Exascale and the future of supercomputing In 1949, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) newly minted Argonne National Laboratory ordered the construction of the Argonne Version of the Institute’s Digital Automatic Computer, or AVIDAC. A modified version of the first electronic computer bu...
Bosch expands mobile hydrogen applications and components Bosch has expanded its product portfolio for mobile hydrogen applications: as of now, it also includes components for H2 tank systems such as tank valves or pressure regulators. For this purpose, the supplier of technology and services has entere...
The World Economic Forum’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies to watch in 2021 The World Economic Forum announced today its annual list of breakthrough technologies with the most significant potential to impact the world positively. From climate change to public health, technology will play a critical role in...
Hitachi Construction Machinery UK and Balfour Beatty join forces for a sustainable future Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK), a leading name in the construction, quarrying and demolition equipment market is delighted to have worked in partnership with Balfour Beatty as part of the United Nations...
EBRD finances €150m construction of railway from Istanbul to Bulgaria The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a €150 million loan to the Turkish government for the construction of a 67 km section of the high-speed railway line from Istanbul to the Bulgarian border. The l...
Box structure flyover saves Network Rail £70m and six months Engineers have saved £70m of taxpayers’ money by using creative new methods to build a railway flyover as part of the East West Rail project. Network Rail and the East West Rail Alliance are restoring the Oxford-to-Cambridge line by removing a...
The UK Executive Hire Show back in business for 2022 The Executive Hire Show team is delighted to confirm that the UK’s premier hire event is back and will be taking place between 9th and 10th February 2022, at its established home (and newly rebranded) Coventry Building Society Arena (CBS Arena), forme...
Doosan Portable Power announces new Generator range for Middle East and Africa Doosan Portable Power has introduced a new range of small generator models for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) market, alongside the new LVL portable light tower the company recently launched for the same market. As well as...
The benefits of TSRGD Complaint signage Danny Adamson, Managing Director at Messagemaker Displays Ltd. has shared his insights on the importance of specifying only TSRGD compliant LED signage for public highways. Published by the Department for Transport in 2016, Traffic Signs Regulations and General Di...
Rokbak’s first delivery goes to Easton Sales and Rentals US company Easton Sales and Rentals has registered a notable moment in construction equipment history, taking delivery of the first-ever Rokbak articulated hauler. The Rokbak brand launched September 1, 2021 as part of the Volvo Group, with...
Insights on the US Infrastructure Bill’s impact on the Highways Industry 2021 has been a year of widely variable business conditions, particularly for the heavy highway and civil contractor industry, which saw a mix of increased project starts and cash flow, alongside declining hiring rates and lo...
Industry leaders comment on COP26 As COP26 draws to a close, key industry leaders have shared their reactions and comments with Highways.Today: Nano One Nano One is a technology company with a patented process for the low cost production of high performance cathode materials used in lithium ion batterie...
Business Basics: How To Get Quoting Right Almost any business – from startups, to large corporations, contractors and freelancers – use price quotation. For some businesses, the quote for their product or service remains the same for all customers or clients. For others, such as civil engineers, they ha...
Topcon introduces new CX Platform and MC-Max Machine Control Solution Topcon Positioning Group has announced its MC-Max machine control solution. Based on its MC-X machine control platform, and backed by Sitelink3D — the company’s real-time, cloud-based data management ecosystem — MC-Max is a scalable s...
Doosan Robotics wins CES2022 Innovation Award for Camera Robot System Doosan Robotics announced it has been named as Honoree in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 Innovation Awards for its camera robot system, “New Inspiration. New Angle. (NINA)”. The CES Innovation Awards program, org...
Starship Delivery Robots reveal Environmental Impact of Milton Keynes trials Starship Technologies, in conjunction with Milton Keynes Council, has announced the initial findings of an internal study to review the early impact of zero-emission robots in the city over the last three and a half years. Sinc...
Driven-by-QCraft heralds 3rd-Generation Autonomous Driving hardware QCraft has released the 3rd-generation hardware based on its “Driven-by-QCraft” solution. The sensor suite provides compact features of multiple types of advanced high-precision sensors to achieve 360-degree blind spot-free perception w...
3D Printed Sand gets super strength with Polymer discovery Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing, a 3D-printing method used by industries for prototyping and part productio...
Reducing water, air and environmental pollution from Drain Sewer Cleaning operations The environmental benefits that could be achieved by avoiding the frequency of using Diesel powered HGV Drain cleaning Trucks and the additional air pollution created by their pumps and vacuum suction facilities are vas...
Global Construction Industry shows a real commitment to Sustainability The fourth edition of the World Green Building Trends SmartMarket Report makes a clear case that the design and construction industry is committed to building green. This seminal study of the drivers and business benefits of green bu...
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