Weighing in to support the industry with apprenticeships MP Skills are proud to launch the new Weighbridge Operator apprenticeship, a versatile apprenticeship which is applicable to all levels of business and which is delivered through high quality training and assessment. The apprenticeship has a fundi...
Balfour Beatty VINCI announces new Managing Director for HS2 Joint Venture Balfour Beatty VINCI announces the appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture. Mark Davies will take on the role from Mark Cutler who leaves after a short handover period to take on a new opportunit...
Volvo L90H is the loading shovel of choice for Robins of Herstmonceux Chalk Pit Robins of Herstmonceux, Hailsham, East Sussex has opted for a new Volvo L90H loading shovel which joins existing Volvo L90s at its Newtimber chalk pit located at Pyecombe on the outskirts of Brighton. “We’ve been operating V...
How Artificial Intelligence can impact your Civil Engineering career Artificial intelligence has made an impact in almost every industrial sector, and civil engineering is now joining the bandwagon as well. According to a report by McKinsey, the civil construction sector has a net worth of more than $10...
Ford’s cycling jacket makes bicycles smarter and safer Finding the way through busy streets on two wheels can be daunting and for cyclists who take their eyes off the road to glance at navigation apps, this can also increase risk – both for them and for other road-users and pedestrians. Now, a gro...
Have fun with the Cones: Helping Corporate Britain educate children Meet the Cones! Conestance, Conerad, Cone-Vera and Conen. Yes, there are some stray ‘e’s in there – Cones need Cone names! The Meet the Cones ‘conecept’ was born following countless journeys up and down the M1 and sitting, inevitably, i...
UK Construction Equipment sales show further growth in Q2 2018 Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 3.8% in the second quarter of 2018, compared with the same period in 2017, according to the UK equipment statistics exchange. In 2017, the construction equipment...
Blakedale founder shares secrets to success Fred Smith, founder of Fred Smith Street Lighting and Blakedale Limited, has fulfilled an ambition to write and publish his autobiography. Milk to Motorways tells the story of Fred’s life and achievements, from growing up in the 1940’s and ’50s, to...
Estonia measures the road marking reflectivity of their road network Easily noticeable road markings improve road users’ safety, especially in low-light places and when it’s dark outside. During the last two years, Estonian Road Administration has been measuring the retroreflectivity of road markings on...
Smart motorway work set to increase Britain’s M62 capacity by a third Construction work to increase the capacity of one of the M62, the North West’s busiest stretches of motorway by a third started this weekend. Contractors for Highways England will begin work on the M62 near Eccles as part of a s...
MIT class designs prototype timber building to demonstrate sustainable construction The construction and operation of all kinds of buildings uses vast amounts of energy and natural resources. Researchers around the world have therefore been exploring sustainable construction, seeking ways to make buildi...
Highways England volunteers pitch in to help Cornwall villagers with recreation ground project The Highways England team behind a proposed A30 upgrade in Cornwall are not only concentrating their efforts on improving lives with their dualling scheme – they have also been busy helping a village near Trur...
Street artist and sign writer Lionel Stanhope transforms London’s railway bridges with art London’s historic railway bridges are being transformed into stunning pieces of art thanks to Network Rail’s unique partnership with a street artist and community groups. Network Rail has teamed up with Lion...
STRABAG consortium awarded €115 m Oldenburg to Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line upgrade A consortium consisting of STRABAG AG, Ed. Züblin AG and STRABAG Rail GmbH has been hired by Deutsche Bahn AG to upgrade a 5.7 km railway line within the municipal limits of Sande in the district of Friesland, Lower S...
Metso enters Indian waste recycling market Metso has signed a non-exclusive agency agreement with Seepra Recycling Group for the India market area. The agreement covers the whole of India with responsibility of the sales of Metso’s waste recycling equipment; fine-, mobile- and pre-shredders....
London Borough of Bromley awards £70m+ highways contracts to JB Riney The London Borough of Bromley has awarded its Major and Minor highways works contracts to JB Riney & Co Ltd. JB Riney has been awarded both council contracts for major and minor work following a competitive tender process. The con...
Pro Rail Services choose GKD Technologies RCI’s for new Doosan RRV fleet Pro Rail Services is a family owned and run rail project management business, established in 2012, based in Rudgwick, located in the heart of the West Sussex countryside. Richard Rowell is the company’s Operations Manager, who is r...
ALE uses innovative Mega Jack to install Perth Bridge ALE has used its innovative Mega Jack system to lift both halves of the main arch of Matagarup Bridge in Perth, Australia. ALE executed the complex lifting and installation works for two 400t steel wishbones that form the large central arch of the br...
Volvo CE North America launches a new blog – The Scoop Tailored for a mix of owners, operators and fleet managers, The Scoop by Volvo CE North America provides practical content that is helpful in day-to-day equipment management, operation and selection. Volvo Construction Equipment has launched a...
StreetLight Data raises $10m to accelerate data transformation in the Transportation Industry StreetLight Data, Inc., the mobility analytics company that brings real-world travel patterns to light, today announced that it has closed $10 Million in Series C funding. StreetLight Data’s proprietary solutio...
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