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Metso receives orders for seven MJ waste shredders in China
Metso receives orders for seven MJ waste shredders in China Metso has received orders to supply a total of seven M&J 4000S waste shedders to three waste incineration customers in China. The 4000 shredder series meets the special needs of extremely varied incoming material. The orders are booked...
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Technique inspired by dolphins could improve tests of soft materials such as drying cement
Technique inspired by dolphins could improve tests of soft materials such as drying cement When you deform a soft material such as Silly Putty, its properties change depending on how fast you stretch and squeeze it. If you leave the putty in a small glass, it will eventually spread out like a liquid...
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VolvoCE launches Volvo Services in China
VolvoCE launches Volvo Services in China Volvo Construction Equipment has used its participation at bauma China 2018 to officially launch its integrated customer service solution – Volvo Services – in China. This new solution brings together the varied products and services that are available within...
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Volvo Construction gives a glimpse into the future at bauma China 2018
Volvo Construction gives a glimpse into the future at bauma China 2018 Visitors to bauma China 2018 will get an insight into innovation from Volvo Construction Equipment as well as hear updates on the company’s Electric Site research project and ‘ZEUX’ – a revolutionary autonomous concept wheel load...
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Farmbots for a robocrop as farming robots begin trial in UK
Farmbots for a robocrop as farming robots begin trial in UK The John Lewis Partnership has announced a three-year trial with the Small Robot Company to test its revolutionary farmbots at the company’s farm in Leckford, Hampshire. The Leckford Estate, which grows produce for Waitrose & Partners i...
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Paving Maintenance Supply Stores to Rebrand to Crafco
Paving Maintenance Supply Stores to Rebrand to Crafco Effective January 1, 2019, all Paving Maintenance Supply Inc.(PMSI) stores will be renamed “Crafco Pavement Preservation Supply Centres.” The move aligns the 13 nationwide locations with parent company Crafco, as Crafco continues to expand in the...
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House of Lords to debate report on off-site manufacture for construction
House of Lords to debate report on off-site manufacture for construction Today, the House of Lords will debate the Science and Technology Committee’s report “Off-site manufacture for construction: building for change.” Among those listed to speak are several members of the Committee incl...
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Townsville chooses Yotta Horizons Platform to drive Pavement Asset Optimisation
Townsville chooses Yotta Horizons Platform to drive Pavement Asset Optimisation Townsville City Council (TCC), one of the largest local government authorities in Queensland, is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest roads network in Australia. TCC regularly commissions civil eng...
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Highways England reaches milestone for A585 bypass plan
Highways England reaches milestone for A585 bypass plan A congestion-busting new A585 bypass, dual carriageway, between Windy Harbour and Skippool near Poulton-le-Fylde in Lancashire is a step closer after the Planning Inspectorate agreed to examine Highways England’s plans. The £100 million proposa...
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John Deere introduces next generation of K-Series Compact Wheel Loaders
John Deere introduces next generation of K-Series Compact Wheel Loaders Offering operators increased productivity and significantly faster travel speeds, John Deere redesigned its K-Series compact wheel loader models with the introduction of the 244L and 324L compact wheel loaders. Ideal for landsca...
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Expert engineers work with Liebherr mobile construction cranes to tackle building retrofit
Expert engineers work with Liebherr mobile construction cranes to tackle building retrofit Three Liebherr mobile construction cranes have been in action as part of an administrative building retrofit in Neckarsulm. In addition to several steel elements, a MK 140 hoisted several air conditioning unit...
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UK Autodrive pilot proves Siemens Mobility intelligent roadside infrastructure
UK Autodrive pilot proves Siemens Mobility intelligent roadside infrastructure Following the successful conclusion of the UK Autodrive pilot in Coventry and Milton Keynes, a series of demonstration days have been held to showcase the technology used in the programme. This includes the roadside infra...
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Shannon Valley invests in Hitachi to cope with growth in Irish construction
Shannon Valley invests in Hitachi to cope with growth in Irish construction Shannon Valley has expanded its fleet of Hitachi machinery to keep pace with the growth of the construction market in the Republic of Ireland. Based at Donabate, County Dublin, the contractor has bought a wide range of Zaxis...
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Bigger and better Plantworx 2019 already 75 percent full
Bigger and better Plantworx 2019 already 75 percent full The Plantworx team announced yesterday that the 2019 event is over 75% sold out overall. This percentage takes into account that the show, at its new East of England Arena home is Peterborough, has 20% more exhibition space than the 2017. The...
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JCB Teletruk enlisted for fire fighting and emergency rescue operations
JCB Teletruk enlisted for fire fighting and emergency rescue operations Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has added a JCB Teletruk to its range of front line fire fighting and emergency rescue equipment. The Teletruk is deployed at waste and rural fires where it is used to move bailed and bulky...
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Boschung delivers 12 winter maintenance vehicles to Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport in China
Boschung delivers 12 winter maintenance vehicles to Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport in China The Boschung Group in Payerne, Switzerland, a worldwide leading provider of surface condition management, today announces the delivery of a total of 12 winter maintenance vehicles to Dalian Zhoushuizi Internationa...
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Paving the way for vital infrastructure in Asia Pacific
Paving the way for vital infrastructure in Asia Pacific The transport infrastructure in emerging regions of the Asia-Pacific is so significant that roads are being built at an unprecedented rate. According to the Asian Development Bank, the Asia-Pacific alone requires an investment of $1.7 trillion...
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Institute of Quarrying Scottish Branch celebrates first President’s Award
Institute of Quarrying Scottish Branch celebrates first President’s Award The enthusiastic application and effort of the Institute of Quarrying’s (IQ) Scottish Branch in its promotion of quarrying has at last been recognised, winning the coveted President’s Branch Trophy for the first time in its hi...
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John Holland to deliver safer Melbourne rail and road network
John Holland to deliver safer Melbourne rail and road network John Holland, part of the North Western Program Alliance, will deliver the Reservoir level crossing removal project. The North Western Program Alliance is a partnership between John Holland, KBR, Metro Trains Melbourne and the Level Cross...
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New Brokk 170 offers 15 percent more power in compact build
New Brokk 170 offers 15 percent more power in compact build Brokk, the world’s leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, introduces the Brokk 170. With SmartPowerTM — the company’s signature intelligent power management system — the new machine offers 15 percent more power than...
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INRIX Parking wins BMW Supplier Innovation Award
INRIX Parking wins BMW Supplier Innovation Award INRIX, the global leader in connected car services and mobility analytics, has received the BMW Supplier Innovation Award from BMW Group for its work in the area of connected driving. The coveted award is based on the development and implementation of...
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Ritchie Bros. sells €42 million of equipment at December Netherlands auction
Ritchie Bros. sells €42 million of equipment at December Netherlands auction Ritchie Bros. sold €42+ million (US$48+ million) of heavy equipment, trucks, and other industrial assets during its two-day auction in Moerdijk, The Netherlands last week. The auction, which took place on December 6 – 7, 20...
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Plantworx Innovation Awards looks for winners
Plantworx Innovation Awards looks for winners Plantworx Innovation Awards 2019 held in association with Railworx – submissions from Plantworx exhibitors invited. Winning an award can have incredible benefits for a company and the value and impact can be far reaching, by enhancing brand profile and r...
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Euro IV compliant Construction Machines featured at bauma China
Euro IV compliant Construction Machines featured at bauma China The drive by the Chinese government and customers for ever more efficient low emission equipment is recognized by the presence of a number of Euro IV compliant machines on the Volvo Construction Equipment stand at bauma China. To help C...
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Blueprint Robotics champions pre-fabricated off-site construction
Blueprint Robotics champions pre-fabricated off-site construction Blueprint Robotics produces prefabricated, customized wooden elements for house construction. All elements include Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) products by Metsä Wood. Both companies believe that off-site building with wood ca...
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SACYR to rehabilitate Chiclayo Airport in Peru
SACYR to rehabilitate Chiclayo Airport in Peru Sacyr Ingeniería and Infrastructures will carry out the rehabilitation of the Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones International Airport of Chiclayo in Peru for US$43 million / €38 million after obtaining the good in the bidding process convened by Aeropuertos...
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MIT’s Sun in a Box would store renewable energy for the grid
MIT’s Sun in a Box would store renewable energy for the grid MIT engineers have come up “Sun in a Box”, a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that energy back into an electric grid on demand. The system may be designed...
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Volvo EC75D Compact Excavator launched at Bauma China
Volvo EC75D Compact Excavator launched at Bauma China The seven-ton compact excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment offers class-leading digging capacity, stability, serviceability and operator comfort. The new Volvo EC75D from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is designed especially for t...
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All aboard and bound for Antarctica
All aboard and bound for Antarctica A ship loaded with 4,500 tonnes of equipment needed for building a new wharf at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica has begun its month-long journey to the white continent. The new wharf, being built over the next two Antarctic seasons, will provide safe berthi...
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VINCI Energies supports Initiatives-Coeur sailboat to raise €112K for heart charity
VINCI Energies supports Initiatives-Coeur sailboat to raise €112K for heart charity Since VINCI Energies became a key sponsor and Performance Partner of the Initiatives-Coeur sailboat in 2017, it has rallied its employees, customers and partners to help save children’s lives all over the world, as w...
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Boschung salt measuring device SOBO 3+ comes with new reporting app
Boschung salt measuring device SOBO 3+ comes with new reporting app Besides showing the r-weather multi-sensor, Boschung exhibits at the Pollutec tradeshow in Lyon another new product: the SOBO 3+. The SOBO 3+ is a mobile measuring device that works without external energy and determines within a fe...
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EIB supports the upgrading and expansion of the Ports of Rome and Lazio in Italy
EIB supports the upgrading and expansion of the Ports of Rome and Lazio in Italy The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting the development of the Ports of Rome and Lazio (Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Gaeta) with an approved loan of €195m, equal to almost 40 per cent of the local Port Authorit...
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Industry leaders give mandate for autonomous vehicles to deliver benefits beyond safety
Industry leaders give mandate for autonomous vehicles to deliver benefits beyond safety New research from the Smart Mobility Living Lab: London (SMLL) has found that almost two-thirds (65%) of senior industry leaders are confident that connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will be made available for...
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Balfour Beatty looks at road resilience for a robust local roads network
Balfour Beatty looks at road resilience for a robust local roads network Balfour Beatty has today published its latest policy paper, “Road to resilience: delivering a robust local roads network”. The paper explores the importance of prioritising 2019 funding towards local road maintenance and the ro...
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New Holland launches technical training programme in Ethiopia
New Holland launches technical training programme in Ethiopia New Holland has launched a new course to train technicians for agricultural equipment and engines in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The course is part of the TechPro2 vocational programme launched by CNH Industrial with the aim to involve local c...
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Volvo showcases sustainable infrastructure portfolio at bauma China
Volvo showcases sustainable infrastructure portfolio at bauma China Following its best third quarter ever, Volvo Group is enjoying a powerful demonstration of its innovative products and newly launched Volvo Services – built to drive sustainable infrastructure growth across the key Chinese mar...
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MIT addresses the privacy risks of compiling mobility data
MIT addresses the privacy risks of compiling mobility data A new study by MIT researchers on mobility data finds that the growing practice of compiling massive, anonymized datasets about people’s movement patterns is a double-edged sword: While it can provide deep insights into human behavior for re...
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Highways England looking for smart alliances for England’s busiest motorways
Highways England looking for smart alliances for England’s busiest motorways Highways England has today invited companies to join a £4.5bn alliance to improve motorway journeys and continue work to connect the country, to deliver the roads of the future. The government company has launched the procu...
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HERE and INRIX partner to Move Mobility Forward
HERE and INRIX partner to Move Mobility Forward INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and mobility analytics, and HERE Technologies, a global leader in mapping and location services, today announced a partnership to deliver industry-leading services and products. INRIX will leverage map...
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Cornwall’s HG Thomas Plant Hire gets the Hyundai economical and competitive edge
Cornwall’s HG Thomas Plant Hire gets the Hyundai economical and competitive edge HG Thomas Plant Hire was founded in 1988 by Harold Thomas, based in Helston, Cornwall, over the years Harold has built up a reputation for being the first in line to purchase new to market machines – especia...
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Dangerous roads, where next?
Dangerous roads, where next? Each year the Road Safety Foundation publishes its British EURORAP Results on the country’s most dangerous roads. This year the report rightly centres on the fact that reductions in road deaths have largely flatlined since 2010. and challenges the entire highways industr...
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John Deere unveils updated 655K and 755K Crawler Loaders
John Deere unveils updated 655K and 755K Crawler Loaders Continuing to build on the strengths of the K-Series lineup, John Deere announces the introduction of the 655K and 755K Final Tier 4 crawler loaders. These machines serve as the latest additions to the crawler loader line and provide operators...
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Network Rail announces first contract awards for multi-billion-pound work bank in CP6
Network Rail announces first contract awards for multi-billion-pound work bank in CP6 Network Rail has announced the award of the first multi-million-pound contracts for Control Period 6 (2019-2024), worth a combined £645m. Story Contracting has successfully acquired ‘Lot 2’ covering renewals and en...
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Leveraging technology with Wirtgen SP 15i and SP 25i slipform pavers
Leveraging technology with Wirtgen SP 15i and SP 25i slipform pavers A Kentucky concrete slipform contractor has moved in a big way into curb, gutter and parapet construction by utilizing the advanced technology available to them. Fox Enterprises now constructs offset curb, gutter and parking lot “i...
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ALE’s latest transport solution optimises costs for offshore wind projects
ALE’s latest transport solution optimises costs for offshore wind projects ALE is optimising offshore wind project costs by designing a unique new modular transport frame specialised in carrying transition pieces (TPs) within marshalling ports. Designed in-house by their award-winning R&D...
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Volvo P6870C is the optimum Paver for Asphalt Surfacing Ltd
Volvo P6870C is the optimum Paver for Asphalt Surfacing Ltd Bringing more than sixty-five years of joint experience within the ‘Asphalt’ industry, Iain Saunders and Rob Darlington decided to join forces to establish their new venture Asphalt Surfacing Ltd together just seventeen months ago. “Rob ha...
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Waterproofing roads for the Washington Weather
Waterproofing for the Washington Weather Washington residents can thank the climate for the lush green foliage, but roads and bridges don’t share their enthusiasm. The wet weather is a bane to the state’s travel infrastructure, plaguing the pavement with perpetual potholes and other problems. The st...
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New Cat Remote Services for diagnostics and improved jobsite efficiency
New Cat Remote Services for diagnostics and improved jobsite efficiency Caterpillar introduces a new suite of Cat® Connect technology that offers remote equipment diagnostics and software updates to reduce machine and engine downtime and increase jobsite efficiency. New Cat Remote Services include t...
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Chapter 8 introduces livery products for patient transport services
Chapter 8 introduces livery products for patient transport services Chapter 8 Shop, a manufacturer of vehicle chevrons, have introduced a livery range specifically designed for patient transport vehicles. Patient Transport Service (PTS) livery is currently sold as a bundle available with either a do...
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Ericsson and Volvo Cars sign five-year Connected Vehicle Cloud worldwide deal
Ericsson and Volvo Cars sign five-year Connected Vehicle Cloud worldwide deal Ericsson has been selected by Volvo Car Group to provide the industrialized Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform to further enable its digital vehicle services in more than 120 markets worldwide for the next fiv...
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Tarmac and Nottingham Trent University get in gear for cycle safety
Tarmac and Nottingham Trent University get in gear for cycle safety Cyclists and HGV drivers recently joined forces at a unique event hosted in Nottingham to help find new solutions for improving cycle safety around construction vehicles in town and city centres. Commissioned by leading building mat...
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Volvo moves the Earth for the Sirius Group
Volvo moves the Earth for the Sirius Group From their heyday in the 1970s, motor scrapers have slowly disappeared from the UK to be replaced by ADTs and excavators. The once prevalent behemoths were on every opencast and road job and were seen as the most cost efficient and fastest way of moving muc...
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EBRD and Korea strengthen co-operation on green cities
EBRD and Korea strengthen co-operation on green cities Strengthening the drive towards green economies in the countries where the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invests, the Republic of Korea and the Bank are joining forces to increase municipal and environmental infrastruct...
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Predictions of cold winter are bad news for Britain’s local roads
Predictions of cold winter are bad news for Britain’s local roads Despite the current above average temperatures, weather forecasters are predicting the coldest winter for eight years. This could prove to be bad news for the local road network. The Weather Company is predicting Britain’s worst...
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IQ Academy Webinar – The Aggregates Industry, A Market Perspective – 20 Dec
IQ Academy Webinar – The Aggregates Industry, A Market Perspective – 20 Dec The final 2018 Institute of Quarrying (IQ) Academy ‘Lunch & Learn’ webinar aims to provide a market-based view of the aggregate industry. Hosted by Andy Sales, director of specialist market research consultan...
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England’s first motorway turns 60 with major technology upgrade
England’s first motorway turns 60 with major technology upgrade Exactly 60 years ago today (5 December 1958), 2,300 drivers drove along a new road for the first time… and straight into the history books. The eight-mile section of road they were driving on was the Preston bypass – the very first moto...
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Over two thirds of people don’t know what a Smart City is
Over two thirds of people don’t know what a Smart City is Almost 70% of the UK public (68%) do not know what a smart city is or the benefits it can bring, according to new research. Despite widespread global investment in the digital transformation of public spaces and the smart city concept,...
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REFORM’s Metron P48 RC is the first radio remote-controlled equipment rack
REFORM’s Metron P48 RC is the first radio remote-controlled equipment rack The Metron P48 RC is the first radio remote-controlled equipment rack with a real plug-in hybrid drive. The vehicle concept is based on a battery pack with 8.5 kWh capacity, a Kubota gasoline engine with 48 hp, a direct...
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Aquajet Systems to launch the Ergo Spine at World of Concrete 2019
Aquajet Systems to launch the Ergo Spine at World of Concrete 2019 Aquajet Systems AB, the hydrodemolition division of Brokk AB, will launch the Ergo Spine attachment for its new Ergo System hydrodemolition machine in the United States at World of Concrete 2019. The Spine wields four times the water...
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Woodgate Sawmills sticks with Volvo Construction
Woodgate Sawmills sticks with Volvo Construction Family-run Woodgate Sawmills of Coleford, Gloucestershire, continues a tradition of owning and operating Volvo loading shovels since way back in 1963 with the addition of a new L50H loading shovel. Situated in the Forest of Dean, Woodgate Sawmills has...
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