M3 Motorway in England gets first βOrangeβ Smart Motorway Emergency Area The first of a new-style smart motorway emergency area, where drivers can stop in an emergency, is being trialled on the M3 in Surrey. The redesigned emergency area has a highly visible orange road surface and better signs to help...
First big HS2 contracts to build Britainβs new railway will support 16,000 jobs Winners of Β£6.6 billion worth of major construction contracts for HS2 Phase OneΒ announced. government confirms plans to extend HS2 from Birmingham to north-west, East Midlands and Yorkshiredecision announced on the first sta...
EIB lends β¬1bn to co-finance Romania’s transport infrastructure projects The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 1bn toΒ co-finance with European Structural and Investment FundsΒ priority transport infrastructure projects totalling EUR 6.8bn to be implementedΒ across RomaniaΒ duringΒ the 2014...
JCB wins huge power generation deal at prestigious Canary Wharf JCB Broadcrown has secured a contract to provide stand-by power at one of Londonβs most striking and mixed use developments. Standing 27 storeys high, the 700,000 sq ft development – known as One Bank Street – is being built at...
Max Fordham Environmental Design Prize awarded to stunning Viking Longhouse project βLight and Dark in the Land of Fire and Iceβ The winner of this yearβs Max Fordham Environmental Design Prize has reimagined a traditional Viking long-house as a contemporary town hall and performance space. Amani Radeef...
BPMS produce pink Avant wheel-loader to support Make a Wish Foundation and Macmillan Cancer Hampshire based plant and machinery dealers BPMS Ltd. have produced the worldβs first pink Avant 635 compact wheeled loader, which will be the focal point of a fund raising charity campaign for the Make-a-Wish Fo...
Balfour Beatty VINCI JV to be awarded Β£2.5 billion HS2 rail contracts Balfour Beatty VINCI, a long established joint venture between two global infrastructure leaders recognized for its portfolio of large-scale projects, today announces its notification of intent to be awarded two contracts by High Spee...
Colombia signs β¬640m concession contract for CΓΊcuta to Pamplona Highway Sacyr Concesiones will invest 2 billion Colombian pesos (around β¬640 million) in renovating the 67-kilometer road and completing the dual carriageway corridor. The National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) of Colombia has signed the conc...
Volvo Construction Equipment celebrates their 75,000th hauler With half of all the articulated haulers ever made bearing the Volvo brand, the company has just passed another landmark β the production of its 75,000th hauler. More than half a century after they invented the concept, Volvo Construction Equ...
New A5 to M1 link road in UK opens up opportunities for thousands of new homes and jobs A new road which links the A5 with the M1 via a new motorway junction in Bedfordshire has been welcomed at its official opening on 13 July 2017. The A5-M1 link road has created a new northern ...
Searching for a parking space costs the UK Β£23.3 billion per year UK drivers spend an average of 44 hours a year searching for parking, at a cost of Β£733 each in wasted time, fuel and emissions, a total of Β£23.3 billion across the country Overpaying for parking costs British motorists up to an estimated...
Summer’s coming! Keep the holiday traffic flowing smoothly with Clearview The summer holiday season is almost upon us and with it the inevitable increase in traffic on the roads. Clearview Intelligence has the solutions to keep the traffic moving, minimise congestion, and driver frustration. Have...
UK Construction Industry invited to support CRASH at Charity Golf Event Global events and media experts at Versanta are asking members of the Construction industry to take to the fairways as part of a fundraising campaign for CRASH β The construction industry Charity. CRASH is a unique, practical charit...
S.M.E. Businesses are Driving Record Employment Levels in Britain Film and TV production, machinery repair and food vans all booming SMEs account for over 70% of private sector employment growth since 2011 SME debt falls Β£34 billion in five years SME growth highest in Manchester (50%), London (41%) and...
JCBβs Louise crowned Apprentice of the Year Teenager Louise Meredith is the toast of JCB after she was named Young Employee / Apprentice of the Year at a regional business awards. Higher Apprentice Louise, 19, who works at JCBβs World HQ in Rocester scooped the title at the Staffordshire Chambers of Com...
Hyperloop One makes history with world’s first successful Hyperloop full systems test Hyperloop One today announced the successful completion of the world’s first full systems Hyperloop test in a vacuum environment. This test was Phase 1 of a multi-Phase program and was privately conducted o...
Thales supporting modernisation of 36 km or railway through Ankara Turkey’s BaΕkentray project involves the renovation of the signalling systems for conventional, high-speed and suburban lines along a 36-kilometre section stretching from Sincan to KayaΕ through the city of Ankara. Key Points The B...
Chapman Taylor behind the first modular hotel built in Manchester Chapman Taylorβs new 220 bedroom Holiday Inn Express, built off-site from purpose built steel shipping containers, has been completed at Manchesterβs Trafford City. It is the first hotel in the North West to be built using this particular...
Herrenknecht TBM completes 3.2 km road tunnel in Switzerland The shell of the Belchen rehabilitation tunnel has been completed. Tunnelling ended successfully in Eptingen in the Swiss canton of Basel-Country on June 21, 2017, three months ahead of schedule. The tunnel boring machine (TBM) (diameter 13.91...
Marshalls relies on VolvoCE to pave the way for monumental work With prestigious projects such as Londonβs Trafalgar Square and Wembley Stadium in its portfolio, the UKβs leading hard landscaping manufacturer is using Volvo equipment to help carve its niche. Looking out from atop the stone steps of Lond...
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