Stage by Stage – New book and website a paradigm shift in commissioning and completions There was a time when commissioning was a casual and arbitrary process; a small team gathering toward the end of a construction project to ring a few alarm bells, turn a few motors and check off some boxes on t...
Old road surface paves the way for local park upgrades Highways England is turning waste from a major road improvement into new footpaths for walkers at a nearby park. Around 250 tonnes of the old surface from an improvement on the A19 in North Tyneside is benefitting Benton Quarry Park in Benton. Recyc...
SENNEBOGEN 825 handles long-range timber handling with comfort at Holzwerk Obermeier ‘We need a material handler!’ has long been something that they’ve agreed about at the Holzwerk Obermeier timber yard in Schwindegg, Upper Bavaria. But a lot of thought had to be put into what the opt...
Highways England record investment in South West England will achieve big milestones Plans for the tunnel set to be built as part of the £1.6 billion upgrade of the A303 near Stonehenge will go on public display today. Highways England’s plans for the improved A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down will...
Mercedes-Benz’s first Polish engine plant to be built by STRABAG The publicly listed European construction group STRABAG SE builds a new engine plant for Mercedes-Benz in Poland. The order for the construction of the largest production and assembly hall, which has a total value of approximately € 61 mil...
Liebherr introduces mobile tower silo for concrete batching plants Liebherr can now offer another silo variant for its concrete batching plants: A mobile tower silo for the storage of aggregate complements Liebherr’s concrete batching plant product range. In addition to the three – six chamber inline si...
Fixing the construction industry’s productivity problem The construction industry has had a troubled history with productivity Even the smallest construction projects are multi-disciplined events that involve hundreds of individual actions. When scaled up to mega project size, managing the sequenc...
Volkswagen Amarok pickup now more affordable Pickup buyers looking to put Volkswagen’s award-winning Amarok on their driveways, worksites or grounds can now do so for less. The introduction of the new Trendline V6 3.0 TDI 163PS model to the range means that Amarok ownership now starts at just £24,510 in...
STRABAG shows innovative way out of the diesel dilemma with Sustainable High-Tech Asphalt STRABAG’s TPA competence centre has presented an innovative solution that can help cities fight the negative impact of increased traffic volumes. The joint R&D project NaHiTAs (Nachhaltiger High-Tech Asphalt –...
Patten Cat joins Metso USA distributor network Metso is pleased to welcome Illinois-based Patten Cat to its North American distributor network. They will offer Metso’s mobile and stationary crushing and screening products for rent and purchase, with locations in Northern Illinois and Northwest Ind...
VÖGELE PowerFeeder technology pays off Decoupled material transfer from the feed vehicle to the road paver is one of the major drivers in road construction. After all, this process is a critical factor with a considerable impact on the quality of asphalt paving projects. Material feeders are consequentl...
Red Oak delivers warmth, wellbeing and the wow factor A major and ultra-prestigious application in the City of London could really put U.S. red oak on the European map. The European market has been something of a frustration for U.S. red oak suppliers. The species is America’s most prolific hardwood, so...
10,000 new trees to boost roadside wildlife habitat in South West England Highways England is starting a major programme of tree and shrub planting along the A30 and A38 in a bid to connect a 105 mile corridor of wildlife habitat. The work is taking place at 21 sites in Devon and Cornwall and involves ....
Northern Victoria Logging Road in Australia gets major upgrade Drivers are set to benefit from a safer and smoother journey along the Shelley-Walwa Road in Victoria’s north as works start on a major upgrade of the road. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Barnaby Joyce sa...
Kangaroo Island hopping for joy at road upgrade South Australia’s Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure has awarded BMD a road re-sheeting contract on Kangaroo Island, just off South Australia. The 4,405 km² Kangaroo Island is southwest of Adelaide and renowned for its protected nat...
Skyjack showcases new technology and unveils new products at The Rental Show Skyjack is hosting a press conference at the largest equipment rental show in North America. The Rental Show takes place February 18-21 in New Orleans Louisiana, and will house products and services from over 700 manufacturers...
Grayhill offers wide range of Hall Effect Joystick Switches Grayhill joystick switches are widely used in unmanned drone remotes, belly box and hydraulic remote controls, and avionics control panels, as well as interventional x-ray control panels and unmanned bulldozer remotes. The switches are availabl...
Quebec Iron Ore signs long-term strategic services partnership with Metso Quebec Iron Ore Inc., a subsidiary of a Montreal-based iron development and exploration company, Champion Iron Limited, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Metso for the maintenance of Metso equipment with a Life Cyc...
New way of working brings opportunities for suppliers across the North West UK Suppliers from across the North West region have had the opportunity to understand how they can get involved in future Highways England construction contracts worth £500m. The industry day at the DW Stadium in Wigan was an op...
Balfour Beatty wins £40m Network Rail Stoneblower contract Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded a four-year contract worth more than £40m for the operations and maintenance of Network Rail’s fleet of track maintenance machines, known as Stoneblowers. The contract will...
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