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Queensland jobs boosted by $23b investment in roads and transport infrastructure
Queensland jobs boosted by $23b investment in roads and transport infrastructure More than 21,500 Queensland jobs will be supported by a record $23 billion investment in roads and transport infrastruc...
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Ringway to deliver UK East Region Maintenance and Response contract for 15 years
Ringway to deliver UK East Region Maintenance and Response contract for 15 years Highways England has appointed Ringway as its Contractor for its East Region (formerly Areas 6 & 8) to undertake th...
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Ritchie Bros. June auction in Saskatoon set to sell over 1,400 items
Ritchie Bros. June auction in Saskatoon set to sell over 1,400 items With equipment from more than 100 companies, Ritchie Bros.’ latest Saskatoon auction covers nearly every industry. Auction hi...
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First Liebherr MK 88 mobile construction crane for Grúas Serrat in Spain
First Liebherr MK 88 mobile construction crane for Grúas Serrat in Spain The Spanish crane company Grúas Serrat SA has taken delivery of a Liebherr mobile construction crane – the first MK 88 Plus in...
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Open call for Architects to help UK Local Authorities develop placemaking plans
Open call for Architects to help UK Local Authorities develop placemaking plans The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today (Thursday 6 June) launched an open call for architects to app...
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Clearview award nomination is a reflection of successful safety scheme
Clearview award nomination is a reflection of successful safety scheme A route safety scheme initiative that has been described by drivers as a “superb improvement” and a “fantastic use of taxpayers’...
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Mynydd Underbridge in Swansea upgrade renewal to commence
Mynydd Underbridge in Swansea upgrade renewal to commence Station road, which runs a one-way system close to Liberty Stadium, will close to motorists for the summer so that essential bridge maintenanc...
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Sourcewell awards Caterpillar the highest score in new US heavy equipment contract
Sourcewell awards Caterpillar the highest score in new US heavy equipment contract Sourcewell (formerly known as NJPA), one of North America’s largest US Governmental cooperative contract holders, rec...
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Bristol builders saddle-up with Brompton Bike Hire to ease congestion
Bristol builders saddle-up with Brompton Bike Hire to ease congestion Builders on one of Bristol’s biggest developments will be adding a green tick to their environmental credentials thanks to an inno...
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Stockholm Arlanda Airport development financed by KfW IPEX-Bank
Stockholm Arlanda Airport development financed by KfW IPEX-Bank KfW IPEX-Bank and Swedavia have signed a €190 million loan agreement for the overall financing and development of the Swedish state owne...
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Volvo loading shovels and hauler package for Tillicoultry Quarries
Volvo loading shovels and hauler package for Tillicoultry Quarries Long standing user of Volvo Construction Equipment products, Tillicoultry Quarries has purchased a further three new Volvo loading sh...
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Eurovia helping deliver £15m Transport for Buckinghamshire highways programme
Eurovia helping deliver £15m Transport for Buckinghamshire highways programme Eurovia Surfacing and Eurovia Specialist Treatments (EST) with Transport for Buckinghamshire are to improve more than 100...
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JCB secures huge deal for 555 Loadalls from Morris Leslie Plant Hire
JCB secures huge deal for 555 Loadalls from Morris Leslie Plant Hire JCB has secured a historic deal with Morris Leslie Plant Hire for their biggest ever telehandler order worth £36 million. The deal...
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DOKA’s technical skills put to the test on the Doha Orbital Highway project
DOKA’s technical skills put to the test on the Doha Orbital Highway project Doka’s recent work on the new Doha Orbital Highway shows how a combination of slick logistics and technical supervisio...
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Top Speakers lined up for DroneCon2019 at Plantworx
Top Speakers lined up for DroneCon2019 at Plantworx COMIT (Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT) is delighted to be hosting DroneCon2019 its 2019 Drone Conference at PLANTWORX (11-13 June 2019, E...
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First Hyundai HX900 L Excavator in Europe sold to demolition giants ABLE UK
First Hyundai HX900 L Excavator in Europe sold to demolition giants ABLE UK Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) distributor, Taylor & Braithwaite, located in Cumbria UK, has sold the very...
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Safety Signage manufacturer Spectrum Industrial at Plantworx
Safety Signage manufacturer Spectrum Industrial at Plantworx Safety Signage and Products manufacturer Spectrum Industrial will be exhibiting at Plantworx 2019 to be held next week at the East of Engla...
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GSSI receives USA Presidential Award for Exports
GSSI receives USA Presidential Award for Exports The U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, this week presented Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc, (GSSI) with a Presidential Award, the President’s “E”...
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ADB funded roads in Fiji helping to revive their rural economy
ADB funded roads in Fiji helping to revive their rural economy The Fiji road network is being repaired and upgraded to improve mobility, safety, and climate change resilience. ADB is helping to finan...
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Meet Alan Gow’s new Volvo widespread excavator
Meet Alan Gow’s new Volvo widespread excavator Thurso based Gow Groundworks has taken delivery of a widespread Volvo EC140E LM excavator for its ground working and general contracting business....
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Rubber roads pave the way for tyre recycling as Tarmac expands asphalt range
Rubber roads pave the way for tyre recycling as Tarmac expands asphalt range A new rubberised asphalt, which uses waste from tyre recycling has been launched by Tarmac, the leading sustainable buildin...
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Helsinki Airport modernisation financed by KfW IPEX-Bank
Helsinki Airport modernisation financed by KfW IPEX-Bank KfW IPEX-Bank is participating in the financing to expand and modernise Helsinki Airport, some 17 km north of Finland’s capital. The tota...
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1 in 5 professional drivers will risk a level crossing according to the train timetable
1 in 5 professional drivers will risk a level crossing according to the train timetable A staggering 23% of professional drivers have admitted that if they knew the train timetable and did not believe...
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Volvo Excavator with Steelwrist combo a first for Heddle Construction in the Orkneys
Volvo Excavator with Steelwrist combo a first for Heddle Construction in the Orkneys Orkney based Heddle Construction has opted for a Volvo reduced swing radius ECR145E complete with a Steelwrist tilt...
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Testing of painting platform for Queensferry Bridge enabled with help from Mabey Hire
Testing of painting platform for Queensferry Bridge enabled with help from Mabey Hire Temporary support towers and jacking systems used to proof test a Rubrica Painting Platform, which will be used to...
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Sahara rolls out the largest range of Electric Vehicles in India
Sahara rolls out the largest range of Electric Vehicles in India Sahara India Pariwar, one of the biggest Indian business conglomerates, announces its foray into the automobile sector, under the brand...
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Plantworx 2019 has its very own Smartphone App
Plantworx 2019 has its very own Smartphone App Plantworx 2019 is just a week away! The show has over 450 exhibitors and the big build-up has begun for the 4th biennial Construction show (11th – 13th J...
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Highways England A428 upgrade saves commuters up to 90 minutes
Highways England A428 upgrade saves commuters up to 90 minutes Updated plans to transform one of the busiest road links in the East of England have gone on show today. Commuters using the A428 between...
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ADB $350m loan to upgrade Chhattisgarh state and district roads in India
ADB $350m loan to upgrade Chhattisgarh state and district roads in India The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $350 million loan to rehabilitate and upgrade state highways and major district...
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World Bank improving the infrastructure of four large neighbourhoods in Dhaka
World Bank improving the infrastructure of four large neighbourhoods in Dhaka The government of Bangladesh has signed a $100.5 million financing agreement with the World Bank to improve livability of...
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Spitfire lands at London Bridge to mark 75 years since the D-Day landings
Spitfire lands at London Bridge to mark 75 years since the D-Day landings There was a Supermarine Spitfire surprise for passengers at London Bridge this morning as a full-scale replica Spitfire appear...
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Scandinavian style for Cornish Plant man’s Hyundai fleet
Scandinavian style for Cornish Plant man’s Hyundai fleet Cornish plant man Kirk Hough has developed a liking for the Hyundai brand over the past few years, having purchased his first 14 tonne cl...
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Indonesia’s massive public transport system begins transitioning to electric buses
Indonesia’s massive public transport system begins transitioning to electric buses Bus passengers in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, will soon be going green. Governor Anies Baswedan’s vision is t...
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Barcelona to get new fleet less polluting alternative buses with finance from EIB
Barcelona to get new fleet less polluting alternative buses with finance from EIB The European Investment Bank (EIB) is financing the modernisation of the Barcelona fleet of city buses, by granting a...
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ULMA takes part in construction of the Toowoomba Viaduct in Australia
ULMA takes part in construction of the Toowoomba Viaduct in Australia Toowoomba is a bustling city in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, Australia. The Toowoomba viaduct project, which e...
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Transport for London looking forward to an all Electric City
Transport for London looking forward to an all Electric City If London plans to be a zero-carbon city by 2050, there have to be huge changes in policy, transport infrastructure and public attitude. Vo...
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Highways England to introduce autonomous plant on maintenance projects
Highways England to introduce autonomous plant on maintenance projects Highways England plans to revolutionise construction and maintenance schemes on the strategic road network by introducing the use...
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Norway’s Wiggo Rønningen Maskin flies the Hitachi flag
Norway’s Wiggo Rønningen Maskin flies the Hitachi flag Norwegian construction company Wiggo Rønningen Maskin AS is using a fleet of Hitachi construction machinery to help it manage a number of p...
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Find out more about Network Rail’s plans to upgrade Norwood Junction station
Find out more about Network Rail’s plans to upgrade Norwood Junction station Local residents and rail passengers are invited to four public drop-in events in June to find out more about Network...
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Probrand reveals IT issues are costing the UK £3.4bn per year in lost productivity
Probrand reveals IT issues are costing the UK £3.4bn per year in lost productivity According to Probrand, new research has revealed that UK Businesses are losing out both financially and on productivi...
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Plantworx Construction Exhibition throws open the gates to keen students
Plantworx Construction Exhibition throws open the gates to keen students Pupils, students, and graduates are invited to attend Plantworx on the last day of the event (Thursday 13 June). Parents, grand...
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SRC Aggregates opts for CDE Infinity Screens in new wet processing plant
SRC Aggregates opts for CDE Infinity Screens in new wet processing plant SRC Aggregates has opted for Infinity Screens™ in newly commissioned plant from CDE, the world-leading wet processing co...
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Uruguay Central Railway construction awarded to Sacyr led consortium
Uruguay Central Railway construction awarded to Sacyr led consortium The Grupo Vía Central consortium (GVC), led by Sacyr and the Uruguayan firms Saceem and Berkes, as well as France’s NGE, have...
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AGD Systems exhibiting at the ITS European Congress in the Netherlands
AGD Systems exhibiting at the ITS European Congress in the Netherlands AGD Systems, leading manufacturer of ITS product solutions, will exhibit at this year’s ITS European Congress, 2-6 June, Eindhove...
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Why the UK faces a perfect storm on motorway bridge safety
Why the UK faces a perfect storm on motorway bridge safety Concrete has been the mainstay of motorway bridge construction for decades and has a wealth of benefits. It’s durable, versatile, and consist...
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Volvo paves the way for road improvements in Ukraine
Volvo paves the way for road improvements in Ukraine A fleet of Volvo wheel loaders, excavators and graders have been helping keep road construction company Lutskavtodor Group running smoothly and saf...
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ADB helping modernise Railway Fleet and Services in Uzbekistan
ADB helping modernise Railway Fleet and Services in Uzbekistan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $170 million loan to help improve the Uzbekistan railway fleet through the procurement of...
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ADB provides largest ever non-sovereign loan for Railway Electrification in India
ADB provides largest ever non-sovereign loan for Railway Electrification in India The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to provide $750 million equivalent in Indian Rupees in long-t...
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ADB approves $2.75 Billion to Support the Malolos-Clark Railway in Philippines
ADB approves $2.75 Billion to Support the Malolos-Clark Railway in Philippines The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved financing of up to $2.75 billion for the construction of 53.1 kilometres (k...
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EIB fund €200m Danish rail network link to Fehmarn tunnel
EIB fund €200m Danish rail network link to Fehmarn tunnel The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan agreement with A/S Femern Landanlaeg, the company managing the Danish contribution to bui...
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