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Lesjöfors springs to the epicentre of earthquake building management
Lesjöfors springs to the epicentre of earthquake building management One of the world’s leading suppliers of applications for stabilizing buildings in earthquake areas has its base in the south-...
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T and M Bowser Solutions has been awarded ISO 45001:2018 certification
T&M Bowser Solutions has been awarded ISO 45001:2018 certification T&M Bowser Solutions is a manufacturer of custom-built bowsers (tankers) added the widely coveted standard to its ISO 9001, 1...
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CIRIA releases retrofitting building gas protection guidance
CIRIA releases retrofitting building gas protection guidance CIRIA is delighted to announce the hotly anticipated Retrofitting hazardous gas protection measures in existing or refurbished buildings (C...
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Robots all set to get to work in construction as Hyundai acquires Boston Dynamics
Robots all set to get to work in construction as Hyundai acquires Boston Dynamics Hyundai Motor Group and SoftBank Group Corp. have agreed on main terms of the transaction pursuant to which Hyundai Mo...
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Cityzenith launches fully-regulated online investment platform
Cityzenith launches fully-regulated online investment platform Cityzenith, a Chicago-based Digital Twin tech company, has announced the launch of its own fully-regulated, online investment platform as...
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Can technology save the Rental and Leasing Market
Can technology save the Rental and Leasing Market The equipment leasing and rental market has seen tremendous growth and opportunity over the last several years, with many multi-industry businesses tu...
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Britishvolt to build Britain’s first battery Gigafactory in the North East
Britishvolt to build Britain’s first battery Gigafactory in the North East Britishvolt, the UK’s foremost investor in battery technologies, has selected a site in the North East of England to bu...
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AfDB funds $71.5 m for road upgrading project in Uganda
AfDB funds $71.5 m for road upgrading project in Uganda The Board of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a loan of $71.5 million to pave sections of two roads in southwestern Uganda, a pro...
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LSBU architecture student wins Gatwick Diamond Business Apprentice of the Year award
LSBU architecture student wins Gatwick Diamond Business Apprentice of the Year award An architecture student from London South Bank University’s (LSBU) School of Architecture and Built Environment, ha...
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Doosan capitalises on award-winning design with launch of DL-7 Wheel Loader range
Doosan capitalises on award-winning design with launch of DL-7 Wheel Loader range Doosan Infracore Europe has launched the company’s new ‘DL-7’ wheel loader range, introducing a complete line of next...
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A14 upgrade shows the Road to Infrastructure Success
A14 upgrade shows the Road to Infrastructure Success Opening eight months ahead of schedule amid a global pandemic, Highways England’s new A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme – their larges...
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WBD advises Northumberland County Council on £43m learning and leisure campus
WBD advises Northumberland County Council on £43m learning and leisure campus Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised Northumberland County Council on the development of a multi-million-pound...
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Mott MacDonald awarded Red Sea Development sustainable transport consultancy
Mott MacDonald awarded Red Sea Development sustainable transport consultancy The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer of the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has awar...
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The Evolution of the Construction Fleet Manager’s Role
The Evolution of the Construction Fleet Manager’s Role As priorities in the engineering and construction industries shift, there are signs that fleet managers may soon play a more complex role. ...
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BMW and AWS team up to accelerate data-driven innovation in the automotive sector
BMW and AWS team up to accelerate data-driven innovation in the automotive sector Today, Amazon Web Services and the BMW Group announced a comprehensive strategic collaboration to further accelerate t...
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MIT Professor issues a call for ethical thinking about data
MIT Professor issues a call for ethical thinking about data In the early decades of the 20th century, city officials in the U.S. began collecting data like they never had before. In St. Louis, startin...
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Construction Safety takes a big leap forward with ANYbotics
Construction Safety takes a big leap forward with ANYbotics Construction sites are constantly changing environments with numerous obstacles and safety risks hidden in plain sight. Even after winning m...
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RedTail LiDAR Systems 3D Laser Mapping benefits Corridor Monitoring
RedTail LiDAR Systems 3D Laser Mapping benefits Corridor Monitoring RedTail LiDAR Systems recently partnered with an award-winning engineering firm to demonstrate the RTL-400 LiDAR system’s high-resol...
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EBRD takes part in first meeting of COP26 Energy Transition Council
EBRD takes part in first meeting of COP26 Energy Transition Council Senior representatives from 21 countries and leaders of the world’s international organisations focused on the global power sector h...
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Cityzenith, Siemens and Philips set to capitalize on $2.46 trillion smart city forecast
Cityzenith, Siemens and Philips set to capitalize on $2.46 trillion smart city forecast The global Smart Cities market is expected to grow from US$410.8 billion in 2020 to US$820.7 billion by 2025, at...
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Trimble helps universities with donations of Technology Labs
Trimble helps universities with donations of Technology Labs Technology is driving the construction industry forward today – from hardware products that enable better positioning, scanning, auto...
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Etisalat names Hyundai Urban Air Mobility Vision a Best Innovations in 2020
Etisalat names Hyundai Urban Air Mobility Vision a Best Innovations in 2020 Hyundai Motor Group’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vision concept, S-A1, will be on display at GITEX Technology Week, December 6...
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AfDB funds $120m Malagarasi Hydropower Project in Tanzania
AfDB funds $120m Malagarasi Hydropower Project in Tanzania The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank have approved a $120 million loan to fund the construction of a 50 MW hydropower plant...
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Granite wins $39m highway widening project in Southern California
Granite wins $39m highway widening project in Southern California Granite Construction has announced it has been awarded the State Route 74 Ortega Highway Widening Project by the California Department...
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SimScale building simulation cloud platform now used by global Architecture firms
SimScale building simulation cloud platform now used by global Architecture firms SimScale GmbH, the provider of the world’s first production-ready SaaS application for engineering simulation, announc...
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Velodyne Lidar Velabit wins Best of What’s New Award from Popular Science
Velodyne Lidar Velabit wins Best of What’s New Award from Popular Science Velodyne Lidar has announced its Velabit™ lidar sensor was named a winner in the Best of What’s New awards by Pop...
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Gammon Construction wins Kitemark Certification for Innovation Management
Gammon Construction wins Kitemark Certification for Innovation Management Gammon Construction Limited has become one of the first organisations globally, and only organisation outside of the UK, to ac...
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Granite wins $16m Airport Refuelling Facility Project in San Diego
Granite wins $16m Airport Refuelling Facility Project in San Diego Granite Construction has announced that it has been awarded the West Refueler Loading Facility & West Solid Waste Facility projec...
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Issues facing the UK’s road and infrastructure networks
Issues facing the UK’s road and infrastructure networks The UK’s road and infrastructure network is in constant need of upkeep and traditional remediation methods are often too slow to keep our...
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Sacyr’s H2O Housing Development in Barcelona awarded BREEAM Certification
Sacyr’s H2O Housing Development in Barcelona awarded BREEAM Certification Sacyr Engineering and Infrastructure has been awarded the BREEAM sustainability certification for the Badalona H20 housi...
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Datatag ID sets out to be a global leader with new Marketing Executive
Datatag ID sets out to be a global leader with new Marketing Executive Datatag ID offers leading security marking and registration systems across multiple industries – the firm’s vision is to be a glo...
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Geotab explores the key Fleet Industry trends for the UK in 2021
Geotab explores the key Fleet Industry trends for the UK in 2021 Geotab’s Regional Manager for UK & Ireland, David Savage has shared some of his predictions for the UK Fleet and Logistics In...
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NIB invests in Geothermal power production and distribution in Iceland
NIB invests in Geothermal power production and distribution in Iceland The Nordic Invesment Bank has signed a 15-year loan with Icelandic utility Orkuveita Reykjavikur to finance an investment program...
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EIB backs €470 million road safety scheme in Greece
EIB backs €470 million road safety scheme in Greece The European Investment Bank has agreed to support a €470 million nationwide programme to reduce death and injury caused by traffic accidents across...
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Real-Time Data Matters in the Maritime Industry
Real-Time Data Matters in the Maritime Industry Over 90% of world trade is in the hands of the international maritime shipping industry. Every year, it moves more than USD 4 trillion of goods. For shi...
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VÖGELE pavers enable German motorway rehabilitation in record time
VÖGELE pavers enable German motorway rehabilitation in record time Contractor JOHANN BUNTE Bauunternehmung showed how to rehabilitate the surface and binder courses of a section of motorway successful...
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United Utilities app wins innovation award for smoothing out road reinstatement
United Utilities app wins innovation award for smoothing out road reinstatement Regional water firm, United Utilities, has created an app to perfect its system of laying asphalt after it has dug up a...
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Colas-SIAC awarded A46 Stoneleigh Junction works in Warwickshire
Colas-SIAC awarded A46 Stoneleigh Junction works in Warwickshire Warwickshire County Council and key strategic partners Coventry City Council and Warwick District Council have announced the start of m...
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development signs up for improved road safety
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development signs up for improved road safety The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is joining eight Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in...
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Esh Construction completes £8.4m Infrastructure Scheme at IAMP One
Esh Construction completes £8.4m Infrastructure Scheme at IAMP One Esh Construction has completed the first phase of infrastructure works on the £8.4m IAMP One scheme. The works, which commenced in Fe...
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Highways England Archaeologists expose jails, bombs and mapping mysteries in Hull
Highways England Archaeologists expose jails, bombs and mapping mysteries in Hull A 235-year-old prison, a suspected Second World War bomb explosion and mysterious buildings that don’t appear on any m...
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Three reasons your Crisis Management Plan may fail
Three reasons your Crisis Management Plan may fail The COVID-19 pandemic has understandably spurred renewed conversation around business crisis management. This, pertaining to how to better plan for a...
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Research shows the best tools to improve older driver safety
Research shows the best tools to improve older driver safety A newly-published systematic review and meta-analysis identifies the training activities that have been shown to be effective in improving...
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On Computer Awareness Day we look at the most common Cybersecurity mistakes
On Computer Awareness Day we look at the most common Cybersecurity mistakes Today is Computer Awareness Day, and with more businesses operating a work from home policy than ever, paired with a rise in...
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Worldsensing Connectivity Management Tool strengthens infrastructure monitoring
Worldsensing Connectivity Management Tool strengthens infrastructure monitoring The industrial monitoring leader Worldsensing today officially launched Connectivity Management Tool (CMT), the latest a...
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Essential PPE for Road Workers
Essential PPE for Road Workers As time has progressed, the list of PPE protective equipment needed in the construction industry has increased. Consider, for example, that just under 20% of total fatal...
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Unique stainless steel and concrete bridge built in Cumbria to combat flooding risk
Unique stainless steel and concrete bridge built in Cumbria to combat flooding risk A new stainless steel and concrete bridge, the first of its kind in the UK, has opened to pedestrians and vehicles i...
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Kuwait awards Siemens Energy major service contract to bolster power grid reliability
Kuwait awards Siemens Energy major service contract to bolster power grid reliability Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water has awarded Siemens Energy a contract to provide maintenance of 116 hig...
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Advanced Technology Research Council creates ASPIRE to drive future technologies
Advanced Technology Research Council creates ASPIRE to drive future technologies The newly established Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) in Abu Dhabi has announced its plans to drive the cre...
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Experts discuss and debate the Future of Smart Cities in a Post-Pandemic World
Experts discuss and debate the Future of Smart Cities in a Post-Pandemic World Doha, Singapore, and Amsterdam are represented in a virtual summit hosted by Msheireb Downtown Doha, one of world’s smart...
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