JCB takes centre stage with supporting role in the new Aliens blockbuster film A fleet of more than 20 JCB machines is playing a starring role in a cult film following the biggest product placement project in the company’s history. Skid steers loaders, Loadall telescopic handlers and JS excavators were...
Kier pioneers rapid setting material that cures in 18 hours instead of 3 days, saving 35 days and £35m on M6 project Kier Highways has saved UK Plc £35m on a single project, by using an innovative new material to cut lane closures on an M6 repair scheme by 35 days. Through the use of ...
Kleemann introduces the MOBISCREEN EVO range of mobile screening plant The MOBISCREEN EVO classifying screens supplement their tried-and-tested EVO series, whose screening and crushing plants are characterised by short tooling times, particularly good transport properties and high performance. The track...
Sungdo Construction reaches for higher demolition safety standards in South Korea Looking to raise safety standards in South Korea, demolition firm Sungdo Construction is leading by example, bringing down an unstable, old hospital with its Volvo ultra high-reach excavator. Since Sungdo Construction was...
Balfour Beatty and West Sussex County Council trial drone technology for bridge inspections West Sussex County Council, in partnership with Balfour Beatty Living Places, has begun trialling the use of drones to inspect bridges across the county. Trials have so far been held at Swan Bridge in Pulborough...
Asian Development Bank calls for integrated transport solutions and urban planning for liveable cities in Asia Providing sustainable transport solutions for Asia’s rapidly growing cities is the region’s most urgent transport challenge. Developing Asia now has 33 cities with a population of more than 5 m...
Manitou acquires Terex Equipment, buying its way into the India marketplace The Manitou group, world-leader in all-terrain equipment and material-handlers has finalized the acquisition of Terex Equipment Private Limited (TEPL) in India. Founded in 2003, Terex Equipment is well known for the design, manu...
Africa and Europe Development grants approved for study into the 1,028 km Abidjan to Lagos Corridor Highway The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) has released a General Procurement Notice for the study for the Abidjan to Lags Corridor Highway Development Project that passes through the countrie...
World Bank approves US$200 Million for rural roads in Zambia The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $ 200 million International Development Association (IDA) credit under the IDA17 Scale-up Facility for Zambia to improve selected rural roads in six of Zambia’s ten provinces...
Britain’s bid for the America’s Cup is powered, lit and given a lift up by JCB Great Britain’s bid to win the oldest sporting trophy in the world has been given a helping hand by construction machinery maker JCB. The Staffordshire-based company has loaned a fleet of equipment including gener...
Australia A$75 Billion budget outlines their huge investment in road and rail infrastructure The 2017 to 2018 Budget announced in Australia delivers a transformational next step in the Coalition Government’s record investment in infrastructure, improving connectivity, productivity, and liveability...
Successful Deep Soil Mixing trials lead to multi-million project on the Mersey Gateway Crossing Deep Soil Mixing Ltd has commenced work on the prestigious new Mersey Gateway project between Widnes and Runcorn in Cheshire for Merseylink CCJV. The work being undertaken by Deep Soil Mixing Ltd is the innov...
Yutong Dynamic Compaction Machines is the first to participate in the Trimble Ready® program in China Zhengzhou Yutong Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Joins the Trimble Ready Program as Trimble announces that Yutong has become the first Chinese manufacturer to participate in the Trimble Ready® program for d...
New Jersey announces Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway Project” ahead of schedule Continuing to build on his commitment to growing New Jersey’s economy and making the state a premier business destination, Governor Chris Christie today announced that as of June 30, the $1.6 billion rais...
Kuwait funds 81 km upgrade of the Gbarnga-Salayae Road in Liberia The Governments of Liberia is soliciting funding from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and four other funding agencies, namely Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Developme...
State of Kentucky announces grant funding for Recycled Tyre Asphalt Projects Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Charles G. Snavely has announced that grant funding will be made available to counties in Kentucky for projects that use recycled waste tires from that state in rubber-modified asphalt p...
Parsons wins Engineering Excellence Award for bridge replacement in Massachusetts Parsons is pleased to announce that it has received the 2017 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) for the Beach Road over Lagoon Pond Bridge Repl...
Volvo milks it in Germany Volvo Construction Equipment is helping Fehrbellin-based farmer, Rhinmilch, maintain its position as one of the most powerful dairy producers in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. For 365 days of the year, Rhinmilch’s seven Volvo CE wheel loaders – six L30Gs and an L60G – barel...
Construction Simulator 2 free update brings new jobs for construction heroes! Following on from our article on the Release of Construction Simulator 2 in March, the Company that brought us this fantastic Simulator have just released a free update that adds Urban Development: Culture & Commerce. The...
Balfour Beatty joint venture awarded US$625 million Southern Gateway contract by Texas Department of Transportation Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded a $625 million (c. £484 million) contract to reconstruct and improve the ‘Southern Gateway’, an 11 mile stretch of...
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