JCB Loadall milestone starts year on a high with a massive order JCB has kicked off 2017 with a bang as it celebrates not just 40 years of telescopic handler production, but a massive order from one of the industry’s most prominent users of the machines. Nixon Hire is buying more than 160 market-leading...
San Francisco Airport outlines 4 month plan to rehabilitate runway 28L Repaving of runway will involve nine weekend closures from March to June 2017 The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) today announced plans to repave Runway 28L, one of two runways used primarily for arriving flights. The proje...
China to spend US$500billion on rail expansion over the next 3 years. Government sources report that China is planning to spend around $500 billion on further expansion of its high-speed rail system over the next three years. The network will expand from 20,000km of dedicated passenger lines to 30,000km...
Kingdom of Bhutan invites bids for Asian Development Bank funding road project The Kingdom of Bhutan has received a grant from Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of South Asia Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Road Connectivity Project. Bidding is now open to bidders from eligible sou...
Equipment operator killed in machinery accident, best practices offered The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a “Fatalgram” following the death of an equipment operator at a sand and gravel pit in USA. On 9th October 2016, a 61 year old plant operator with three years’ experience wa...
Laing O’Rourke and BGC win US$320m (AU$417m) Western Australia Highway Project Main Roads Western Australia has awarded a contract for the NorthLink central section to the Great Northern Connect (GNC) Joint Venture of Laing O’Rourke and BGC Contracting. The GNC team will design and construct more than 2...
Australia awards contract to build 4-lane underpass under Brisbane Airport Runway Construction of a 4-lane underpass beneath the new runway project at Brisbane Airport in Australia, valued at AU$120 million, has been awarded to Australian contractor McConnell Dowell. The project to build the reinforced...
Turkey weighing bids for new Suspension Bridge over the Dardanelles Strait A consortium of Turkish and South Korean firms has emerged as the frontrunner to build a 3.6km suspension bridge over the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey that will become one of the landmark bridges of Europe. Also included in the s...
United Kingdom announces details of more than £1.3 billion of road improvements Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced that the government is investing record amounts into improving roads across the United Kingdom, and that the schemes are focused on relieving congestion and providing importan...
Overcrowded Hong Kong looks at building shopping streets underground Famous for tall buildings and packed streets, Hong Kong has come up with a creative solution to their overcrowding by going underground. Hong Kong’s Information Services Department has revealed the first two below ground shopping...
Caterpillar Introduces New Product Link™ Capabilities for Connecting Expanded Range of Assets At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 Caterpillar will launch new Cat® Connect hardware and software to enable equipment managers to connect all of their assets—from the largest earthmover to the smallest generator, and incl...
Chinese built and funded Djibouti-Ethiopia railway opens for business Africa’s first electrified standard gauge railway entered service yesterday between the suburbs of Addis Ababa and its coastal neighbour, Djibouti. The line will cut the time taken to travel the 750km between Ethiopia and the sea from...
COWI to design another 23,300 m² expansion at Oslo Airport The expansion will make room for the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the 276-tonne Airbus A380. The non-Schengen area at Gardermoen is to be expanded with a new building, and COWI will be principal contractor for the engineering aspects. Thi...
Leading International Consulting Group COWI rebrands its UK subsidiaries COWI the Denmark based engineering firm announced that former COWI subsidiaries, Flint & Neill and Donaldson Associates have rebranded as COWI in line with current strategy Effective 1st January 2017, COWI owned companies Flint...
New Pitbull 2300B Screener delivers portability and durability at almost half the cost Lake Erie Portable Screeners introduces a portable box screener as a smaller, economical alternative to the Pitbull 2300. The Pitbull 2300B has no conveyors and features a smaller frame, allowing it to boast the durab...
COWI – Donaldson Associates win Hong Kong Airport contracts Danish based engineering firm COWI and its new UK-based acquisition Donaldson Associates have won a series of contracts on the project to create a three-runway system at Hong Kong International Airport. “The early results of the col...
Sennebogen announce energy efficient 860 E-Series Material Handlers for scrap handling and ports With the change over to the current E-series, the proven concept of the Sennebogen 860 is transferred to a new generation. Thanks to the innovative Sennebogen Green Hybrid energy recovery system, the new mat...
Traffex 2017, Europe’s largest Road, Traffic and Transport event, returns for its 28th Year With the total number of miles travelled by cars having grown to over 248 billion a year, there has been an increased call to improve the development of technology for the UK road network, as well as focus...
John Deere celebrates 50 years of Motor Grader innovation at Las Vegas CONEXPO 2017 To commemorate 50 years of the articulated motor grader, John Deere will display a restored JD570 model at ConExpo that was reconditioned by two retired John Deere Dubuque Works employees, Don Bagby and Jerry Bode. Intro...
Bomag BW 28 RH pneumatic tyred roller keeps getting better Bomag has been developing and building compaction machines in Boppard, Germany for 60 years. Their goal is to progress continuously and make each new generation of machines better and more efficient than the previous one. This was achieved once...
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