First time Volvo for Mike Taylor Plant Hire Mike Taylor Plant Hire of Blairgowrie, Perth & Kinross has opted for a Volvo reduced swing ECR58D for the first time The new six-tonne machine has been supplied by SMT GB’s utility dealer for the north of Scotland,CSM Sales Ltd, replacing a competitive mac...
How incorrectly marking your Car Park could cost you Car Parks are a very important part of the UK’s road network – and are often forgotten about when it comes to marking to high specifications. With around 20,000 public car parks in the United Kingdom to date – it is vital to ensure t...
SIKA gears up for high performance concrete reinforcing fibre production for EMEA Sika has started producing high-performance concrete reinforcing fibre for clients in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region at its manufacturing facility in Troisdorf, Germany, where a new production line has been comm...
EIB supports modernisation in Poland with €650 million for the Railways From Gdańsk to Katowice, over 1,000 kilometres of Polish railways will be modernized and upgraded with the help of a EUR 650-million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced today. EIB funds will help finance 15 differ...
Salini Impregilo with Lane wins a $134.6m contract to build a new highway section in Florida Salini Impregilo’s U.S. subsidiary, The Lane Construction Corporation, has won a $134.6 million contract to build a section of Suncoast Parkway 2, a new highway leading north of Tampa, Florida. The contract conf...
Councils in UK forced to ransack their Highway budget to fund social care The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has reacted with concern at the findings of new analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) that by 2020 almost 60p in every £1 that people pay in council tax may have to be sp...
Skyjack increases its Australian presence with brand new space Linamar Corporation’s Skyjack division just expanded their Australian office in New South Wales. Increased market share in both Australia and New Zealand has been a driving force behind the expansion since the company’s market en...
Hitachi ZX350LCN-6s Excavators deliver reliability to Italian quarry Basalto La Spicca SpA has replaced two of its Hitachi Excavator Z-axis-3 with two new Zaxis-6 models due to increasing demand at its basalt quarry in southern Umbria, Italy. The new ZX350LCN-6s were delivered with five-year/10,000-hour...
Victoria announces first driverless bus now running in Australia Victoria’s first driverless Autonobus, will transport students around La Trobe University in Bundoora. The Autonobus has brought together world-leading experts in automated vehicle technology in a trial which will help shape Victoria’s tra...
John Deere opens regional Parts Distribution Centre in Miami The new John Deere Miami Worldwide Parts Services Regional Distribution Center (RDC) is officially open in south Florida. The 115,000 square foot facility in Miami will serve all Latin America countries, except Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, wh...
JCB Team helps Guy Martin reproduce WW1 Tank as a tribute to the Centenary JCB put its experience and expertise to good use helping TV personality Guy Martin to engineer a tribute to the role tanks played in helping change the course of the First World War. Now the story of the tank’s role and ...
EIB finances tolling infrastructure in Slovenia The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €51 million to Slovenia’s motorway company DARS to finance the introduction of an electronic tolling system for vehicles above 3.5 tonnes using the country’s motorway network. This is the EIB’s first direct tra...
ALE Heavylift revolutionises route surveying with new technology ALE has launched its new route surveying technology tool, which is set to revolutionise the way route surveys are carried out in the heavylifting industry. ALE designed the Route Survey Tool as a computerised system that automatically logs...
ALE Heavylift invests in new hydraulic gantry lift system ALE Heavylift has invested in a new telescopic lifting gantry with 1,000 tonne capacity on four towers, the TLG1000. This is the first system in a new fleet of high capacity hydraulic gantries. The system has been designed in-house with a variabl...
EIB agrees €9.2b financing for rail, climate action, broadband and business Meeting in Luxembourg earlier today the board of the European Investment Bank approved a total of €9.2 billion of new financing for 38 projects in 16 European Union countries and around the world in Africa, Asia and Latin Americ...
Smooth operators – the Excavator experts behind the Florida megaproject The ultimate project demands the ultimate operators. Volvo Construction Equipment went behind the scenes to meet the experts working on one of the largest and most complex road building projects in the world. Roberto Rodriguez...
Highways England is geared up for winter Highways England’s team of 1,300 specially trained gritter drivers based across the country are geared up for winter – and are urging drivers to do the same. The company responsible for the country’s motorways and main A roads has more than 280,000 tonnes of salt...
Integrated 3D Dozer Control system defines cutting edge Automated grade control using GNSS signals has transformed how earthmoving contractors get work done. Through the engineering efforts of its innovators and developers, machine control technology has been improved and refined over the years. A devel...
Drones set to take off in construction Floating effortlessly and able to be positioned with great accuracy, drones – also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – are becoming an increasingly popular tool in the construction industry. Named after stingless male bees, drones were originally a mil...
ALE Heavylift build new 600 tonne high capacity girder frame ALE Heavylift has built a new high capacity girder frame, the AL600. The AL600 will be able to carry loads up to 600 tonnes – 100 tonnes more than ALE’s current largest frame, the AL500. The frame will be used to transport loads under sm...
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