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Highrise construction takes on new dimensions with Doka Formwork
Highrise construction takes on new dimensions with Doka Formwork Since the 1990s there has been an upsurge in high-rise construction. After the Empire State Building (1931) and Sears Tower (1974, now...
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Nairobi to Addis Ababa road boosting trade the Horn of Africa
Nairobi to Addis Ababa road boosting trade the Horn of Africa The 895-km highway corridor linking Kenya and Ethiopia has not only eased cross-border traffic between the two countries, but is a major p...
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Britpave offers new Concrete Road Pavements Course
Britpave offers new Concrete Road Pavements Course A new course โConcrete Road Pavements: a technical introductionโ is to be held by Britpave, the British Cementitious Paving Association on Wednesday...
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Eye in the sky set to provide a better railway for passengers in Southern England
Eye in the sky set to provide a better railway for passengers in Southern England Network Rail are now using a helicopter across the south western rail network as part of the drive to provide better j...
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European Investment Bank supports The Great North Road for Zambians
European Investment Bankย supports The Great North Road for Zambians The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a โฌ110 million (ZMK 1.27 billion) concessional loan with the Zambian Ministry of Finan...
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Road safety solutions could bring National Road Victim Month to an end
Road safety solutions could bringย National Road Victim Month to an end With good weather enticing people out of their homes, into their cars and onto their bicycles, most of us associate August as the...
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Weighing in to support the industry with apprenticeships
Weighing in to support the industry with apprenticeships MP Skills are proud to launch the new Weighbridge Operator apprenticeship, a versatile apprenticeship which is applicable to all levels of busi...
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Balfour Beatty VINCI announces new Managing Director for HS2 Joint Venture
Balfour Beatty VINCI announces new Managing Director for HS2 Joint Venture Balfour Beatty VINCI announces the appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture. Mark Davies wil...
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How Artificial Intelligence can impact your Civil Engineering career
How Artificial Intelligence can impact your Civil Engineering career Artificial intelligence has made an impact in almost every industrial sector, and civil engineering is now joining the bandwagon as...
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Have fun with the Cones: Helping Corporate Britain educate children
Have fun with the Cones: Helping Corporate Britain educate children Meet the Cones! Conestance, Conerad, Cone-Vera and Conen. Yes, there are some stray โeโs in there โ Cones need Cone names! The Meet...
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Blakedale founder shares secrets to success
Blakedale founder shares secrets to success Fred Smith, founder of Fred Smith Street Lighting and Blakedale Limited, has fulfilled an ambition to write and publish his autobiography. Milk to Motorways...
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Estonia measures the road marking reflectivity of their road network
Estonia measures the road marking reflectivity of their road network Easily noticeable road markings improve road usersโ safety, especially in low-light places and when itโs dark outside. During the l...
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Smart motorway work set to increase Britain’s M62 capacity by a third
Smart motorway work set to increase Britain’s M62 capacity by a third Construction work to increase the capacity of one of the M62, the North Westโs busiest stretches of motorway by a third star...
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MIT class designs prototype timber building to demonstrate sustainable construction
MIT class designs prototype timber building to demonstrate sustainable construction The construction and operation of all kinds of buildings uses vast amounts of energy and natural resources. Research...
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Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project
Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project The Highways England team behind a proposed A30 upgrade in Cornwall are not only concentrating their effo...
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STRABAG consortium awarded โฌ115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade
STRABAG consortium awarded โฌ115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade A consortium consisting of STRABAG AG, Ed. Zรผblin AG and STRABAG Rail GmbH has been hired by Deutsche Bahn AG to...
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London Borough of Bromley awards ยฃ70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney
London Borough of Bromley awards ยฃ70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney The London Borough of Bromley has awarded its Major and Minor highways works contracts to JB Riney & Co Ltd. JB Riney has been...
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ALE uses innovative Mega Jack to install Perth Bridge
ALE uses innovative Mega Jack to install Perth Bridge ALE has used its innovative Mega Jack system to lift both halves of the main arch of Matagarup Bridge in Perth, Australia. ALE executed the comple...
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Volvo CE North America launches a new blog – The Scoop
Volvo CE North America launches a new blog – The Scoop Tailored for a mix of owners, operators and fleet managers, The Scoop by Volvo CE North America provides practical content that is helpful...
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StreetLight Data raises $10m to accelerate data transformation in the Transportation Industry
StreetLight Data raises $10m to accelerate data transformation in the Transportation Industry StreetLight Data, Inc., the mobility analytics company that brings real-world travel patterns to light, to...
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Swiss Thun pioneering sustainability with the eSwingo 200+
Swiss Thun pioneering sustainability with the eSwingo 200+ The city of Thun (Bernese Oberland) in Switzerland will have electric sweepers from 2019. The eSwingo 200+ not only offers COยฒ neutral operat...
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Hitachi Rail Europe presents SIDERISE with Manufacturing Partner Award
Hitachi Rail Europe presents SIDERISE with Manufacturing Partner Award Hitachi Rail Europe has awarded SIDERISE, global leader in the development, design and manufacturer of fire, acoustic and thermal...
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CAV Scotland 2018 champions connected and autonomous vehicles
CAV Scotland 2018ย champions connected and autonomous vehicles A new event. CAV Scotland, brings together global experts in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) with live demonstrations has been se...
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Car-free day in Cardiff achieves 69 percent air quality improvement
Car-free day in Cardiff achieves 69 percent air quality improvement On Sunday 13th May 2018, Cardiff Council organised a car-free day in the cityโs central area. As a result of this event air quality...
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Record levels of traffic forced to use deteriorating UK road network
Record levels of traffic forced to use deteriorating UK road network New Department for Transport (DfT) statistics underline the unprecedented demands being placed on our deteriorating local road netw...
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Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact
Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today published its paper โDefence construction: keepin...
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Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brightonโs iconic beachfront
Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brightonโs iconic beachfront Boxpark today reveal plans to revive Brightonโs iconic Madeira Terrace into an internationally renowned retail-and-leisure-as-entertainment...
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PERI VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit debuts on the M8 road bridge in Poland
PERI VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit debuts on the M8 road bridge in Poland For realising a demanding bridge construction in the wetland area near Szczecinek, PERI engineers planned a project-sp...
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Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways
Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways Four million people use Highways Englandโs Strategic Road Network (SRN) each day. This is forecast to grow by a further 40%...
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Melbourne to get further A$530 million improvements on the Hurstbridge Rail Line
Melbourne to get further A$530 million improvements on the Hurstbridge Rail Line Commuters on the Hurstbridge line will have more trains, more seats and fewer delays with a re-elected Andrews Labour G...
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STRABAG awarded โฌ111m contract for 16km section of A1 in Poland
STRABAG awarded โฌ111m contract for 16km section of A1 in Poland The Polish subsidiary of publicly listed European construction company STRABAG SE will be part of a syndicate to build a 16 km section o...
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British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience
British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed calls from MPs for government to examine the ability o...
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EBRD finances rehabilitation of Cairo Metro Line 1
EBRD finances rehabilitation of Cairo Metro Line 1 Millions of commuters will benefit from a โฌ205 million loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to support the Eg...
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Nearly 90 percent of London Van Drivers to be charged to drive in the capital
Nearly 90 percent of London Van Drivers to be charged to drive in the capital According to British insurance comparison website The Van Insurer, almost 90 per cent of van drivers in London and the Sou...
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First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester
First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester Drivers using the M60 in Greater Manchester are now enjoying the benefits of the regionโs first smart motorway. The technology went live on Tues...
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Construction Climate Challenge helps the construction industry break up with carbon
Construction Climate Challenge helps the construction industry break up with carbon Construction has had a love hate relationship with carbon, but the Construction Climate Challenge (CCC) wants the in...
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National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme
National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme A route safety scheme which uses SolarLite Active LED Road Stud technology to โrevolutioniseโ safety on a major trunk roa...
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Volvo Construction Equipment Road Institute 2018/2019 courses announced
Volvo Construction Equipment Road Institute 2018/2019 courses announced Registration is now open for Volvoโs 2018-2019 Road Institute, the paving industryโs premier training program. Offering a mix of...
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The UK heatwave puts the spotlight on the Construction Industry’s legal obligations
The UK heatwave puts the spotlight on the Construction Industry’s legal obligations The UK Met office issues an Amber weather warning and tells Britons to โstay out of the sunโ during this summe...
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The remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station
The remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station A video released by Network Rail gave train passengers a glimpse of what the newly remodelled Liverpool Lime Street station looks like. The 3D virtual vide...
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Structural Design Guide for Porous Asphalt is now available
Structural Design Guide for Porous Asphalt is now available Porous asphalt pavements are a green infrastructure solution that provides the performance, ease of construction, and functionality of tradi...
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Mabey designs and installs two new bridges for The British Open at Carnoustie
Mabey designs and installs two new bridges for The British Open at Carnoustie Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has announced the design and installation of two new bridges, pro...
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NM Group begins final phase of million pound flooding project in East Yorkshire
NM Group begins final phase of million pound flooding project in East Yorkshire NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) has announced the final phase of the far-reaching Anlaby and East Ella Flood A...
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Construction leaders launch charity to transform cancer support and fundraising
Construction leaders launch charity to transform cancer support and fundraising Building industry leaders have come together to launch a new cancer charity aiming to transform cancer advice and suppor...
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ASPIN bolsters Executive Team to support developments to grow the business
ASPIN bolsters Executive Team to support developments to grow the business Aspin, a leading provider of engineered solutions for the UKโs infrastructure sectors, has strengthened its executive team wi...
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Attachments top the MUST SEE List for Plantworx 2019
Attachments top the MUST SEE List for Plantworx 2019 The CEAโs (Construction Equipment Associationโs) Plantworx Construction Exhibition demonstration areas are selling out fast as manufacturers gear u...
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BAM Nuttall delivers UK training for Sierra Leone Water Rehabilitation Project
BAM Nuttall delivers UK training for Sierra Leone Water Rehabilitation Project Leading construction and engineering company BAM Nuttall has brought seven local operatives, from its Freetown Water Reha...
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VolvoCE wins Content Marketing Award for The Megaproject Listing series
VolvoCE wins Content Marketing Award for The Megaproject Listing series Volvo Construction Equipment (VolvoCE) has scooped a top prize at the prestigious Content Marketing Awards for its global digita...
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Cyden with the contract – Concurrent delay and the allocation of risk
Cyden with the contract – Concurrent delay and the allocation of risk Last year, North Midland Building Ltd v Cyden Homes Ltd provoked much discussion as to whether the prevention principle shou...
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Regen 2018 – 5th Annual UK Regeneration Exhibition and Conference
Regen 2018 – 5th Annual UK Regeneration Exhibition and Conference Date: 7 – 8 November 2018 Location: St. Georges Hall, St George’s Place, Liverpool, L1 1JJ, UK Details: Regen 2018 i...
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