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Lagos Wooden Tower introduces green construction to Africa’s largest city
Lagos Wooden Tower introduces green construction to Africa’s largest city Hermann Kamte, young Cameroonian architect and the founder of company Hermann Kamte & Associates (HKA), is the driving for...
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CEA renews partnership with Primary Engineer to educate future Engineers
CEA renews partnership with Primary Engineer to educate future Engineers The CEA (Construction Equipment Association) has for a second year teamed up with educational organisation Primary Engineer to...
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How to create solutions that reduce accidents on roads and dangerous junctions
How to create solutions that reduce accidents on roads and dangerous junctions Nearly 5 people die on the UK’s road every day. It’s a well-known figure that has remained stubbornly high for the past 5...
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McCann proud to light the way for the Queen
McCann proud to light the way for the Queen McCann praised by The Royal Parks for successfully completing street lighting and re-cabling works for The Mall and Constitution Hill during one of the busi...
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Balfour Beatty Far East jv awarded two contracts worth HK$7.7 billion
Balfour Beatty Far East jv awarded two contracts worth HK$7.7 billion Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces its 50:50 Far East joint venture, Gammon Construction, has...
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Cyclists celebrate Highways England £1.1m junction improvements in Ellesmere Port
Cyclists celebrate Highways England £1.1m junction improvements in Ellesmere Port A £1.1 million scheme to improve safety and create a new cycle path at a busy junction near Ellesmere Port has been of...
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EIB provides €30m for renewal of Palma de Mallorca’s urban bus fleet
EIB provides €30m for renewal of Palma de Mallorca’s urban bus fleet Palma de Mallorca’s urban buses will start being replaced this year with new, more modern, safer, more comfortable and less polluti...
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Minnich Manufacturing launches Stinger Flex Shaft Vibrator at World of Concrete 2018
Minnich Manufacturing launches Stinger Flex Shaft Vibrator at World of Concrete 2018 Minnich Manufacturing, the leading manufacturer of concrete dowel pin drills, concrete vibrators and vibrator monit...
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TMT2 proving a real success for Clearview Intelligence
TMT2 proving a real success for Clearview Intelligence One year on from being awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Service’s Traffic Management Technology 2 (TMT2) framework Clearview Intelligence...
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BAM celebrates great safety performance at Museum of the Future in Dubai
BAM celebrates great safety performance at Museum of the Future in Dubai BAM employees are celebrating two million hours worked lost time injury free at the building site for the Museum of the Future...
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North Midland Construction paves the way for IKEA Sheffield
North Midland Construction paves the way for IKEA Sheffield NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) has successfully completed its first contract for IKEA, providing vital access to the new IKEA She...
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Run off the road crashes are the biggest killer on Australia’s country roads
Run off the road crashes are the biggest killer on Australia’s country roads Run-off-road crashes remain the single biggest cause of deaths I Australia’s country roads in Victoria State, n...
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Kiruna residents move for Swedish mine expansion
Kiruna residents move for Swedish mine expansion Eva and Carl-Johan Mäki raised their children in Kiruna’s Ullspiran district and lived there for almost 40 years. All of the buildings in the area are...
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Minnich Manufacturing celebrates their 50th birthday at World of Concrete 2018
Minnich Manufacturing celebrates their 50th birthday at World of Concrete 2018 In 1968, Roger Minnich and two employees began building concrete vibrators at a gas station in Mansfield, Ohio. From thos...
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VolvoCE electric excavator prototype wins Intermat Innovation Award
VolvoCE electric excavator prototype wins Intermat Innovation Award Volvo Construction Equipment’s fully-electric compact excavator has won an Intermat Innovation Award for its revolutionary design. T...
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PERI celebrates expansion with plant ground-breaking ceremony in Guenzburg
PERI celebrates expansion with plant ground-breaking ceremony in Guenzburg The family-owned company, one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of formwork and scaffolding systems, i...
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Parsons’ work recognized on 19 of Canada’s largest Infrastructure Projects
Parsons’ work recognized on 19 of Canada’s largest Infrastructure Projects Parsons has received a platinum ranking in ReNew Canada’s 2018 Top 100 Infrastructure Projects report for the corporation’s w...
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INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2018 at the heart of technological challenges in construction
INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2018 at the heart of technological challenges in construction INTERMAT, the international trade show for construction and infrastructure, announced the winners of the INTERM...
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Rehabilitation of Camps Bay Drive in Cape Town relies on Wirtgen Cold Recycling
Rehabilitation of Camps Bay Drive in Cape Town relies on Wirtgen Cold Recycling Camps Bay Drive is a major scenic route within the City of Cape Town and provides access to Camps Bay and Hout Bay. Base...
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National Infrastructure Commission seeks evidence on future of Britain’s freight infrastructure
National Infrastructure Commission seeks evidence on future of Britain’s freight infrastructure A Call for Evidence is launched today to help shape a new study into improving the infrastructure...
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VolvoCE is Building Tomorrow at Intermat Paris 2018
VolvoCE is Building Tomorrow at Intermat Paris 2018 Under the theme ‘Building Tomorrow’, Volvo Construction Equipment will showcase its evolving approach to customer success, focusing on services, dea...
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Metropolitan Adelaide gets A$22 million road safety upgrades
Metropolitan Adelaide gets A$22 million road safety upgrades Nine metropolitan blackspots, including the intersection of Main North Road, Dalkeith Road and Smith Road will be upgraded as part of the S...
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ELE release rugged penetrometers for field-testing concrete and soils
ELE release rugged penetrometers for field-testing concrete and soils Pocket penetrometers have been manufactured by ELE International for decades, but as part of the company’s continuous product deve...
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Northern England leaders publish Strategic Transport Plan to transform the region
Northern England leaders publish Strategic Transport Plan to transform the region Civic and business leaders from across the North have come together to publish Transport for the North’s draft Strateg...
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Balfour Beatty awarded £124m UK Major Highways Programme
Balfour Beatty awarded £124m UK Major Highways Programme Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been selected by Wokingham Borough Council to deliver their...
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It’s a smooth finish for huge multi-contract road project in New Hampshire
It’s a smooth finish for huge multi-contract road project in New Hampshire New Hampshire I-93 rehab benefits from gravity-fed asphalt paver It may sound a bit over-the-top dramatic, but the New...
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Expressions of Interest open to complete Australia’s M80 Ring Road
Expressions of Interest open to complete Australia’s M80 Ring Road The M80 Ring Road upgrade has reached another important project milestone, with Expressions of Interest now open to complete th...
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Manitou Group wins Equipment and Material Prize at the Intermat Innovation Awards
Manitou Group wins Equipment and Material Prize at the Intermat Innovation Awards The Manitou group, a world leader in rough-terrain handling, earned the “Equipment and Material” prize in...
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Shell and ITM Power to build Electrolysis plant at Rhineland Refinery
Shell and ITM Power to build Electrolysis plant at Rhineland Refinery Shell and ITM Power will build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Rhineland refinery, Germany. With a peak capacit...
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Costain and Tarmac first to win prestigious national collaboration award
Costain and Tarmac first to win prestigious national collaboration award Costain and Tarmac are celebrating after winning a prestigious national award recognising the success of their long-term partne...
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Moving Kiruna in Sweden – by the numbers
Moving Kiruna in Sweden – by the numbers Why the town of Kiruna is being moved and what makes it one of the most ambitious urban planning projects in the world. 1,3 billion euros The sum, in eur...
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How to make roads safer now and for the future
How to make roads safer now and for the future Operators across the road network from local authorities to national transport bodies, identify improving road safety as a top priority. With the number...
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STRABAG to build rail tunnel in Canada
STRABAG to build rail tunnel in Canada STRABAG SE, the publicly listed European-based technology group for construction services, has had an infrastructure contract in Toronto awarded to its Canadian...
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SACYR awarded construction and operation of Waste Treatment Plant in Connecticut
SACYR awarded construction and operation of Waste Treatment Plant in Connecticut Sacyr, in partnership with the Manhattan Construction Group, has been selected as the preferred bidder for its second m...
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STRABAG subsidiary ZÜBLIN starts construction of Germany’s first timber high-rise
STRABAG subsidiary ZÜBLIN starts construction of Germany’s first timber high-rise When completed, it will be the tallest timber building in Germany. The ten-storey SKAIO high-rise in Heilbronn, based...
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ADB finances three Infrastructure Projects in Cambodia
ADB finances three Infrastructure Projects in Cambodia The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed three project loan agreements with the Government of Cambodia to provide infrastructure support for...
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AECOM to provide site supervision services for Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link project
AECOM to provide site supervision services for Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link project AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, has been appointed by China Communications Constru...
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Contract awarded for $391.6 million M1 Pacific Motorway Upgrade in Australia
Contract awarded for $391.6 million M1 Pacific Motorway Upgrade in Australia Motorists will soon see major benefits as work commences on three major upgrades along the M1 Pacific Motorway following th...
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Valoriza wins €30m maintenance contract for lines 2 and 6 of Santiago Metro
Valoriza wins €30m maintenance contract for lines 2 and 6 of Santiago Metro Sacyr’s subsidiary, Valoriza Facilities, has won the contract to clean and maintain minor lines 2 and 6 of the Santiag...
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CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan
CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, and we are pleased that our work has contributed towards many of the goals iden...
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Highways England announces new contract for future road improvements
Highways England announces new contract for future road improvements Highways England has released details of a new type of contract – the Regional Delivery Partnership – for future major projects for...
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New Mabey bridges to connect rural communities in Malaysia
New Mabey bridges to connect rural communities in Malaysia Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey is installing five new Compact 200 (C200)™ bridges in Sarawak, the largest st...
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Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall JV awarded €360m motorway upgrade contracts
Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall JV awarded €360m motorway upgrade contracts The Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall joint venture, (bm JV), has been awarded two contracts worth a total of approximately €360...
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Noise barriers to be installed on M40 Motorway in England
Noise barriers to be installed on M40 Motorway in England Work on a highly anticipated £3.5 million plan to cut traffic noise for many people living along a section of the M40 in Buckinghamshire has b...
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Tunnel Boring Machines on the way to build Australia’s West Gate Tunnel
Tunnel Boring Machines on the way to build Australia’s West Gate Tunnel The biggest tunnel boring machine (TBMs) in the southern hemisphere are on their way to Melbourne, with an order now place...
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Access to all-weather roads allow Afghan Valley residents to flourish
Access to all-weather roads allow Afghan Valley residents to flourish It is mid-afternoon and the sun is beating down hard on the flourishing Parandi valley. The weather in the lengthy valley in the B...
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VINCI Airports selected as best bidder for Belgrade Airport
VINCI Airports selected as best bidder for Belgrade Airport The Republic of Serbia and ANT (Airport Nikola Tesla) have selected VINCI Airports, the world’s fourth-largest airport operator, as preferre...
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ClearSpan pre-Engineered Structures the perfect solution for a fast start-up
ClearSpan pre-Engineered Structures the perfect solution for a fast start-up Sometimes, the less time that needs to go into designing a fabric building, the better for businesses looking to get a stru...
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England’s A556 Green Bridge is a winter wonderland
England’s A556 Green Bridge is a winter wonderland Stunning new pictures of an innovative Green Bridge across the new A556 Knutsford to Bowdon bypass show how the project has literally taken roo...
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Rail Baltica announces detailed technical design tenders for Estonia and Lithuania railway
Rail Baltica announces detailed technical design tenders for Estonia and Lithuania railway The first tenders for detailed technical design of the railway line in Estonia and Lithuania have been announ...
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