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High-speed passenger trains now run from Ashford International to Paris
High-speed passenger trains now run from Ashford International to Paris The first in the fleet of brand new high-speed passenger trains to call at Ashford International was met on the platform on the 3 April by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling. The arrival of Eurostar’s new Siemens e320 class trai...
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Next Architects design the landscape for 24km of road works in Friesland, Netherlands
Next Architects design the landscape for 24km of road works in Friesland, Netherlands Construction of the N356 De Centrale As, a highway connecting the N31 south of Burgum with the Dokkum ring road, is a unique project which Next Architects were proud to be involved in. The 25km route, dissecting th...
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China’s Shanghai-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge built using Doka automatic climbing formwork
China’s Shanghai-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge built using Doka automatic climbing formwork In China’s Jiangsu Province, north of Shanghai, work is in progress on what will be the world’s biggest cable-stayed bridge, the Shanghai-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge. As well as the world...
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Liam Fox launches awards for Best Business Partnership of the Future
Liam Fox launches awards for Best Business Partnership of the Future International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox MP, today launched the GREAT Innovation in Action Awards to find the best partnerships between UK and Asia-Pacific companies. Twelve shortlisted trade projects all demonstrate how new idea...
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Mordialloc Freeway to be upgraded in Australia
Mordialloc Freeway to be upgraded in Australia People in Melbourne’s south-east will get home faster and spend less time stuck in traffic when the new Mordialloc Freeway bypass is upgraded. The Victorian Budget 2018/19 will include Aus $75 million to upgrade the Mordialloc Bypass to a four-lane free...
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Jewson places £8 million order for 500 JCB machines
Jewson places £8 million order for 500 JCB machines One of the UK’s leading builder’s merchants is investing heavily in its tool hire business with an order for 500 JCB machines worth more than £8 million. Jewson is buying a fleet of JCB’s new flagship 15C-1mini excavators and JCB 8008 micro excavat...
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What would you do if a member of your team had a cardiac arrest?
What would you do if a member of your team had a cardiac arrest? In England, only 8% of people survive a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). A major contributor behind this statistic is that only 30 – 40% of bystanders intervene upon seeing someone collapse. Mark Gilmore, managing director of Aero He...
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Volvo launches six skid steer and compact track loaders
Volvo launches six skid steer and compact track loaders The new MC110D, MC115D and MC135D skid steer loaders, and MCT110D, MCT125D and MCT135D compact track loaders offer more strength, greater capacities, and improved safety and operator comfort. Volvo D-Series skid steer loaders and compact track...
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Hill Engineering’s new TEFRA coupler for mini Excavators set for Hillhead launch
Hill Engineering’s new TEFRA coupler for mini Excavators set for Hillhead launch Hill Engineering has been designing and manufacturing pioneering excavator attachments since 1994. Up until now the company’s award-winning TEFRA quick couplers were designed to fit midi to heavy-line excavators r...
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Association of Equipment Manufacturers wants more Millennials on the Jobsite
Association of Equipment Manufacturers wants more Millennials on the Jobsite Construction has often been considered one of the last industries to embrace technology. That is starting to change, however, as construction companies look for new ways to change the mindset of those working at the jobsite...
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Keyline team uses pedal power to cycle Scotland in aid of Prostate Cancer UK
Keyline team uses pedal power to cycle Scotland in aid of Prostate Cancer UK A group of staff, suppliers and customers from heavy building materials supplier Keyline are gearing up to take on the challenge of cycling from its Dumfries branch to its Inverness depot in aid of Prostate Cancer UK. The r...
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Volvo Construction launches new rigid hauler range
Volvo Construction launches new rigid hauler range Volvo Construction Equipment unveiled its new range of Volvo-branded rigid hauler to customers and dealers at the company’s Motherwell facility in Scotland. All eyes were on the new range of Volvo-branded rigid haulers this week when Volvo Construct...
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ALE bespoke lifting system saves time and money on Thames Tideway Project
ALE bespoke lifting system saves time and money on Thames Tideway Project ALE has completed the second phase of work on the Thames Tideway project in London, UK with the use of a time and cost-saving lifting system. The work was completed on behalf of FLO – the joint venture, comprised of Ferr...
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Self-healing metal oxides developed by MIT could protect against corrosion
Self-healing metal oxides developed by MIT could protect against corrosion An ultrathin layer of aluminum oxide, though solid, can flow like a liquid instead of cracking. Researchers have found that a solid oxide protective coating for metals can, when applied in sufficiently thin layers, deform as...
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Innovations that will bring construction equipment costs down
Innovations that will bring construction equipment costs down The cost of owning a machine is much more than just the initial purchase price. As soon as the engine is started, construction equipment operating costs start to mount up. So knowing the combined life cycle costs and equipping machines wi...
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Ancient Maori comb fragments found during New Zealand road construction
Ancient Maori comb fragments found during New Zealand road construction The teeth of a pre-European ceremonial wooden comb, a Maori heru, have been discovered during earthworks on the Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway. This find was made by the Fulton Hogan-HEB Joint Venture team while topsoi...
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Galliford Try sets to work upgrading Rugby with signalisation and roadworks
Galliford Try sets to work upgrading Rugby with signalisation and roadworks Galliford Try has secured a £3.7m contract to improve the Coton Arches roundabout in Rugby, Warwickshire. The scheme will involve signalising the roundabout and providing a connecting road through it to facilitate southbound...
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HiQ and Ammann develop Q Point open digital platform for the construction industry
HiQ and Ammann develop Q Point open digital platform for the construction industry Austrian construction process specialist hiQ solutions GmbH is joining forces with the Ammann Group’s Digital Products team to create Q Point: the brand name for the new, high-performance provider of a manufacturer-in...
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Drax Power Station calls in Volvo Construction Equipment to handle Fly Ash
Drax Power Station calls in Volvo Construction Equipment to handle Fly Ash A Volvo L120H and a L150H have been supplied to Rail Freight Services on a long term contract for Lytag, handling pulverized fuel ash (Fly Ash) at Drax power station near Selby in Yorkshire. Both machines are six months into...
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Ammann APR Plate Compactor reduce unwanted vibration
Ammann APR Plate Compactor reduce unwanted vibration Ammann is introducing updated hand guides on it’s current APR Reversible Vibratory Plate Compactors, reducing unwanted vibration to its lowest levels yet. A new mounting for the guide handle isolates vibration and prevents it from reaching the ope...
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New York’s JC Smith awarded Minnich Manufacturing dealership
New York’s JC Smith awarded Minnich Manufacturing dealership Minnich Manufacturing, the leading manufacturer of concrete dowel pin drills, concrete vibrators and vibrator monitoring systems celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018, has added New York’s JC Smith Inc. to its dealer network. One of the...
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Cape Verde to host first SINN Power wave energy project
Cape Verde to host first SINN Power wave energy project With the signed agreement between SINN Power and Fazenda de Camarão, SINN Power is all set to begin the company’s first commercial wave energy project on Cape Verde. For hundreds of years, huge waves have crashed onto the long, rocky shores of...
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Ammann Australia expands
Ammann Australia expands Solid growth has led Ammann Australia to relocate its headquarters, warehouse and training centre to better serve its customers in the region. The facility was moved from Narangba to a new location about 10 km north in Caboolture. The move took place in January 2018. “This m...
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Safer roads to beat the holiday traffic
Safer roads to beat the holiday traffic The Easter break is traditionally a time when the UK population hit the roads to visit friends and family, or just take a hard-earned break from work. This year will likely be no different with drivers expected to complete nearly 19m separate leisure journeys...
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STRABAG awarded tunnelling contract for Sirius Minerals Yorkshire Polyhalite Project
STRABAG awarded tunnelling contract for Sirius Minerals Yorkshire Polyhalite Project Sirius Minerals Plc. has hired the European construction group STRABAG SE to build an approx. 13 km tunnel section for the underground transport system of the Woodsmith Mine near Whitby, England. The design-and-buil...
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Sacyr Mutu-Ya-Kevela School project opened by President of Angola
Sacyr Mutu-Ya-Kevela School project opened by President of Angola The President of the Republic of Angola, Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, has inaugurated the Liceo Mutu-Ya-Kevela School in Luanda following the comprehensive rehabilitation undertaken by Sacyr Somague, a subsidiary of Sacyr Ingenierí...
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Ammann trench roller features ACEecon Intelligent Compaction System
Ammann trench roller features ACEecon Intelligent Compaction System The system, ACEecon, eliminates guesswork by measuring compaction progress in real time. The information is communicated to the operator via an LED display on top of the machine. Without the system, the operator must estimate the co...
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Archaeology on Highways England project shines light on 6000 years of history
Archaeology on Highways England project shines light on 6000 years of history A Roman trade distribution centre, an abandoned medieval village and three prehistoric monuments are among nationally significant archaeology discoveries uncovered by the team delivering the UK’s biggest road upgrade. The...
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Balfour Beatty awarded £47m overhead line works in Scotland
Balfour Beatty awarded £47m overhead line works in Scotland Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded two contracts worth c. £47m for the Fort Augustus to Fort William 132kV Transmission Reinforcement project. Both contracts have been awarded by Scottish Hydro Electric...
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Ringway secures 10 year maintenance services contract across the Bracknell Forest
Ringway secures 10 year maintenance services contract across the Bracknell Forest Ringway has been awarded a one-year extension to its term service contract in Bracknell Forest. The yearly extension is the third in succession and added to the original seven-year contract which started in 2014. The c...
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TyBot and Brayman Construction selected as national finalist for 2018 Innovation Award
TyBot and Brayman Construction selected as national finalist for 2018 Innovation Award The TyBot / Brayman team was recently selected as a Top 3 National Finalist for the inaugural 2018 Innovation Award presented by The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). As finalists, the team will pre...
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Ammann brings telematics to small rollers for accurate networked fleet monitoring
Ammann brings telematics to small rollers for accurate networked fleet monitoring Since the beginning of the year, Ammann has made it possible to optimise maintenance as well as fleet control and rental by way of an innovative tool: Ammann ServiceLink, which provides practical digital control of key...
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New Holland reveals T9 Auto Command Tractor
New Holland reveals T9 Auto-Command Tractor New Holland recently introduced 42 dealer personnel to the new T9 Auto Command tractor at a High Horsepower event that took place at Lodge Farm, Oxfordshire, home to 200 racehorses. The new T9 features New Holland’s innovative Auto Command Continuously Var...
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Police HGV on final patrol after catching over 5,000 careless drivers
Police HGV on final patrol after catching over 5,000 careless drivers An unmarked HGV cab is taking to the road for the final time after catching over 5,000 careless drivers in the past three years. The cab has travelled 99,000 miles on motorways and major A roads since the safety initiative began,...
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Highways England student challenge turns into Wacky Races
Highways England student challenge turns into Wacky Races A team of Highways England staff is supporting the Brimsham Green School students as part of a programme focused on turning the students’ fundraising ideas into a reality while completing personal challenges to develop their confidence, teamw...
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Balfour Beatty invests in its own expert Earthworks capability
Balfour Beatty invests in its own expert Earthworks capability Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has taken delivery of its first 22 specialist Earthworks machines valued at £3.2m, and is ready to deliver its own in house Earthworks capability. This first...
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John Deere adds SmartGrade capabilities to the Power-Angle-Tilt Dozer
John Deere adds SmartGrade capabilities to the Power-Angle-Tilt Dozer North America’s largest Power-Angle-Tilt (PAT) crawler dozer now boasts the benefits of John Deere SmartGrade™. Adding SmartGrade technology to the Dubuque, Iowa, manufactured 950K PAT improves the quality of work and job s...
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Haver and Boecker’s new Ty-Rail configurations increase vibrating screens adaptability
Haver and Boecker’s new Ty-Rail configurations increase vibrating screens adaptability Haver & Boecker, a leading equipment manufacturer and solutions provider in aggregates and mining applications, introduces new configurations of its Ty-Rail™ quick-tensioning system for screen media. As...
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Volvo A60H articulated hauler working hard in Halkyn
Volvo A60H articulated hauler working hard in Halkyn The very first Volvo A60H articulated hauler to be sold in Great Britain was delivered to CEMEX UK during November last year and has been pulling out all the stops at the company’s Halkyn Quarry, Calderdale, Flintshire. Previewed for the first tim...
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Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution
Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution The recent CEA Annual conference (One Great George Street London) was attended by over 190 delegates from the Construction Equipment sector, including guests from leading contractors Balfour Beatty, BAM Nuttall and Keltbray. The co...
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Metso increases production in India to meet demand for aggregates equipment
Metso increases production in India to meet demand for aggregates equipment Metso is addressing the growing demand for crushing and screening plants in the Indian market by expanding its production capabilities in Alwar. This latest investment increases their crushing and screening plant production...
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SENNEBOGEN telescopic crane to the rescue of derailed train in Switzerland
SENNEBOGEN telescopic crane to the rescue of derailed train in Switzerland In early January, winter storm Eleanor battered the village of Lenk in Switzerland, pushing a 19-tonne Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB) vehicle off its rails in the process. But now, the vehicle is back in action. It w...
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PMC Civil Engineering goes all out for Hyundai
PMC Civil Engineering goes all out for Hyundai Based in the idyllic market town of Wimbourne Minster in Dorset, PMC Civil Engineering are continuing to invest in the latest high-tech plant and machinery available which in the past 5-years has seen the fleet become dominated by Hyundai machines. PMC...
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Ammann Asphalt Mixing Plant plays major role in Turkish Highway project
Ammann Asphalt Mixing Plant plays major role in Turkish Highway project An Ammann asphalt mixing plant production and ability to utilise fibres is playing a crucial role in the construction of the Northern Marmara Motorway in Turkey. A large portion of the motorway, which serves as a bypass of Istan...
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3 things you should know about 3D Printing Construction Equipment
3 things you should know about 3D Printing Construction Equipment If you were at CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017, you may have seen the unveiling of the world’s first 3D-printed excavator at the event’s inaugural Tech Experience. It was more than just an attention-getter, 3D printing has slowly but su...
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MIT looks for a better approach in battery material design
MIT looks for a better approach in battery material design A new approach to analyzing and designing new ion conductors — a key component of rechargeable batteries — could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries, and possibly other energy storage and delivery devices such as fuel...
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Unlocking Community Benefits in Scotland
Unlocking Community Benefits in Scotland The ground breaking Procurement Reform Act (Scotland) has undoubtedly delivered significant benefits since its introduction in 2014. While the act was visionary, in its latest paper “Unlocking Community Benefits: A Scottish Perspective”, Balfour Beatty, the i...
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Quarry saves costs and fuel with downhill hauling
Quarry saves costs and fuel with downhill hauling Hauling shot rock downhill in order to then to go uphill may seem like a crazy way to run a quarry. But total cost of ownership and productivity have both jumped at Savage Quarry. At Savage Stone’s 400-acre quarry in Jessup, Maryland, gabbro is mined...
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Romania’s new national cathedral transformed with Doka Formwork
Romania’s new national cathedral transformed with Doka Formwork In the heart of Romania’s capital, a new Orthodox cathedral of impressive dimensions is now under construction. Measuring 124 metres long, 70 metres wide and 120 metres high (at the base of the cross), the place of worship w...
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Network Rail commissions new signalling system for North Wales
Network Rail commissions new signalling system for North Wales Passengers in North Wales are benefitting from a newly commissioned, state of the art signalling system between Shotton and Colwyn Bay which came in to use on Monday as part of a £50m North Wales railway upgrade project. Over the weeken...
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Volvo Electric articulated buses being tested in Sweden
Volvo Electric articulated buses being tested in Sweden In June, regular traffic with electrified buses will expand in Gothenburg. Two prototype all-electric articulated buses will be tested on part of route 16, which has frequent departures and carries a large number of passengers. The trial is bei...
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JCB goes for Zero Emissions with their new electric digger
JCB goes for Zero Emissions with their new electric digger JCB has developed its first ever electric digger in response to customer demands for a zero emissions machine which can work indoors, underground and close to people in urban areas. The 1.9 tonne mini excavator can be charged by simply plugg...
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Society of British International Design opens for entries in their 2018 Awards
Society of British International Design opens for entries in their 2018 Awards The 2018 edition of the SBID International Design Awards is now open. As ever, this year’s edition promises to bring together the world’s finest interior design schemes, from the ostentatious to the minimal, the innovativ...
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Volvo Construction starts 3D printing spare parts
Volvo Construction starts 3D printing spare parts Volvo Construction Equipment moves into a new dimension to assist customers in supplying spare parts, and as part of its commitment to the research and development of new products. As the construction industry looks to new methods for efficient produ...
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SIKA launches new Mortar Production in Vietnam
SIKA launches new Mortar Production in Vietnam Sika is pushing ahead with the significant expansion of its plant in Bac Ninh in northern Vietnam, underscoring its commitment to dynamic growth in the country’s booming construction market. A state-of-the-art facility for mortar production has co...
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British Builders Merchants report 8.4 percent growth for 1st quarter 2018
British Builders Merchants report 8.4% growth for 1st quarter 2018 Builders merchants have reported an increase in sales of 8.4% in January (compared to January 2017) lifted by one additional trading day. This buoyant start is supported by growth in all categories, with landscaping performing strong...
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Construction Simulator 2 celebrates first anniversary
Construction Simulator 2 celebrates first anniversary In order to fittingly celebrate the first anniversary of the successful Construction Simulator 2 for iPhone and iPad as well as smartphones and tablets using Android™, astragon Entertainment GmbH und weltenbauer. The games of the Construct...
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British workers demand more automation
British workers demand more automation A new report suggests that fear of automation among British workers is not as prevalent as people assume. Findings indicate that in many cases, employees would actually welcome greater automation in the workplace – with nearly half claiming they could get...
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FLIR Launches Thermal Traffic Sensor for Vehicle-to-Everything Communication
FLIR Launches Thermal Traffic Sensor for Vehicle-to-Everything Communication FLIR ThermiCam V2X Thermal Sensor to be Critical Component in Smart City and Connected Vehicle Applications FLIR Systems has announced the launch of the FLIR ThermiCam™ V2X, a thermal traffic sensor for the emerging...
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Milton Keynes takes part in autonomous vehicle trial on public roads
Milton Keynes takes part in autonomous vehicle trial on public roads A team from Ringway East Midlands Milton Keynes contract has taken part in the groundbreaking trial of autonomous vehicles on public UK roads. Two Ringway trucks provided a rolling roadblock behind an autonomous Jaguar Land Rover v...
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