First Volvo Excavator for Reid Plant Hire in Scottish Highlands Reid Plant Hire of Kingussie in the Scottish Highlands has opted for its first Volvo compact excavator in the guise of a zero swing ECR25D. Tempting proprietor Neil Reid to finally opt for an alternative make from what he’s used to took a l...
Highways England £15 billion road upgrade plan updated to minimise congestion Highways England has today updated its £15 billion road improvement programme to reduce the impact of roadworks on motorists and minimise congestion while improvements take place. Plans for twenty-six road upgrades have been r...
The Josef Umdasch Research Prize 2018 is looking for start-ups with new tech ideas Until 30 November 2017 start-ups will have the opportunity to submit their high-tech ideas for the Josef Umdasch Research Prize 2018. The Group is searching for innovative solutions to concrete tasks within their subsidia...
LafargeHolcim supplies eco-friendly high-performance concrete for new Mexico City Airport LafargeHolcim will supply environmentally friendly, high-performance concretes for the construction of Mexico City Airport. Designed by architects Lord Foster and Fernando Romero, the project will be the world’s mo...
Volvo CE sales up 34% in third quarter of 2017 Volvo Construction Equipment reports market share gains and strong recoveries in Asia and Russia helped propel Volvo CE to a strong performance in the third quarter of 2017. Market share gains in key segments coupled with good cost control and growing deman...
Inspiring the next generation through formwork and construction Doka to promote its #ShapeOurWorld campaign, including full sponsorship of this year’s Concrete Construction Competition, at the 44th WorldSkills Competition, hosted in Abu Dhabi in October 2017. As a long-standing name in the formwork sect...
Wider lanes for drivers on England’s M62 smart motorway near Rochdale Drivers on a 5-mile stretch of the M62 near Rochdale can now benefit from wider lanes, helping to improve the flow of traffic on one of the busiest motorways in the region. Temporary narrow lanes have been removed between juncti...
Cold Recycling with Foamed Bitumen Resource-saving technologies are more in demand than ever before. The Wirtgen cold recycling process has been proving its credentials for many years – and already meets the demands of tomorrow and utilising foamed bitumen takes that even further. Roads that are subject...
Volvo CE’s new Spirit Magazine presents Megaprojects that change people’s lives The construction projects in Spirit Magazine’s new series ‘The Megaproject Listing’ do not just build and rebuild. They transform people’s lives. They improve connections between communities, enhance transportati...
BITUCHEM to showcase their surfacing solutions at Highways UK This November, BituChem will be joining the discussion of the many subjects surrounding British highways as the company exhibits at Highways UK 2017. The two-day exhibition and seminar gives highways experts the opportunity to explore the lat...
Research by MIT taps into efficient high-pressure desalination The high-pressure desalination industry, a critical source of potable water in many arid regions, generated more than $13 billion last year and is expected to double within a decade. Most desalination plants today use a process called revers...
Protector of the oceans receives the Volvo Environment Prize 2017 One of the world´s most innovative researchers into the future of the oceans and marine life, Professor Rashid Sumaila, receives the Volvo Environment Prize for 2017. He is an economist who has challenged traditional ways of marine govern...
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...
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