EIB funding €115 million for electric buses in Rotterdam and the Hague The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan agreement worth €115 million with public transport provider RET of Rotterdam and the Metropole-region Rotterdam-The Hague (MRDH). RET will use the financing to acquire new electric...
Agrichianti moves the earth in Tuscany with Hitachi construction fleet An Italian contractor is relying on a fleet of Hitachi construction machinery to help it prepare the ground for vineyards and planting vines. Agrichianti specialises in earthmoving and landscaping in the heart of Tuscany around Radda...
JPG creates full-time BIM role to fast track technology Leeds based JPG Group has created a dedicated role to ensure a fast track compliance and company-wide operation in Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level 2 in just twelve months. BIM is a revolutionary 3D model based digital process that gives...
Highways England brings new way of working to the East of England A new way of maintaining and improving motorways and major A roads in the East of England launched on Tuesday. The new approach will see Highways England take a more hands on role, directly managing both routine road maintenance and the d...
Volvo excavator demo sparks new business at D K Plant Hire D K Plant Hire of Aberfeldy, Perthshire has opted for a brace of Volvo compact excavators for the first time, following a successful demonstration by SMT GB’s utility dealer, CS Machinery Sales Ltd. The machines chosen by the company include a z...
Bosch pyrofuse can prevent electric shocks after electric vehicles crash With more and more electric cars on the road, many drivers are increasingly uncertain what they should do or not do in the event of a collision. Electric motors also present rescue crews with new challenges. In fact, like any other...
EIB investing €151 million for better and safer road networks in Lebanon The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) signed a financing agreement of €151 million for the rehabilitation and safety improvements of 900 km of existing primary, secondary and te...
Anglo American leading the way with IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining Anglo American announces that its Unki platinum mine in Zimbabwe is the first to publicly commit to be independently audited against the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance’s (IRMA) ‘Standard for Responsible Mining’. IRMA’s...
Highways Awards look at British innovation and digital roads that mend their own potholes Since the Romans put us on the straight and not-so-narrow road, the UK has become a world leader with British innovation leading in highways technology and is now setting new standards in automation, digitisation a...
Six people a month risk their life to cross the rail tracks in Grays, UK Over six people a month are putting their lives at risk by walking across the rail tracks at a level crossing in Grays. The latest figures from Network Rail show that over the last year, 74 people have been caught ...
GAP Hire Solutions extended hire fleet with 200 Trime X-ECO LED Lighting Towers The national equipment hire group, GAP Hire Solutions, has extended its hire fleet of site lighting towers following the purchase in excess of a further two hundred Trime X-ECO LED sets from Trime UK Limited. The order was f...
Highways England gets green light for major M6 roundabout improvement A multi-million-pound transformation of a key motorway junction in Cheshire will get underway next year after the Government gave the green light for the M6 roundabout project. Junction 19 of the M6 near Knutsford is to benefit from a...
Control and software automation specialist QSI Group expanding with Actemium rebrand QSI Group, part of VINCI Energies UK & RoI since 2017, has been rebranded as Actemium Automation Teesside as it joins the wider Actemium network of Business Units in its mission to boost industrial performance. Sinc...
Methane Rangers and Dirt Demons win Case sponsored National Gas Rodeo Championships The 2019 National Gas Rodeo, organized by MEA Energy Association and sponsored in part by CASE Construction Equipment, held its annual two- and four-person team championship events September 19th – 21st in Independ...
The OCU identifies the cleanest and most neglected cities in Spain The Organization of Consumers and Users ( OCU ) has carried out a study to identify the cleanest cities in Spain. The result shows that the majority are in the north of the country. The cities receiving the most criticism identified excr...
Pipelines, aqueducts and communications are excellent news for excavation and trenching Energy sources are a crucial issue for all governments and a topic discussed amongst most business sectors, as well as individuals. For more than twenty years, MB Crusher has been working alongside companies involved...
Bomag showed off the future of road construction at their Innovation Days With the Innovation Days 2019, Bomag hosted its fourth in-house exhibition at its parent plant in Boppard from 9 to 14 September. At the biennial event, the construction equipment manufacturer showed the complete product range fro...
Brenner Base Tunnel concrete produced by two Liebherr Betonmix 3.0 mixing plants Two Liebherr Betomix 3.0 mixing plants produce concrete for the Brenner Base Tunnel major project. This is one of the most important infrastructure projects for Austria and the European Union. Construction work on the Brenn...
i.safe MOBILE introduces an industrial smartphone for potentially explosive environments i.safe MOBILE GmbH, one of the world’s leading and most innovative developers of mobile communication devices for safe use in hazardous areas, presents the IS530.1, an industrial smartphone with Android 9.0 Pi...
Volvo L150H loader takes charge at Hugh King in Scotland Hugh King & Co has taken delivery of a new Volvo L150H loading shovel for its Hullerhill sand and gravel quarry located at Kilwinning, Ayrshire and has been put in charge of the main yard duties around the plant. “We’ve been operating Volvo eq...
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