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Aggregate Industries wins pavement contract for ยฃ200m scheme in Preston
Aggregate Industries wins pavement contract for ยฃ200m scheme in Preston The contracting division of Aggregate Industries has announced that it has won and started working on the prestigious contract t...
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Sacyr and Fininc opens 35km section of new Pedemontana-Veneta Highway in Italy
Sacyr and Fininc opens 35km section of new Pedemontana-Veneta Highway in Italy Today, the SIS consortium, consisting of Fininc (51%) and Sacyr (49%), has put the fourth section of the Pedemontana-Vene...
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PlasticRoad made from plastic waste will deliver a circular infrastructure
PlasticRoad made from plastic waste will deliver a circular infrastructure According to a new study published by McKinsey (2021), over the next few years, the traditional road construction sector will...
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Highways England major road upgrade in Cornwall aims to be otter friendly
Highways England major road upgrade in Cornwall aims to be otter friendly Highways Englandโs upgrade of the A30 in Cornwall is not just about improving safety, journey reliability and connectivity for...
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Telent wins one of the UK’s largest traffic signal maintenance contracts
Telent wins one of the UK’s largest traffic signal maintenance contracts Critical digital infrastructure specialist Telent has been awarded a contract to maintain West Yorkshireโs traffic signal...
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Paving the longest rail tunnels in Germany needs VรGELE Super Paver power
Paving the longest rail tunnels in Germany needs VรGELE Super Paver power Road construction projects in rail tunnels are particularly demanding. On the one hand, the cramped job site situation require...
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Ferrovial awarded $81m I-35 reconstruction contract in Texas
Ferrovial awarded $81m I-35 reconstruction contract in Texas Ferrovial, via its US construction subsidiary Webber, was awarded the reconstruction contract for a portion of I-35 in San Marcos, Texas (U...
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Managing surface water and drainage crucial to prevent potholes
Managing surface water and drainage crucial to prevent potholes In response to the spiralling cost of fixing potholes across the UK road network, ACO Water Management has stressed the key role of effe...
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ยฃ17.1m boost for NE England SME’s with new highways Scheme
ยฃ17.1m boost for NE England SME’s with new highways Scheme Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunakโs latest Budget announcement showed an intention from the Government to direct SMEs away from t...
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Tarmac puts the new JCB PotholePro to the test in Rutland
Tarmac puts the new JCB PotholePro to the test in Rutland Tarmac and JCB have successfully trialled a brand new revolutionary pothole fixing machine in partnership with Rutland County Council. With th...
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STRABAG wins major โฌ153m motorway contract in Poland
STRABAG wins major โฌ153m motorway contract in Poland STRABAG, the European-based construction technology group, has won a large motorway construction contract in Poland. The groupโs Polish subsidiary...
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Taylor Woodrow Plus wins ยฃ328m Highways England A358 contractย
Taylor Woodrow Plus wins ยฃ328m Highways England A358 contract Highways England has awarded a ยฃ328 million contract to design and deliver an upgrade to the A358 between the M5 at Taunton and the Southf...
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Granite awarded $34m Tucson road rehabilitation project in Arizona
Granite awarded $34m Tucson road rehabilitation project in Arizona Granite has announced it has been awarded the Tucson โ Oracle Junction โ Globe Hwy (SR77), Junction I-10 to Calle Concordia project i...
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Ferrovial win $1.5 Billion I35 NE Expansion Central Project in Texas
Ferrovial win $1.5 Billion I35 NE Expansion Central Project in Texas Ferrovial, via its subsidiaries, Ferrovial Construction and Webber, has been selected by theย Texas Department of Transportation (Tx...
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UK Department for Transport announces ยฃ15m funding to upgrade traffic signalsย
UK Department for Transport announces ยฃ15m funding to upgrade traffic signals As part of this yearโs Highway Maintenance settlement for English local authorities outside of London, the Department for...
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Highways England unveils initiative to revitalise ageing concrete roads
Highways England unveils initiative to revitalise ageing concrete roads โSafer and smoother journeys ahead!โ Thatโs the message from Highways England as it announced two contracts worth ยฃ285 million t...
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PlasticRoad and Orbia launch first PlasticRoad bicycle path trial in Mexico City
PlasticRoad and Orbia launch first PlasticRoad bicycle path trial in Mexico City PlasticRoad and Orbia in collaboration with the Mexico City Mobility Secretariat (SEMOVI) and the Mexico City Environme...
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Iteris continues Midwest expansion With New Illinois DoT Smart Highway contract
Iteris continues Midwest expansion With New Illinois DoT Smart Highway contract Iteris, a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a $500,000...
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Sterling Construction wins $40m Pali Highway project in Oahu
Sterling Construction wins $40m Pali Highway project in Oahu Sterling Construction Company, Inc., today announced that its subsidiary, Road and Highway Builders, LLC has been awarded a $40 million hea...
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Highways England ground investigations shaping ยฃ228m Mottram bypass build
Highways England ground investigations shaping ยฃ228m Mottram bypass build Highways England has started ground and archaeological investigations for the new, ยฃ228 million bypass which will take traffic...
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Lafarge Canada kicks off 2021 with critical roadworks improvements in Alberta
Lafarge Canada kicks off 2021 with critical roadworks improvements in Alberta Lafarge Canadaโs Northern Alberta construction team is kicking off 2021 with road redesign and upgrades west of Edmonton,...
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Sterling awarded $122.7m project featuring accelerated bridge construction in Utah
Sterling awarded $122.7m project featuring accelerated bridge construction in Utah Sterling Construction today announced its subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, LLC, has been selected...
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Highways England awards Skanska ยฃ507m A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet project
Highways England awards Skanska ยฃ507m A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet project Skanska and Highways England agree ยฃ507 million A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements contract. This major project...
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Iteris wins $3.5m contract on Arizona DoT I10 Broadway Curve Project
Iteris wins $3.5m contract on Arizona DoT I10 Broadway Curve Project Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded contracts for...
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Tarmac helping Leicestershire County Council to deliver greener roads
Tarmac helping Leicestershire County Council to deliver greener roads Tarmac is helping Leicestershire County Council to deliver greener roads with the biggest supply to date of a new rubberised aspha...
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Superior Construction engages diverse workforce for I-65/I-70 reconstruction in Indianapolis
Superior Construction engages diverse workforce for I-65/I-70 reconstruction in Indianapolis Superior Construction, has been selected by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) for a $320 mil...
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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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TWM Traffic Control secures VAS Signage contract with Wirral Borough Council
TWM Traffic Control secures VAS Signage contract with Wirral Borough Council TWM Traffic Control Systems is a division of Pilot Group, a Manchester-based sustainable technology solutions firm, has won...
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World Bank funds $500m for road and digital connectivity in Bangladesh
World Bank funds $500m for road and digital connectivity in Bangladesh The government of Bangladesh has signed a US$500 million agreement with the World Bank for finance to help rehabilitate the Jasho...
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UK Councils spent ยฃ99 million to fix UK potholes in 2020
UK Councils spent ยฃ99 million to fix UK potholes in 2020 A new study reveals that UK councils have spent a combined total of ยฃ99 million fixing potholes in 2020. But with a staggering 39,810 potholes...
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UK’s safe digging resource sees over 3 million searches in 2020
UK’s safe digging resource sees over 3 million searches in 2020 LSBUD, the UKโs leading online safe digging resource, saw more than three million searches for underground pipes and cables pass t...
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Feltham Station upgrade completedย
Feltham Station upgrade completed With the United Kingdom proceeding towards the relaxation of lockdown restrictions, the government has been completing the existential construction and infrastructure...
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Highways England awards Jacobs ยฃ162.5m Lower Thames Crossing contract
Highways England awards Jacobs ยฃ162.5m Lower Thames Crossing contract Highways England has awardedย Jacobsย the ยฃ162.5mย Integration Partnerย contract which will see the company act as a catalyst for coll...
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STRABAG consortium wins โฌ246m motorway infrastructure contract in Hungary
STRABAG consortium wins โฌ246m motorway infrastructure contract in Hungary The Hungarian subsidiary of European-based construction group STRABAG has been awarded a new infrastructure contract in Hungar...
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Highways England ยฃ150m Lancashire bypass gets underway
Highways England ยฃ150m Lancashire bypass gets underway The first major phase of construction work for the new ยฃ150 million A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool bypass in Lancashire will get underway on Mond...
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World Bank and Government of Nepal launch $150m infrastructure projects
World Bank and Government of Nepal launch $150m infrastructure projects The Secretary of Ministry of Urban Development in Nepal, Dr. Ramesh Prasad Singh, and Lada Strelkova, World Bank Operations Mana...
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Highways England awards AECOM and Atkins places on concrete roads framework
Highways England awards AECOM and Atkins places on concrete roads framework AECOM, one of theย worldโs premier infrastructure consulting firm, today announced it has won a place on Highways Englandโs...
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Econ Engineering steps up to fight potholes with increased Hotbox production
Econ Engineering steps up to fight potholes with increased Hotbox production Staff at the countryโs leading manufacturer of gritters and snow ploughs are working around the clock making specialist veh...
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Welsh Assembly calls in GeoPlace to evaluate unadopted roads in Wales
Welsh Assembly calls in GeoPlace to evaluate unadopted roads in Wales The law on the maintenance and adoption of private roadsโฏcan beโฏcomplex. Briefly, an unadopted road isโฏaโฏroad or streetโฏnot mainta...
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Highways England uses huge steel beams to create M53’s newest bridge
Highways England uses huge steel beams to create M53’s newest bridge Eight huge steel beams will be lifted into place over the M53 in Merseyside this weekend to help create a new bridge over the...
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EBRD invests โฌ450m for Ukraine Road Infrastructure
EBRD invests โฌ450m for Ukraine Road Infrastructure Supporting two major goals of the government of Ukraine โ improving the national road infrastructure and fighting corruption โ the European Bank for...
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EBRD joins in โฌ77.6m investments in infrastructure for Western Balkans
EBRD joins in โฌ77.6m investments in infrastructure for Western Balkans The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),ย the European Union (EU)ย andย bilateral donorsย are stepping up their s...
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AECOM awarded the design for Sydney Gateway Road Project in Australia
AECOM awarded the design for Sydney Gateway Road Project in Australia AECOM, the worldโs premier infrastructure consulting firm, has announced that it has been selected to provide the civil engineerin...
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Pothole purge hailed a Tarmac triumph in Middlesbrough
Pothole purge hailed a Tarmac triumph in Middlesbrough A MAJOR town-wide drive to clean up Middlesbrough’s pothole menace has been hailed a major success. And Council chiefs have pledged to keep...
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A14 upgrade shows the Road to Infrastructure Success
A14 upgrade shows the Road to Infrastructure Success Opening eight months ahead of schedule amid a global pandemic, Highways Englandโs new A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme โ their larges...
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Granite wins $39m highway widening project in Southern California
Granite wins $39m highway widening project in Southern California Granite Construction has announced it has been awarded the State Route 74 Ortega Highway Widening Project by the California Department...
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Issues facing the UK’s road and infrastructure networks
Issues facing the UK’s road and infrastructure networks The UKโs road and infrastructure network is in constant need of upkeep and traditional remediation methods are often too slow to keep our...
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VรGELE pavers enable German motorway rehabilitation in record time
VรGELE pavers enable German motorway rehabilitation in record time Contractor JOHANN BUNTE Bauunternehmung showed how to rehabilitate the surface and binder courses of a section of motorway successful...
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United Utilities app wins innovation award for smoothing out road reinstatement
United Utilities app wins innovation award for smoothing out road reinstatement Regional water firm, United Utilities, has created an app to perfect its system of laying asphalt after it has dug up a...
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Colas-SIAC awarded A46 Stoneleigh Junction works in Warwickshire
Colas-SIAC awarded A46 Stoneleigh Junction works in Warwickshire Warwickshire County Council and key strategic partners Coventry City Council and Warwick District Council have announced the start of m...
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