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Balfour Beatty welcomes Her Majesty The Queen to the Queen Elizabeth II Canal
Balfour Beatty welcomes Her Majesty The Queen to the Queen Elizabeth II Canal Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, alongside Scottish Canals, welcomed Her Majesty The Queen and His...
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Parsons joins MIT Industrial Liaison Program
Parsons joins MIT Industrial Liaison Program Parsons announces that it has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), a program dedicated to creating...
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World Bank tells Romania it must act decisively to improve road safety
World Bank tells Romania it must act decisively to improve road safety The World Bank, in partnership with the European Transport Safety Council, the Romanian Ministry of Transport and the National Ro...
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Good signs of progress for Dover traffic flow
Good signs of progress for Dover traffic flow Work to improve journeys for drivers on the A20 approaching the Port of Dover is making good progress, Highways England said today (4 July 2017). The upda...
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Volvo haulers keep on running at Jakto Excavations
Volvo haulers keep on running at Jakto Excavations Barnsley based Jakto Excavations has taken delivery of a further three Volvo A25G articulated haulers, increasing the company’s mixed fleet of A25s a...
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Scotland’s M8 closure journey times monitored by Clearview Intelligence
Scotland’s M8 closure journey times monitored by Clearview Intelligence As part of a significant upgrade to the Scottish motorway network Transport Scotland put in place a 10-week diversion on a...
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Highways England A14 Cambridge to Huntington upgrade takes shape
Highways England A14 Cambridge to Huntington upgrade takes shape Six months in, new aerial pictures show first glimpse of brand new road emerging New bridges taking shape Working in harmony with commu...
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UK Government publishes £6.1 billion programme of upgrades to major roads and motorways
UK Government publishes £6.1 billion programme of upgrades to major roads and motorways £6.1 billion programme of road improvements announced as part of the government’s £23 billion upgrade to t...
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New way of working for Highways England goes live in south west
New way of working for Highways England goes live in south west Highways England has changed the way in which it delivers its services across the south west region from today bringing key asset manage...
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Highways England opens new fourth lane on M3 smart motorway
Highways England opens new fourth lane on M3 smart motorway Main construction on a £174 million project to upgrade the M3 in Surrey and Hampshire to a smart motorway has been completed on time Highway...
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Highways England announces £50 million investment in M6 Knutsford roundabout
Highways England announces £50 million investment in M6 Knutsford roundabout Highways England is planning a major, £50 million improvement of the roundabout at junction 19 of the M6 motorway near Knut...
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Improving safety at junctions can save lives
Improving safety at junctions can save lives 1,810 people died on the UK’s roads in the year ending September 2016 according to the Department for Transport’s (DfT) provisional estimates. That’s a 2.4...
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Waltham Cross junction of the M25 Motorway in the UK gets upgrade
Waltham Cross junction of the M25 Motorway in the UK gets upgrade A proposed multi-million pound upgrade to a busy M25 junction in Hertfordshire has won support in a public consultation, Highways Engl...
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Three decades of experience makes HAMM the world leader in oscillation compaction
Three decades of experience makes HAMM the world leader in oscillation compaction Over 30 years ago, HAMM became the first roller manufacturer to offer an oscillation drum for tandem rollers, and thes...
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New Rapidmix opens up a world of project opportunities for Andale Construction.
New Rapidmix opens up a world of project opportunities for Andale Construction. In conjunction with its US sales partner, Rapid International USA, Inc, Rapid has recently supplied a Rapidmix 400CW mob...
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Volvo CE delivers productivity for family owned quarry in Saudi Arabia
Volvo CE delivers productivity for family owned quarry in Saudi Arabia Family-owned company Saudi Dolomite is using Volvo Construction Equipment machines to increase productivity at its processing pla...
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Berger Grundbautechnik relies on two SENNEBOGEN cranes to dig diaphragm walls on German Motorway project
Berger Grundbautechnik relies on two SENNEBOGEN cranes to dig diaphragm walls on German Motorway project Berger Grundbautechnik GmbH is using two SENNEBOGEN duty cycle cranes simultaneously in Berlin....
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KZN dairy farm in KwaZulu reaps the rewards of a Kubota tractor
KZN dairy farm in KwaZulu reaps the rewards of a Kubota tractor A dairy farmer in KwaZulu-Natal has invested in two Kubota tractors to improve on operational productivity. He is of the mind that retur...
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Cat excavator makes appearance in new movie – Transformers: The Last Knight
Cat excavator makes appearance in new movie – Transformers: The Last Knight A Cat excavator is next in line to carry on the tradition of Cat equipment appearing on the big screen when it joins t...
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A musical road in Hungary will reward safe drivers with rock music!
A musical road in Hungary will reward safe drivers with rock music! The European-based construction group STRABAG has been awarded the contract to build and widen the R 67 expressway in Hungary. The €...
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Asia faces challenges attracting infrastructure investment and public–private partnerships
Asia faces challenges attracting infrastructure investment and public–private partnerships Viet Nam is one of several countries in developing Asia making strides on public–private partnerships (PPP)....
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JCB breaks new ground with the JCB Pilingmaster ground engineering solution
JCB breaks new ground with the JCB Pilingmaster ground engineering solution JCB is creating a new sector in the ground engineering market with the development of an innovative piling solution deliveri...
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The steep climbs of the Swiss Alps are no match for Vögele’s Super 1803-3i wheeled paver
The steep climbs of the Swiss Alps are no match for Vögele’s Super 1803-3i wheeled paver On geographically tough terrain such as in the Swiss Alps, asphalt paving is a challenge in itself. Extre...
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The new Construction Simulator Deluxe edition for PC and Mac is out now!
The new Construction Simulator Deluxe edition for PC and Mac is out now! Astragon Entertainment and the weltenbauer developer team are going all out to delight construction simulation fans with the re...
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The Wirtgen Group announce Deere acquisition is going ahead
The Wirtgen Group announce Deere acquisition is going ahead The Wirtgen Group announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Deere & Company to have Deere acquire the Wirtgen Group, a pr...
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Do we still need to get our road maintenance ducks in a row?
Do we still need to get our road maintenance ducks in a row? Traditionally now is the time of the year when new Local Authority budgets have kicked in, the weather is good and road repairs and improve...
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Metso invests €1 million to enhance their Lokotrack mobile crushing plant factories in Tampere
Metso invests €1 million to enhance their Lokotrack mobile crushing plant factories in Tampere The capacity of Metso’s Tampere factories in Finland will be increased and occupational safety impr...
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Copart UK expands its JCB wheeled loader fleet to seventy
Copart UK expands its JCB wheeled loader fleet to seventy A COMPANY which runs one of the biggest fleets of JCB wheeled loaders in the world is increasing its size further with the addition of six new...
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INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data
INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, today announced that its traffic dat...
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Parsons awarded interchange projects in North Carolina, USA
Parsons awarded interchange projects in North Carolina, USA Parsons is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to perform design servic...
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SENNEBOGEN expands into rental market with launch of SENNEBOGEN Vertriebs GmbH & Co KG
SENNEBOGEN expands into rental market with launch of SENNEBOGEN Vertriebs GmbH & Co KG SENNEBOGEN Rental & Used offers its customers an interesting portfolio of material handlers and cranes wi...
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USA milling contractor Costello Industries relies on Wirtgen recyclers
USA milling contractor Costello Industries relies on Wirtgen recyclers Costello Industries has been rehabilitating highways, streets and bridges since 1945. “The focus of our work is on safety, qualit...
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Site dumper safety tackled as JCB reveals new production plans
Site dumper safety tackled as JCB reveals new production plans JCB is set to bring new levels of innovation and safety to the site dumper market with the unveiling of a new concept seven tonne Hi-Viz...
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Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance
Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance Speed bumps have long been the default solution for local authorities wishing to facilitate a reduction in speeding vehicles on certain sections of road, par...
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Spain receives €217m loan from EIB for growth, transport and employment in the Junta de Andalucía region
Spain receives €217m loan from EIB for growth, transport and employment in the Junta de Andalucía region The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted the Junta de Andalucía a EUR 217 million loan fo...
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Timor-Leste: A safer highway means a better cup of coffee
Timor-Leste: A safer highway means a better cup of coffee Coffee is a central part of Timor-Leste’s economy and culture. Yet Timor-Leste’s coffee industry has been hampered by poor transport infrastru...
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20 million Africans benefit from transport and ICT projects financed by AfDB in 2016
20 million Africans benefit from transport and ICT projects financed by AfDB in 2016 Transport and information and communication technology (ICT) projects financed by the African Development Bank (AfD...
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HAMM celebrates more than 35 years of oscillation
HAMM celebrates more than 35 years of oscillation Part 1: Tried and tested solutions for asphalt and earthwork Over 35 years ago, HAMM became the first roller manufacturer to offer an oscillation drum...
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Britain’s oldest digger driver gets a special birthday treat
Britain’s oldest digger driver gets a special birthday treat One of the UK’s oldest digger drivers is turning heads on building sites after his boss ordered him a brand new limited edition JCB t...
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GSB-88 Gilsonite-based Emulsified Asphalt Seal Coat delivers 400% ROI
GSB-88 Gilsonite-based Emulsified Asphalt Seal Coat delivers 400% ROI GSB-88® Sealer/Binder Emulsion from Salt Lake City, Utah-based Asphalt Systems, Inc.® (ASI) is a gilsonite-based emulsified asphal...
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Parsons’ I-80 SMART Corridor Project named operational efficiency project of the year
Parsons’ I-80 SMART Corridor Project named operational efficiency project of the year Parsons recently accepted the “Operational Efficiency Project of the Year” award from the California T...
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ProCon Partners on route for bumper year with a share of £2.4 billion Highways England contracts
ProCon Partners on route for bumper year with a share of £2.4 billion Highways England contracts ProCon Partners, the leading project controls consultancy, has won a series of projects with Highways E...
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How to get your road users out of a jam by reducing congestion around roadworks
How to get your road users out of a jam by reducing congestion around roadworks Roadworks, tailbacks, traffic jams, delays… all words that we hate to hear when we are planning a getaway during the ban...
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John Deere announces plans to acquire the Wirtgen Group
John Deere announces plans to acquire the Wirtgen Group Deere have just announced plans to acquire the Wirtgen Group, the global leader in road construction equipment. A conference call for investors...
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University of Twente studies enhanced paving quality delivered by Vögele’s Asphalt PowerFeeder in South Africa
University of Twente studies enhanced paving quality delivered by Vögele’s Asphalt PowerFeeder in South Africa A job site in South Africa has demonstrated that the VÖGELE MT 3000-2 Offset PowerF...
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Why does Afghanistan need a transport master plan?
Why does Afghanistan need a transport master plan? Article by Peter C. Darjes, Consultant, Central and West Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Blog. Afghanistan recently launched a 20-year ma...
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Works begin on transforming the Bruce Highway from Caloundra to Sunshine Motorway in Australia
Works begin on transforming the Bruce Highway from Caloundra to Sunshine Motorway in Australia Major construction has officially commenced on the $929.3 million Bruce Highway Upgrade – Caloundra Road...
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CPB Contractors wins upgrade for State Highway 2 from Baypark to Bayfair in New Zealand
CPB Contractors wins upgrade for State Highway 2 from Baypark to Bayfair in New Zealand CPB Contractors has won the contract for the second and final phase of a design and construct contract for the u...
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JCB takes centre stage with supporting role in the new Aliens blockbuster film
JCB takes centre stage with supporting role in the new Aliens blockbuster film A fleet of more than 20 JCB machines is playing a starring role in a cult film following the biggest product placement pr...
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Kier pioneers rapid setting material that cures in 18 hours instead of 3 days, saving 35 days and £35m on M6 project
Kier pioneers rapid setting material that cures in 18 hours instead of 3 days, saving 35 days and £35m on M6 project Kier Highways has saved UK Plc £35m on a single project, by using an innovative new...
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