CAV Scotland 2018 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 set up to assess the latest developments and debate and discuss the way forward with future trials and res...
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 city’s central area. As a result of this event air quality monitoring data showed an average 69% drop in nitrogen dioxide (NO²) – one of the pollutants of greatest...
Chepstow Plant International grows their fleet with 99 new Volvos Chepstow Plant International has signed a deal with SMT GB for the supply of 99 machines for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving fleet. The deal sees CPI continuing to grow its fleet as it moves forward with sustainable, practical and...
Dalby Hydraulic Hooklifts to raise the roof at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 DALBY designs and manufactures hydraulic hooklifts for all types of 2 to 32-ton vehicle, roll-off containers, and container trailers for road transport and agriculture. The French leader in roll-off transport and handling equipm...
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 network which, due to decades of under investment, is facing a £9.3 billion backlog of pothole repairs and i...
Balfour Beatty works in partnership to keep vital defence construction capability intact Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today published its paper “Defence construction: keeping vital capability intact”. The bespoke capability in the UK defence construction and infrastructure ind...
Boxpark reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic beachfront Boxpark today reveal plans to revive Brighton’s iconic Madeira Terrace into an internationally renowned retail-and-leisure-as-entertainment destination. Plans have been submitted to Brighton & Hove City Council and demonstrate Boxpark’s des...
SICK LiDAR sensor technology raises the bar for accurate and reliable sensing With the launch of the LMS1000 and MRS1000 infrared LiDAR sensors, SICK has raised the bar in high-precision, reliable distance sensing and ranging. They deliver more accurate and reliable distance sensing and measurement, esp...
Metso wins big mining equipment order from JSW Steel in India Metso has won a significant order to deliver a pellet plant, including grinding, filtration and a pyro-processing pellet plant to a large-scale steel operation of JSW Steel Ltd. in India. This new order is Metso’s largest global pellet...
Wireless vehicle detection installation is cheaper and better than inductive loops Efficient traffic light control systems are dependent on knowing where vehicles are and where traffic is building on the roads leading up to them. This intelligence relies on vehicle detection data, which can come from in...
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-specific shoring and formwork solution. Heavy-Duty Truss Girders and Heavy-Duty Truss Towers based on the...
Balfour Beatty is driving forward on customer focussed delivery in Highways Four million people use Highways England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN) each day. This is forecast to grow by a further 40% by 2040 with the cost of congestion expected to increase by 63% by 2030. Over the coming decades, both t...
Audi and Ericsson pioneering 5G for automotive manufacturing Premium automobile manufacturer Audi, and 5G innovation leader, Ericsson are announcing plans to pioneer the use of 5G technology for automotive production. At Audi’s headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany, the two companies agreed on a range of...
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 Government to continue its massive upgrade of the Hurstbridge line. The Andrews Labour Government said it...
Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands As England basks in a heatwave, the power of the sun is helping light the way for motorists in the East Midlands. Highways England has installed more than 4,500 innovative solar road studs that harness sunlight in the daytime and light up the...
STRABAG awarded €111m 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 of the A1 highway between Tuszyn and Bełchatów. The Polish General Directorate for National Roads and Hig...
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 of local authorities to ensure that the local road network is resilient enough to withstand prolonged hea...
EBRD finances rehabilitation of Cairo Metro Line 1 Millions of commuters will benefit from a €205 million loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to support the Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) with the partial rehabilitation of Cairo Metro, the major me...
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 South East could be charged more than £5,000 to drive in the capital from 2021. London’s Mayor, Sadiq Khan,...
First Smart Motorway is fully-operational in Manchester Drivers using the M60 in Greater Manchester are now enjoying the benefits of the region’s first smart motorway. The technology went live on Tuesday on the final M60 section between junction 10 and junction 18, meaning that the whole of the motorway...
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