Penfold Verrall add some Volvo muscle to their excavator fleet Following its initial purchase of Volvo excavators three years ago, haulage and muck shifting contractors Penfold Verrall of Dial Post near Horsham, West Sussex, has added a further two 22-tonne EC220Es and for the first time, added their la...
Brokk introduced four Next-Generation Demolition Machines at INTERMAT Brokk, the world’s leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, launched four new machines during INTERMAT Paris 2018. The new models include: the Brokk 170, Brokk 200, Brokk 300 and the green diesel Brokk 520D machi...
Quarrying Industry First for University of Derby Minerals Course A student at the University of Derby’s Centre for Mineral Products has become the first person in the mineral extractives and quarrying industry to achieve a first class honours degree on a course developed in partnership with the Institut...
Eurovia Contracting appointed to £450m Midlands Highways Alliance framework Eurovia Contracting has been appointed onto the new £450m Midlands Highways Alliance (MHA) framework that will cover works carried out by 21 local authorities over the next four-years. Eurovia Contracting is one of four companie...
Ertech and Georgiou Group win Sydney Northern Road Upgrade contract The $1.6 billion upgrade of The Northern Road in Western Sydney has reached a major milestone with a contract being awarded to a joint venture between Ertech Pty Limited and Georgiou Group Pty Ltd for construction of Stage 4, between Me...
Highways England looks at making it easier to drive through roadworks Drivers could be allowed to travel at increased speed through motorway roadworks depending on what day of the week they are travelling, under new plans from Highways England. Acting on feedback from road users, Highways England is wor...
Construction of A$8-13 billion Melbourne Airport Rail Link promised Australian Premier Daniel Andrews today announced that a re-elected Labour Government would provide up to $5 billion towards the Melbourne Airport Rail Link construction project, matching the commitment from the Federal Government. A ro...
Scott Parnell launches new product to support digital railway future Network Rail-approved supplier Scott Parnell has launched its latest product for the rail industry. The ARCOsizeZERO is an elevated troughing system for the easy installation of lightweight fibre optic cables which will form the backbo...
IQ Academy Webinar: Explore the Basis of Plant Design with Nick Peatling, NIRAC The popular IQ Academy ‘Lunch and Learn’ webinar series returns this month with engineering professional, Nick Peatling, Director of NIRAC Design Engineering, sharing his in-depth knowledge of quarry plant design, plant inst...
Building a sustainable future with smart design Designing machinery to have a lower carbon footprint is becoming increasingly important. Niklas Nillroth, Vice President Environment & Sustainability at Volvo Construction Equipment tells us how we must have high ambitions and be clear about the object...
Turf Tyres now available for JLG G5-18A Telehandlers JLG Industries, a leading global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, has announce the availability of 33″ x 16″ Turf Tyres. These tyres are designed to be turf-friendly and provide excellent traction and floatation with...
NIC calls Ofgem proposals a good step to preparing UK for Electric Vehicles Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), today welcomed moves by energy regulator Ofgem to prepare the UK’s electricity network for the onset of electric vehicles. The chairman of the National I...
MIT Study finds climate determines the shape of river basins According to MIT, there are more than 1 million river basins carved into the topography of the United States, each collecting rainwater to feed the rivers that cut through them. Some basins are as small as individual streams, while others span...
Ziegler Group focuses on flexible Sawmill and logistics solutions With its headquarters in Bavaria, the Ziegler Group is well established in the timber and sawmill sector, not only because it operates Europe’s largest sawmill, but also because the family-run company repeatedly draws attention with...
Envenio launches BIM and CFD survey Engineering software developer, Envenio, has launched an online BIM (Building Information Modeling) and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Survey. The 5-6 minute survey has been designed to collect baseline data directly from industry, and aims to find out more about...
TBF Construction Machinery becomes the Hitachi Construction Machinery dealer in Ireland TBF Construction Machinery (TBF) has extended its territory to become the official dealer for Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited (HCMUK) for all of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The company h...
Ofgem proposes electricity reforms to support electric vehicle revolution Ofgem has set out proposals to take forward reforms to support millions of new electric vehicles forecast on Britain’s roads in the coming decades while keeping costs down for their users and all energy consumers. More flexible us...
MIT cell-sized robots can sense environment as they flow through pipelines Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest cell-sized robots yet that can sense their environment, store data, and even carry out computational tasks. These devices, which are about the size of a human egg cell, con...
McCann wins coveted RoSPA Gold Award Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann recently collected its third consecutive RoSPA Gold Award for its ongoing commitment to health and safety in the workplace. The company achieved the Gold award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the R...
Prichards of Llantrisant prefer long lasting Volvo Construction Equipment Prichards of Llantrisant, South Wales, has added a range of Volvo excavators and a new A30G articulated hauler to its extensive plant fleet thanks to the reliability and longevity of existing Volvo Construction Equipment products....
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