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£300m road projects to improve journeys in Merseyside and Cheshire UK
£300m road projects to improve journeys in Merseyside and Cheshire UK Two major new road schemes worth more than £300 million are set to cut congestion and improve journey times for hundreds of thousands of drivers in Merseyside and Cheshire. Highways England has set out its preferred options for up...
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The £250m under budget Queensferry Crossing Bridge in Scotland opens to traffic
The £250m under budget Queensferry Crossing Bridge in Scotland opens to traffic The Queensferry Crossing opened to traffic yesterday morning, marking the culmination of a momentous journey. Final preparations are underway on the project, which at almost £250 million under budget, is expected to del...
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UK gives truck platooning trials the green light
UK gives truck platooning trials the green light The UK’s first Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) ‘platooning’ trial, jointly funded by Highways England and the Department for Transport, has been approved. Overseen by Highways England, TRL (the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory) will carry out...
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JCB £7.5m Young Talent Investment creates almost 170 jobs
JCB £7.5m Young Talent Investment creates almost 170 jobs JCB today announced the recruitment of almost 170 apprentices and graduates as the company steps up investment in its Young Talent programme to record levels. This year, the Staffordshire-based company is ploughing £7.5 million into recruitin...
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Skene Group adds another Volvo Loader to their Soutra Mains Quarry in Scotland
Skene Group adds another Volvo Loader to their Soutra Mains Quarry in Scotland Skene Group Construction Services Ltd of Glenrothes, Fife, has added a second Volvo L220H loading shovel to work at its Soutra Mains Quarry facility, which joins the very first L220H sold in Great Britain three years ago...
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Metso hosts Distribution Days in Finland to showcase their quarry innovations
Metso hosts Distribution Days in Finland to showcase their quarry innovations Metso will host its first global distributor event for the aggregates industry in Tampere, Finland next week. This interactive event focuses on training and showcasing their latest innovations for the aggregates industry a...
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IDB funds General San Martin metropolitan area railway line US$400m improvements in Argentina
IDB funds General San Martin metropolitan area railway line US$400m improvements in Argentina A railway improve project in Argentina has been funded for the section between Retiro Station in downtown Buenos Aires and Pilar Station in the city’s outskirts, cutting travel time and greenhouse gas emiss...
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Danish rental company Gustav HC invests in reliable Hitachi Excavators
Danish rental company Gustav HC invests in reliable Hitachi Excavators Rental company Gustav HC A/S has invested in a new Hitachi ZX225USLC-6 for its fleet of construction machinery. Based in the Danish city of Herning on the Jutland peninsula, the firm took delivery of the short-tail swing medium e...
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Connected cities need connected car parks
Connected cities need connected car parks A ‘connected city’, also known as a ‘smart city’, relies on an intelligent infrastructure which utilises the wealth of innovation and technologies created by Internet of Things (IoT) and applies them to urban needs. There is a plethora of new and emerging de...
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18 storey Mjøsa Tower in Brumunddal, Norway will be the tallest wooden building in the world
18 storey Mjøsa Tower in Brumunddal, Norway will be the tallest wooden building in the world When completed in March 2019, Mjøsa Tower in the Norwegian town of Brumunddal will be the world’s tallest wooden building. The construction, which started in early April this year, is an example of how wood...
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Bomag promotes digitalisation in road construction
Bomag promotes digitalisation in road construction Digitalisation, modern communication technologies, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) is improving and speeding up construction site planning, process control and operation flow on construction sites. Bomag has promoted this development with i...
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John Deere purpose built Pipelayer Crawlers place new options for the Pipeline Industry
John Deere purpose built Pipelayer Crawlers place new options for the Pipeline Industry Purpose-built in Dubuque, Iowa, the John Deere-designed and manufactured 1050K pipelayer-ready (PL) crawlers are now available for pipeline customers looking to get a lift on the competition. The 1050K pipelayer...
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Northern Ireland’s leading waste management company keeps productive with expanding JCB Fleet
Northern Ireland’s leading waste management company keeps productive with expanding JCB Fleet Up until four years ago, McKinstry Skip Hire, had never bought a JCB. Now, Northern Ireland’s leading waste management company runs a fleet of 14 – all supplied by local dealer BC Plant. Sourcing a large fl...
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McConnell Dowell awarded runway paving contract in American Samoa
McConnell Dowell awarded runway paving contract in American Samoa The Department of Port Administration in American Samoa has awarded McConnell Dowell a contract to resurface the runway at Pago Pago International Airport. The runway overlay is the latest project to be delivered by McConnell Dowell’s...
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15 km HDPE water supply pipeline for new Mozambique graphite mine
15 km HDPE water supply pipeline for new Mozambique graphite mine The Australian industrial minerals and technology company is to represent the largest graphite resource with multiple projects at Balama in Mozambique and efforts are under way to leverage this unique mineral. One such project is the...
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Ammann launches the RSS 120-M Shredder, Iron Separator and Screener 3-in-1 Machine
Ammann launches the RSS 120-M Shredder, Iron Separator and Screener 3-in-1 Machine Ammann has released the RSS 120-M Shredder, Iron Separator and Screener. It is a mobile machine that prepares recycled asphalt for use in an asphalt plant. It is essentially a 3-in-1 machine with its ability to functi...
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All-in-one heater heats the asphalt tank while supplying hot oil to the plant
All-in-one heater heats the asphalt tank while supplying hot oil to the plant The All-In-One Heater Kit from Seattle, Washington-based Process Heating Company is a complete system that can provide direct heat to the asphalt tank, while also supplying hot oil for the plant. The primary feature of the...
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Doka enables rapid construction of Istanbul Airport
Doka enables rapid construction of Istanbul Airport After only two and half years of construction, parts of Istanbul’s new airport will open next year. For rapid progress on this build, the contractor is relying on the formwork solution from Doka. A total of 30,000 load-bearing tower frames wi...
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New electric drive Cat Wheel Loader delivers on fuel efficiency and running costs
New electric drive Cat Wheel Loader delivers on fuel efficiency and running costs Electric drive loader delivers 25% greater overall efficiency and up to 10% more productivity in load-and-carry applications than the industry leader 988K loader The new Cat 988K XE is the first wheel loader offered by...
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Thomas Menzies in Scotland expands with Volvo Excavators
Thomas Menzies in Scotland expands with Volvo Excavators Thomas Menzies Builders Ltd of Kirkcaldy, Fife, in Scotland has opted for its first Volvo EC220E excavator thanks to the high level of operator comfort, smoothness of control and overall stability and performance, according to Plant & Envi...
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UK Hose replacement specialist Hydraquip goes national
UK Hose replacement specialist Hydraquip goes national Hydraulic hose replacement specialist Hydraquip invests in new vans to extend national coverage and enhance local service. Hydraquip, the UK’s largest independent provider of emergency on-site hydraulic hose replacements, has continued the expan...
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Balfour Beatty awarded Great Western Mainline railway contract
Balfour Beatty awarded Great Western Mainline railway contract Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been selected by Network Rail to deliver a contract to electrify a 40-mile train route as part of The Great Western Mainline upgrade. The contract award...
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Hitachi ZX300LC-6 excavator proves its reliability and ease on D1 Highway in Czech Republic
Hitachi ZX300LC-6 excavator proves its reliability and ease on D1 Highway in Czech Republic A Hitachi ZX300LC-6 medium excavator is helping to upgrade a vital stretch of the D1 highway in the Czech Republic, one of the country’s most important transport routes. The Zaxis-6 machine was delivered in S...
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The legacy that shaped Volvo Construction Equipment world-class excavators
The legacy that shaped Volvo Construction Equipment world-class excavators Volvo has leveraged 180 years of technical know-how and over 75 years of excavator experience to develop some of the world’s finest excavators – a story that continues to unfold as new challenges of urbanization emerge. With...
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Sun cream STIGMA a real burning issue for tradespeople
Sun cream STIGMA a real burning issue for tradespeople Sunburn on the up with tradespeople most at risk in the UK One in ten don’t wear sun cream for fear of workmates mocking them Wickes trials nationwide roll out of free sun cream in stores Melanoma skin cancer incidence rates have increased by an...
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Balfour Beatty preferred bidder for Hinkley Point C tunnelling and marine work
Balfour Beatty preferred bidder for Hinkley Point C tunnelling and marine work Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been appointed by EDF Energy as preferred bidder for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station tunnelling and marine works package. The f...
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Rwanda lays foundation stone of Bugesera International Airport
Rwanda lays foundation stone of Bugesera International Airport On the 9th of August, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame laid the foundation stone of the country’s newest transportation hub, the Bugesera International Airport. “I am pleased to join you today to break ground for this important national pr...
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Metso recognized as most outstanding international mining supplier in Chile
Metso recognized as most outstanding international mining supplier in Chile Metso has received an award as the most outstanding international mining supplier 2017 in the ranking of the mining industry suppliers in Chile. Metso has received recognition in this ranking for six consecutive years, this...
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New Cat D6K fuel efficient dozer even more productive with GRADE Technology
New Cat D6K fuel efficient dozer even more productive with GRADE Technology The new Cat D6K dozer combines best-in-class fuel efficiency with the power and precision to excel in a wide range of jobs. With this latest update, the versatile bulldozer gains productivity by adding a choice of optional G...
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President Trump works to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure
President Trump works to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure The old system for completing environmental reviews in the US was fragmented, inefficient, and unpredictable leading to a call to modernise an outdated system. U.S. President Donald J. Trump, said: “Crumbling infrastructure wi...
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Oldcastle Precast produce post-tensioned bridge slabs for Pine Basin Bridge replacement
Oldcastle Precast produce post-tensioned bridge slabs for Pine Basin Bridge replacement Oldcastle Precast Idaho Falls teamed with Bonneville Power Administration, HK Contractors, and Bryant Greene Concrete to replace the bridge at the entrance to Pine Basin Camp in Swan Valley, Idaho. Condemned in t...
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Colas and partners launch first autonomous road safety vehicle
Colas and partners launch first autonomous road safety vehicle Colas in partnership with US companies Royal Truck and Equipment (RT&E) and Micro Systems Inc. (MSI) have developed the world’s first Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle (AIPV) for use on the World’s highways to protect the lives of...
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£7 m flood resilience works announced for A66 Cumbrian tourist route
£7 m flood resilience works announced for A66 Cumbrian tourist route A £7 million project designed to keep drivers safely and smoothly on the move along the A66 at Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria was completed this week. In a boost for commercial drivers, tourists, commuters and other local drivers, H...
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Intelligent soil compaction with Bomag Economizer for single drum rollers
Intelligent soil compaction with Bomag Economizer for single drum rollers The Bomag Economizer measures the level of compaction and displays the result in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. At customer request, Bomag now equips any of its single drum roller models worldwide with the Economizer. Fo...
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Siemens builds eHighway for hybrid trucks in Germany
Siemens builds eHighway for hybrid trucks in Germany Siemens has been commissioned by the German state of Hesse to build an overhead contact line for electrified freight transport on a ten-kilometer stretch of autobahn. The line will supply electricity for the electric drive of a hybrid truck. Sieme...
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Minera Las Bambas gives METSO award for exceptional safety performance in Peru
Minera Las Bambas gives METSO award for exceptional safety performance in Peru Metso has received an award from Minera Las Bambas for achieving the goal of zero incidents during plant shutdowns. The shutdowns took place from September 2016 to June 2017, totaling 50,000 hours of work without any inci...
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Black mudfish get special attention on New Zealand Expressway works
Black mudfish get special attention on New Zealand Expressway works Staff working on the Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway have dug in more than 1300 natives to protect an isolated pocket of at-risk black mudfish found in a farm drain. The mudfish were found by the Fulton Hogan-HEB joint vent...
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Detailed design for 20km road rehabilitation project in Dominica provided by Mott MacDonald
Detailed design for 20km road rehabilitation project in Dominica provided by Mott MacDonald Mott MacDonald is providing the detailed design for the Loubiere to Bagatelle road rehabilitation project on behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica’s Ministry of Public Works and Ports. A gr...
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Hutton Stone invests in new Volvo EC380E crawler excavator for a new sandstone venture in the Scottish Borders
Hutton Stone invests in new Volvo EC380E crawler excavator for a new sandstone venture in the Scottish Borders Hutton Stone Co Ltd based close to Berwick upon Tweed in the Scottish Borders has purchased a new Volvo EC380E crawler excavator for a new venture that has started up in a sandstone quarry...
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Japan funds Sihanoukville Port development in Cambodia
Japan funds Sihanoukville Port development in Cambodia The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a loan agreement in Tokyo with the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia to provide a Japanese ODA loan of up to ¥23.502 billion yen for the Sihanoukville Port New Container Terminal D...
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Japan funds reconstruction of bridges in St Lucia to protect its infrastructure from natural disasters
Japan funds reconstruction of bridges in St Lucia to protect its infrastructure from natural disasters On August 9, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a grant agreement with the Government of Saint Lucia in Castries, the capital city, to provide grant aid of up to ¥1.53 billion...
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Neal introduces generation IV Sealcoating Pumps for asphalt trucks
Neal introduces generation IV Sealcoating Pumps for asphalt trucks Neal Manufacturing, a division of Blastcrete Equipment Company and a leader in asphalt pavement maintenance equipment, has launched its new Generation IV pumps. The pumps offer improved durability as well as enhanced spraybars and re...
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Highways England supports training exercise in Birmingham
Highways England supports training exercise in Birmingham Highways England joined together with the emergency services including West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance service for a special training exercise in Birmingham. The event took place on Friday night on a closed section of t...
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Elliott Bay Seawall Project in Washington USA receives multiple awards
Elliott Bay Seawall Project in Washington USA receives multiple awards Throughout the year the Elliott Bay Seawall project has received multiple awards for design, leadership, environmental, sustainability, emergency construction, engineering and management. Oldcastle Precast Auburn, Washington supp...
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£45.5m road improvements in England set to create 10,000 homes and 6,000 jobs
£45.5m road improvements in England set to create 10,000 homes and 6,000 jobs Multi-million pound road improvement schemes announced today by Highways England are set to help unlock the development of more than 6,000 jobs and nearly 10,000 homes. The improvements, worth a total of £45.5 million, wil...
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Parsons to prepare Seismic Studies on two Montreal Bridges
Parsons to prepare Seismic Studies on two Montreal Bridges The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated have awarded Parsons and CIMA+ the mandate to prepare seismic studies of both the Jacques-Cartier Bridge and the Clement Bridge to evaluate structural integrity and prolong the service l...
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Swiss Alps pedestrian suspension bridge opens
Swiss Alps pedestrian suspension bridge opens The Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge near the village of Randa in the Swiss Alps has opened as a replacement to a previous bridge that had been damaged by a rock fall. The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge is some 494 metres long and 86 metres...
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China is building a rail tunnel, deep below the Great Wall of China
China is building a rail tunnel, deep below the Great Wall of China China is constructing a 12 kilometre long high-speed train tunnel through a section of the Great Wall to connect Zhangjiakou city, which is due to co-host the 2022 Winter Olympics along with Beijing. Chinese Engineers designed the t...
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Taking articulated dump truck safety levels to zero
Taking articulated dump truck safety levels to zero Leading contractor Chepstow Plant International, like many contractors, takes health and safety very seriously. They have increased their focus on Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) safety and operator training to ensure that their quarry operatives are...
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Atkins and INRIX sign BIG DATA global partnership for transportation infrastructure projects
Atkins and INRIX sign BIG DATA global partnership for transportation infrastructure projects Atkins, one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, has signed a global partnership agreement with INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transp...
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Parsons celebrates AASHTO Awards for Innovation, Excellence and Community
Parsons celebrates AASHTO Awards for Innovation, Excellence and Community Parsons is pleased to announce that the Columbia I-70 Bridges in Missouri as well as the Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing and the U.S. 31 Hamilton County project, both in Indiana, recently received regional America’s Trans...
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Dome of Visions in Denmark made from sustainable wood
Dome of Visions in Denmark made from sustainable wood Aarhus in Denmark is the European Capital of Culture in 2017 and for this occasion, a huge transparent dome of glue-laminated timber will serve as the Aarhus municipal pavilion for building culture. The dome-shaped wooden building, Dome of Vision...
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11 new Volvo articulated haulers and a 75t excavator for Hall Construction
11 new Volvo articulated haulers and a 75t excavator for Hall Construction A package of eleven Volvo articulated haulers and a seventy-five tonne EC750E mass excavator have re-established a long standing relationship between Hall Construction Services Ltd of Rushyford, Co Durham and Volvo Constructi...
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£282m investment for M42 junction 6 near Birmingham, England
£282m investment for M42 junction 6 near Birmingham, England Highways England is announcing its preferred route for a major £282m improvement scheme to improve the M42 junction 6 near Solihull – which has the backing of local residents, businesses and road users. Following a seven week consultation...
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Ghana targets 5 million passengers yearly with AfDB funded international airport expansion
Ghana targets 5 million passengers yearly with AfDB funded international airport expansion The construction of a new terminal at Ghana’s flagship airport, Kotoka International Airport, is expected to make the country a destination of choice with a yearly target of 5 million passengers. The project,...
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Emerging Africa Investment Fund backs expansion at two Madagascar airports
Emerging Africa Investment Fund backs expansion at two Madagascar airports Two airports in Madagascar are to have their runways, passenger terminal facilities and allied infrastructure upgraded and expanded in a EUR 215 million project being supported by the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF...
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New Volvo double drum rollers crush the competition on fuel efficiency
New Volvo double drum rollers crush the competition on fuel efficiency Able to perform in tight areas or the open road, the DD30B and DD35B double drum compactors from Volvo Construction Equipment offer up to a 20 percent increase in fuel efficiency when compared to predecessor models. The latest do...
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Parsons and Tekfen Engineering awarded contract for World’s Longest Suspension Bridge in Turkey
Parsons and Tekfen Engineering awarded contract for World’s Longest Suspension Bridge in Turkey The Turkish Directorate of Highways KGM has awarded Parsons – in a joint venture with Tekfen Engineering—the engineering consultancy, construction support, and construction supervision/inspection se...
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Société Lyonnaise de Travaux Publics operators unanimously choose Hitachi Excavators
Société Lyonnaise de Travaux Publics operators unanimously choose Hitachi Excavators Société Lyonnaise de Travaux Publics (SLTP) has purchased eight Hitachi medium excavators and one mini excavator from its local dealer, Teramat, since October 2016. Operators from the Lyon-based demolition and earth...
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Balfour Beatty recognised for outstanding support to the British Armed Forces community
Balfour Beatty recognised for outstanding support to the British Armed Forces community Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award 2017 for its on-going commitment to the Armed Forces co...
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