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Ammann Australia expands
Ammann Australia expands Solid growth has led Ammann Australia to relocate its headquarters, warehouse and training centre to better serve its customers in the region. The facility was moved from Nara...
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STRABAG awarded tunnelling contract for Sirius Minerals Yorkshire Polyhalite Project
STRABAG awarded tunnelling contract for Sirius Minerals Yorkshire Polyhalite Project Sirius Minerals Plc. has hired the European construction group STRABAG SE to build an approx. 13 km tunnel section...
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Sacyr Mutu-Ya-Kevela School project opened by President of Angola
Sacyr Mutu-Ya-Kevela School project opened by President of Angola The President of the Republic of Angola, Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, has inaugurated the Liceo Mutu-Ya-Kevela School in Luanda fol...
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Archaeology on Highways England project shines light on 6000 years of history
Archaeology on Highways England project shines light on 6000 years of history A Roman trade distribution centre, an abandoned medieval village and three prehistoric monuments are among nationally sign...
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Balfour Beatty awarded £47m overhead line works in Scotland
Balfour Beatty awarded £47m overhead line works in Scotland Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded two contracts worth c. £47m for the Fort Augustus to Fort William 1...
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Ringway secures 10 year maintenance services contract across the Bracknell Forest
Ringway secures 10 year maintenance services contract across the Bracknell Forest Ringway has been awarded a one-year extension to its term service contract in Bracknell Forest. The yearly extension i...
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Police HGV on final patrol after catching over 5,000 careless drivers
Police HGV on final patrol after catching over 5,000 careless drivers An unmarked HGV cab is taking to the road for the final time after catching over 5,000 careless drivers in the past three years. T...
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Highways England student challenge turns into Wacky Races
Highways England student challenge turns into Wacky Races A team of Highways England staff is supporting the Brimsham Green School students as part of a programme focused on turning the students’ fund...
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Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution
Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution The recent CEA Annual conference (One Great George Street London) was attended by over 190 delegates from the Construction Equipmen...
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SENNEBOGEN telescopic crane to the rescue of derailed train in Switzerland
SENNEBOGEN telescopic crane to the rescue of derailed train in Switzerland In early January, winter storm Eleanor battered the village of Lenk in Switzerland, pushing a 19-tonne Montreux Oberland Bern...
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Unlocking Community Benefits in Scotland
Unlocking Community Benefits in Scotland The ground breaking Procurement Reform Act (Scotland) has undoubtedly delivered significant benefits since its introduction in 2014. While the act was visionar...
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Romania’s new national cathedral transformed with Doka Formwork
Romania’s new national cathedral transformed with Doka Formwork In the heart of Romania’s capital, a new Orthodox cathedral of impressive dimensions is now under construction. Measuring 12...
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Network Rail commissions new signalling system for North Wales
Network Rail commissions new signalling system for North Wales Passengers in North Wales are benefitting from a newly commissioned, state of the art signalling system between Shotton and Colwyn Bay wh...
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Society of British International Design opens for entries in their 2018 Awards
Society of British International Design opens for entries in their 2018 Awards The 2018 edition of the SBID International Design Awards is now open. As ever, this year’s edition promises to bring toge...
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SIKA launches new Mortar Production in Vietnam
SIKA launches new Mortar Production in Vietnam Sika is pushing ahead with the significant expansion of its plant in Bac Ninh in northern Vietnam, underscoring its commitment to dynamic growth in the c...
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British Builders Merchants report 8.4 percent growth for 1st quarter 2018
British Builders Merchants report 8.4% growth for 1st quarter 2018 Builders merchants have reported an increase in sales of 8.4% in January (compared to January 2017) lifted by one additional trading...
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British workers demand more automation
British workers demand more automation A new report suggests that fear of automation among British workers is not as prevalent as people assume. Findings indicate that in many cases, employees would a...
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SCRAPER for remote control of construction machines via augmented reality at Intermat
SCRAPER for remote control of construction machines via augmented reality at Intermat DIGGER DTR has designed and produced machines for use in the most dangerous and exposed areas of the world for the...
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Network Rail taps into drive to reduce plastic
Network Rail taps into drive to reduce plastic Network Rail today launched its first free drinking water fountain at London Charing Cross station. Thousands of station users and passengers are set to...
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Sustainable building is driving down costs and reducing emissions
Sustainable building is driving down costs and reducing emissions Is it really possible to ‘green up’ the construction industry while keeping costs at a minimum? Terri Wills, CEO of WorldGBC, makes th...
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Trace Software will be showcasing their engineering software at NAPEC in Algeria
Trace Software will be showcasing their engineering software at NAPEC in Algeria Trace Software International, the innovative company committed to the development of software solutions for the enginee...
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Heathrow Terminal 2 named Best in the World
Heathrow Terminal 2 named Best in the World Passengers from around the world have once again voted for Heathrow to win major accolades at the 2018 Skytrax World Airport Awards, held yesterday evening...
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Highways England hails concrete repair project for boosting diversity in construction
Highways England hails concrete repair project for boosting diversity in construction A team carrying out Britain’s largest concrete repair project is targeting local schools to drive up the number of...
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Actibump goes live in Australia
Actibump goes live in Australia Curtin University in Perth, Australia, has now activated two Actibump systems to welcome their students returning from summer break. “We’re looking forward to the...
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Hill Engineering wins Ireland’s Best Managed Companies Award again
Hill Engineering wins Ireland’s Best Managed Companies Award again Newry based attachment manufacturer, Hill Engineering has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies for the fourth-year...
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Japanese funding the first subway in Manila
Japanese funding the first subway in Manila The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a loan agreement with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines in Manila to provide a...
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UK HSE urges employers to avoid off-the-shelf manual handling training
UK HSE urges employers to avoid off-the-shelf manual handling training Off-the-shelf manual handling training should become a thing of the past, according to new advice released by the Health and Safe...
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AfDB funds 208 km road rehabilitation and widening project in Rwanda
AfDB funds 208 km road rehabilitation and widening project in Rwanda The Government of Rwanda in partnership with African Development Bank (AfDB) through the African Development Fund (AfDF), the Japan...
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EnviroBuild named Ethical and Green Business of the Year at FSB London Awards
EnviroBuild named Ethical and Green Business of the Year at FSB London Awards EnviroBuild, the Southwark-based sustainable construction company, has been awarded the Federation of Small Business Londo...
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BIRAL returns to Intermet Asia in Singapore
BIRAL returns to Intermet Asia in Singapore Meteorological specialists, Biral is attending the InterMet Asia show in Singapore next month to showcase its new and popular meteorological products. Biral...
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Balfour Beatty will ‘Open Doors’ to projects and potential career opportunities
Balfour Beatty will ‘Open Doors’ to projects and potential career opportunities This week, Balfour Beatty welcomes members of the public to its construction sites across the UK to support Build UK’s O...
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Road survey confirms impact of decades of under investment in UK road maintenance
Road survey confirms impact of decades of under investment in UK road maintenance The negative impact of decades of under-investment in road maintenance has been confirmed by the latest Annual Local A...
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STRABAG building €39m office tower in central Bucharest
STRABAG building €39m office tower in central Bucharest The European-based construction group STRABAG SE, through its Romanian subsidiary, has been awarded the contract to build a 110 m tall office to...
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Ringway sponsors CIHT Innovative Women in Transport and Engineering exhibition
Ringway sponsors CIHT Innovative Women in Transport and Engineering exhibition A new exhibition that aims to encourage future generations of women to consider careers in transport and engineering is b...
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Danish Rijkswaterstaat awards Project Afsluitdijk to Levvel consortium
Danish Rijkswaterstaat awards Project Afsluitdijk to Levvel consortium Rijkswaterstaat (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and responsible for the design, construction, m...
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Samsung C-T awarded 1,760 Megawatt Combined Cycle Gas Plant Project in Indonesia
Samsung C&T awarded 1,760 Megawatt Combined Cycle Gas Plant Project in Indonesia Samsung C&T Corporation has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a...
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Highways England encourages young people into engineering
Highways England encourages young people into engineering Highways England is giving young people a fun taste of engineering as it builds on its ambition to recruit road builders of the future. The co...
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Metso signs landmark mining services agreement in Brazil
Metso signs landmark mining services agreement in Brazil Metso has signed a significant service agreement including refurbishment services for screening equipment used in mining applications, related...
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Britain pushes for new UK spaceports to join the commercial space race
Britain pushes for new UK spaceports to join the commercial space race New British laws have been given Royal Assent to unlock an exciting era of British space innovation, exploration and investment....
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Is your Construction Site safe for older workers?
Is your Construction Site safe for older workers? It’s widely recognised that older workers are crucial to curbing the construction industry skills gap, as reported by CIOB, but an ageing workforce ca...
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Hinowa showcasing award winning Lightlift at Intermat 2018
Hinowa showcasing award winning Lightlift at Intermat 2018 The Italian company will attend in Paris with its own first-rate brand-truck: it also brings along the recent winner of the Intermat Innovati...
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JLG showcases access solutions at National Facilities Management and Technology Expo
JLG showcases access solutions at National Facilities Management and Technology Expo JLG Industries a global manufacturer of aerial equipment will showcase select low-level access solutions, vertical...
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Fifteen-foot icicles block UK Railway Line
Fifteen-foot icicles block UK Railway Line Network Rail engineers are working to remove 15ft-long icicles which have formed in a railway tunnel between Manchester and Buxton. The icicles, in Eaves Tun...
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Liam Fox launches Awards for Best Business Partnerships of the Future
Liam Fox launches Awards for Best Business Partnerships of the Future International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox MP, has launched the GREAT Innovation in Action Awards to find the best partnerships be...
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The Value of Co-operative Purchasing Procurement
The Value of Co-operative Purchasing Procurement Co-operative purchasing contracts have become steadily more popular at the US Federal, State and local levels. However, many people either don’t know t...
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Skills shortage in the UK construction sector
Skills shortage in the UK construction sector Article by Solicitors Kara Price and Sarah Wales from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson The construction sector is in the grips of a skills shortage which is...
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Meet the new BORUM MASTER 5500 at Intertraffic Amsterdam
Meet the new BORUM MASTER 5500 at Intertraffic Amsterdam High capacity, rugged and powerful line marking machine, built to withstand the heat and hilly areas Borum, the Danish marking machine company...
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World class photography exhibition embarks on journey of UK stations
World class photography exhibition embarks on journey of UK stations Visitors to four of the Network Rail managed stations will soon be able to view some of the most breath-taking images of landscapes...
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Volvo Buses has sold 4,000 electrified buses
Volvo Buses has sold 4,000 electrified buses Volvo Buses has now sold more than 4000 electrified Volvo buses to customers the world over. The latest order is for 90 hybrid buses from Brussels. Volvo B...
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Aurecon appoints new Roads leader ahead of times of significant change
Aurecon appoints new Roads leader ahead of times of significant change Recognising the increasing pressure on road infrastructure from growing populations and transformative technologies, global engin...
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