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Regular Road Maintenance extends Highway Lifespan
Regular Road Maintenance extends Highway Lifespan Roads are the veins of our modern world, facilitating the flow of people, goods, and services. Like any infrastructure, they’re subject to wear...
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Restoring Skid Resistance in Cyngor Gwynedd
Restoring Skid Resistance in Cyngor Gwynedd When multiple roads in the Dwyfor area of Cyngor Gwynedd were identified to have skid resistance below the required levels, a solution was required to resto...
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AfDB continues to prioritize Infrastructure in Africa for Economic Growth
AfDB continues to prioritize Infrastructure in Africa for Economic Growth The African Development Bank (AfDB) has consistently recognized the critical role of infrastructure development in driving eco...
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VINCI completes acquisition of Brazilian Motorway Concession
VINCI completes acquisition of Brazilian Motorway Concession VINCI Highways, a VINCI Concessions subsidiary, has finalised the acquisition of a 55% stake in Entrevias from Patria, a Brazilian fund, an...
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Granite wins $34m Safety Enhancement Median Fill Project in California
Granite wins $34m Safety Enhancement Median Fill Project in California Granite has been awarded an approximately $34 million contract by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to rehab...
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Sichuan Highway helps Expressway Construction to connect Southwest China
Sichuan Highway helps Expressway Construction to connect Southwest China Developing a Gateway to Economic Development A key transportation project in China, the Sichuan Lexi Expressway serves as an im...
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Great Eastern Bypass Interchanges improving Safety and Connectivity in Perth
Great Eastern Bypass Interchanges improving Safety and Connectivity in Perth Located in eastern Perth, the Great Eastern Highway Bypass Interchanges project aims to upgrade two major interchanges at R...
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Hidden Bottlenecks and Cascading Failures in Urban Traffic Systems
Hidden Bottlenecks and Cascading Failures in Urban Traffic Systems Transportation systems in urban settings are vulnerable to a variety of factors including weather, traffic congestion, and special ev...
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Iteris wins $1.2m Traffic Design Project Management contract in Illinois
Iteris wins $1.2m Traffic Design Project Management contract in Illinois Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it ha...
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Equipping American Road Builders for the next Generation of Roads
Equipping American Road Builders for the next Generation of Roads America has a love affair with the car, and its road networks are some of the most highly developed and extensive in the world. Despit...
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Balfour Beatty wins £1.2 billion Highways Contract for Lower Thames Crossing
Balfour Beatty wins £1.2 billion Highways Contract for Lower Thames Crossing Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been awarded a £1.2 billion contract by...
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Kapsch barrier-free Toll System gets traffic flowing in Brazil
Kapsch barrier-free Toll System gets traffic flowing in Brazil With a total of more than 60 million inhabitants, the highway connects the country’s most populous states. The barrier–free...
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Superior wins Jacksonville Arlington Expressway revamp
Superior wins Jacksonville Arlington Expressway revamp Superior Construction, an American family-owned infrastructure contractor, has been selected by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) a...
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Iteris wins $2.8m I-10 Express Lane Initiative in California
Iteris wins $2.8m I-10 Express Lane Initiative in California Iteris, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a $2.8 million contract from the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCT...
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Cashless Tolling System speeds up New York Traffic
Cashless Tolling System speeds up New York Traffic Kapsch TrafficCom USA announces the delivery completion for a new tolling system covering four bridges and two tunnels between New York and New Jerse...
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Atkins, Jacobs and PwC advise Third Road Investment Strategy for National Highways
Atkins, Jacobs and PwC advise Third Road Investment Strategy for National Highways Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, Jacobs, and PwC have been appointed by National Highways to help develop t...
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VolkerFitzpatrick wins M3 junction 9 upgrade in the UK
VolkerFitzpatrick wins M3 junction 9 upgrade in the UK VolkerFitzpatrick has been appointed by National Highways to deliver improvement works to junction 9 of the M3, a key motorway junction, which co...
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National Highways awards £1.3bn Pavement Delivery Framework in UK
National Highways awards £1.3bn Pavement Delivery Framework in UK More than £1 billion-worth of contracts to maintain road surfaces on motorways and major A-roads in England have been confirmed today....
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Yas Marina F1 Circuit in Abu Dhabi resurfaced in just two weeks
Yas Marina F1 Circuit in Abu Dhabi resurfaced in just two weeks First opened in 2009, the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi is now a key part of the Formula One (F1) season, often holding the final race...
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Ferrovial completes and opens $3.7b I-66 Managed Lanes Toll Road in Virginia
Ferrovial completes and opens $3.7b I-66 Managed Lanes Toll Road in Virginia Ferrovial, through subsidiary Cintra, has opened, on schedule, the I-66 Managed Lanes toll road in the state of Virginia, w...
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Highways industry faces critical Drainage Infrastructure knowledge gap
Highways industry faces critical Drainage Infrastructure knowledge gap More education and collaboration is required across the highways industry, after a new survey by ACO Water Management highlighted...
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Growth in Highways Works – The critical need for Asset Searches
Growth in Highways Works – The critical need for Asset Searches Richard Broome, Managing Director at LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging resource, talks about the increase in asset searc...
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Hydrologiq and Costain trial hydrogen generator on M55 project
Hydrologiq and Costain trial hydrogen generator on M55 project Lancashire County Council’s delivery partner, Costain, and hydrogen industry start-up, Hydrologiq, have successfully trialled the use of...
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Balfour Beatty appointed sole contractor to £4B SCAPE Civil Engineering frameworks
Balfour Beatty appointed sole contractor to £4B SCAPE Civil Engineering frameworks Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been appointed as the sole contra...
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WJ helps councils reinvigorate parks into vibrant spaces
WJ helps councils reinvigorate parks into vibrant spaces The last two years have seen public spaces grow in importance. When national restrictions limited people to outdoor contact only, parks became...
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Ringway Jacobs trials revolutionary Graphene Surfacing Material in Essex
Ringway Jacobs trials revolutionary Graphene Surfacing Material in Essex A new trial which could revolutionise the way public highways are resurfaced is underway in Essex. Those behind the project hop...
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Ferrovial wins $282m contract to widen I-95 in North Carolina
Ferrovial wins $282m contract to widen I-95 in North Carolina Ferrovial, through Webber, its US construction subsidiary, has been awarded a contract to widen an 8 miles section of the I-95 in North Ca...
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SOCOTEC ensures Motorway Structural Integrity during Tunnelling works
SOCOTEC ensures Motorway Structural Integrity during Tunnelling works SOCOTEC is one of the UK’s leading providers of testing, inspection and certification services, provides comprehensive solut...
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The Future of Digital Roads in the UK
The Future of Digital Roads in the UK Technology is becoming a big talking point when buying a car. This ranges from parking assistance that helps guide the car into a space to new plug-in hybrid tech...
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Trevi awarded motorway foundation works in Algeria
Trevi awarded motorway foundation works in Algeria TREVI Algerie, the historic branch of the Trevi Group in Algeria, is engaged, on behalf of the general contractor MIkol and the customer Agence des A...
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Granite wins $40m State Highway 288 and overpass project in Texas
Granite wins $40m State Highway 288 and overpass project in Texas Granite Construction announced today that it has been awarded an approximately $40 million dollar contract for improvements to State H...
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Superior Construction wins $135m I-40 Donelson Pike Interchange project in Nashville
Superior Construction wins $135m I-40 Donelson Pike Interchange project in Nashville Superior Construction, an American family-owned infrastructure contractor, will soon begin relocating the Donelson...
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Ferrovial-Webber awarded €332m contracts to widen four roads in Texas
Ferrovial-Webber awarded €332m contracts to widen four roads in Texas Ferrovial, through Webber, its US construction subsidiary, has been awarded contracts to expand four highways in Texas for USD 340...
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Atkins wins $60m contract for GDOT Design-Build Program in Georgia USA
Atkins wins $60m contract for GDOT Design-Build Program in Georgia USA Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been awarded a contract to provided general engineering consulting (GEC) and const...
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Oxfordshire CC reducing traffic congestion using Alchera Technologies real-time data
Oxfordshire CC reducing traffic congestion using Alchera Technologies real-time data Oxfordshire County Council’s Research & Innovation team, iHub, and Alchera Data Technologies today announce the...
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Miles Macadam completes Milepave™ Carbon Neutral Scheme in Cardiff
Miles Macadam completes Milepave™ Carbon Neutral Scheme in Cardiff Miles Macadam has announced the completion and certification of the Milepave™ Carbon Neutral Resurfacing Scheme in coll...
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Granite wins $55m Alaskan road project
Granite wins $55m Alaskan road project Granite announced that it has secured the approximately $55 million Knik-Goose Bay Road Reconstruction Phase 1 project near Wasilla, Alaska. The contract was awa...
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New National Highways Guide prioritises Sustainable Road Design
New National Highways Guide prioritises Sustainable Road Design National Highways has been challenged to prioritise high-quality and sustainable design as it delivers the biggest investment in the str...
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Ferrovial wins €119m North Dallas Tollway expansion in Texas
Ferrovial wins €119m North Dallas Tollway expansion in Texas Ferrovial, through Webber, its US construction subsidiary, has been awarded the contract to widen a 15-kilometre section of the Dallas Nort...
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Ferrovial wins €1,400 million Coffs Harbour Bypass in New South Wales
Ferrovial wins €1,400 million Coffs Harbour Bypass in New South Wales Ferrovial, through its Construction subsidiary and in consortium with Gamuda Australia, has been awarded the contract to build the...
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Wrekin explores kicking costly Highway Ironwork failings to the kerb
Wrekin explores kicking costly Highway Ironwork failings to the kerb Failure to install the correct compliant highways ironwork in the right locations can lead to costly repair bills and potentially c...
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Fluor wins Interstate 35 Capital Express South Project in Austin
Fluor wins Interstate 35 Capital Express South Project in Austin Fluor Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a construction contract for the Interstate 35 (I-35) Capital Express South p...
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Wrekin and Ringway trial sustainable solutions for failing manhole covers
Wrekin and Ringway trial sustainable solutions for failing manhole covers THE safety and longevity of all major roads in Bracknell has been improved, thanks to a solution provided by Wrekin Products. ...
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Evidence-backed Decision Making for Road Authorities
Evidence-backed Decision Making for Road Authorities According to the Institute for Government report “How governments use evidence to make transport policy”, the Department for Transport (DfT) is pla...
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Perpetual Pavement Awards recognizes 14 superior long-life asphalt pavements
Perpetual Pavement Awards recognizes 14 superior long-life asphalt pavements Perpetual Pavement Awards (PPAs) celebrate long-life asphalt pavements. For 2021, a record number of 14 PPAs: By Performanc...
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Slope Stabilization Project in Georgia wrapped up by The Ray, GDoT and UGA
Slope Stabilization Project in Georgia wrapped up by The Ray, GDoT and UGA The Landscape Lab research team at The Ray has announced the completed installation of a slope stabilization research project...
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Digging in the British Construction Industry now safer than ever
Digging in the British Construction Industry now safer than ever The UK’s safe digging community has never been stronger, with 84 percent of all projects now preceded by a search for underground pipes...
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Southampton reducing Air Pollution with Living Walls
Southampton reducing Air Pollution with Living Walls Air pollution from motor vehicles is an invisible danger that is a serious threat to our health and wellbeing. Richard Sabin, Managing Director of...
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North Carolina DoT develops Early Flood-Warning System for Roads
North Carolina DoT develops Early Flood-Warning System for Roads When the next hurricane strikes, the N.C. Department of Transportation will be armed with an advanced flood-warning system that relies...
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The dangers of Urban Streets that look like Highways
The dangers of Urban Streets that look like Highways Serious auto crashes in urban areas are more likely on city streets that look to drivers like highways, new research suggests. The study used a nov...
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