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Wirtgen F Series Milling Machine takes Pole Position at Alabama Racetrack
Wirtgen F Series Milling Machine takes Pole Position at Alabama Racetrack Two W 210 Fi milling machines from Wirtgen have claimed a wire-to-wire victory at the famous Barber Motorsports Park in Birmin...
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EIB funding €40m reconstruction of major roads in Montenegro
EIB funding €40m reconstruction of major roads in Montenegro The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a second tranche worth €40 million for the rehabilitation of 180 kilometres of road along the fiv...
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GHH supplies maintenance vehicles to Codelco for Chilean copper mine
GHH supplies maintenance vehicles to Codelco for Chilean copper mine With several vehicles, the machine manufacturer GHH now also supports the world’s largest copper producer Codelco, which is c...
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Mecalac Construction Equipment UK appoints Juergen Kreienbaum new GM
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK appoints Juergen Kreienbaum new GM Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has announced the appointment of Juergen Kreienbaum as General Manager. Joining the business with...
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McCann wins part of M27 smart motorway upgrade project
McCann wins part of M27 smart motorway upgrade project Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has recently been commissioned to deliver substantial works as part of Highways Eng...
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LafargeHolcim introduces ECOPact Low-Carbon Concrete in the United States
LafargeHolcim introduces ECOPact Low-Carbon Concrete in the United States Building on the success of its recent launch in Europe, Aggregate Industries, a member of the LafargeHolcim family of companie...
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New York City Transit Authority upgrades fleet with 50 Allison Electric-hybrid Flyer Buses
New York City Transit Authority upgrades fleet with 50 Allison Electric-hybrid Flyer Buses New Flyer and Allison Transmission, the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic...
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OC 405 Partners managing traffic on I-405 Project in California with Iteris ClearGuide
OC 405 Partners managing traffic on I-405 Project in California with Iteris ClearGuide Iteris, a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that OC 405 Partners is upgr...
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Balfour Beatty ranked top Education Contractor in Southeast USA
Balfour Beatty ranked top Education Contractor in Southeast USA Engineering News-Record (ENR) has named Balfour Beatty the Southeast USA’s No. 1 contractor in the education market sector for 2020. The...
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Terex Trucks TA300 gets a high grade at Texas high school construction projects
Terex Trucks TA300 gets a high grade at Texas high school construction projects It’s back to school for Franco Builders as the family-owned contractor takes on two major new high school projects in th...
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EBRD financing municipal infrastructure modernisation in Bakuriani, Georgia
EBRD financing municipal infrastructure modernisation in Bakuriani, Georgia The population of Bakuriani, a city in the Borjomi municipality of Georgia, will benefit from improved public transport and...
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Hitachi’s cab comfort a big hit with UK’s first Zaxis-7 Excavator operators
Hitachi’s cab comfort a big hit with UK’s first Zaxis-7 Excavator operators The first machines from the new generation of Hitachi Zaxis-7 excavators have arrived in England and been delive...
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Ford Experimenting with 4-legged Boston Dynamics robots to 3D Scout factories
Ford Experimenting with 4-legged Boston Dynamics robots to 3D Scout factories These four-legged dog-like robots can sit, shake hands and roll over. They also can perform 360-degree camera scans, handl...
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A new £70m Automotive Powertrain Research Centre is to be built in the UK
A new £70m Automotive Powertrain Research Centre is to be built in the UK A new £70 million research and development centre is to be established in the UK with the ambition of becoming one of the lead...
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APM announces Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Project of the Year finalists
APM announces Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Project of the Year finalists The finalists of the annual Association for Project Management (APM) Awards have been announced ahead of the li...
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10 Liebherr 1000 EC-H 40 High-Top crane rise to the Grand Paris Express challenge
10 Liebherr 1000 EC-H 40 High-Top crane rise to the Grand Paris Express challenge Since May 2018, there have been ten 1000 EC-H 40 High-Top tower cranes with very high lifting capacities on the constr...
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Ferrovial awarded €288m contract to expand Porto Metro in Portugal
Ferrovial awarded €288m contract to expand Porto Metro in Portugal Ferrovial, through a consortium involving its subsidiary Ferrovial Construction and Portuguese construction company Alberto Couto Alv...
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Australia announces tender for $550m Beerburrum to Nambour rail upgrade in Queensland
Australia announces tender for $550m Beerburrum to Nambour rail upgrade in Queensland Tenders will be sought next month for the design and construction of Stage 1 of the Beerburrum to Nambour Rail Upg...
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New guidance from Highways England allows 60mph traffic through roadworks
New guidance from Highways England allows 60mph traffic through roadworks Highways England issued new guidance for its supply chain today, to support them using 60mph more often within roadworks, wher...
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VolvoCE L45H and L50H wheel loaders now offered with high-speed driveline
VolvoCE L45H and L50H wheel loaders now offered with high-speed driveline Volvo CE adds a new high-speed driveline option for two of its compact wheel loader models, L45H and L50H, with speeds of up t...
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Satellite telemetry technology supporting flood protection in Scotland
Satellite telemetry technology supporting flood protection in Scotland In recent years the development of flood warning systems has benefited from advances in sensor, datalogger and communications tec...
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Herrenknecht hosts a special 2020 Training Day
Herrenknecht hosts a special 2020 Training Day Last Saturday, the plant gates were opened to young people from the company’s home region with a diverse range of insights into around a dozen appr...
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LEVC Electric Van trial begins with Octopus Energy
LEVC Electric Van trial begins with Octopus Energy LEVC’s real-world testing and trial phase for VN5, its new electric van, has added a new partner: the UK entech company Octopus Energy, an energy ret...
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Trevi rises to the complex FOUR Frankfurt foundation challenge
Trevi rises to the complex FOUR Frankfurt foundation challenge “FOUR Frankfurt” is a unique high-rise building in the heart of Frankfurt city centre. Thanks to its purchase in 2015, “Groß...
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies receives US DOT Official Classification
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies receives US DOT Official Classification Following a live press conference organized by the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT), Hyperloop Transpor...
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Doka special formwork perfect for tunnel system construction at CERN
Doka special formwork perfect for tunnel system construction at CERN The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the biggest particle accelerator in the world – and growing: to equip the LHC for new, m...
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SpaceTime Labs and Small Robot Company work on robot farming swarms in Latin America
SpaceTime Labs and Small Robot Company work on robot farming swarms in Latin America SpaceTime Labs and Small Robot Company have announced their agreement to co-develop swarms of fourth generation aut...
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MTX awarded theatre construction project at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital
MTX awarded theatre construction project at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Following a competitive tender, MTX has been awarded a multi-million pound construction scheme to deliver a twin ope...
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Construction, COVID19 and managing workplace safety
Construction, COVID19 and managing workplace safety The construction industry has been hit hard by COVID-19, with large numbers of sites shutting and many workers being furloughed – but over recent we...
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Highways England announce Dipesh J Shah OBE as new chair responsible for RIS2
Highways England announce Dipesh J Shah OBE as new chair responsible for RIS2 Dipesh J Shah OBE has been announced as Highways England’s new chair to lead the government’s ambitious plans to level up...
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World Bank invests $100m for climate-resilient roads in Colombia
World Bank invests $100m for climate-resilient roads in Colombia The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA)...
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North American Development Bank finances Mexican border-wide transportation project
North American Development Bank finances Mexican border-wide transportation project The North American Development Bank (NADB) signed an initial loan agreement for up to $155.4 million pesos with Valu...
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EU invests over €2 billion in 140 key transport projects to jump-start the economy
EU invests over €2 billion in 140 key transport projects to jump-start the economy The EU is supporting the economic recovery in all Member States by injecting almost €2.2 billion into 140 key transpo...
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Herrenknecht celebrates breakthrough of 7.5km tunnel in Italy
Herrenknecht celebrates breakthrough of 7.5km tunnel in Italy In Italy, the largest tunnel boring machine ever used in Europe successfully completed its drive in June. The supersize borer (Earth Press...
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Mason Bros appointed Mecalac Construction Equipment dealer in South and central Wales
Mason Bros appointed Mecalac Construction Equipment dealer in South and central Wales Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has appointed Mason Bros to its national dealer network. From two sites in Lampe...
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Queensland announces $30m tender for Diverging Diamond Interchange
Queensland announces $30m tender for Diverging Diamond Interchange Tenders to build Brisbane’s first diverging diamond interchange are now out to market. The $30 million jointly funded project is expe...
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BAE Systems working on US Army CATV Program and Hybrid Electric Drives
BAE Systems working on US Army CATV Program and Hybrid Electric Drives BAE Systems has been awarded a $32 million prototype agreement by the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Of...
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GPRS using Ground Penetrating Radar to expand business
GPRS using Ground Penetrating Radar to expand business Many early adopters of ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology found concrete scanning to be the effective application. Those anchoring, saw cu...
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UK tyre safety initiative could see ban on fitting older tyres
UK tyre safety initiative could see ban on fitting older tyres TyreSafe has welcomed the outcomes and initiatives of the ‘Government response to the consultation to ban tyres aged 10 years or older’....
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Red Stag Materials awarded position on ESPO Road Repair Materials Framework
Red Stag Materials awarded position on ESPO Road Repair Materials Framework Red Stag Materials have been awarded a position on the ESPO 250_20 Road Repair Materials Framework, allowing them to further...
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Liebherr R 930 G8 excavator heads to Palma de Majorca
Liebherr R 930 G8 excavator heads to Palma de Majorca For operators who need a versatile and efficient crawler excavator, the Liebherr R 930 G8 (Stage V) meets all requirements. The Dos Mas Group, bas...
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San Luis Obispo Airport trials their first-ever Construction Manager at Risk Project
San Luis Obispo Airport trials their first-ever Construction Manager at Risk Project The San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)in California, USA, has awarded its first contract for a Construct...
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Singapore researchers explore Intel Neuromorphic Computing to bring touch to robots
Singapore researchers explore Intel Neuromorphic Computing to bring touch to robots Today, two researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), who are members of the Intel Neuromorphic Re...
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Quanergy unveils 3D LiDAR for smart city solutions
Quanergy unveils 3D LiDAR for smart city solutions Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and smart perception solutions, today unveiled the MQ-8 sol...
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Employers legal obligations for employees returning to the workplace
Employers legal obligations for employees returning to the workplace As the phased return to normality is likely to be rolled out over a few months, employers are going to have different needs and req...
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Britain relaxing planning rules for battery storage Gigafactories
Britain relaxing planning rules for battery storage Gigafactories The British government has announced it will relax planning legislation to make it easier to construct large batteries to store renewa...
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RSP Suction Excavators look to the Future
RSP Suction Excavators look to the Future RSP UK launched in 2016 by Charlie & Lloyd Gardener and is going from strength to strength. The husband and wife team are passionate about bringing leadin...
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NIC calls for broad view on rail benefits to assess rail options for North and Midlands
NIC calls for broad view on rail benefits to assess rail options for North and Midlands Decisions on future rail investment in the North and Midlands should consider factors that capture the wide rang...
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Ordnance Survey protecting the world beneath our feet
Ordnance Survey protecting the world beneath our feet Accidental strikes on the myriad of underground pipes and cables in the UK cost the economy £1.2 billion a year. Workers who strike gas pipes and...
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Iteris awarded US Federal Highway Administration contract for training and development
Iteris awarded US Federal Highway Administration contract for training and development Iteris a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded an i...
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