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Boels Rental invests €29 million for Europe wide JCB Hire Fleet
Boels Rental invests €29 million for Europe wide JCB Hire Fleet Leading European plant and tool hire company Boels Rental has placed its biggest ever order with JCB as it invests in a new machine fleet, all fitted with the latest telematics technology. Netherlands-based Boels Rental has placed an or...
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Gordon Bow Plant Hire invests in the future with Volvo Construction Equipment
Gordon Bow Plant Hire invests in the future with Volvo Construction Equipment Gordon Bow Plant Hire Ltd of Broxburn, West Lothian, has added ten new Volvo EC140E excavators for the very first time, as part of a significant £5M investment programme in its fleet rejuvenation and general operations. Th...
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BigChange mobile technology streamlining and protecting GAP Hire equipment
BigChange mobile technology streamlining and protecting GAP Hire equipment GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent equipment hire company, has deployed a cloud-based mobile resource management system from Leeds-based BigChange. The system has boosted the efficiency of GAP’s operations by eq...
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Hyundai develops first machine learning Smart Cruise Control technology
Hyundai develops first machine learning Smart Cruise Control technology Hyundai Motor Group announced the development of the world’s first Machine Learning based Smart Cruise Control (SCC-ML), a technology that incorporates the driver’s patterns into its self-driving behavior, creating a custom expe...
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Are we doing enough to combat construction waste?
Are we doing enough to combat construction waste? As the effects on the world become too great to deny, we’re seeing more and more focus turning towards the level of waste produced globally. A widespread understanding that this isn’t sustainable has lead to various sectors looking for ways to addres...
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Modular construction can help to solve the UK housing crisis
Modular construction can help to solve the UK housing crisis Modular Construction is not a new concept, but has been used all around the world for decades. In the UK this method of construction has recently seen a resurgence in popularity, with both housebuilders and policymakers starting to realise...
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KB Group expands loader fleet with Hitachi Premium Rental in Amsterdam
KB Group expands loader fleet with Hitachi Premium Rental in Amsterdam The KB Group has expanded its fleet of Hitachi construction machinery with the delivery of two new wheel loaders – a medium ZW310-6 and large ZW370-6 – from Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) Nederland. The Dutch company has fa...
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Hyundai CE Europe unveils a trio of Stage V compliant HL900 wheel loaders
Hyundai CE Europe unveils a trio of Stage V compliant HL900 wheel loaders Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) kick starts the HL900 A-series with three Stage V compliant wheel loaders: the HL940A, HL955A and the HL960A. The new A-Series is more than simply Stage V compliant Facing a continu...
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The Executive Hire Show gearing up for a great 2020 event
The Executive Hire Show gearing up for a great 2020 event The tool, equipment and compact plant hire industry continues to go from strength to strength according to reports from the organisers of the Executive Hire Show 2020 (5-6 February Ricoh Arena, Coventry). During the annual exhibitor ‘Kick-Off...
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JCB wins a major order for their new electric mini excavator from A-Plant
JCB wins a major order for their new electric mini excavator from A-Plant JCB has announced it has secured its biggest fleet deal to date for its brand new electric mini excavator – just weeks after going into full production. The 19C-1E models – JCB’s first-ever electric mini excavator...
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Bollinger Motors reveals 4 Door B1 and B2 Electric Trucks
Bollinger Motors reveals 4 Door B1 and B2 Electric Trucks Bollinger Motors revealed the four-door B1 all-electric Sport Utility Truck and the B2 electric Pickup Truck. These beta prototypes mark a major milestone in the company’s next steps toward production. The Bollinger B1 and Bollinger B2 are th...
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StripesnSigns on the fast track in East and Central Africa
StripesnSigns on the fast track in East and Central Africa StripesnSigns by Edgepoint Company Ltd, a construction company in Tanzania that began their operations in 2011 has won all 6 major Tanzanian Road Marking contracts in the financial year of 2019/2020. The contracts consist of Road Marking wor...
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Are Construction Robots the future for the Industry?
Are Construction Robots the future for the Industry? A consortium of Swiss researchers recently built an entire home using construction robots and 3D-printed building materials in what they claim is the future of the construction industry. Their process turned out to be faster, safer, and more envir...
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Ashcourt Group upgrade with new Volvo excavators, loaders and a paver
Ashcourt Group upgrade with new Volvo excavators, loaders and a paver The Hull-based Ashcourt Group has added more Volvo excavators and loading shovels to its plant fleet, together with a P6870C wheeled paver that will go to work for the Group’s Civils and Highways divisions. The excavators in quest...
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Soil Handling Steering Group to establish new guidelines
Soil Handling Steering Group to establish new guidelines A new partnership, the between the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) and Natural England has been created to update the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) ‘Good Practice for Handling Soils’. The original guide was first publi...
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Construction connectivity: the best is yet to come for Volvo CE
Construction connectivity: the best is yet to come for Volvo CE Volvo Construction Equipment may have helped the Volvo Group reach a major milestone with 1 million connected assets, but they are already asking “what is next for construction connectivity?” Catrin Nilsson, Manager, Connect...
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Prova invests in X Machines for buyers and sellers of plant equipment
Prova invests in X Machines for buyers and sellers of plant equipment Prova, a global leader in automotive, cleantech and environmental communications, has further grown its investment portfolio with a stake in X Machines, a business aimed at delivering a worldwide marketplace for buyers and sellers...
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Metso launches new Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening range
Metso launches new Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening range Metso expands its mobile crushing and screening solutions offering for the aggregates industry with an extensive new product portfolio. The new Metso Nordtrack range introduces 19 products designed to meet the requirements of general c...
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Network Rail offering epic career choice with Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeships
Network Rail offering epic career choice with Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeships Network Rail are recruiting for the next batch of future rail leaders through the Engineering Apprenticeships scheme. Applications are now open for a March 2020 start and will close when all places have been filled. En...
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Autonomous vehicles identified as the most relevant strategic advance for airport
Autonomous vehicles identified as the most relevant strategic advance for airport Aebi Schmidt invited over 200 airport professionals from 38 countries to an experience day on Tuesday, 8 October. The focus was on presentations and discussions on the topics of autonomous vehicles and how operation pr...
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MIT Electroadhesive innovation could lead to adhesives you can turn on and off
MIT Electroadhesive innovation could lead to adhesives you can turn on and off As circuit boards are packed with ever smaller components, however, robotic grippers’ ability to manipulate these objects is approaching a limit. Now Kim, Hart, and others have developed a miniature Electroadhesive stamp...
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Beijing Daxing Airport relies on Thales and BEST for Air Traffic Management
Beijing Daxing Airport relies on Thales and BEST for Air Traffic Management Beijing Daxing International Airport becomes officially operational on September 25. Thales and Beijing EasySky Technology Ltd. (BEST), a joint venture between Thales and Civil Aviation Air Traffic Control Technology & E...
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Miles Macadam completes Europe’s only multi-storey coach park
Miles Macadam completes Europe’s only multi-storey coach park North West based specialist surfacing company, Miles Macadam, has completed works to surface Europe’s first multi-storey coach parking complex, which will accommodate visitors to Wembley Stadium. Miles Macadam’s reputation as a mark...
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Metcalfe Farms brings in the harvest with Volvo Construction Equipment
Metcalfe Farms brings in the harvest with Volvo Construction Equipment Metcalfe Farms Ltd, the heavy haulage and farming concern based at Leyburn, North Yorkshire, has purchased a Volvo L180H loading shovel and an EC480E excavator. Taking charge of its mineral extraction activities at the Washfold f...
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NEBOSH signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mental Health UK
NEBOSH signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mental Health UK To mark World Mental Health Day 2019 NEBOSH has announced plans to work with Mental Health UK. The memorandum of understanding, which was signed at a reception at the House of Lords last month, will see NEBOSH and the charity explore way...
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Highways England starts survey for a new Merseyside bypass
Highways England starts survey for a new Merseyside bypass Environmental specialists have begun carrying out surveys as part of design work for a new Merseyside bypass to the Port of Liverpool. Contractors working for Highways England are investigating habitats for otters, birds and bats which need...
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Second caisson enables new sea lock in IJmuiden
Second caisson enables new sea lock in IJmuiden Rijkswaterstaat has achieved an important milestone in the construction of the new sea lock in IJmuiden. The second caisson of the sea lock has reached its final position. The doors of the lock will slide in and out of the caisson on the canal side (in...
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John Deere introduces Mechanical Angle Blade for 950K and 1050K Crawler Dozers
John Deere introduces Mechanical Angle Blade for 950K and 1050K Crawler Dozers Developed based on customer feedback, John Deere now manufactures the mechanical angle blade for the 950K and 1050K crawler dozers. The John Deere-designed mechanical angle blade can be manually angled side to side, makin...
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SWECO awarded two big road upgrade contracts with Galliford Try
SWECO awarded two big road upgrade contracts with Galliford Try Engineering consultancy Sweco is set to deliver two major road programme upgrades worth £435 million, in partnership with lead contractor Galliford Try. The contracts, which form part of Highways England’s £8.7 billion Regional Delivery...
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SE England transport strategy to transform economy and hit net-zero carbon by 2050
SE England transport strategy to transform economy and hit net-zero carbon by 2050 An ambitious transport strategy plan to more than double the South East’s economy by 2050, create half a million new jobs, reduce congestion, cut carbon emissions and boost air quality has been published today – and p...
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60,000th Liebherr Crawler Excavator turns heads on the Champs Elysées
60,000th Liebherr Crawler Excavator turns heads on the Champs Elysées Within the framework of organising a Liebherr event at the House of Alsace, in the heart of the Champs Elysées, the 60,000th Liebherr crawler excavator occupied a very special place on the world’s most beautiful avenue on 12...
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HYPER VR co-design platform enables clients to physically experience their visions
HYPER VR co-design platform enables clients to physically experience their visions HYPER, the London-based VR startup born from the EIT Digital-supported “HyperCRC” innovation activity, has launched a spatial design platform that fuses virtual reality with real, motion-tracked models, enabling compa...
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Belt and Road Initiative is the world’s largest infrastructure and investment project
Belt and Road Initiative is the world’s largest infrastructure and investment project Volvo Construction Equipment (VolvoCE) takes on its most ambitious project yet: the development of China’s vast New Silk Road, formally known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which spans three continent...
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NEBOSH launches Safety Simplified to shake up workplace safety training
NEBOSH launches Safety Simplified to shake up workplace safety training NEBOSH, one of the world’s leading providers of health and safety qualifications, has launched Safety Simplified, a brand new approach to health and safety training. The three-day, practical course, which innovatively uses augme...
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MobileWorxs introduces 3D measuring software for pothole inspection
MobileWorxs introduces 3D measuring software for pothole inspection MobileWorxs, a UK-based enterprise mobility specialist, has partnered with Swansea-based GPC Systems to implement their 3D pothole software solution designed to identify and measure the depth of potholes for the highways and road ma...
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EBRD road projects in Georgia and Tajikistan are highlighting drone potential
EBRD road projects in Georgia and Tajikistan are highlighting drone potential Are we on the cusp of a new era for the transport sector, one driven by disruptive technologies, such as the aerial survey drone, which are about to revolutionise the countries where the European Bank for Reconstruction an...
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The Asphalt Institute Foundation receives $500K grant from ExxonMobil
The Asphalt Institute Foundation receives $500K grant from ExxonMobil ExxonMobil and Imperial will join the Asphalt Institute (AI) in celebrating its 100-year anniversary at the Lexington, Kentucky headquarters. This milestone will be marked with several presentations along with a dedication of the...
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JCB helps London skills company deliver Electric Digger training
JCB helps London skills company deliver Electric Digger training The company has provided a JCB 19C-1E electric digger – the world’s first electric mini excavator to go into full production – to the Southwark Construction Skills Centre (SCSC), based on the South London Elephant Park development. The...
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CARL Software Augmented Maintenance is a revolutionary prototype for technicians
CARL Software Augmented Maintenance is a revolutionary prototype for technicians CARL Software, of the Berger-Levrault group, presents a product innovation that is set to revolutionise the daily lives of maintenance technicians: an augmented reality headset that facilitates maintenance work using au...
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Insolvency in the Construction Sector
Insolvency in the Construction Sector In the past five years, insolvency rates in the construction industry have increased more quickly than in other industries across the UK. This article considers the common causes of construction insolvency and how to protect your position if insolvency occurs. R...
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Brexit and a non-existent summer put a damper on construction hiring in the UK
Brexit and a non-existent summer put a damper on construction hiring in the UK This year, the annual increase in construction hiring in the UK over the summer didn’t happen, according to recruiter Randstad. The three summer months of June, July, and August usually see approximately 30% of all perman...
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Asphalt Recycling is all about the Perfect Process Chain
Asphalt Recycling is all about the Perfect Process Chain In order to turn aggregates and bitumen into asphalt for road construction, a thermal mixing process is needed – this is what an asphalt mixing plant is used for. When it comes to the production of this “black gold,” an increasing number of co...
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Bosch poised for e-mobility technology leap with Silicon Carbide semiconductors
Bosch poised for e-mobility technology leap with Silicon Carbide semiconductors Nowadays, all cars feature semiconductors. There are more than 50 of them in every vehicle that rolls off the production line. The new microchips made of silicon carbide (SiC) that Bosch has developed will now help elect...
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Barcelona buys 42 high-tech trains to modernise metro with €268m EIB support
Barcelona buys 42 high-tech trains to modernise metro with €268m EIB support A €268m operation to replace the 42 oldest trains running on the Barcelona metro was finalised with the signature of the contracts covering the supply of the new rolling stock to local operator TMB and financing by the Euro...
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Canadian bridge installation accelerated with specialist support from ALE
Canadian bridge installation accelerated with specialist support from ALE The Champlain Bridge stretches for over 3km over the Saint Lawrence River and is one of the busiest routes in Canada, connecting Montreal and the South Shore. As the condition of the original bridge began to deteriorate, plans...
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PHILCONSTRUCT set to highlight new technologies in construction for a 30th year
PHILCONSTRUCT set to highlight new technologies in construction for a 30th year Projections by industry experts indicate that the construction industry in the Philippines will further increase its contribution to the economy to P130 trillion by 2030 under its roadmap. The roadmap was crafted by the...
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Caterpillar announces RM400 Rotary Mixer for reclamation and soil stabilization
Caterpillar announces RM400 Rotary Mixer for reclamation and soil stabilization Caterpillar Inc. announces the availability of the RM400 Rotary Mixer. The new RM400 replaces the RM300 Rotary Mixer and offers many new features and enhancements including 19% more power, an enhanced operating environme...
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VolvoCE front shovel excavator wins high praise in Slovakia
VolvoCE front shovel excavator wins high praise in Slovakia In partnership with SNS, Volvo CE has supplied its first front shovel excavator in Europe to Slovakian dolomite mine operator Dolkam Šuja, meeting the customer’s preference over wheel loaders and backhoes. For more than 40 years, Slovakian...
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Gammon wins Advanced Manufacturing Centre project in Hong Kong
Gammon wins Advanced Manufacturing Centre project in Hong Kong Gammon Construction Limited (‘Gammon’), jointly owned by Jardines and Balfour Beatty, has been awarded the HK$4.75 billion works contract of the Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC) for the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corpora...
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Createc wins 2nd Queen’s Award for their complex nuclear innovations
Createc wins 2nd Queen’s Award for their complex nuclear innovations An innovative company known for finding solutions to some of the world’s most complex industrial challenges has been presented with its second Queen’s Award as Createc, which works in civil nuclear, defence, rail, aerospace,...
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Construction Equipment Association recruit expert to the CESAR Network Team
Construction Equipment Association recruit expert to the CESAR Network Team The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has announced the appointment of Clive Harris as a consultant to help deliver the new specialist police unit to combat construction and agricultural equipment crime. Clive was for...
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Boschung delivers 22 airport de-icers to the new Beijing Daxing International Airport
Boschung delivers 22 airport de-icers to the new Beijing Daxing International Airport The Swiss based Boschung Group, a leader in Surface Condition Management, has announced the delivery of twenty-two high performance airport de-icers to the new Beijing Daxing International Airport (BDIA). Beijing’s...
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SWARCO Traffic helps ease traffic flow at the Southampton Ocean Cruise Terminal
SWARCO Traffic helps ease traffic flow at the Southampton Ocean Cruise Terminal Intelligent Variable Message Sign (VMS) technology from SWARCO Traffic Ltd is helping to better manage traffic flow at the newly upgraded Southampton Ocean Cruise Terminal. Five SWARCO VMS have been installed to advise d...
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Australia announces massive road maintenance blitz for Victoria roads
Australia announces massive road maintenance blitz for Victoria roads The Australian Government has announced more than $870 million to improve the hundreds of freeways, arterial and country roads in Victoria. Premier Daniel Andrews today joined Minister for Roads Jaala Pulford to launch the massive...
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The Middle East in Focus: Transportation, Innovation, Disruption and Gulf Traffic
The Middle East in Focus: Transportation, Innovation, Disruption and Gulf Traffic Gulf Traffic, an annual event that takes place from the 9 – 11 of December this year, will bring to light some of the latest technologies and systems from global suppliers to Dubai – the centre of business in the Middl...
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McConnell Dowell Constructors awarded 2nd Murray River bridge crossing in Australia
McConnell Dowell Constructors awarded 2nd Murray River bridge crossing in Australia Construction on a vital second river crossing between Victoria and New South Wales at Echuca and Moama is a step closer, following the awarding of the contract to McConnell Dowell Constructors (Australia) Pty Ltd. St...
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Lord Bamford opens new £50 million JCB Headquarters in Germany
Lord Bamford opens new £50 million JCB Headquarters in Germany JCB Chairman Lord Bamford has officially opened a new headquarters for one of its most important European businesses in an investment worth around £50 million. JCB Germany – which was founded in 1965 – is now operating from a...
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Yanmar expands Construction Equipment demo fleet in UK and Ireland
Yanmar expands Construction Equipment demo fleet in UK and Ireland Yanmar Compact Equipment Europe (CEE) has expanded its UK and Ireland construction equipment demo fleet, adding the class-leading B95W wheeled excavator to its portfolio of products available for operators to trial. Featuring a 74.4k...
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EIB provides €200m to support clean urban transport in Spain
EIB provides €200m to support clean urban transport in Spain The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided almost €200m for clean urban transport to cut the polluting emissions produced by buses in Spain’s largest cities. The EU bank has been providing this financing since 2017 under the Cle...
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South Africa is embracing the benefits of Plastic Roads
South Africa is embracing the benefits of Plastic Roads The South African Department of Science and Innovation together with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research are hard at work on an experimental project that will effectually evaluate the viability of using plastic weight in road con...
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