Pessimistic construction workers think Brexit will hit infrastructure projects A new study suggests that more than 80% of construction workers believe Brexit will damage the UK’s industry and prevent high-profile government infrastructure projects from being delivered. Researchers at Birmingham City Uni...
AGD Systems brings next-generation ITS solutions to Traffex Road Expo Scotland AGD Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of ITS product solutions, will be exhibiting at this year’s Traffex Road Expo Scotland – 1-2 November 2017, at the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh. AGD’s new 350 Traffic Con...
Super stable, earthquake resistant formwork design for the tallest cooling tower in Greece On site at one of the biggest projects in Greece in recent years, construction of the lignite-fired power plant Ptolemais Block V needs cooling-tower formwork expertise from Doka, plus compliance with a very speci...
Metso wins order for new minerals processing plant in Russia Metso has won a significant order to deliver two complete minerals processing plant grinding lines to Russia. The first comminution line will be delivered at the end of 2018 and the second around 2020. Once operational, the estimated productio...
Minnesota DoT taps StreetLight Data for Traffic Intelligence StreetLight Data, Inc., the mobility analytics company that brings real-world travel patterns to light, today announced the company has been selected by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for a pilot subscription. MnDOT will ut...
Smart and responsive Pedestrian Crossing unveiled in London The world’s first responsive road crossing is being showcased in London as a prototype solution, aimed at tackling the 7,000+ incidents recorded each year at UK crossings between vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. Urban design technologists Um...
Bomag showcased their product portfolio and new technologies at Innovation Days Bomag has hosted its biennial customer show and conference, “Innovation Days”, at its headquarters in Boppard. Some 1,200 guests from about 60 countries participated in practical and informative two-day group events. The wee...
Scottish SMEs to lay the foundations for Heathrow expansion Businesses across Scotland are marking their diaries for a second Heathrow Business Summit Scotland, set for 18th October in Edinburgh. The free Business Summit Scotland is part of the airports pledge to create jobs in every corner of the UK an...
Environmental and social impact of expanding Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is Kenya’s largest aviation facility, and the busiest airport in east and central Africa. It serves as a transit hub for major airlines as well as the gateway for visitors...
Shorts Group adds fourth short radius ECR235 Excavator to its fleet Berkshire-based Shorts Group has added yet another Volvo ECR235 excavator to its growing machinery fleet. This latest model takes the number of ECR235’s on the fleet to four, with two being used at the firm’s Ascot and Aldershot waste t...
President of Ecuador marks construction of US$1B deep water port in Posorja The President of Ecuador Lenín Moreno and DP World Group Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem today performed a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the greenfield multi-purpose port project at Pos...
Envirobuild gears up for growth with new board directors Envirobuild, supplier of sustainable building products, is marking the next stage in its development with the appointment of two non executive directors. Sandi Rhys Jones OBE and Ken Lindsay join the rapidly growing team that has recently been awa...
Driving efficiency into road planning In the highways industry, there is, quite rightly, a well-worn path of using Consultants to advise on best practice. There is nothing wrong with this approach as long as you are sure the Consultants are knowledgeable on the latest thinking and open minded to trying...
Prolectric launches reliable year round Mobile Solar Lighting Solar lighting specialist manufacturer Prolectric has launched its ProLight and ProTemp temporary solar lighting for construction, highways and infrastructure projects. With no noise, no fuel and no emissions, they represent a step-change opp...
Record €500m EIB loan for India’s Bangalore Metro The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide EUR 500 million to support the construction of a new 18 station Rapid Transit line in Bangalore and the purchase of 96 train cars for use on the line. This support for investment to expand the second...
Rapids bespoke mixing technology facilitates Collier Group’s entrance into concrete industry Rapid International Ltd based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland has supplied Collier Group of Fife, Scotland with its first bespoke concrete batching plant, which signified the Group’s entrance into the readymi...
35 years of quality and oscillation experience in HAMM Rollers For more than 35 years, HAMM has included oscillation rollers in its product range and with over 35 models; it offers by far and away the widest diversity in the world. A glance at the constructive realisation of the technology reveals the d...
Trimble begins construction on campus expansion in Westminster, Colorado Trimble has announced that it has begun construction on a second building in Westminster, Colorado. With the capacity to accommodate over 1,100 workers, the Westminster campus will be Trimble’s largest employment centre and will co...
Harnessing the potential of a gender balanced construction industry Balfour Beatty publishes its latest paper “Inspiring Change: Attracting women into construction” Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has published its paper “Inspiring Change: Attracting women into construction”, dra...
GM outlines possibilities for flexible, autonomous Fuel Cell Electric Platform General Motors aims to solve some of the toughest transportation challenges created by natural disasters, complex logistics environments and global conflicts. The company will display its Silent Utility Rover Universal Supers...
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