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Nominations announced for this years Highways Awards
Nominations announced for this years Highways Awards The shortlist for this year’s Highways Awards (formerly Highways Magazine Excellence Awards) has been announced, ahead of the ceremony on Wednesday...
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Ringway Engineers Leadership Programme culminates in Antarctica Expedition
Ringway Engineers Leadership Programme culminates in Antarctica Expedition A Ringway engineer will take part in a three-week expedition to Antarctica at the culmination of a prestigious 12-month leade...
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Siemens Mobility supports UK CITE live testing for connected cars
Siemens Mobility supports UK CITE live testing for connected cars Following an extensive programme of laboratory and test-track testing, UK CITE, the project to create an advanced environment for conn...
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Construction starts on Adelaide Airport terminal expansion
Construction starts on Adelaide Airport terminal expansion Construction has officially started at Adelaide Airport on their A$165 million terminal expansion, which will significantly upgrade internati...
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Luoyang Metro project in China gets $300m financing
Luoyang Metro project in China gets $300m financing On 16 August 2018, Project and Loan Agreements for the New Development Bank’s Luoyang Metro Project were signed in Zhengzhou, the capital city of He...
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Wirtgen W200 rehabilitates Brazil’s congested road network
Wirtgen W200 rehabilitates Brazil’s congested road network With precision milling results and flexible deployment options, the Wirtgen large milling machine put in a convincing performance in th...
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ABMEC announces first Environment Health and Safety Day at HSL Laboratories in Buxton
ABMEC announces first Environment Health & Safety Day at HSL Laboratories in Buxton The Association of British Mining Equipment Companies ABMEC has announced their first Environment, Health &...
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Nairobi to Addis Ababa road boosting trade the Horn of Africa
Nairobi to Addis Ababa road boosting trade the Horn of Africa The 895-km highway corridor linking Kenya and Ethiopia has not only eased cross-border traffic between the two countries, but is a major p...
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Eye in the sky set to provide a better railway for passengers in Southern England
Eye in the sky set to provide a better railway for passengers in Southern England Network Rail are now using a helicopter across the south western rail network as part of the drive to provide better j...
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Britpave offers new Concrete Road Pavements Course
Britpave offers new Concrete Road Pavements Course A new course ‘Concrete Road Pavements: a technical introduction’ is to be held by Britpave, the British Cementitious Paving Association on Wednesday...
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European Investment Bank supports The Great North Road for Zambians
European Investment Bank supports The Great North Road for Zambians The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €110 million (ZMK 1.27 billion) concessional loan with the Zambian Ministry of Finan...
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Weighing in to support the industry with apprenticeships
Weighing in to support the industry with apprenticeships MP Skills are proud to launch the new Weighbridge Operator apprenticeship, a versatile apprenticeship which is applicable to all levels of busi...
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Balfour Beatty VINCI announces new Managing Director for HS2 Joint Venture
Balfour Beatty VINCI announces new Managing Director for HS2 Joint Venture Balfour Beatty VINCI announces the appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture. Mark Davies wil...
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Volvo L90H is the loading shovel of choice for Robins of Herstmonceux Chalk Pit
Volvo L90H is the loading shovel of choice for Robins of Herstmonceux Chalk Pit Robins of Herstmonceux, Hailsham, East Sussex has opted for a new Volvo L90H loading shovel which joins existing Volvo L...
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UK Construction Equipment sales show further growth in Q2 2018
UK Construction Equipment sales show further growth in Q2 2018 Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 3.8% in the second quarter of 2018, compared with the sam...
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Estonia measures the road marking reflectivity of their road network
Estonia measures the road marking reflectivity of their road network Easily noticeable road markings improve road users’ safety, especially in low-light places and when it’s dark outside. During the l...
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Smart motorway work set to increase Britain’s M62 capacity by a third
Smart motorway work set to increase Britain’s M62 capacity by a third Construction work to increase the capacity of one of the M62, the North West’s busiest stretches of motorway by a third star...
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Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project
Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project The Highways England team behind a proposed A30 upgrade in Cornwall are not only concentrating their effo...
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Street artist and sign writer Lionel Stanhope transforms London’s railway bridges with art
Street artist and sign writer Lionel Stanhope transforms London’s railway bridges with art London’s historic railway bridges are being transformed into stunning pieces of art thanks to Network R...
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STRABAG consortium awarded €115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade
STRABAG consortium awarded €115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade A consortium consisting of STRABAG AG, Ed. Züblin AG and STRABAG Rail GmbH has been hired by Deutsche Bahn AG to...
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Metso enters Indian waste recycling market
Metso enters Indian waste recycling market Metso has signed a non-exclusive agency agreement with Seepra Recycling Group for the India market area. The agreement covers the whole of India with respons...
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London Borough of Bromley awards £70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney
London Borough of Bromley awards £70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney The London Borough of Bromley has awarded its Major and Minor highways works contracts to JB Riney & Co Ltd. JB Riney has been...
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ALE uses innovative Mega Jack to install Perth Bridge
ALE uses innovative Mega Jack to install Perth Bridge ALE has used its innovative Mega Jack system to lift both halves of the main arch of Matagarup Bridge in Perth, Australia. ALE executed the comple...
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Volvo CE North America launches a new blog – The Scoop
Volvo CE North America launches a new blog – The Scoop Tailored for a mix of owners, operators and fleet managers, The Scoop by Volvo CE North America provides practical content that is helpful...
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Swiss Thun pioneering sustainability with the eSwingo 200+
Swiss Thun pioneering sustainability with the eSwingo 200+ The city of Thun (Bernese Oberland) in Switzerland will have electric sweepers from 2019. The eSwingo 200+ not only offers CO² neutral operat...
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CAV Scotland 2018 champions connected and autonomous vehicles
CAV Scotland 2018 champions connected and autonomous vehicles A new event. CAV Scotland, brings together global experts in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) with live demonstrations has been se...
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Car-free day in Cardiff achieves 69 percent air quality improvement
Car-free day in Cardiff achieves 69 percent air quality improvement On Sunday 13th May 2018, Cardiff Council organised a car-free day in the city’s central area. As a result of this event air quality...
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Chepstow Plant International grows their fleet with 99 new Volvos
Chepstow Plant International grows their fleet with 99 new Volvos Chepstow Plant International has signed a deal with SMT GB for the supply of 99 machines for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving f...
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Record levels of traffic forced to use deteriorating UK road network
Record levels of traffic forced to use deteriorating UK road network New Department for Transport (DfT) statistics underline the unprecedented demands being placed on our deteriorating local road netw...
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Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact
Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today published its paper “Defence construction: keepin...
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Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic beachfront
Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic beachfront Boxpark today reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic Madeira Terrace into an internationally renowned retail-and-leisure-as-entertainment...
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Metso wins big mining equipment order from JSW Steel in India
Metso wins big mining equipment order from JSW Steel in India Metso has won a significant order to deliver a pellet plant, including grinding, filtration and a pyro-processing pellet plant to a large-...
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PERI VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit debuts on the M8 road bridge in Poland
PERI VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit debuts on the M8 road bridge in Poland For realising a demanding bridge construction in the wetland area near Szczecinek, PERI engineers planned a project-sp...
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Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways
Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways Four million people use Highways England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN) each day. This is forecast to grow by a further 40%...
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Melbourne to get further A$530 million improvements on the Hurstbridge Rail Line
Melbourne to get further A$530 million improvements on the Hurstbridge Rail Line Commuters on the Hurstbridge line will have more trains, more seats and fewer delays with a re-elected Andrews Labour G...
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Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands
Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands As England basks in a heatwave, the power of the sun is helping light the way for motorists in the East Midlands. Highways England has ins...
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British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience
British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed calls from MPs for government to examine the ability o...
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STRABAG awarded €111m contract for 16km section of A1 in Poland
STRABAG awarded €111m contract for 16km section of A1 in Poland The Polish subsidiary of publicly listed European construction company STRABAG SE will be part of a syndicate to build a 16 km section o...
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EBRD finances rehabilitation of Cairo Metro Line 1
EBRD finances rehabilitation of Cairo Metro Line 1 Millions of commuters will benefit from a €205 million loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to support the Eg...
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Nearly 90 percent of London Van Drivers to be charged to drive in the capital
Nearly 90 percent of London Van Drivers to be charged to drive in the capital According to British insurance comparison website The Van Insurer, almost 90 per cent of van drivers in London and the Sou...
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First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester
First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester Drivers using the M60 in Greater Manchester are now enjoying the benefits of the region’s first smart motorway. The technology went live on Tues...
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National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme
National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme A route safety scheme which uses SolarLite Active LED Road Stud technology to “revolutionise” safety on a major trunk roa...
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Volvo Construction Equipment Road Institute 2018/2019 courses announced
Volvo Construction Equipment Road Institute 2018/2019 courses announced Registration is now open for Volvo’s 2018-2019 Road Institute, the paving industry’s premier training program. Offering a mix of...
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The UK heatwave puts the spotlight on the Construction Industry’s legal obligations
The UK heatwave puts the spotlight on the Construction Industry’s legal obligations The UK Met office issues an Amber weather warning and tells Britons to “stay out of the sun” during this summe...
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The remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station
The remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station A video released by Network Rail gave train passengers a glimpse of what the newly remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station looks like. The 3D virtual vide...
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Mabey designs and installs two new bridges for The British Open at Carnoustie
Mabey designs and installs two new bridges for The British Open at Carnoustie Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has announced the design and installation of two new bridges, pro...
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NM Group begins final phase of million pound flooding project in East Yorkshire
NM Group begins final phase of million pound flooding project in East Yorkshire NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) has announced the final phase of the far-reaching Anlaby and East Ella Flood A...
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Construction leaders launch charity to transform cancer support and fundraising
Construction leaders launch charity to transform cancer support and fundraising Building industry leaders have come together to launch a new cancer charity aiming to transform cancer advice and suppor...
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ASPIN bolsters Executive Team to support developments to grow the business
ASPIN bolsters Executive Team to support developments to grow the business Aspin, a leading provider of engineered solutions for the UK’s infrastructure sectors, has strengthened its executive team wi...
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BAM Nuttall delivers UK training for Sierra Leone Water Rehabilitation Project
BAM Nuttall delivers UK training for Sierra Leone Water Rehabilitation Project Leading construction and engineering company BAM Nuttall has brought seven local operatives, from its Freetown Water Reha...
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