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ALE Heavy Lift completes bridge launch in Serbia
ALE Heavy Lift completes bridge launch in Serbia ALE has completed the launching of the Zezelj bridge, weighing 11,100 tonnes, in Novi Sad, Serbia. The global heavylifting providers were contracted by...
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Parsons awarded Kentucky I-265/I-64 Interchange
Parsons awarded Kentucky I-265/I-64 Interchange Parsons has been selected by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) to present reconstruction options for the I-265/I-64 Interchange in Jefferson Co...
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Energising the nuclear workforce of the future
Energising the nuclear workforce of the future Today, Balfour Beatty launches the latest of its Public Policy papers, Building Nuclear Skills : A workforce for the future, focusing on the challenges i...
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Highways England wins prestigious award for Road to Growth strategy
Highways England wins prestigious award for Road to Growth strategy The Institute of Economic Development (IED) hailed Highways England’s strategic economic growth plan, The Road to Growth with...
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Property consultant remains positive for post Brexit UK construction sector
Property consultant remains positive for post Brexit UK construction sector One of the UK’s leading construction and property consultancies, Thomas & Adamson, believes despite the negative outlook...
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Liebherr wins two design awards for their earthmoving machines
Liebherr wins two design awards for their earthmoving machines Liebherr has received the 2018 German Design Award in the “Excellent Product Design” category for its T46-7 telescopic handle...
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MGS Training School gears up with State of the Art VolvoCE Equipment
MGS Training School gears up with State of the Art VolvoCE Equipment MGS Training Ltd, with its headquarters located at Bargeddie in Glasgow and its 40-acre training centre at Heartlands just off the...
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Samsung C and T wins First North-South Corridor contract in Singapore
Samsung C and T wins First North-South Corridor contract in Singapore Samsung C&T Corporation has been selected as the first contractor to design and construct a stretch of the North-South Corrido...
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Melbourne gets first dedicated, high-speed Busway Lane
Melbourne gets first dedicated, high-speed Busway Lane Melbourne, Australia, gets first dedicated Melbourne busway, built as part of North East Link – slashing travel times and delivering more service...
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Australia’s Melbourne NE Link biggest ever transport project in Victoria
Australia’s Melbourne NE Link biggest ever transport project in Victoria The North East Link will be the biggest transport project in Victoria’s history, finally building the missing link in Mel...
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Construction Climate Challenge Conference calls for ambitious carbon reduction goals
Construction Climate Challenge Conference calls for ambitious carbon reduction goals Industry heavyweights warned guests at a London Construction Climate Challenge conference this week, hosted by Volv...
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AfDB approves €122m loan for Tunisia Road Improvement Project
AfDB approves €122m loan for Tunisia Road Improvement Project The Board of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of €112 million to help finance the North-East Road Connectivit...
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Speed down, save lives!
Speed down, save lives! Brake, the national road safety charity founded and lead the annual Road Safety Week, which takes place this week, the 20th – 26th November. This year’s theme is Speed Down Sav...
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Lower Thames Crossing’s £8bn economic benefit welcomed
Lower Thames Crossing’s £8bn economic benefit welcomed Businesses from across Essex and Kent have been encouraged by Highways England, the organisation delivering the new Lower Thames Crossing, to sta...
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The Wood Awards announce 2017 winners
The Wood Awards announce 2017 winners The winners of the annual Wood Awards, have been announced at a ceremony held on the 21st November at Carpenters’ Hall in London hosted by Johanna Agerman Ross, F...
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Life-saving training for Highways England Traffic Officers
Life-saving training for Highways England Traffic Officers More than 950 Highways England Traffic Officers are being trained in life saving first aid, giving them enhanced skills which may be used to...
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Parsons selected as Technical Advisor for Metrolinx enhanced train control and signalling
Parsons selected as Technical Advisor for Metrolinx enhanced train control and signalling Parsons has begun providing technical advisory services for Metrolinx’s Enhanced Train Control and Conventiona...
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New £1.5 million salt barn to help keep Britain’s roads moving this winter
New £1.5 million salt barn to help keep Britain’s roads moving this winter A new £1.5 million salt barn in Knutsford, Cheshire, will help to keep the region’s motorways and major A roads moving...
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New A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon bridge beams lifted over major railway line
New A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon bridge beams lifted over major railway line New photos of giant bridge beams being lifted over one of the country’s main railway lines have been released by Highways En...
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How big is the pothole problem in the UK?
How big is the pothole problem in the UK? If you lust after the thrill of airplane turbulence, you can often recreate it by driving down one of Britain’s many pothole-covered roads (though we wo...
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FCC wins bid to widen section I of the Inter-American Highway in Panama
FCC wins bid to widen section I of the Inter-American Highway in Panama The consortium FCC Corredor de las Playas I, formed by FCC Construcción and the operator CICSA (infrastructures and construction...
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STRABAG to build further Akalla tunnel section for the Stockholm motorway ring
STRABAG to build further Akalla tunnel section for the Stockholm motorway ring STRABAG Sverige AB, a subsidiary of STRABAG SE, has been awarded a €45 million contract from the Swedish Transport Admini...
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Australia announces additional Aus$8.4 billion for Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail
Australia announces additional Aus$8.4 billion for Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail The Australian Government has announced its commitment to Inland Rail with an additional $8.4 billion investment. I...
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Swedish PM and French President sign strategic partnership at Volvo HQ
Swedish PM and French President sign strategic partnership at Volvo HQ Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Volvo Group headquarters where they saw som...
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David Davis visits JCB to reassure British business as Brexit talks enter key stage
David Davis visits JCB to reassure British business as Brexit talks enter key stage The Rt. Hon. David Davis MP, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, today visited JCB’s World HQ to tour...
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Denbighshire’s new route to investment gives boost to businesses
Denbighshire’s new route to investment gives boost to businesses A new initiative is putting business investment at the heart of Denbighshire’s strategy for economic growth. The “Invest in Denbi...
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Roads sector expresses amusement at Chancellor’s future car vision for Britain
Roads sector expresses amusement at Chancellor’s future car vision for Britain The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has greeted the Chancellor’s, Philip Hammond, announcement that driv...
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Construction Lab Technician admits faking test results on mega bridge project
Construction Lab Technician admits faking test results on mega bridge project The 55km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge and tunnel project started in 2011 and will link the three major cities of Zhuhai i...
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Taking control of the Future brings success
Taking control of the Future brings success Training and access to resources are key The construction industry is dynamic — ever changing and evolving through technology. The way contractors work toda...
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Road collisions account for 20% of hospital trauma admissions in the UK
Road collisions account for 20% of hospital trauma admissions in the UK One in five patients admitted to trauma centres in the UK were involved in road crashes in 2016 according to new figures obtaine...
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The Tesla Semi will deliver a high-tech and ultra-safe truck alternative.
The Tesla Semi will deliver a high-tech and ultra-safe truck alternative. Unrivalled Performance Without a trailer, the Tesla Semi achieves 0-60 mph in five seconds, compared to 15 seconds in a compar...
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Cycling accidents underline need for national pothole definition
Cycling accidents underline need for national pothole definition The rise in the number of cycling accidents caused by deteriorating road surfaces underlines calls for a national statutory standard de...
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Concrete Canvas wins Samsung Innovation Award
Concrete Canvas wins Samsung Innovation Award Concrete Canvas was named the Samsung Innovation Award Winner at the 2017 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards gala dinner ceremony, held at the Grosvenor...
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Mabey develops new bridge lifting technique for Network Rail
Mabey develops new bridge lifting technique for Network Rail Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has today unveiled a new bridge lifting technique – the first of its kind in the U...
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NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge won by Foster + Partners technology
NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge won by Foster + Partners technology In a competition to advance the fundamental construction technologies necessary to create off-world habitats, NASA awarded first p...
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New Operation Stack options set out by Highways England
New Operation Stack options set out by Highways England Measures that will help improve the road network’s resilience when there are interruptions to services across the English Channel were set out b...
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GSSI showcases their latest GPR technology at World of Concrete 2018
GSSI showcases their latest GPR technology at World of Concrete 2018 GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be highlighting its latest GPR technology...
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Roads for a modern Britain, a review of this year’s Highways UK event
Roads for a modern Britain, a review of this year’s Highways UK event Last week Clearview Intelligence joined the great and good of the highways industry at the NEC for the Highways UK show. Hosted by...
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£1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade marks its first year of construction
£1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade marks its first year of construction The UK’s biggest road construction project is marking its first full year of work. 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge...
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Wave energy company SINN Power celebrates their 3rd anniversary
Wave energy company SINN Power celebrates their 3rd anniversary In the 3 years since the founding of SINN Power in 2014, the team put a full-scale wave energy converter prototype in the ocean, filed 7...
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How incorrectly marking your Car Park could cost you
How incorrectly marking your Car Park could cost you Car Parks are a very important part of the UK’s road network – and are often forgotten about when it comes to marking to high specifica...
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EIB supports modernisation in Poland with €650 million for the Railways
EIB supports modernisation in Poland with €650 million for the Railways From Gdańsk to Katowice, over 1,000 kilometres of Polish railways will be modernized and upgraded with the help of a EUR 650-mil...
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Salini Impregilo with Lane wins a $134.6m contract to build a new highway section in Florida
Salini Impregilo with Lane wins a $134.6m contract to build a new highway section in Florida Salini Impregilo’s U.S. subsidiary, The Lane Construction Corporation, has won a $134.6 million contract to...
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Councils in UK forced to ransack their Highway budget to fund social care
Councils in UK forced to ransack their Highway budget to fund social care The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has reacted with concern at the findings of new analysis by the Local Governmen...
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Skyjack increases its Australian presence with brand new space
Skyjack increases its Australian presence with brand new space Linamar Corporation’s Skyjack division just expanded their Australian office in New South Wales. Increased market share in both Aus...
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Victoria announces first driverless bus now running in Australia
Victoria announces first driverless bus now running in Australia Victoria’s first driverless Autonobus, will transport students around La Trobe University in Bundoora. The Autonobus has brought togeth...
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JCB Team helps Guy Martin reproduce WW1 Tank as a tribute to the Centenary
JCB Team helps Guy Martin reproduce WW1 Tank as a tribute to the Centenary JCB put its experience and expertise to good use helping TV personality Guy Martin to engineer a tribute to the role tanks pl...
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EIB finances tolling infrastructure in Slovenia
EIB finances tolling infrastructure in Slovenia The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €51 million to Slovenia’s motorway company DARS to finance the introduction of an electronic tolling syste...
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EIB agrees €9.2b financing for rail, climate action, broadband and business
EIB agrees €9.2b financing for rail, climate action, broadband and business Meeting in Luxembourg earlier today the board of the European Investment Bank approved a total of €9.2 billion of new financ...
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Smooth operators – the Excavator experts behind the Florida megaproject
Smooth operators – the Excavator experts behind the Florida megaproject The ultimate project demands the ultimate operators. Volvo Construction Equipment went behind the scenes to meet the exper...
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