia announces additional Aus$8.4 billion for Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail The Australian Government has announced its commitment to Inland Rail with an additional $8.4 billion investment. Inland Rail is forecast to boost Australia’s GDP by $16 billion over 50 years, reduce emissions by 750,00...
MIT study shows how to get sprayed metal coatings to stick When bonding two pieces of metal, either the metals must melt a bit where they meet or some molten metal must be introduced between the pieces. A solid bond then forms when the metal solidifies again. But researchers at MIT have found that in .....
Swedish PM and French President sign strategic partnership at Volvo HQ Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Volvo Group headquarters where they saw some of the company’s latest innovations – including the prototype, fully-electric EX2 compact excavator. T...
David Davis visits JCB to reassure British business as Brexit talks enter key stage The Rt. Hon. David Davis MP, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, today visited JCB’s World HQ to tour the manufacturing site and take part in discussions with some of its British suppliers – assuring...
Denbighshire’s new route to investment gives boost to businesses A new initiative is putting business investment at the heart of Denbighshire’s strategy for economic growth. The “Invest in Denbighshire” project is designed to encourage new investors to North Wales and to support home grown busines...
Volvo 40-tonne excavators find favour at H and S Contractors H and S Contractors Ltd of Kingsnorth, Hoo in Kent continues to add Volvo Construction Equipment products to its plant portfolio, following the purchase of a 25-tonne L150H late last year for its hire fleet. Established back in 1972, H&S C...
Roads sector expresses amusement at Chancellor’s future car vision for Britain The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has greeted the Chancellor’s, Philip Hammond, announcement that driverless cars will be on Britain’s roads by 2021 with some amusement. Hammond has made the announcement as...
Construction Lab Technician admits faking test results on mega bridge project The 55km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge and tunnel project started in 2011 and will link the three major cities of Zhuhai in mainland China, with Hong Kong and Macau. The project has been plagued by 270 accidents, 10 deaths, 60...
Taking control of the Future brings success Training and access to resources are key The construction industry is dynamic — ever changing and evolving through technology. The way contractors work today is clearly much different than 50 years ago — or 20 years — or even five years ago. The big difference...
Road collisions account for 20% of hospital trauma admissions in the UK One in five patients admitted to trauma centres in the UK were involved in road crashes in 2016 according to new figures obtained by Brake, the road safety charity. Road collisions were the second largest cause of trauma admissions,...
The Tesla Semi will deliver a high-tech and ultra-safe truck alternative. Unrivalled Performance Without a trailer, the Tesla Semi achieves 0-60 mph in five seconds, compared to 15 seconds in a comparable diesel truck. It does 0-60 mph in 20 seconds with a full 80,000-pound load, a task that takes a die...
Building an innovative, modular, transformable, easy to dismantle wooden home The Fondation des Amis de Médecins du Monde organized a competition to provide homes for people who are currently in precarious living conditions in Toulouse, France. A participating team from L’Ecole Nationale Supérieur...
Cycling accidents underline need for national pothole definition The rise in the number of cycling accidents caused by deteriorating road surfaces underlines calls for a national statutory standard definition of what comprises a pothole. The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has warned that wit...
Concrete Canvas wins Samsung Innovation Award Concrete Canvas was named the Samsung Innovation Award Winner at the 2017 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards gala dinner ceremony, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. This award recognises the company that successfully applies any form of innov...
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