Featured Articles
Featured Articles brings together the top-performing and most talked-about articles published on Highways Today. Curated by our editorial team, this collection showcases standout stories that have captured industry attention — from groundbreaking projects and cutting-edge technologies to expert insights and global trends shaping the future of infrastructure.
Intersections evolve from Inductive Loops to Artificial Intelligence
Intersections evolve from Inductive Loops to Artificial Intelligence Intersections are dynamic and challenging projects for any city planner to tackle. Many factors affect how intersections vary, such...
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Keystone Construction opt for Cat Excavator with new Caterpillar TiltRotate System
Keystone Construction opt for Cat Excavator with new Caterpillar TiltRotate System When Edinburgh based groundworks contractor, Keystone Construction decided to purchase its first machine, a Cat 308 e...
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Skyjack leverages SMARTORQUE technology in new 40′ and 60′ booms
Skyjack leverages SMARTORQUE technology in new 40′ and 60′ booms Skyjack has launched all new 40ft and 60ft booms, leveraging its SMARTORQUE™ technology and data-driven design, to i...
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Bobcat smooths the way with new light compaction product line
Bobcat smooths the way with new light compaction product line Compaction applications are a required part of numerous industries, and no construction site is complete without a soil and asphalt compac...
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US Postal Service awards Oshkosh billion dollar contract for 165,000 electric vehicles
US Postal Service awards Oshkosh billion dollar contract for 165,000 electric vehicles The U.S. Postal Service announced yesterday that it has awarded a 10-year contract to Oshkosh, WI, based Oshkosh...
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Euston Station trialling Covid-19 busting ultra-violet technology
Euston Station trialling Covid-19 busting ultra-violet technology Escalator handrails are being cleaned using ultra-violet light at London Euston station in a new trial to keep passengers protected fr...
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Lynch Plant Hire expands fleet with Takeuchi excavators fitted with GKD machine control
Lynch Plant Hire expands fleet with Takeuchi excavators fitted with GKD machine control Machine guidance manufacturer, GKD Technologies has been supplying nationwide plant hire specialists L Lynch Pla...
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Electric resistant paint saves bridge in Cardiff from £40m demolition
Electric resistant paint saves bridge in Cardiff from £40m demolition In a world first, electric resistant paint combined with voltage-controlled clearance (VCC) has helped make a Victorian railway br...
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Einride and Electrolux electrify transport with innovation partnership
Einride and Electrolux electrify transport with innovation partnership Tech transport company Einride and one of the global appliance leaders, Electrolux, announces a strategic partnership to electrif...
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Ardent Hire Solutions expands with £26m JCB Loadall Telehandler order
Ardent Hire Solutions expands with £26m JCB Loadall Telehandler order The UK’s biggest telehandler hirer is expanding its fleet further – by placing an order for £26 million worth of JCB Loadall...
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Who is really footing the bill for the Government funding of unsafe cladding?
Who is really footing the bill for the Government funding of unsafe cladding? The discussion around building safety, and particularly the replacement of combustible cladding, continues to dominate the...
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VolvoCE expands line-up with new EWR130E Wheeled Excavator
VolvoCE expands line-up with new EWR130E Wheeled Excavator Volvo Construction Equipment is launching a new mid-sized wheeled excavator, the EWR130E, which gives the shortest front and rear swing radiu...
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Road Widener Offset Vibratory Roller attachment delivers safety for road crews
Road Widener Offset Vibratory Roller attachment delivers safety for road crews Road Widener LLC., a leading manufacturer of innovative road construction equipment, offers the industry’s first Offset V...
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REE Automotive opens Engineering Centre of Excellence in the UK
REE Automotive opens Engineering Centre of Excellence in the UK REE Automotive, a leader in e-Mobility, which recently announced its merger with 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp., today announces...
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Bitumen Packaging
Bitumen Packaging Bitumen is a highly viscous liquid; therefore, it needs a suitable type of packaging to avoid leaking and contamination. Generally, bitumen packaging classifies into three types, inc...
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Ford unleashes the all-new F150 Raptor
Ford unleashes the all-new F150 Raptor Ford, America’s truck leader, created an off-road icon in 2009 when it introduced the desert racing-inspired F-150 Raptor. It was designed to not only speed over...
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Doosan launching new products at Hillhead Digital 2021
Doosan launching new products at Hillhead Digital 2021 Doosan is presenting many new products for the first time at the Hillhead Digital event from 30-31 March 2021. They include the company’s new DL-...
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JCB Hydradig excavator playing key role in project to transform UK construction
JCB Hydradig excavator playing key role in project to transform UK construction A JCB Hydradig wheeled excavator is playing a key role in supporting a £72m Government-backed project to transform UK co...
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CASE LIVE Webcast features Equipment Finance Solutions
CASE LIVE Webcast features Equipment Finance Solutions CASE Construction Equipment is launching CASE LIVE — a new broadcast and engagement platform with live events and educational sessions delivering...
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Ford and Venari build on expertise to produce Project Siren lightweight Ambulances
Ford and Venari build on expertise to produce Project Siren lightweight Ambulances Ford today announced plans to re-establish its presence in the UK ambulance market, with an innovative new Transit am...
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GAP Group goes digital with the launch of 2021 catalogue
GAP Group goes digital with the launch of 2021 catalogue After winning Catalogue of the Year at the Hire Awards of Excellence 2020, GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent hire company, has u...
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Topcon intelligent solutions get Brussels Airport ready for take-off
Topcon intelligent solutions get Brussels Airport ready for take-off Runway 25 at Brussels Airport had reached the point of requiring some attention, with a full resurfacing needed; something that Top...
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Smart city asset management revolutionised with CIMCON Lighting and Yotta collaboration
Smart city asset management revolutionised with CIMCON Lighting and Yotta collaboration CIMCON Lighting, the leading global provider of smart city technologies together with Yotta, the leading global...
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Doosan Infracore China celebrates 200,000 Excavator manufacturing milestone
Doosan Infracore China celebrates 200,000 Excavator manufacturing milestone Doosan Infracore has announced that its Chinese subsidiary, DICC (Doosan Infracore China Corporation Co., Ltd.), located in...
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Hyundai unveils TIGER Uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle Concept
Hyundai unveils TIGER Uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle Concept Hyundai Motor Group has revealed TIGER (Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot), the company’s second Ultimate Mobility Vehicl...
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Exploring the different types of Ground Investigation
Exploring the different types of Ground Investigation Knowing you need to carry out a ground investigation is one thing, but knowing what type of ground investigation is another. Perhaps you’re in nee...
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CATPLANT celebrates 40 years with a custom Cat Dozer
CATPLANT celebrates 40 years with a custom Cat Dozer Now in its 40th year of business, longstanding South Yorkshire based aggregate quarry, CATPLANT, has started the celebrations early with an investm...
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Go-kart track in Germany mastered with a Vögele SUPER 1303-3i Paver
Go-kart track in Germany mastered with a Vögele SUPER 1303-3i Paver “Like flying a helicopter in your living room” is how three-time world Formula 1 champion Nelson Piquet once described driving the M...
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Three Hyundai HX220AL Crawler Excavators make tracks for Dorset
Three Hyundai HX220AL Crawler Excavators make tracks for Dorset According to Mervyn Vaughan: “Simply the best machine and back-up I’ve ever had” are the words of the owner-operator about his new Hyund...
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Ferrovial Earthworks IoT system enhances construction productivity
Ferrovial Earthworks IoT system enhances construction productivity Ferrovial has developed a system that uses the Internet of Things (IoT) to monitor and oversee earth movements in construction projec...
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HAUC(UK) app puts roads and street works safety in your pocket
HAUC(UK) app puts roads and street works safety in your pocket The Highway Authorities and Utilities Committee HAUC(UK) has launched a new app to facilitate safety and improve productivity across the...
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Hitachi fleet put to work at the Alpine World Ski Championships
Hitachi fleet put to work at the Alpine World Ski Championships A substantial fleet of Hitachi excavators and wheel loaders have been involved in extensive construction and renovation work to prepare...
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On ‘Time to Talk Day’ Finning UK makes mental health a priority
On ‘Time to Talk Day’ Finning UK makes mental health a priority In the UK construction industry, physical health is of paramount importance. It is common to see prominent reminders about p...
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Geo Connect Asia 2021 set to debut in Singapore as both a physical and virtual event
Geo Connect Asia 2021 set to debut in Singapore as both a physical and virtual event Southeast Asia’s inaugural geospatial services and location intelligence event is set to be the first large-scale h...
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Highways England awards Jacobs £162.5m Lower Thames Crossing contract
Highways England awards Jacobs £162.5m Lower Thames Crossing contract Highways England has awarded Jacobs the £162.5m Integration Partner contract which will see the company act as a catalyst for coll...
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New Cat 374 Excavator designed for high-production and durability
New Cat 374 Excavator designed for high-production and durability The Next Generation Cat® 374 excavator offers contractors high production, two times more structural durability, and up to 20 percent...
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Next Generation Cat 349 Excavator delivers 45 percent more operating efficiency
Next Generation Cat 349 Excavator delivers 45 percent more operating efficiency The Next Generation Cat® 349 excavator offers contractors up to 45 percent more operating efficiency, up to 10 percent m...
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VolvoCE looks at the hype and reality of Autonomous transport
VolvoCE looks at the hype and reality of Autonomous transport Creating autonomous transport systems is hard enough but proving that the system is safe to customers and legislators is proving as great...
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Kuwait builds first in-situ cantilever bridge project with Doka Formwork
Kuwait builds first in-situ cantilever bridge project with Doka Formwork The Nawaseeb Road in Kuwait forms an important part of the country’s national infrastructure, providing a strategic, logi...
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Wirtgen’s new Cold Recycling Mixing Plant delivers sustainability to the job site
Wirtgen’s new Cold Recycling Mixing Plant delivers sustainability to the job site The KMA 240(i) mobile cold recycling mixing plant is capable of processing 240 tons of mix from a variety of con...
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The collateral benefits of Project Finance
The collateral benefits of Project Finance In their 2006 Pensions Report the OECD highlighted what they then identified as the looming ‘financial crisis’ and the accelerating exodus of private capital...
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Rebuilding UK construction recruitment in 2021
Rebuilding UK construction recruitment in 2021 The construction industry was quick to adapt and carry on working in 2020, but it continues to struggle with labour levels. And this is a problem that’s...
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New Liebherr attachment expands range of applications for excavators
New Liebherr attachment expands range of applications for excavators The new Liebherr LiTiU attachment is designed for applications where the swing angle represents an extension of the working area. I...
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FLIR introduces AI controlled Traffic Cameras for Predictive Traffic Management
FLIR introduces AI controlled Traffic Cameras for Predictive Traffic Management FLIR Systems has introduced two new intelligent traffic system cameras – the FLIR ThermiCam™ AI with therma...
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Centurion and MIPS partner to bring leading helmet safety technology to the UK
Centurion and MIPS partner to bring leading helmet safety technology to the UK Above-the-neck PPE specialist Centurion Safety Products, has announced a partnership with Swedish helmet safety technolog...
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Revolutionary battery invention destroys range limitations of Electric Vehicles
Revolutionary battery invention destroys range limitations of Electric Vehicles After five years of quiet invention, innovation and testing, Hughes Tool Company today unveiled a revolutionary solution...
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VolvoCE launches all new 35-tonne EC350E Excavator
VolvoCE launches all new 35-tonne EC350E Excavator The all-new EC350E from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has been designed to perfectly bridge the performance profile of the company’s existi...
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Penetration grade bitumen: An Ideal Bitumen for Road Construction
Penetration grade bitumen: An Ideal Bitumen for Road Construction Penetration grades are one of the most common types of bitumen for road construction. This type of bitumen is known for its durability...
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Doosan launches DX57W-7 Wheeled Excavator with DoosanCONNECT
Doosan launches DX57W-7 Wheeled Excavator with DoosanCONNECT Doosan has launched the new 5 tonne DX57W-7 Stage V compliant wheeled excavator. In addition to a new Doosan Stage V engine, the DX57W-7 in...
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Preparing for the shift to electrification
Preparing for the shift to electrification The debate is over. Combustion technology is giving way to electrification but off road vehicles like those used in the construction and mining industries ar...
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