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Could Vertical Farming transform agriculture?
Could Vertical Farming transform agriculture? Vertical farming is an emerging technique within agriculture that involves growing crops indoors under controlled environmental conditions. By carefully t...
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Glastonbury supplier Live Trakway calls on Siltbuster Process Solutions
Glastonbury supplier Live Trakway calls on Siltbuster Process Solutions Siltbuster Process Solutions (SPS), the water treatment specialist, is helping Live Trakway, the company which supplies temporar...
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Granite takes charge of the Cosumnes Bridge Child Project 4 section in California
Granite takes charge of the Cosumnes Bridge Child Project 4 section in California Granite Construction announced today that it has been awarded the Child Project 4 (CP4) portion of the Construction Ma...
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Leading Danish companies form partnership for ambitious Green Energy fuel project
Leading Danish companies form partnership for ambitious Green Energy fuel project Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS and Ørsted have formed a partnership to deve...
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ADB grant to improve transport services in Ger areas of Mongolia
ADB grant to improve transport services in Ger areas of Mongolia The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia signed a $2 million grant to improve the accessibility, safety, securit...
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Yanmar expands in UK with new dealer Taylor and Braithwaite
Yanmar expands in UK with new dealer Taylor and Braithwaite Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has appointed Taylor & Braithwaite to its UK dealer network. The construction, quarrying and recycling spe...
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Western Australia calls for design and construction proposals for $93m highway project
Western Australia calls for design and construction proposals for $93m highway project Proposals for the design and construction of the $93 million Leach Highway and Welshpool Road Interchange projec...
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Worldsensing builds on Sisgeo partnership with automated readings from digital sensors
Worldsensing builds on Sisgeo partnership with automated readings from digital sensors Worldsensing has announced a new firmware release as part of its growing partnership with the leading geotechnica...
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McCann expands with new hires to support civil and electrical engineering projects
McCann expands with new hires to support civil and electrical engineering projects Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has added four new members to its team as it continues...
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Peab awarded rehabilitation of E20 highway outside of Gothenburg
Peab awarded rehabilitation of E20 highway outside of Gothenburg Peab has been commissioned to rebuild four kilometers of the existing stretch of E20 between Tollered and Ingared outside of Gothenburg...
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Five Liebherr 542 HC-L 18-36 tower cranes join the high rollers at Las Vegas project
Five Liebherr 542 HC-L 18-36 tower cranes join the high rollers at Las Vegas project Five Liebherr 542 HC-L 18/36 tower cranes were instrumental in helping Las Vegas’s newest landmark take shape from...
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HS2 adopts CESAR ECV plant emissions scheme to promote clean air
HS2 adopts CESAR ECV plant emissions scheme to promote clean air As part of its bid to create ‘greener’ construction sites, by reducing emissions and controlling air quality, HS2 is the first infrastr...
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Ferrovial Agroman rebrands as Ferrovial Construction
Ferrovial Agroman rebrands as Ferrovial Construction Ferrovial Agroman, one of the construction business units of Ferrovial, has taken the decision to change of its corporate name to Ferrovial Constru...
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Millwood lands master distributor deal with CORE Erosion Control
Millwood lands master distributor deal with CORE Erosion Control Just weeks after landing a mass distributor agreement with Mid-TN in Tennessee, Millwood, Inc. has reached another master distributor a...
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New South Wales $600m rail upgrades to create 550 new jobs in Australia
New South Wales $600m rail upgrades to create 550 new jobs in Australia The NSW Government has signed two construction contracts worth about $600 million to modernise and upgrade infrastructure on the...
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A66 route announced for £1 billion Trans-Pennine dualling transformation
A66 route announced for £1 billion Trans-Pennine dualling transformation Major upgrades to a northern Trans-Pennine route are a step closer today with the official preferred route announced for the £1...
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Granite awarded $10m California Highway 1 paving contract
Granite awarded $10m California Highway 1 paving contract Granite has been awarded a contract in Mendocino County, California for the Highway 1 Overlay near Gualala by the California Department of Tra...
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QUIKRETE celebrates 80th anniversary
QUIKRETE celebrates 80th anniversary On its 80th anniversary, The QUIKRETE Companies celebrates continued service to the infrastructure well-being of our country as a comprehensive building materials...
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Torsus Praetorian wins prestigious 2020 Red Dot Design Award
Torsus Praetorian wins prestigious 2020 Red Dot Design Award The tough TORSUS PRAETORIAN has been awarded a prestigious Red Dot Award in the Product Design 2020 category, for its outstanding design qu...
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Cedefop looks at automation and the future of work post Coronavirus
Cedefop looks at automation and the future of work post Coronavirus According to Cedefop’s skills forecast, in the sectors with a medium-high and high impact of coronavirus on economic activity, aroun...
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Designing the Kinnet Tunnel to last a century
Designing the Kinnet Tunnel to last a century The Kinnet tunnel was designed to collect flood water from the entire Arava region and the city of Eilat, Israel. It is being constructed in a highly agg...
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Mecalac announces unbeatable finance package for UK customers
Mecalac announces unbeatable finance package for UK customers Working in conjunction with Mecalac Financial Solutions, Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has launched an unbeatable Buy Now… Pay L...
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AMTE Power and Britishvolt look to create landmark battery Giga Factory in the UK
AMTE Power and Britishvolt look to create landmark battery Giga Factory in the UK AMTE Power and Britishvolt are pleased to announce plans to investigate collaborating to build the UK’s first full cyc...
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Siemens Mobility wins major traffic signal and intelligent transport systems contract
Siemens Mobility wins major traffic signal and intelligent transport systems contract Siemens Mobility Limited has been awarded a significant traffic signal maintenance contract by a consortium of thr...
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Fluor awarded Engineering and Design for Carbon Capture Project in North Dakota
Fluor awarded Engineering and Design for Carbon Capture Project in North Dakota Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for Minnkota Power Coo...
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US National Shell Science Lab Challenge announces 2020 Winners
US National Shell Science Lab Challenge announces 2020 Winners Shell Oil Company and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) today announced the grand prize winner and four national finalists...
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Aggregate Industries uses innovative logistical Solution for Washington Hospital Expansion
Aggregate Industries uses innovative logistical Solution for Washington Hospital Expansion Aggregate Industries, a member of LafargeHolcim in the US, has started supplying concrete for the new, state-...
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North Brisbane unveils $2.1 billion congestion-busting road plan
North Brisbane unveils $2.1 billion congestion-busting road plan Australia has unveiled a $2.1 billion congestion-busting road plan for Moreton Bay and North Brisbane commuters. The job boosting plan...
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Berkeley partners with NTT to accelerate Smart Technologies
Berkeley partners with NTT to accelerate Smart Technologies The University of California, Berkeley and NTT Corporation (NTT) today announced a connected campus pilot project that will leverage technol...
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Esri offering Free Mapping Software to Women in GIS
Esri offering Free Mapping Software to Women in GIS Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that it will be making its software available to Women in GIS (WiGIS). The company...
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New Sponsor Body set to reveal Houses of Parliament restoration plans
New Sponsor Body set to reveal Houses of Parliament restoration plans Plans for the vital restoration needed to save the Houses of Parliament will be examined by an expert team set up by the new Spons...
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TRL looks at the transport lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
TRL looks at the transport lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic Let us not get confused: the coronavirus pandemic is above all a human tragedy and our hearts go out to all those who have lost loved ones...
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NVIDIA EGX Edge AI Platform enables real-time AI and Robotics Applications
NVIDIA EGX Edge AI Platform enables real-time AI and Robotics Applications NVIDIA today announced two powerful products for its EGX Edge AI platform — the EGX A100 for larger commercial off-the-shelf...
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Quartz raises $7.75m to expand real-time site sensing platform for construction
Quartz raises $7.75m to expand real-time site sensing platform for construction Quartz Systems, a construction technology company leveraging advanced perception systems to understand everything on a c...
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Van der Meijden and Yotta partner to address needs of Dutch waste industry
Van der Meijden and Yotta partner to address needs of Dutch waste industry Netherlands-based, IT and services consultancy, Van der Meijden (VDM-Management and advice) has announced it has signed a par...
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Rodin Cars resurfaces and widens private test tracks in New Zealand
Rodin Cars resurfaces and widens private test tracks in New Zealand Exclusive single-seater performance brand, Rodin Cars, has completed a substantial upgrade to its dedicated test tracks with a full...
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Technology Investment and responsible investing are the Megatrends of the decade
Technology Investment and responsible investing are the Megatrends of the decade Technology and responsible investing will “inevitably be the top two megatrends” of the 2020s, affirms the CEO of one o...
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National Infrastructure Commission calls for action now to help heal the economy
National Infrastructure Commission calls for action now to help heal the economy Sir John Armitt, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, has reinforced the need for long term infrastructure...
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Highways England install two new bridges over the M4 motorway in one weekend
Highways England install two new bridges over the M4 motorway in one weekend The M4 between junctions 6 and 8/9 near Slough and Maidenhead in Berkshire has fully reopened after work to lift huge steel...
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Sydney set for $1.4b revamp to Mt Druitt CBD
Sydney set for $1.4b revamp to Mt Druitt CBD The NSW Government has today announced the approval of a $1.49 billion revamp of the Mt Druitt CBD, which will create 15,000 jobs and breathe new life into...
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IRU calls for support for road transport to drive global COVID-19 recovery
IRU calls for support for road transport to drive global COVID-19 recovery Amidst an increasingly bleak global economic outlook, IRU is calling on governments to ramp up efforts to support road transp...
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Ingevity Evotherm technology simplifies remote island paving in Ohio
Ingevity Evotherm technology simplifies remote island paving in Ohio The benefits of Ingevity’s Evotherm warm-mix asphalt technology are highlighted in a recently released video about Gerken Companies...
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Las Vegas accelerating Smart Cities Project with NTT
Las Vegas accelerating Smart Cities Project with NTT The city of Las Vegas and NTT Corporation (NTT) have announced the Accelerate Smart project has expanded to include two new locations – the city’s...
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Manufacturing layup insights from the major car build-ahead programs
Manufacturing layup insights from the major car build-ahead programs In unpredictable times like these, many manufacturers may find themselves with unintentional “build-ahead” programs on their hands....
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Leading concrete manufacturer Besblock sees orders double in a matter of days
Leading concrete manufacturer Besblock sees orders double in a matter of days As the UK construction industry gears up to return to work, Shropshire-based concrete manufacturers Besblock has seen orde...
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Femern Link contractors receive go ahead for world’s longest immersed tunnel
Femern Link contractors receive go ahead for world’s longest immersed tunnel Femern A/S has issued the Commencement Notice to the Femern Link Contractors joint venture so they proceed with the e...
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Northern UK leaders call for clear communication to manage rail challenges
Northern UK leaders call for clear communication to manage rail challenges Crystal clear communications with rail passengers and staff will be the single most important factor in keeping people safe a...
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JCB resumes production with comprehensive safety measures in place
JCB resumes production with comprehensive safety measures in place JCB today announced a partial re-starting of production at five of its UK factories as a comprehensive package of safety measures is...
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Australia announces $245m for 3 Dam Projects in NSW
Australia announces $245m for 3 Dam Projects in NSW The NSW Government has today announced $245 million to commence Stage 1 of the delivery of the Wyangala Dam and Dungowan Dam projects in NSW and inv...
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Omdia ranks the top AI and machine learning development platforms
Omdia ranks the top AI and machine learning development platforms Omdia has named five leaders in its decision matrix for selecting vendors of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML) de...
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