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Highways England encouraging British road users to get pedalling
Highways England encouraging British road users to get pedalling Get pedalling! That’s the message from Highways England as Cycle to Work Day takes on a new meaning in 2020. With home working, staycat...
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EBRD and KfW IPEX-Bank invest in electric car industry in Poland
EBRD and KfW IPEX-Bank invest in electric car industry in Poland Two leading European banks are promoting the electric car industry with an investment in a new plant in central Poland run by global ch...
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Finning UK recognised for support of armed forces with Gold standard award
Finning UK recognised for support of armed forces with Gold standard award Finning UK Ltd, exclusive dealer of Cat® equipment, has been awarded a prestigious gold standard employer award in acknowledg...
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Gollgi unveils open-market platform for buyers and sellers
Gollgi unveils open-market platform for buyers and sellers Gollgi, the search platform specializing in connecting buyers with sellers, has pioneered an infrastructure positioned to permanently alter t...
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Highways England using Virtual Reality to train control room operators
Highways England using Virtual Reality to train control room operators One of the great strengths of virtual reality (VR) is its ability to allow users to experience real-world training scenarios, wit...
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StreetLight Data raises $15m to transform transportation analytics
StreetLight Data raises $15m to transform transportation analytics StreetLight Data, a leader in Big Data analytics for mobility, today announced it has closed a Series D funding round of $15 million....
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WBD looks at the Green Homes Grant and implications for homeowners and landlords
WBD looks at the Green Homes Grant and implications for homeowners and landlords Last month Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a circa £3 billion green investment plan, including the Green Homes Grant,...
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International Federation of Robotics reports high demand for Robotics Skills post-Corona
International Federation of Robotics reports high demand for Robotics Skills post-Corona By 2022, an operational stock of almost 4 million industrial robots are expected to work in factories worldwide...
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LSBUD report 17 percent increase in UK Highways Projects in 2019
LSBUD report 17 percent increase in UK Highways Projects in 2019 There was a 17 percent jump in the amount of digging work on the UK’s highways last year, according to Digging Up Britain 2020. The rep...
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DJI RoboMaster EP Core sparking Robotics, AI and STEM Education
DJI RoboMaster EP Core sparking Robotics, AI and STEM Education DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, has unveiled the RoboMaster EP Core, an all-in-one classroom so...
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WBD advises Guildford Borough Council on new infrastructure project
WBD advises Guildford Borough Council on new infrastructure project Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised Guildford Borough Council on the construction of a new bridge across the River Wey...
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Skanska wins $70.5m contract for reconstruction of Interstate 4 Interchange in Florida
Skanska wins $70.5m contract for reconstruction of Interstate 4 Interchange in Florida Skanska, a global construction and development firm, has announced it was selected to lead the reconstruction of...
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Major Horiba launch virtual-based solution for Real Driving Emissions (RDE) development
Major Horiba launch virtual-based solution for Real Driving Emissions (RDE) development With the automotive industry facing unprecedented pressures, HORIBA has launched a new virtual-based solution to...
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Reference Point and Mitie launch Passport System for the highways workforce
Reference Point and Mitie launch Passport System for the highways workforce Reference Point and Mitie are delighted to announce the launch of the Passport System (powered by Validate) on 1 August 2020...
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Lordstown Motors to be listed on NASDAQ after merger With DiamondPeak Holdings
Lordstown Motors to be listed on NASDAQ after merger With DiamondPeak Holdings Lordstown Motors and DiamondPeak Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company, has announced they have entered into a...
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Network Rail investing in 25,000 volt overhead electric lines in Lancashire and Cumbria
Network Rail investing in 25,000 volt overhead electric lines in Lancashire and Cumbria Passenger and freight journeys are being made more reliable in Lancashire and Cumbria with a multi-million-pound...
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Ringway Jacobs win prestigious Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award
Ringway Jacobs win prestigious Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award Ringway Jacobs is delighted to have achieved the highly prestigious Gold Award in the UK Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, for their...
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Leading construction technology expert calls for UK Taskforce to drive tech revolution
Leading construction technology expert calls for UK Taskforce to drive tech revolution Leading construction technology expert, Paul Cuatrecasas, has urged the Government to form a specialist taskforce...
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VolvoCE divesting their Blaw-Knox Paver Business to Gencor Industries
VolvoCE divesting their Blaw-Knox Paver Business to Gencor Industries Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has signed an agreement to divest the North American Blaw-Knox paver business and associat...
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Wirtgen F Series Milling Machine takes Pole Position at Alabama Racetrack
Wirtgen F Series Milling Machine takes Pole Position at Alabama Racetrack Two W 210 Fi milling machines from Wirtgen have claimed a wire-to-wire victory at the famous Barber Motorsports Park in Birmin...
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EIB funding €40m reconstruction of major roads in Montenegro
EIB funding €40m reconstruction of major roads in Montenegro The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a second tranche worth €40 million for the rehabilitation of 180 kilometres of road along the fiv...
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GHH supplies maintenance vehicles to Codelco for Chilean copper mine
GHH supplies maintenance vehicles to Codelco for Chilean copper mine With several vehicles, the machine manufacturer GHH now also supports the world’s largest copper producer Codelco, which is c...
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Mecalac Construction Equipment UK appoints Juergen Kreienbaum new GM
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK appoints Juergen Kreienbaum new GM Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has announced the appointment of Juergen Kreienbaum as General Manager. Joining the business with...
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Are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning the same?
Are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning the same? As children we believed in magic, imagined, and a fantasy where robots would one day follow our commands, undertaking our most meagre tasks a...
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McCann wins part of M27 smart motorway upgrade project
McCann wins part of M27 smart motorway upgrade project Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann has recently been commissioned to deliver substantial works as part of Highways Eng...
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AECOM launches TRIPS to support transit agencies return to service safely
AECOM launches TRIPS to support transit agencies return to service safely AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure firm, today announced it has launched its newest integrated technology solution, Tra...
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OC 405 Partners managing traffic on I-405 Project in California with Iteris ClearGuide
OC 405 Partners managing traffic on I-405 Project in California with Iteris ClearGuide Iteris, a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that OC 405 Partners is upgr...
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National Grounding Safety Month promoting Static Electricity awareness
National Grounding Safety Month promoting Static Electricity awareness SafeRack, a leader in industrial loading safety equipment has teamed up with Newson Gale, a leader in static control to designate...
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Balfour Beatty ranked top Education Contractor in Southeast USA
Balfour Beatty ranked top Education Contractor in Southeast USA Engineering News-Record (ENR) has named Balfour Beatty the Southeast USA’s No. 1 contractor in the education market sector for 2020. The...
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The intricacies of restricted access drilling
The intricacies of restricted access drilling A scenario in which a regular, large-scale rig won’t work, is likely to require a restricted access drilling rig. When considering a site with restricted...
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MusashiAI Robotic Employees now available
MusashiAI Robotic Employees now available MusashiAI, a joint venture between Israeli SixAI and Japanese Musashi Seimitsu (a Honda Motor Corporation affiliate company), is announcing the commercial ava...
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Doosan Bobcat and Green Machine partner up on Electric Compact Excavators
Doosan Bobcat and Green Machine partner up on Electric Compact Excavators Doosan Bobcat North America, a global leader in compact equipment, and Green Machine Equipment, Inc., a manufacturer of renewa...
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EBRD financing municipal infrastructure modernisation in Bakuriani, Georgia
EBRD financing municipal infrastructure modernisation in Bakuriani, Georgia The population of Bakuriani, a city in the Borjomi municipality of Georgia, will benefit from improved public transport and...
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Komatsu combining several mining product lines through rebrand
Komatsu combining several mining product lines through rebrand Signifying the ongoing evolution and rapid transformation of its growing mining product offerings, Komatsu today announced plans to rebra...
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Ford Experimenting with 4-legged Boston Dynamics robots to 3D Scout factories
Ford Experimenting with 4-legged Boston Dynamics robots to 3D Scout factories These four-legged dog-like robots can sit, shake hands and roll over. They also can perform 360-degree camera scans, handl...
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NEOM and STC Group developing IoT and 5G infrastructure for cognitive cities
NEOM and STC Group developing IoT and 5G infrastructure for cognitive cities NEOM announced its first step to create the world’s leading cognitive cities that rely on leading technology for digital se...
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Revolutionary Solid-State Batteries will create a $6 Billion market by 2030
Revolutionary Solid-State Batteries will create a $6 Billion market by 2030 Solid-state batteries keep on attracting tremendous attention and investment with the maturing technologies and closeness to...
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APM announces Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Project of the Year finalists
APM announces Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Project of the Year finalists The finalists of the annual Association for Project Management (APM) Awards have been announced ahead of the li...
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Ferrovial awarded €288m contract to expand Porto Metro in Portugal
Ferrovial awarded €288m contract to expand Porto Metro in Portugal Ferrovial, through a consortium involving its subsidiary Ferrovial Construction and Portuguese construction company Alberto Couto Alv...
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Australia announces tender for $550m Beerburrum to Nambour rail upgrade in Queensland
Australia announces tender for $550m Beerburrum to Nambour rail upgrade in Queensland Tenders will be sought next month for the design and construction of Stage 1 of the Beerburrum to Nambour Rail Upg...
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AVATAR Partners debuts Avatar CONNECT AR for real-time virtual collaboration
AVATAR Partners debuts Avatar CONNECT AR for real-time virtual collaboration AVATAR Partners, a world-leading innovator in virtual, augmented and mixed reality (extended reality or XR, collectively) s...
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New guidance from Highways England allows 60mph traffic through roadworks
New guidance from Highways England allows 60mph traffic through roadworks Highways England issued new guidance for its supply chain today, to support them using 60mph more often within roadworks, wher...
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Herrenknecht hosts a special 2020 Training Day
Herrenknecht hosts a special 2020 Training Day Last Saturday, the plant gates were opened to young people from the company’s home region with a diverse range of insights into around a dozen appr...
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Siemens equipping 600 global locations with its Comfy workplace experience app
Siemens equipping 600 global locations with its Comfy workplace experience app Siemens is deploying its workplace experience solution Comfy across its global offices, targeting approximately 600 compa...
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Trevi rises to the complex FOUR Frankfurt foundation challenge
Trevi rises to the complex FOUR Frankfurt foundation challenge “FOUR Frankfurt” is a unique high-rise building in the heart of Frankfurt city centre. Thanks to its purchase in 2015, “Groß...
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Velodyne Lidar and PARIFEX announce 3 year agreement to improve road safety
Velodyne Lidar and PARIFEX announce 3 year agreement to improve road safety Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced a three year sales agreement with PARIFEX, a leading provider of traffic management and...
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Dassault Systèmes and Bouygues Construction commit to reinvent Construction Industry
Dassault Systèmes and Bouygues Construction commit to reinvent Construction Industry Dassault Systèmes and Bouygues Construction today announced the next phase of their long-term commitment to reinven...
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies receives US DOT Official Classification
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies receives US DOT Official Classification Following a live press conference organized by the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT), Hyperloop Transpor...
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Has the global pandemic changed transport forever?
Has the global pandemic changed transport forever? New survey reveals the impact of COVID-19 on transport and vehicle use, and points to a very different future for personal mobility: 25% of drivers e...
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SpaceTime Labs and Small Robot Company work on robot farming swarms in Latin America
SpaceTime Labs and Small Robot Company work on robot farming swarms in Latin America SpaceTime Labs and Small Robot Company have announced their agreement to co-develop swarms of fourth generation aut...
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