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Tarmac paves way for fleet safety through commitment to HGV accreditation
Tarmac paves way for fleet safety through commitment to HGV accreditation Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, has been reaccredited to undertake the rigorous Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) audit process for its whole UK and subcontra...
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Balfour Beatty awarded Thames Tideway Tunnel contract to supply plant and accommodation
Balfour Beatty awarded Thames Tideway Tunnel contract to supply plant and accommodation Balfour Beatty’s Plant & Fleet Services business has been awarded a contract in excess of £2 million to supply plant and accommodation to the Balfour Beatty joint venture delivering the west section of the Th...
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JCB celebrates Christmas with a £500 bonus for their employees
JCB celebrates Christmas with a £500 bonus for their employees JCB today announced a £500 Christmas bonus for more than 5,500 UK employees. The pay out was announced this morning across at the company’s 11 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham. JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald said: “As we entered...
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250th Liebherr MK 88 mobile construction crane goes to BKV
250th Liebherr MK 88 mobile construction crane goes to BKV Liebherr has supplied the 250th MK 88 to Barneveldse Kraanverhuur (BKV). The Dutch crane contractor is a long-term customer of the construction machine manufacturer and already uses a large number of Liebherr machines for its wide range of w...
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30-year draft Strategic Transport Plan agreed for North West England
30-year draft Strategic Transport Plan agreed for North West England Civic and business leaders from across the North of England have agreed a draft Strategic Transport Plan, to be published by Transport for the North, for public consultation early in the new year, which outlines the transport infra...
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Deep Soil Mixing Ltd achieve ISO 9001 and 14001
Deep Soil Mixing Ltd achieve ISO 9001 and 14001 Ground remediation and soil stabilisation contractor, Deep Soil Mixing Ltd has achieved certification to two key international business standards – ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management & ISO 14001 for Environmental Management. Achieving I...
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Telent Technology Services awarded UK road monitoring contract
Telent Technology Services awarded UK road monitoring contract Highways England today paved the way for the future technology which will keep road users as safe and informed as possible on the country’s motorways. The Government company has let the contract for the next generation road communication...
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Caterpillar expands industrial engine range with a 6 cylinder, 9.3 litre engine
Caterpillar expands industrial engine range with a 6 cylinder, 9.3 litre engine To address the diverse requirements of the global off-highway emissions landscape, Caterpillar has taken a customer’s approach to the new Cat® C9.3B industrial engine. Our customers expect Caterpillar engine reliability...
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Komatsu partners with NVIDIA to deploy AI for safer, efficient construction sites
Komatsu partners with NVIDIA to deploy AI for safer, efficient construction sites Komatsu, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, has selected NVIDIA as its partner to bring AI to jobsites, making them safer and more efficient, NVIDIA announced today. The part...
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Is the construction industry ripe for a new operating model?
Is the construction industry ripe for a new operating model? A white paper by FTI Consulting – written by: Simon Granger – Head of Corporate Finance & Restructuring EMEA, FTI Consulting John Maloney – Senior Managing Director, Business Transformation, FTI Consulting Alastair Fa...
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Volvo experiments with automated Quarrying
Volvo experiments with automated Quarrying Volvo Construction is a company with a keen eye on the future and is investing heavily in delivering that future with their Volvo Concept Labs. The research division is where, amongst the many innovations they are working on, they have been developing auton...
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AfDB approves US$153m to improve road and rail transportation in Namibia
AfDB approves US$153m to improve road and rail transportation in Namibia To help speed up travel and transportation in Namibia, the Board of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of ZAR 2,000 million (US$ 153 million) to the Government of Namibia to upgrade a 210km stretch of railway in t...
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Can hospital parking be a collaborative solution?
Can hospital parking be a collaborative solution? The need to charge people for parking in the UK, whilst they or their relatives are ill remains a very emotive issue, both with the public and at a political level. Which has meant the management of hospital parking facilities has threatened to becom...
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Liebherr luffing jib cranes support Bangkok new Three Neighbourhood development
Liebherr luffing jib cranes support Bangkok new Three Neighbourhood development Thai Obayashi is using two Liebherr 160 HC-L cranes and a Liebherr 125 HC-L to construct the Samyan Mitrtown project, near the soon to be opened MRT subway extension. Main contractor Thai Obayashi Corp is using three Lie...
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RJT Excavations crushes it with Volvo in Scotland
RJT Excavations crushes it with Volvo in Scotland RJT Excavations Ltd of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders has opted for another Volvo excavator specifically for a long term crushing contract, based on the overall total cost of ownership for its plant fleet. This most recent addition to RJT Excavatio...
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Allego signs up Siemens to support Electric Vehicle fast charging in the UK
Allego signs up Siemens to support Electric Vehicle fast charging in the UK Allego, a leading provider of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging solutions and cloud services, has appointed traffic technology supplier Siemens to support the deployment and operation of EV fast-chargers in the UK beginning wit...
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SMM Sonderbau commissions a new CBS 100 SL Elba concrete mixing plant
SMM Sonderbau commissions a new CBS 100 SL Elba concrete mixing plant The Müller construction company, headquartered at Weiding near Cham in Germany’s Upper Palatinate region is renowned far beyond the borders of their region for their excellence in general construction and civil engineering work as...
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MasterChef inspires engineer to cook up a recipe for self-healing roads
MasterChef inspires engineer to cook up a recipe for self-healing roads Dr Alvaro Garcia, a lecturer with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, has hit on a recipe for success by drawing inspiration from the Spanish version of the popular MasterChef series and come up with an i...
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HxGN SMART Build selected as Singapore’s Virtual Design and Construction Platform
HxGN SMART Build selected as Singapore’s Virtual Design and Construction Platform HxGN SMART Build has been awarded a grant under Singapore’s Construction Productivity RD&D Grant Call for Building Information Modelling (BIM) and will serve as a collaboration platform to support Virtual Des...
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Ammann ATR 30 is the perfect tool for cabling and civil engineering
Ammann ATR 30 is the perfect tool for cabling and civil engineering Ammann recently introduced the ATR 30 rammer. This new, lightweight model extended the lower weight end of the rammer portfolio from Ammann and has proven to be highly successful. The rammer’s narrow foot and slim design make it an...
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Bergkamp announces FIZAMAQ Cía. Ltda as new distributor in Ecuador
Bergkamp announces FIZAMAQ Cía. Ltda as new distributor in Ecuador Bergkamp Inc., based in Salina, Kansas, USA, announces FIZAMAQ Cía. Ltda. as its new distributor in Ecuador for the full line of Bergkamp pavement preservation equipment, as well as emulsion mills and laboratory plants through the Be...
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Australia’s West Gate Tunnel contracts signed, construction starts in weeks
Australia’s West Gate Tunnel contracts signed, construction starts in weeks Construction of the West Gate Tunnel will begin next month, with the Government signing contracts to build the vital alternative to the West Gate Bridge. Builders CPB and John Holland began moving into a construction c...
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ARCHITECT@WORK London 2018 announces approved exhibitors
ARCHITECT@WORK London 2018 announces approved exhibitors The London edition of this global, two-day event aimed at architects, designers and specifiers, is in its sixth year and is being held at Olympia National Hall on 24th and 25th January 2018. The two days include free admission for registered t...
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SIKA builds stronger Northern America and Latin America operations while expanding into Mexico
SIKA builds stronger Northern America and Latin America operations while expanding into Mexico The Board of Directors of Sika has decided to set up a new, strong region Americas. The aim is to create a more efficient supply chain and benefit from larger purchasing volumes in the closely intertwined...
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Metsä Wood to invest in Kerto LVL production in Punkaharju, Finland
Metsä Wood to invest in Kerto LVL production in Punkaharju, Finland Metsä Wood, a part of Metsä Group, has decided to build a new Kerto® LVL production line, with an annual capacity of 65,000 cubic metres, at its Punkaharju mill. The value of the investment is approximately €52 million. The expansio...
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JLG Telehandlers and smartload technology capture RER Innovative Product Awards
JLG Telehandlers and smartload technology capture RER Innovative Product Awards JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and a leading global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, earned top honors in two categories of Rental Equipment Register’s (RER) annual Innovative...
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Hartford DPW replaces wooden salt shed with ClearSpan fabric structure
Hartford DPW replaces wooden salt shed with ClearSpan fabric structure Established in 1784 and appointed the sole capital city of Connecticut, USA, in 1875, the city of Hartford covers 17.3 square miles and has a population of 125,000, making it the fourth largest city in the Constitution State. As...
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A new dawn for Kiruna as mine expands
A new dawn for Kiruna as mine expands Sweden’s northernmost city of Kiruna was founded next to an iron mine in 1900, and the two prospered together for more than 100 years. Now, the same mine’s expansion is forcing the city to relocate. In the second part of our series The Megaproject Listing we fin...
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Stripe your airport!
Stripe your airport! Looking for a silent, fume-free electric airless line striper? Or what about a striper that sprays two colors simultaneously? Graco has just what you need for your airport striping applications Go green with the first electric airless line striper LineLazer ES 1000 is the indust...
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Galliford Try awarded £24m contract for new M49 junction at Avonmouth, UK
Galliford Try awarded £24m contract for new M49 junction at Avonmouth, UK The design and build scheme will feature a new grade separated junction with a roundabout spanning the motorway which will incorporate a new and existing bridge (pictured) together with access and slip roads on both sides of t...
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New EIB €8.9 billion financing to support climate, water, transport, enterprise and education
New EIB €8.9 billion financing to support climate, water, transport, enterprise and education The December board meeting of the European Investment Bank (EIB) yesterday approved a total of €8.9 billion of new financing for 55 projects across Europe and in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle E...
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Inrix predicts over 20 million vehicles will hit UK roads this Christmas causing 4 hour delays
Inrix predicts over 20 million vehicles will hit UK roads this Christmas causing 4 hour delays More than 20 million vehicles will hit the road this festive period resulting in significant delays, according to data from INRIX, the global leader in connected car services and transportation analytics....
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Hitachi compact construction equipment make a perfect combination
Hitachi compact construction equipment make a perfect combination A Hitachi ZW75-6 wheel loader and ZX55U-5 mini excavator are offering exceptional support to a landscape gardening company in southwest Germany. Susewind is using the two compact machines to construct and maintain private gardens near...
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Liebherr NC-B top-slewing cranes swing into action
Liebherr NC-B top-slewing cranes swing into action After the launch of the NC-B series last year, the cranes are already working on several construction sites. The smaller one of them is the Balewadi Techpark in Pune, India. The larger one is the NC-B 9-62 that will be exhibit at the booth OD 50 at...
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Santa backs Highways England call for motorists to check their vehicles this Christmas
Santa backs Highways England call for motorists to check their vehicles this Christmas With just 13 days to go before Christmas, Highways England has called on the main man to help remind drivers to check their vehicles before travelling this festive season. Santa Claus checks his sleigh to make sur...
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Siemens unveils all-new passively safe traffic signal poles
Siemens unveils all-new passively safe traffic signal poles Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has unveiled a new range of passively safe traffic signal poles. Performance-rated against BS EN 12767, the new range offers customers longer life passively safe poles in a wide var...
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EIB supports upgrade of Kharkiv Metro in Ukraine
EIB supports upgrade of Kharkiv Metro in Ukraine The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 160m to finance improvements to the public transport system in Ukraine’s second largest city. EIB funds will support the extension of the Kharkiv metro network to a residential area with a high populat...
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Sandvik pushes the boundaries with the Ranger DXi series
Sandvik pushes the boundaries with the Ranger DXi series New Ranger DXi series pushes boundaries with several new high-performing features for improving the drilling process: 55 square meter drilling coverage equipped with new powerful rockdrill, Sandvik-style intelligence and high fuel efficiency m...
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South Yorkshire historic military bridge makes final journey
South Yorkshire historic military bridge makes final journey One of the last military bridges installed to form access to RAF Sandtoft, a Second World War airfield, has been removed after it was installed sometime in 1943/44. The Inglis Bridge, which is believed to be the only known surviving Mark 1...
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New Zealand’s Waikato Expressway gets 110km/h speed limit sections
New Zealand’s Waikato Expressway gets 110km/h speed limit sections From today the speed limit on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road (SH2) and the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway (SH1) is 110km/h. NZ Transport Agency Director of Safety and Environment Harry Wilson says this...
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Heathrow welcomes 50th electric vehicle as part of pledge to ‘Go Electric’
Heathrow welcomes 50th electric vehicle as part of pledge to ‘Go Electric’ Heathrow has reached a key milestone in its pledge to ‘Go Electric’ with the delivery of the 50th electric vehicle to the airport’s fleet. This is a key step in Heathrow’s promise to make all of its cars and small...
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Maximise driver confidence through intelligent road markings
Maximise driver confidence through intelligent road markings Highways England are adding more than 240 miles of extra capacity to the strategic road network by expanding the use of smart motorways and intelligent road markings. Smart motorways use active traffic management (ATM) techniques to increa...
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Norway to build world’s tallest timber building
Norway to build world’s tallest timber building “Mjøstårnet” will be more than 80 metres tall and stand 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world’s tallest timber building. “Mjøstårnet sets new standards for timber constructions. The building is the closest we come to a skyscraper in...
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Siemens hosts Women in ITS (UK) in England
Siemens hosts Women in ITS (UK) in England Leading traffic technology supplier Siemens hosted the latest Women in ITS interest group meeting at its offices and manufacturing centre in Poole, Dorset this week. Focusing on diversity in industry, the event was free-of charge and open to all ITS (UK) me...
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Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane works day and night
Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane works day and night Hoisting bridge elements through two overhead cables was the most difficult part of the job. A Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane dismantled a cable bridge at night. The job was completed within a few hours thanks to the li...
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McCann begins work on £25m LED street lighting for Calderdale, Yorkshire
McCann begins work on £25m LED street lighting for Calderdale, Yorkshire Civil and Electrical Engineering firm, McCann, has begun work on a £25m contract to replace and maintain street lighting across Calderdale, Yorkshire, which will see the Nottingham-based company working in the area until at lea...
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INTERMAT Construction Observatory flags €1,600 billion projects in EMEA
INTERMAT Construction Observatory flags €1,600 billion projects in EMEA INTERMAT, the international trade show for the construction and infrastructure sector, has unveiled its first Construction Industry Observatory, a report produced in association with French government agency Business France. The...
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American Concrete Institute expands mission to focus on Global Concrete Standards
American Concrete Institute expands mission to focus on Global Concrete Standards The American Concrete Institute announces that its mission has been expanded to reflect its proactive approach to advocating the global adoption of ACI standards. ACI – a leading authority and resource worldwide for in...
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First glimpse of updated Highways England Road Design Manual set for 2018
First glimpse of updated Highways England Road Design Manual set for 2018 Highways England is set to release an updated set of road design standards in 2018 which will be used across the United Kingdom. Renowned experts at the company responsible for the Britain’s motorways and major A roads are upd...
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Tarmac partners with the Duke of Edinburgh Awards to develop youth skills
Tarmac partners with the Duke of Edinburgh Awards to develop youth skills Tarmac has launched a new partnership with The Duke of Edinburgh Awards (DofE), the UK’s leading youth charity, to enable more young people to better their life prospects and achieve their DofE Award. The new charity partnersh...
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BAM to deliver Visual Control Tower at Dublin Airport
BAM to deliver Visual Control Tower at Dublin Airport The Irish Aviation Authority has awarded the construction of the new Visual Control Tower (VCT) at Dublin Airport to BAM Ireland, the Irish operating company of Royal BAM Group nv. The contract value is €27 million. Designed by Dublin’s Scott Tal...
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England to Wales Severn bridge transfer to public ownership draws closer
England to Wales Severn bridge transfer to public ownership draws closer People travelling over the Severn bridge will soon benefit from cheaper journeys as the bridges return to public ownership early next year. On Monday 8 January the responsibility for the operations, maintenance and vehicle char...
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Williams Racing F1 driver Lance Stroll shares his secrets at the JCB Academy
Williams Racing F1 driver Lance Stroll shares his secrets at the JCB Academy Williams Martini Racing Formula One driver Lance Stroll today shared some of the secrets of his sporting success during a visit to JCB and the JCB Academy. Stroll was just 18-years-old when, in November last year Williams M...
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Mr. Manhole is recognized internationally for their unique Manhole System
Mr. Manhole is recognized internationally for their unique Manhole System An ingenious product that has revolutionized the repair of manholes and manhole frames is gaining recognition internationally, including by Cheddar, Tech Insider UK, Interesting Engineering, and UNILAD Tech. So far the Mr. Man...
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GSSI showcases their latest GPR Technology at World of Concrete 2018
GSSI showcases their latest GPR Technology at World of Concrete 2018 GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be highlighting its latest GPR technology at the 2018 World of Concrete conference, to be held January 23-26, 2018, at the Las Vegas Conventio...
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DAB Civil Engineering Contractors goes for quality with 3 Volvo EC220E Excavators
DAB Civil Engineering Contractors goes for quality with 3 Volvo EC220E Excavators Leicester based DAB Civil Engineering Contractors Ltd has rekindled its association with Volvo Construction Equipment products by purchasing three new twenty-two tonne EC220Es from SMT GB for it plant fleet. This is th...
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Grayhill introduces new rugged series 04JT joystick with tactile feedback
Grayhill introduces new rugged series 04JT joystick with tactile feedback Grayhill, Inc. introduces the Series 04JT Discrete Joystick, which features direct tactile feedback, a rugged design, and reliable functionality. The single pole, 4-way toggle switch is designed and manufactured to meet milita...
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£600 billion UK National Infrastructure Pipeline puts the cart before the horse
£600 billion UK National Infrastructure Pipeline puts the cart before the horse The announcement by the British Government that some £600 billion is to be spent on national infrastructure investment is a case of putting “the cart before the horse” believes the Road Surface Treatments Association (RS...
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New MIT design could dramatically cut energy waste in electric vehicles and the power grid
New MIT design could dramatically cut energy waste in electric vehicles and the power grid Power electronics, which do things like modify voltages or convert between direct and alternating current, are everywhere. They’re in the power bricks we use to charge our portable devices; they’re in the batt...
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Haver and Boecker Screening Technology increases efficiency for more uptime
Haver & Boecker Screening Technology increases efficiency for more uptime Haver & Boecker, a leading equipment manufacturer and solutions provider for the aggregates and mining industries, offers efficiency-enhancing screening technology to optimize screening operations. Designed for minimal...
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