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CPI Euromix gets educated on Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility
CPI Euromix gets educated on Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility CPI EuroMix Chief Operating Officer Tony O’Sullivan recently completed a Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Res...
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Cat announces new 980 and 982 medium Wheel Loaders
Cat announces new 980 and 982 medium Wheel Loaders Offering premium performance in the 9- to 11-tonne (10- to 12-ton) wheel loader class, the new Cat® 980 and 982 medium wheel loaders are up to 10% mo...
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Improving air quality at construction sites
Improving air quality at construction sites One of the challenges of inner-city construction is the pollution and compromised air quality it can cause. With almost 39 percent of the U.S. population li...
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Brokk expands and streamlines with move to new HQ in Washington State
Brokk expands and streamlines with move to new HQ in Washington State Brokk, the world’s leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, relocates its Monroe, Washington headquarters,...
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RSP UK launches the Breaker Boom suction excavator to transform plant hire
RSP UK launches the Breaker Boom suction excavator to transform plant hire RSP UK were thrilled to announce a world first with the release of their suction excavator that will transform the plant hire...
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Quartz featuring Concrete Deck Analysis platform at World of Concrete 2021
Quartz featuring Concrete Deck Analysis platform at World of Concrete 2021 Quartz, a construction technology company leveraging advanced perception systems to see and understand everything on a constr...
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Hill and Smith Ltd consolidates to create new Vehicle Restraint business
Hill & Smith Ltd consolidates to create new Vehicle Restraint business A new business group has been formed combining the strength and expertise of four leading UK road safety barrier firms. The n...
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Enhance Site Safety with Active Channel Management
Enhance Site Safety with Active Channel Management Reliable communications are at the heart of safe, modern day traffic management. But with the radio spectrum filling, communications congestion can h...
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RH Commercial Vehicles opens 2nd Isuzu Truck dealership in England
RH Commercial Vehicles opens 2nd Isuzu Truck dealership in England Following the successful appointment of RH Commercial Vehicles as its truck dealer in Northampton in the autumn of 2020, commercial...
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Fawkes and Reece expand with acquisition of Recruitment Specialist Bromak Ltd
Fawkes and Reece expand with acquisition of Recruitment Specialist Bromak Ltd Leading UK Southern Based construction recruiter Fawkes & Reece further expands its recruitment coverage in the UK by...
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SITECH looks at investing in Construction Training
SITECH looks at investing in Construction Training Operator training can save on costs, increase productivity and maximise site safety, all for less than one per cent of the cost of the equipment. So,...
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RICS launches new global best practice for Land Measurement guidance
RICS launches new global best practice for Land Measurement guidance New guidance on the measurement of land for development projects such as new housing and commercial development have been published...
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Top 8 challenges with Inner City Construction
Top 8 challenges with Inner City Construction Construction can be a complex and challenging process no matter where the work site is. With so many stakeholders, building codes, and unpredictable facto...
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CCC Waste Recycling partners with CDE to deliver UK’s largest waste recycling plant
CCC Waste Recycling partners with CDE to deliver UK’s largest waste recycling plant CCC, a family-owned business based in Liverpool, has announced a major investment in a new waste recycling pla...
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UK Power Networks creates Virtual power station
UK Power Networks creates Virtual power station A ‘virtual power station’ equivalent to the electricity generation of a gas-fired power station, is being created by UK Power Networks. New contracts fo...
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Sustainable Financing and Fintech could boost ESG activity
Sustainable Financing and Fintech could boost ESG activity An increasing number of businesses are focusing on how to embed ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) goals into their strategies. As the...
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GSSI announces training dates for GPR equipment operation
GSSI announces training dates for GPR equipment operation GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces a comprehensive training program for new and exi...
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Teledyne Technologies completes acquisition of FLIR Systems Inc
Teledyne Technologies completes acquisition of FLIR Systems Inc Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of FLIR Systems, Inc. At each of the respe...
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5 innovative uses for Shipping Containers
5 innovative uses for Shipping Containers You’ve probably come across the word ‘cargotecture’ and wondered what it means. Well, this is a branch of architecture where shipping containers are use...
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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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What the Electric Vehicle revolution will mean for the UK business
What the Electric Vehicle revolution will mean for the UK business As part of our ongoing effort to understand the needs of the thousands of vehicle-owning companies, both large and small, Allstar com...
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Traffic Management System market forecast to surpass $25 Billion by 2026
Traffic Management System market forecast to surpass $25 Billion by 2026 A Global Market Insights report foresees: “The Traffic Management System Market, which was valued US$20 billion in 2019, will s...
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Snam tests forging steel with a Natural Gas and Hydrogen blend
Snam tests forging steel with a Natural Gas and Hydrogen blend The world’s first test of a 30% natural gas/hydrogen blend in the forging processes used in industrial steelmaking was held in Rho (provi...
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CrowdedCROSS enables Digital Trigger for safer pedestrian crossings
CrowdedCROSS enables Digital Trigger for safer pedestrian crossings Innotech Insights, a technology and software company based at the University of Leeds’ innovation centre, Nexus, have recently launc...
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AI spending in the construction set to grow to US$1 billion by 2024
AI spending in the construction set to grow to US$1 billion by 2024 Following the news that AI-powered construction software company Procure has filed for an IPO (initial public offering), Dr Lil Read...
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Chamber of Geophysical Engineers of Turkey signs GIS training agreement with ESRI
Chamber of Geophysical Engineers of Turkey signs GIS training agreement with ESRI Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced an agreement with the Chamber of Geophysical Enginee...
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Esri partnering with International Community on GIS for Sustainable Development Goals
Esri partnering with International Community on GIS for Sustainable Development Goals Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced its contribution to an open, community-driven pa...
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Will the COVID crises spur on period of rapid, transformative growth and prosperity
Will the COVID crises spur on period of rapid, transformative growth and prosperity As we recover from the COVID pandemic, environmental, social and technological trends are converging, leading to rap...
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MAJOR welcomes CrushPlant Namibia as their new dealer in Africa
MAJOR welcomes CrushPlant Namibia as their new dealer in Africa MAJOR announces the appointment of CrushPlant Namibia as its new aggregate and mining screen media authorized dealer in Africa. The comp...
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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 England’s upgrade of the A30 in Cornwall is not just about improving safety, journey reliability and connectivity for...
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Crosby Group acquires innovative load binder company Speedbinders.com
Crosby Group acquires innovative load binder company Speedbinders.com The Crosby Group, a global leader in lifting, rigging, and load securement hardware, today announced that it has acquired Speedbin...
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UK launches Skills Taskforce for a truly Global Britain
UK launches Skills Taskforce for a truly Global Britain A new Skills Taskforce for Global Britain, tasked with creating a post pandemic plan to deploy world class skills to attract inward investment,...
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CEMEX Ventures calls for entries to change the future of construction
CEMEX Ventures calls for entries to change the future of construction CEMEX Ventures, open innovation unit and corporate venture capital of CEMEX, launches Construction Startup Competition 2021 and re...
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Vaisala and Yotta partner to deliver faster and smarter road condition data
Vaisala and Yotta partner to deliver faster and smarter road condition data Yotta, the leading global connected asset management and services provider, has partnered with Vaisala, a global leader in w...
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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 Yorkshire’s traffic signal...
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Doosan sponsors Emilian Dinamic Motorsport team in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup
Doosan sponsors Emilian Dinamic Motorsport team in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Doosan will sponsor a team in four races in this year’s Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup series. The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup is one...
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Plant and machinery theft continues to rise with SMEs most at risk
Plant and machinery theft continues to rise with SMEs most at risk While the UK construction sector has been one of lesser impacted industries in the pandemic, it is being hit by another ever-growing...
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Metso Outotec introduces leading-edge eScrap solutions to unlock electronic scrap
Metso Outotec introduces leading-edge eScrap solutions to unlock electronic scrap Metso Outotec is introducing a comprehensive eScrap solutions portfolio for the smelting and refining of e-scrap deriv...
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ACO provides emissions roadmap for CO2nstructZero companies
ACO provides emissions roadmap for CO2nstructZero companies ACO Technologies’ achievement in reducing its carbon emissions offers a roadmap to aspiring CO2nstructZero companies, after the company redu...
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VÖGELE and HAMM deliver tunnel paving project with lower temperatures and emissions
VÖGELE and HAMM deliver tunnel paving project with lower temperatures and emissions The paving of a road tunnel under the Kriegstrasse in Karlsruhe was carried out under stringent constraints. To redu...
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Buckhurst Plant Hire invests £2.5m into new Hyundai Excavator Fleet
Buckhurst Plant Hire invests £2.5m into new Hyundai Excavator Fleet Hyundai dealer, Taylor & Braithwaite has recently supplied a brand-new fleet of Hyundai Excavators, to long-term customer Buckhu...
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Robot Exchange secures £500k funding to drive Robotic Process Automation
Robot Exchange secures £500k funding to drive Robotic Process Automation The Robot Exchange has secured a significant £500k investment from leading private equity investment firm, Foresight Group, thr...
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Target Group expands with funding from the Metro Bank
Target Group expands with funding from the Metro Bank A boom in the construction industry created unprecedented demand for the Target Group which specialises in digger, dumper and access platform hire...
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Construction equipment rental market growth trends
Construction equipment rental market growth trends The construction equipment rental market will be prominently driven by the robust adoption of technologically integrated equipment in rental fleets....
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CoreRFID reporting system adapted to test weight bearing loads of roads
CoreRFID reporting system adapted to test weight bearing loads of roads Software firm CoreRFID is delivering a new tailored reporting system for BHP, which specialises in testing the weight bearing lo...
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Mammoet transports massive modules for Gulf Coast Growth Ventures in Texas
Mammoet transports massive modules for Gulf Coast Growth Ventures in Texas Mammoet crews at the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) site in San Patricio County, Texas have recently completed the heavy h...
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Balfour Beatty appoints Lord Allen as their new Chairman
Balfour Beatty appoints Lord Allen as their new Chairman Balfour Beatty plc, the international infrastructure group, has announced that Charles Allen, Lord Allen of Kensington, CBE, will be appointed...
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Switching to LPG could help increase affordable housing options
Switching to LPG could help increase affordable housing options There are a number of complex factors at play when it comes to the provision of affordable housing, from planning and development to bud...
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Asphaltica and Oil-Non-Oil team up for 24-26 November 2021 event
Asphaltica and Oil-Non-Oil team up for 24-26 November 2021 event “Smart roads to the future” – For the first time, Veronafiere brings together the entire supply chain dedicated to the world of r...
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KaarbonTech Asset Management expands across the UK
KaarbonTech Asset Management expands across the UK In a year like no other, where job losses and organisational downsizing has been prevalent around the world, KaarbonTech Asset Management has bucked...
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