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Cutting edge PLPR tech helping Network Rail to almost double track maintenance capacity
Cutting edge PLPR tech helping Network Rail to almost double track maintenance capacity Network Rail is boosting its capacity to identify and fix track defects using cutting edge technology, reducing delays caused by track faults, improving safety and saving the taxpayer millions of pounds. A key pa...
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Eurovia Contracting South wins £1.6m CCTV Control Room relocation contract
Eurovia Contracting South wins £1.6m CCTV Control Room relocation contract Eurovia Contracting South’s CCTV division has been awarded the contract for the relocation of a CCTV Control Room for Stevenage Borough Council on behalf of the Hertfordshire CCTV Partnership. The £1.6 million Control Room de...
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Highways England to host webinar ahead of £20m revolutionise roads competitions
Highways England to host webinar ahead of £20m revolutionise roads competitions Highways England is calling on the country’s most creative minds to join a webinar next Thursday (14 February 2019) to explain how they can submit their ideas to help revolutionise roads and driving. The company aims to...
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Military into Logistics
Military into Logistics Logistics is an essential part of the military, with members being trained to a high standard of driving and maintenance, equipping soldiers with a trade for life. This is why logistics and transport companies can find great benefits from recruiting army leavers, not only as...
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Today’s Horizon – CEA Annual Conference programme announced
Today’s Horizon – CEA Annual Conference programme announced The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) Annual Conference, sponsored by machinery manufacturer SMT, is taking place on 21st March 2019, hosted at the new home of Plantworx Construction Exhibition, at the East of England Are...
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Transport Systems Catapult seeks innovators for major Highways England contract
Transport Systems Catapult seeks innovators for major Highways England contract The Transport Systems Catapult is looking for innovative developers and organisations to support Highways England’s incident management and operational planning of the strategic road network, in a significant tender oppo...
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Computer vision gadget CarVi detects potholes in San Francisco pilot
Computer vision gadget CarVi detects potholes in San Francisco pilot Game-changing intelligent ADAS technology combines sensor data with computer vision to learn specific road conditions and predict pothole locations CarVi, the company behind a new AI-powered video driving assistant device, today an...
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Relief for Central Sulawesi roads thanks to Volvo Pavers
Relief for Central Sulawesi roads thanks to Volvo Pavers Road contractor PT Sapta Unggul is relying on a ABG5820 paver from Volvo Construction Equipment to make the roads safer and more accessible in Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Since 2016, the ABG5820 has paved 124 kilometers of roads in the region....
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Transport in lower income countries and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Transport in lower income countries and the Fourth Industrial Revolution What is the main challenge (and attendant opportunity) of transport? It is the phenomenon called the fourth industrial revolution, a social and technological wave that merges the two effects of high-rate digital networks and a...
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Meet the husband and wife team keeping Britain’s motorways moving this winter
Meet the husband and wife team keeping Britain’s motorways moving this winter When it comes to keeping motorways moving this winter, look no further than the Smith-Storer family. Karen Smith-Storer and her husband Neil work for Highways England as gritter drivers in Worcestershire. The pair...
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The Brokk 200 packs the punch of a 3 ton demolition robot in a 2 ton package
The Brokk 200 packs the punch of a 3 ton demolition robot in a 2 ton package Brokk, the world’s leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, introduced the Brokk 200, a new weight class of machine. The new model packs the power of a 3-ton Brokk machine into a 2-ton package. The Bro...
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Is Brexit making construction workers leave or are they leaving their options open?
Is Brexit making construction workers leave or are they leaving their options open? Results from a survey of over 10,500 construction workers carried out by world leading recruiter Randstad, has revealed that one in three EU nationals have considered leaving the UK because of the Brexit referendum....
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Liebherr crawler excavators playing a key role at South African coal mine
Liebherr crawler excavators playing a key role at South African coal mine With an existing fleet of more than 130 machines, the Liviero Group purchased two R 976 crawler excavators, as well as other machines, for overburden, coal mining and loading dumper trucks in the Keaton Energy coal mine in Mid...
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STRABAG’s ZÜBLIN extends mining contract in Chile
STRABAG’s ZÜBLIN extends mining contract in Chile STRABAG Group’s Züblin International GmbH Chile SpA has been awarded an extension to its contract with Mina Candelaria Subterránea for another four years. The contract value amounts to €65 million. Located in Copiapó, in the Atacama region, 650...
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MB Crusher plans big reveal for Bauma 2019
MB Crusher plans big reveal for Bauma 2019 According to MB Crushers, if you want to know how to figure out the Italians, just speak about food – it works every time, even at MB Crusher attachments. Their construction equipment is like a well executed recipe – by mixing the prime ingredie...
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New research shows Construction Industry failing to attract young people
New research shows Construction Industry failing to attract young people Less than one in ten young people would consider a career in construction, even though more than half are interested in subjects that qualify them for the industry, new research by L&Q has revealed. L&Q, one of the UK’s...
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New Holland announces winners of 2018 Dealer of The Year Awards
New Holland announces winners of 2018 Dealer of The Year Awards Winners of New Holland’s 2018 Dealer of The Year Awards in UK and Ireland have been announced: Overall dealer of the year: Agricar Ltd of Forfar Large tractor and harvester dealer of the year: Ravenhill of Elgin Medium tractor and harve...
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Diamond based Micro Trenching
Diamond based Micro-trenching Nextec System AB is a provider of diamond micro trenching equipment company specializing on fibre deployment solutions with machines, equipment, materials, tools and knowledge for fibre optic network construction. Nextec developed one of the most advanced machines in th...
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A complete system for Ground Penetrating Radar surveys of utilities
A complete system for Ground Penetrating Radar surveys of utilities Challenge To bring their latest industry-leading Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems to market, Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. (GSSI) needed a capable, flexible controller platform for use with their highly specialized devices....
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Shell and MachineMax launch digital service for customers to maximise profitability
Shell and MachineMax launch digital service for customers to maximise profitability Shell and MachineMax have launched a new digital service that will help construction and mining companies to maximise the profitability of their off-highway fleets using smart sensors and next-generation analytics. T...
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CIRIA releases new Eurocode compliant Tower crane guidance
CIRIA releases new Eurocode compliant Tower crane guidance CIRIA’s highly anticipated new guide Tower crane foundation and tie design (C761) aims to bring together important practical and design issues that affect health and safety and to present a current understanding of good practice based on the...
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ALE expands with new team and strategy in the USA
ALE expands with new team and strategy in the USA As part of their expansion in the USA, ALE has set up a permanent branch by moving offices to the Houston, I-10 Energy Corridor, and expanded their US operational capability by recruiting additional experienced personnel and investing in the latest h...
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SENNEBOGEN celebrates 60th year at bauma
SENNEBOGEN celebrates 60th year at bauma The World-trade fair bauma’s success story started in 1954 with just 58 exhibitors at Theresienwiese in Munich. Fast forward to today and the exhibition space and the number of exhibitors have increased 50-fold. SENNEBOGEN, as one of the first exhibitor...
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JCB powers ahead with the launch of the 19C-1E electric excavator
JCB powers ahead with the launch of the 19C-1E electric excavator JCB has launched its first ever full electric mini excavator, the 19C-1E – a powerful compact model with zero exhaust emissions and one that is considerably quieter than a standard machine. Utilising leading-edge automotive batt...
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GSSI showcases latest ground penetrating radar technology at Canadian Concrete Expo
GSSI showcases latest ground penetrating radar technology at Canadian Concrete Expo GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be highlighting its latest GPR technology at the 2019 Canadian Concrete Expo, to be held February 6-7, 2019 at The Internationa...
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Haver and Boecker extends sales coverage in United States
Haver and Boecker extends sales coverage in United States Haver & Boecker, a leading equipment manufacturer and solutions provider in aggregates and mining applications, recently named Brian Block, Wayne Knight and Scott McMaster certified sales managers for the United States, as the company foc...
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Diesel Laptops launch Virtual Diesel Technician Program
Diesel Laptops launch Virtual Diesel Technician Program Diesel Laptops, the leading distributor for commercial truck diesel diagnostic software, hardware, and services, has announced the launch of its innovative Virtual Diesel Technician Program. This program is a first in the commercial truck and o...
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A year of legal developments in construction and what 2019 may hold
A year of legal developments in construction and what 2019 may hold Things never stand still in the construction industry and so, as expected, we saw a lot of change in 2018 from the point of view of legal and industry changes and other developments. In this article by Simon Lewis – Partner, M...
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E and JW Glendinning take delivery of the first Volvo rigid hauler sold in Britain
E & JW Glendinning take delivery of the first Volvo rigid hauler sold in Britain E & JW Glendinning Ltd has taken delivery of the first Volvo rigid hauler to be sold in Great Britain which has been put in charge of hauling blasted material to the primary crusher at the company’s Linhay Hill...
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AfDB and ECOWAS sign study agreement for Abidjan to Lagos Corridor Highway
AfDB and ECOWAS sign study agreement for Abidjan to Lagos Corridor Highway The African Development Bank and the Economic Community Of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) have signed an agreement for a study into a 1,000 kilometre highway linking Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial capital Abidjan, to Lag...
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Cross department planning and collaboration is the way forward for UK local authorities
Cross department planning and collaboration is the way forward for UK local authorities Historically, individual departments within local authorities have tended to work in isolation. They have developed their own plans and strategies and then focused on executing them as efficiently as possible. Bu...
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STRABAG awarded share of €132m contract for D35 motorway in the Czech Republic
STRABAG awarded share of €132m contract for D35 motorway in the Czech Republic A consortium including STRABAG a.s., a subsidiary of European construction group STRABAG, has been awarded the contract to build a new section of the D35 motorway in the Czech Republic. The object of the contract with a t...
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Liebherr – Together. Now and Tomorrow at Bauma 2019
Liebherr – Together. Now and Tomorrow at Bauma 2019 From 8-14 April, Liebherr will give attendees of Bauma 2019 a unique chance to experience its latest innovations first-hand, which range from construction machines, material handling, mining and components. Visitors can look forward to seeing...
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The new BENNINGHOVEN product philosophy
The new BENNINGHOVEN product philosophy New BENNINGHOVEN asphalt mixing plants incorporate a great deal of what BENNINGHOVEN has learnt about asphalt production and mixing plants since the 1960s. During this time, the company has developed on a continuous basis and is now one of the global leaders i...
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Fujitsu’s Transport Trends for 2019
Fujitsu’s Transport Trends for 2019 Every week, there are headlines heralding a new age of transportation, with technologies emerging that could almost have come from a sci-fi novel. But in reality, the future, and transport trends are extremely hard to predict. There’s a myriad of moving part...
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Operam launch Online Learning to support adoption of new ISO 19650 Standards
Operam launch Online Learning to support adoption of new ISO 19650 Standards In December 2018, ISO published two international standards, the first to be published within the new ISO 19650 series, which defines the business processes for the effective management of asset-related information during t...
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Telensa announces the Urban Data Project with Cambridge as Launch Partner City
Telensa announces the Urban Data Project with Cambridge as Launch Partner City Telensa, a leader in smart street lighting and smart city applications has announced the Urban Data Project. Telensa has built a solution powered by the Microsoft Azure cloud platform that creates a trust infrastructure f...
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MIT researchers observe hydrogen’s effects on metal to design safer storage tanks
MIT researchers observe hydrogen’s effects on metal to design safer storage tanks Hydrogen, the second-tiniest of all atoms, can penetrate right into the crystal structure of a solid metal. That’s good news for efforts to store the fuel safely within the metal itself, but it’s bad news for str...
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VINCI UK Foundation calls for applications from charities to fight social exclusion
VINCI UK Foundation calls for applications from charities to fight social exclusion VINCI businesses across the UK and the Republic of Ireland are once again calling for funding applications from projects that help people suffering from social exclusion by improving their access to employment, mobil...
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EIB approves €4.8 billion of transport, business, urban and energy financing
EIB approves €4.8 billion of transport, business, urban and energy financing The European Investment Bank – EIB on Tuesday approved a total of €4.8 billion of new financing for private sector, transport, energy, housing and water investment. This included €864 million support for investment ou...
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Cleverciti demonstrates strong momentum in the Global Smart Parking Market
Cleverciti demonstrates strong momentum in the Global Smart Parking Market Cleverciti Systems Corp., a leader in comprehensive, high-tech solutions for outdoor and on-street parking detection, monitoring and guidance, marked the end of 2018 with strong results across its business as more organizatio...
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CABE Malaysia Conference addresses shared global challenges
CABE Malaysia Conference addresses shared global challenges A number of issues facing the construction industry – the impact of the Hackitt report and future directives of UK legislation; the true value of sustainable buildings and standardisation of contracts – have been debated at a conference in...
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The Christmas Tree approach inspires Land Services to opt for a Volvo ECR145E Excavator
The Christmas Tree approach inspires Land Services to opt for a Volvo ECR145E Excavator “It was the build quality that impressed me….” says Malcolm Davidson, proprietor of Selkirk-based Davidson Land Services as he takes delivery of his first ‘large’ Volvo excavator in the guise of a reduced swing E...
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LandQ to scale up off-site ambitions with new construction strategy
L&Q to scale up off-site ambitions with new construction strategy One of the UK’s largest housing associations and developers is scaling up its off-site ambitions and has developed its own Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) strategy. Today, L&Q announced plans to deliver all of its new bui...
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VÖGELE pioneering machine technology and digital process solutions at bauma 2019
VÖGELE pioneering machine technology and digital process solutions at bauma 2019 The world market leader for road pavers has restructured its product range and is also poised to stage several premieres: the SUPER 3000-3(i), the biggest paver in the company’s product range, the SUPER 1000(i) an...
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Fast growing Bristol business on the lookout for more apprentices
Fast growing Bristol business on the lookout for more apprentices The ETM Group / ETM Recycling, a Bristol highways maintenance and recycling company, is on the lookout for more apprentices as it looks to continue its rapid rise in the South West, which will include a new £4million recycling plant o...
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Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe will focus on the Hyundai Effect at Bauma
Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe will focus on the Hyundai Effect at Bauma Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) will present at bauma 2019 15 construction equipment products on the company’s 2,705 m² stand located in the open-air area FM.812A. With six brand new machines HCEE is further...
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The ups and downs of a VARIDESK
The ups and downs of a VARIDESK Last year a very big and very heavy box landed at Highways.Today HQ. It contained a 36” VARIDESK that I was asked to review. I must admit I wasn’t actually expecting to get on with the desk as I had tried a standing desk in the past, basically ...
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Liebherr to reveal revamped 42m Powerbloc concrete pump at bauma
Liebherr to reveal revamped 42m Powerbloc concrete pump at bauma Liebherr will introduce a completely redeveloped 42 M5 XXT truck mounted concrete pump for the medium range class at Bauma 2019. One highlight is the unique Liebherr Powerbloc drive unit: Through the complete integration of all hydraul...
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Epiroc wins large order for new copper mine in Peru
Epiroc wins large order for new copper mine in Peru Epiroc AB, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has been awarded a significant order from Anglo American for its new copper mine in Peru. Anglo American has ordered multiple drill rigs and related equipment t...
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CASE celebrates innovation at Bauma with world-first steering system for graders
CASE celebrates innovation at Bauma with world-first steering system for graders This year, CASE will debut several world-first launches at Bauma as part of its innovation theme with an industry first. CASE will unveil patented combined steering functionality in its grader range. CASE has combined t...
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Bartco UK to introduce friendly and energy efficient ITS billboard at Traffex
Bartco UK to introduce friendly and energy efficient ITS billboard at Traffex Traffic managers of major long-term schemes are now able to sustainably offer road users an improved customer experience, thanks to a new energy-efficient portable video wall developed by intelligent transport system (ITS)...
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Wirtgen W 380 CRi high performance and high-tech Cold Recycler set for Bauma launch
Wirtgen W 380 CRi high performance and high-tech Cold Recycler set for Bauma launch Due to the rapid increase in heavy-duty transport, the global road network is showing visible signs of aging in many places. In order to ensure that the road infrastructure remains functional over the long term, road...
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Liebherr explores e-learning to train mobile crane operators
Liebherr explores e-learning to train mobile crane operators Liebherr will present a new product for digital mobile crane operator training in 2019 at its Bauma exhibition stand. It is a joint product from e-learning production company Krassmann Produktion GmbH, lawyer Dr. Rudolf Saller and Liebherr...
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Scope sees slower growth, rising costs and challenges for construction in Europe
Scope sees slower growth, rising costs and challenges for construction in Europe Europe’s construction sector faces modest revenue growth and mostly stable profit margins in 2019, but the credit outlook is in danger of deteriorating as the business cycle turns, particularly for smaller companies wit...
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Gothenburg drive to electrify takes to the water with Volvo Penta
Gothenburg drive to electrify takes to the water with Volvo Penta In the next phase of Gothenburg’s drive to connect its residents with a seamless citywide low emission commuting network, a Volvo Penta powered electric ferry service is being introduced into the ElectriCity transport ecosystem. Build...
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Caterpillar to “Rewrite the Rules” of the jobsite at Bauma 2019
Caterpillar to “Rewrite the Rules” of the jobsite at Bauma 2019 Caterpillar and its German dealer, Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH, will exhibit a wide range of equipment, technology, and services at bauma Munich, April 8-14, 2019. “Rewrite the Rules” is the Caterpillar theme, and...
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Evidence of 2,000 year old beer making found on mammoth A14 road scheme in England
Evidence of 2,000 year old beer making found on mammoth A14 road scheme in England Deep below the surface of Britain’s biggest road scheme something has been brewing for a very long time – more than 2,000 years in fact. Experts working on Highways England’s £1.5bn upgrade of the A14 in Cambridgeshir...
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Liebherr to feature prototype Compact Litronic Wheeled Excavator at bauma
Liebherr to feature prototype Compact Litronic Wheeled Excavator at bauma Liebherr will showcase the prototype of the new A 913 Compact Litronic wheeled excavator for the first time at bauma 2019. This compact wheeled excavator, which complies with Stage V emission standards, is an all-rounder for c...
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Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe welcomes new MD Jongho Chun
Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe welcomes new MD Jongho Chun Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) has announced the appointment of Jongho (J.H.) Chun as the new Managing Director. The new MD brings broad experience with him in Finance, Sales Strategy and Marketing from the HCE Korean he...
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