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Tenders called for more Bruce Highway safety works in Australia
Tenders called for more Bruce Highway safety works in Australia A major safety upgrade of a 4.7-kilometre stretch of the Bruce Highway at Chatsworth, north of Gympie, is one step closer after tenders...
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gabo Systemtechnik boosts capacity for Microtube Systems and expansion into Britain
gabo Systemtechnik boosts capacity for Microtube Systems and expansion into Britain gabo Systemtechnik GmbH, a leading European system supplier for telecommunications, continues to grow vigorously in...
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New seminar to focus on the development of Clean Air Zones
New seminar to focus on the development of Clean Air Zones The organisers of AQE 2018, the Air Quality & Emissions show, have announced a partnership with the Environmental Industries Commission (...
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GKD Technologies supports expansion with expanded team
GKD Technologies supports expansion with expanded team GKD Technologies is a leading provider of systems designed for safeguarding personnel and machines. Based in the South of England, the company de...
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Heathrow completes first stage of search for Innovation Partners
Heathrow completes first stage of search for Innovation Partners Today, Heathrow completed the first stage of its search for innovation partners. This initiative sets out to encourage fresh thinking a...
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Construction Equipment Association promotes Engineering Apprenticeship Standards
Construction Equipment Association promotes Engineering Apprenticeship Standards Apprenticeships continue to rise in the consciousness of the nation and are widely regarded as crucial to redressing th...
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From the military to the M1 motorway
From the military to the M1 motorway Nick Robinson, a former Artificer Telecommunications Engineer with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) (including a spell with the US Army as part...
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Parramatta Light Rail approved in Sydney
Parramatta Light Rail approved in Sydney Parramatta Light Rail is now full steam ahead with stage 1 of the project now receiving planning approval meaning construction will start within months. Premie...
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McCann helping to keep the midlands moving with M1 Smart Motorway junction works
McCann helping to keep the midlands moving with M1 Smart Motorway junction works Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann is playing a key part in the upgrade of a major midlands...
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Eurovia Surfacing adds new BOMAG roller to its fleet
Eurovia Surfacing adds new BOMAG roller to its fleet Eurovia Surfacing has added a new state-of-the-art roller that boasts some of the latest compaction technology to its fleet. The new BOMAG BW174AP...
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Balfour Beatty Far East JV wins HK$2.6 billion contract for Hong Kong Highways
Balfour Beatty Far East JV wins HK$2.6 billion contract for Hong Kong Highways Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces its 50:50 Far East joint venture, Gammon Construc...
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It’s coming home! So be safe and marvel at England’s two ‘World Cup’ motorways
It’s coming home! So be safe and marvel at England’s two ‘World Cup’ motorways Football mania is expected to leave England motorways with up to a third less traffic tomorrow ni...
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Parsons builds another Footbridge in Panama with Bridges to Prosperity
Parsons builds another Footbridge in Panama with Bridges to Prosperity Parsons, in partnership with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), recently sent an 11-member team to Banacito, Panama, a small community...
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Green fingered railway volunteers support Wolverhampton community project
Green fingered railway volunteers support Wolverhampton community project A team from Network Rail has taken time out from managing and surveying lineside vegetation to support a local community proje...
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McCann teams up for essential East Midlands maintenance works
McCann teams up for essential East Midlands maintenance works Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann is helping to maintain the trunk roads of the East Midlands by collaborating...
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RSTA warns UK Local Councils will have even less money for road maintenance
RSTA warns UK Local Councils will have even less money for road maintenance The severe funding pressures being faced by local government will mean even less money for essential maintenance and repair...
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100 miles of extra lanes coming to North West England motorways
100 miles of extra lanes coming to North West England motorways Drivers in the North West are being promised over 100 miles of extra lanes on the region’s motorways to tackle congestion and improve jo...
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Belt and Road co-operation discussed at Ukraine China economic forum in Kiev
Belt and Road co-operation discussed at Ukraine China economic forum in Kiev A Ukrainian and Chinese economic forum focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative took place in Kiev on the 4th June, attract...
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EBRD Board approves €500 million for Trans Adriatic Pipeline
EBRD Board approves €500 million for Trans Adriatic Pipeline The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Board of Directors have approved a €500 million loan for the construction of th...
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Africa Road Infrastructure and Investment Congress
Africa Road Infrastructure & Investment Congress Date: 19 – 21 November 2018 Country: Kenya Location: Nairobi, Kenya Website: www.bitumenexchange.com/arc-nairobi2018 Details: The Sub-Saharan...
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Biral launches road weather sensor designed for road tunnel applications
Biral launches road weather sensor designed for road tunnel applications Meteorological equipment specialist Biral has just launched its new RWS-30 Road Tunnel Weather Sensor. The sensor is easily int...
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Volvo dealer goes Green with Carbon Neutral Articulated Haulers
Volvo dealer goes Green with Carbon Neutral Articulated Haulers Independent Swiss dealer Robert Aebi is offering Volvo customers a chance to show their care for the environment by buying a ‘GoGreen’ a...
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NM Group launches ex-offender construction training initiative
NM Group launches ex-offender construction training initiative In a new initiative to address the industry’s skills gap, national construction and engineering firm NM Group (North Midland Construction...
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New Holland appoints Pat Smith as its new UK and ROI Business Director
New Holland appoints Pat Smith as its new UK and ROI Business Director Pat Smith has joined New Holland as Business Director UK & ROI upon the retirement of Andrew Watson, after 31 years with the...
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The Ride to Success – How a partnership led to growth for Chicago Trucking Company
The Ride to Success – How a partnership led to growth for Chicago Trucking Company From serving a few surrounding counties to spanning the entire Midwest, Catom Trucking has grown significantly...
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British buildings will be safer by Co-operation
British buildings will be safer by Co-operation A new agreement between the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) and the Association for Project Safety (APS) will help ensure British bui...
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BIM there, done that?
BIM there, done that? In our recent review of the second edition of the CIC BIM protocol (Second Helpings) we noted references to an Asset Information Model (AIM), which had been introduced into the s...
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Why road safety is getting to be a real juggling act
Why road safety is getting to be a real juggling act The British Government’s “dangerous road” fund has attracted a lot of attention in recent months as cash strapped local authorities see...
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Blakedale Traffic Management Vehicles featured at Traffex Seeing is Believing
Blakedale Traffic Management Vehicles featured at Traffex Seeing is Believing The latest Traffic Management (TM) Vehicles designed to support and protect maintenance crews on urban and rural roads wil...
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Balfour Beatty marches forward with Armed Forces Covenant commitment
Balfour Beatty marches forward with Armed Forces Covenant commitment Balfour Beatty today announces that it has re-signed the UK Armed Forces Covenant as part of its ongoing commitment to the Armed Fo...
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Innovate with Highways England and be a part of the fourth industrial revolution
Innovate with Highways England and be a part of the fourth industrial revolution Could you create a road surface that heals itself to make it more resilient for the future? Do you have an idea or prod...
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The deteriorating skid resistance of UK roads calls for greater use of High Friction Surfacing
The deteriorating skid resistance of UK roads calls for greater use of High Friction Surfacing With the skid resistance levels of over a quarter of the local road network reported to be questionable a...
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AGD Systems exhibiting at Traffex Seeing is Believing at Bruntingthorpe
AGD Systems exhibiting at Traffex Seeing is Believing at Bruntingthorpe AGD Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of ITS product solutions, is to exhibit at this year’s Traffex Seeing is Beli...
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Network Rail prepares for UK’s soaring summer temperatures
Network Rail prepares for UK’s soaring summer temperatures With the extreme hot weather predicted this week, Network Rail has activated its ‘extreme weather action teams’ (EWATs) across the coun...
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British Parliament unlocks jobs and growth in landmark vote to expand Heathrow
British Parliament unlocks jobs and growth in landmark vote to expand Heathrow In a landmark vote today, Parliament unambiguously backed expanding Heathrow Airport – ending decades of political debate...
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ONE4ALL calls for Construction and Property Businesses to recognise staff in free awards
ONE4ALL calls for Construction and Property Businesses to recognise staff in free awards UK Construction and Property businesses have the opportunity to nominate, recognise and reward their exception...
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Mayor Sadiq Khan launches new hyperlocal street air monitoring system in London
Mayor Sadiq Khan launches new hyperlocal street air monitoring system in London London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new, street-by-street monitoring system that will help to improve that capital’s...
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Bhutan receives World Bank support to reform the mining sector
Bhutan receives World Bank support to reform the mining sector The Royal Government of Bhutan today received a $300,000 grant from the Work Bank-led Extractives Global Programmatic Support (EGPS) mult...
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Airports Association releases airfield pavements guide for Australia’s regional and remote airports
Airport Association releases airfield pavements guide for Australia’s regional and remote airports The Australian Airports Association has launched a new guide on airfield pavements for regional...
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40 metre electronic sign gantry to span M6 Smart Motorway in England
40 metre superspan electronic sign gantry to span M6 Smart Motorway in England A giant 40-metre-wide superspan gantry structure will be lifted into place over the M6 in Cheshire next week to help impr...
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Liebherr breaks ground on new logistics centre to increase production
Liebherr breaks ground on new logistics centre to increase production Liebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH starts a new investment in the future in Kirchdorf an der Iller, thus strengthening the development...
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MITs satellite monitoring of Chinas sulphur emissions from power plants shows reductions
MIT’s satellite monitoring of China’s sulphur emissions from power plants shows reductions Air pollution has smothered China’s cities in recent decades. In response, the Chinese government has i...
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Network Rail launches tender for new 5 billion pound railway track alliances
Network Rail launches tender for new £5bn railway track alliances Network Rail is inviting suppliers to bid for the next generation of track work contracts, the largest of its kind being undertaken fo...
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Zublin Scandinavia to build Lovo Interchange as part of the Stockholm Bypass Project
Züblin Scandinavia to build Lovö Interchange as part of the Stockholm Bypass Project Züblin Scandinavia AB, a Swedish subsidiary of publicly listed STRABAG SE, has been awarded the contract by the Swe...
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Costain sponsors RSSB launch initiative to combat fatigue in the rail industry
Costain sponsors RSSB launch initiative to combat fatigue in the rail industry Costain has sponsored a Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) project to launch new guidance on fatigue, which is cited...
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Metro de Madrid to upgrade and improve its network with EIB financing
Metro de Madrid to upgrade and improve its network with EIB financing The Madrid metro is set to offer improved levels of efficiency, safety and comfort. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provide...
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Eurovia Contracting wins two Institution of Civil Engineering Awards
Eurovia Contracting wins two Institution of Civil Engineering Awards Eurovia Contracting North has won two prestigious Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Awards in recognition of successful partners...
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Technology Award for smart hydraulic Hybrid Excavator from VolvoCE
Technology Award for smart hydraulic Hybrid Excavator from VolvoCE A concept for a smart hydraulic hybrid excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment has received the Volvo Technology Award 2018. Engi...
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Domino’s is so fed up with Potholes, they’ve started repairing them – Paving for Pizza
Domino’s is so fed up with Potholes, they’ve started repairing them – Paving for Pizza Domino’s Pizza, the largest pizza company in the world based on global retail sales, is s...
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Next IQ Academy Webinar is on how to inspire the next generation in Mineral Extractives
Next IQ Academy Webinar is on how to inspire the next generation in Mineral Extractives Future-proofing the mineral extractives industry’s workforce is an imperative that is being addressed as a prior...
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