Sapphire wins contract for Medway region drainage in UK Sapphire Utility Solutions is delighted to announce that VolkerHighways has awarded them a five year contract with five further annual extensions available, to provide drainage maintenance services in Medway, Kent, as part of VolkerHighways’ highwa...
Utilities trade association NJUG rebrands to STREET WORKS UK The National Joint Utilities Group (NJUG) – the trade association for utilities and their contractor partners on street works issues – has today become Street Works UK. Street Works UK represents a cross section of the utilities industry, from...
Siemens inspires local school girls into Science and Engineering An educational project to encourage young girls into science and engineering is being showcased by traffic technology supplier Siemens today at Talbot Heath School for Girls in Bournemouth. The SeeWomen Project showcase is a live stage sho...
Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald secure £115m highways maintenance extension Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald, a 70:30 joint venture between two of Britain’s most established construction and consultancy companies, has secured a £115 million Asset Support Contract extension from Highways Engl...
Amey tests wearable safety tech for highways workers Wearable technology which could reduce risks to drivers and lone workers has been trialled by highways engineers working for leading service provider Amey. Biometric and location devices which detect when the body is under stress and help workers rais...
Volvo CE showcased in new film – Building Tomorrow The culmination of Volvo Construction Equipment’s latest brand campaign, ‘Building Tomorrow’ documents the quest for a more sustainable future. Bringing together a range of customer success stories from around the world, Volvo Construction Equipme...
RetroTek-MU is the first dynamic mobile retro-reflectometer to be certified to ASTM E 1710 The RetroTek-MU is the first dynamic mobile retro-reflectometer to be certified to ASTM E 1710 capable of measuring road markings / striping across the full width of a traffic lane simultaneously in one pass at tr...
Car park management and visual guidance for drivers improves hospitals Anyone who has ever had to attend a hospital out-patient appointment knows the feeling of frustration at having to wait an extra hour or so for a late running clinic, only to then be required to pay more money for on-site parking thr...
Talbert Manufacturing announces versatile 55 ton Roller Paver heavy-haul trailer Talbert Manufacturing, a North American leader in specialized heavy-haul solutions, introduces the 55-Ton Roller Paver (55CC-RP) heavy-haul trailer for enhanced load versatility and minimal permit costs. The trailer’s conce...
Johnsons Wellfield in Yorkshire calls on Volvo Excavators to mine Yorkstone Johnsons Wellfield of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, has made a significant investment in purchasing a brace of seventy-five tonne Volvo EC750E excavators which take charge as primary movers in extracting Yorkstone blocks at the...
John Deere adds SmartGrade to 650K Crawler Dozer and expands track options John Deere SmartGrade™ is now available on the 650K crawler dozer, joining the 700K, 750K and 850K models equipped with the technology. The integrated Topcon 3D-MC2 Grade Control System improves job site accuracy and work quality...
Higgins awarded East Waikato highways maintenance contract in New Zealand The NZ Transport Agency has awarded the contract for the management and maintenance of state highways in East Waikato to the national contractor Higgins. The East Waikato Network Outcomes Contract covers highways through Matamata...
BAM wins €14.5 m road infrastructure contract for Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone in Dubai BAM International BV, the operating company of Royal BAM Group nv, active outside Europe – has been awarded a design and construct contract to build road infrastructure worth €14.5 million for global trade enabler DP...
Will the end of petrol and diesel vehicles pose new challenges for the construction industry? Governments and manufacturers envisioning a diesel-free future for on-road vehicles hit the headlines recently. But how will this impact the construction industry and how will it adapt? Low Emission Zones provi...
PHCo Lo-Density inline electric fuel oil preheaters for viscosity control and easier maintenance Lo-Density CLHR Inline Electric Fuel Oil Preheaters from Process Heating Company (PHCo) automatically provide precise temperature and viscosity control of heavy oils for efficient and steady delivery from th...
Snøhetta completes the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design in Bergen Snøhetta has completed the new Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD) of the University of Bergen, Norway. This open, robust and interactive building gathers KMD’s 350 art and design students under one roof, while simultaneously...
From desktop designs to actual projects – join the Open Source Wood Metsä Wood is calling on all architects and engineers to share their innovations in wood construction. The objective is to share knowledge of prefabricated elements and grow the use of wood in construction. Metsä is now sharing its own...
South West traffic officers’ 24-hour bike challenge is a real spin-off for charity The South West-based traffic officers had set a target of covering 350 miles in a 24-hour spin bike challenge, equivalent to the distance of motorway and major trunk road they patrol in the region – all in aid of th...
Arabian Supply Center joins Metso aggregates distributor network in Qatar Metso and Arabian Supply Center (ASC) strengthen their cooperation by signing a new distribution contract. ASC will offer the full range of Metso’s crushing and screening products to the construction segment in Qatar....
Heathrow will reduce freight emissions and still increase cargo capacity Speaking at the BCC International Trade Summit today, Heathrow’s Non-Executive Chairman Lord Deighton announced a new ten step Blueprint for Sustainable Freight plan to reduce the impact of freight vehicles around Heathrow. Lord De...
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