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Highways England launches Health and Safety Passport scheme for over 50,000 workers
Highways England launches Health and Safety Passport scheme for over 50,000 workers With an ambition to set a common safety standard for more than 50 thousand workers across its whole supply chain, Highways England has today (8 November 2017) announced a new Health and Safety Passport scheme. Safety...
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RSTA seminar explains how asset management is an opportunity, rather than a threat
RSTA seminar explains how asset management is an opportunity, rather than a threat The UK Department for Transport’s funding allocation requirements now call for local highway authorities to have a fully developed and implemented asset management plan. The Road Surface Treatments Association (...
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South Australia Regional Roads Package ready to be rolled out
South Australia Regional Roads Package ready to be rolled out The Australian Government has approved Federal funding to help carry out vital regional road upgrades across South Australia. Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said projects to be funded under the package in...
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Granite – Parsons – Corman JV win US$410m Interstate project in Virginia, USA
Granite – Parsons – Corman JV win US$410m Interstate project in Virginia, USA Granite Construction Incorporated, Parsons Corporation, and Corman Construction Inc., announced today that their joint venture team has been awarded the Interstate 64 (I-64) Southside Widening and High Rise Bri...
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Recipe extraction by artificial intelligence aids materials fabrication
Recipe extraction by artificial intelligence aids materials fabrication In recent years, research efforts such as the Materials Genome Initiative and the Materials Project have produced a wealth of computational tools for designing new materials useful for a range of applications, from energy and el...
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Clearview Intelligence unveils Solar Powered Road Stud to create safer highways
Clearview Intelligence unveils Solar Powered Road Stud to create safer highways An innovative solar powered road stud which offers drivers 10 times greater visibility of the road ahead than traditional ‘cat’s eyes’ is today being unveiled by Clearview Intelligence, highway technolo...
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4,000 British truck drivers caught watching DVDs and boiling kettles
4,000 British truck drivers caught watching DVDs and boiling kettles The shocking footage above was released by Highways England today and show drivers watching DVDs, reading books, and even boiling a dashboard kettle. One driver in Kent was watching a DVD, while in Hampshire three from the s...
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Caterpillar releases new Utility Compactors with Rental Market in mind
Caterpillar releases new Utility Compactors with Rental Market in mind Customers expect Cat® Paving Products to offer machines and services that help them become more efficient and profitable. These new Caterpillar Compactor models do just that by making them easy to operate, simple to transport, an...
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Amsterdam aims for smart city status with help from Schmidt sweeping technology
Amsterdam aims for smart city status with help from Schmidt sweeping technology Amsterdam is considered to be a smart city and with “Climate Street”, for example, it initiated a flagship project for the Netherlands as a whole. By 2040, Amsterdam wants to be one of the top cities in the world when it...
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Ferrovial consortium to deliver the €1,150m Western Roads Upgrade in Melbourne
Ferrovial consortium to deliver the €1,150m Western Roads Upgrade in Melbourne Cintra, subsidiary of Ferrovial, through the Netflow joint venture recently formed with Plenary, has been selected by the State of Victoria as Preferred Respondent for the design, construction and financing of work...
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Contractor sought for £220m highways contract for Telford/Wrekin Council, UK
Contractor sought for £220m highways contract for Telford/Wrekin Council, UK Telford & Wrekin Council has today published its official notice for a £220m highways maintenance contract. The notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) marks the start of the formal procure...
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Search underway for mammoth Tunnel Boring Machines
Search underway for mammoth Tunnel Boring Machines An international search is underway for a supplier to build the four massive Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) that will build Australia’s biggest ever public transport project – the Metro Tunnel in Victoria. The four TBMs needed for the $11 billion proj...
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Trio of Liebherr mobile cranes scales mountains to erect wind turbines
Trio of Liebherr mobile cranes scales mountains to erect wind turbines Austrian crane and heavy haulage contractor Felbermayr has erected a wind farm on a range of medium-height mountains in Styria. The 13 turbines made by Enercon were completed over the summer months. Transporting the turbine compo...
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Volvo Excavators prove their worth in Scotland
Volvo Excavators prove their worth in Scotland “I’m sticking with Volvo…” says Brian Taylor, proprietor of B G Taylor Groundworks of Glenrothes as he reflects on one year’s operation with his Volvo EC27C and ECR50D compact excavators. Having owned and operated a Volvo ECR88 Plus (8.5 tonnes) for som...
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Meet the new versatile Liebherr R 918 crawler excavator
Meet the new versatile Liebherr R 918 crawler excavator With an operating weight between 19 and 22 tonnes, the new Liebherr R 918 crawler excavator is perfect for earthmoving applications and making trenches and pipe laying. A large selection of attachments also makes the machine extremely flexible...
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Volvo loading shovels at Britaniacrest Recycling increase productivity
Volvo loading shovels at Britaniacrest Recycling increase productivity Britaniacrest Recycling Ltd of Hookwood, Surrey has recently added a Volvo L150H to its plant fleet with a second machine on order for the New Year as it ramps up production at its recently acquired transfer station at Warnham on...
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ELE introduce new technology for concrete and cement testing
ELE introduce new technology for concrete and cement testing ELE International has launched a new automatic control unit for concrete and cement testing. The ADR Touch Control Pro system brings the latest technology into the materials testing laboratory, whilst also combining a wide range of new fea...
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ADB to support sustainable urban public transport in Jinan, China
ADB to support sustainable urban public transport in Jinan, China The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $150 million loan to support the development of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system for modern electric trolley buses in Jinan, the most congested city in the People’s...
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Hitachi donates mini-excavator to elephant conservation project
Hitachi donates mini-excavator to elephant conservation project A Hitachi ZX38U-5 mini excavator has been delivered to the first elephant sanctuary in Europe. The Premium Used machine was donated by Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME), and handed over to the founders of Elephant Haven...
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Haver and Boecker offers customised Tyler T-Class Vibrating Screen
Haver and Boecker offers customised Tyler T-Class Vibrating Screen Haver and Boecker, a leading equipment manufacturer and solutions provider for aggregates and mining applications, offers the versatile two-bearing Tyler T-Class vibrating screen for a wide range of materials with a top size of 16-in...
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Technology and psychology boosts parking compliance
Technology and psychology boosts parking compliance It doesn’t really matter if you manage a car park for a local authority, an NHS Health Trust, an education facility, a retail park or a corporate company, at some point the issue of how to enforce your parking regulations with parking technology wi...
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Scalability of Metso’s award-winning HRC technology confirmed in pilot testing in Chile
Scalability of Metso’s award-winning HRC technology confirmed in pilot testing in Chile The scalability of Metso’s HRCTM high-pressure grinding technology has successfully been proven in pilot tests. The tests were conducted at a customer pilot plant in Chile during 2016 and 2017. Follow...
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A legal view of deleterious materials in Construction Contracts
A legal view of deleterious materials in Construction Contracts The inclusion of deleterious or prohibited material clauses in both building contracts and professional appointment documents is widespread within the construction industry. Whilst the form of these clauses will vary from contract to co...
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Tips for winterizing Sealcoating equipment
Tips for winterizing Sealcoating equipment As winter approaches, you want to make sure you are prepared. More than picking up ice melt and making sure your car heater works well, you’ll want to winterize your sealcoating equipment. Failing to do so correctly will be a problem when warmer spring temp...
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Dubai Water Canal project wins IRFs Global Roads Achievement Award
Dubai Water Canal project wins IRFs Global Roads Achievement Award Parsons is honoured to announce that the Dubai Water Canal project won the International Road Federation’s Global Roads Achievement Award (GRAA) under the Urban Planning and Mobility category. A uniquely challenging aspect of this pr...
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London’s Sculptural Rolling Bridge is a design icon
London’s Sculptural Rolling Bridge is a design icon In 2004, a pedestrian bridge with a difference was opened in London spanning an inlet off the main canal at Merchant Square, Paddington Basin. The Rolling Bridge was conceived by the Heatherwick Studio, who were influenced by the fluid, coiling tai...
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It All Started With a Case Backhoe
It All Started With a Case Backhoe Jon Fye founded Fye Excavating in Sperry, Iowa in 1995 with only three employees. Incorporated in 1998, Fye Excavating Inc. now employs over 50 people. The company provides full-service excavation, site work, commercial, utility, and “plan and spec” work in Iowa, I...
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Local businesses gear up for Australia’s West Gate Tunnel Project
Local businesses gear up for Australia’s West Gate Tunnel Project Victorian businesses, big and small, are being called on to join the team to build the West Gate Tunnel Project. Construction will start in early 2018 with the project expected to create more than 6,000 jobs. Information session...
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Maarten van der Breggen receives first Open Source Wood award from Metsä Wood
Maarten van der Breggen receives first Open Source Wood award from Metsä Wood The first Open Source Wood Award has been won by Dutch architect Maarten van der Breggen for his Maskerade® building concept. Maskerade is a modular system using the standard structural possibilities of KERTO LVL. The syst...
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STRABAG wins €170 million road construction contracts in Poland
STRABAG wins €170 million road construction contracts in Poland The European-based construction group STRABAG, through its Polish subsidiaries, has been awarded three road construction contracts from Poland’s General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA). The total contract value is...
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Washington DoT looks at disadvantaged business enterprise goals for highway projects
Washington DoT looks at disadvantaged business enterprise goals for highway projects Contractors, trade and labor organizations, small and disadvantaged businesses and all others who may be interested in working with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) are invited to comment on...
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New Vermeer S925TX Mini Skid Steer delivers outstanding lifting and performance
New Vermeer S925TX Mini Skid Steer delivers outstanding lifting and performance Vermeer has expanded its compact equipment lineup with the new S925TX mini skid steer, designed to provide impressive lifting performance and the power to conquer the most demanding applications. With a tip capacity of 2...
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Mabey helps Mersey Gateway reach completion ahead of time and under budget
Mabey helps Mersey Gateway reach completion ahead of time and under budget Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has today announced its role as the biggest provider, designer and supplier of temporary supports to the landside structure on the new Mersey Gateway Bridge, a multi-mi...
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Snøhetta reimagines 550 Madison in New York
Snøhetta reimagines 550 Madison in New York Snøhetta has been commissioned to reimagine the 1980’s postmodern tower located at 550 Madison Avenue. The renovation is the first major project to be announced for New York City’s East Midtown since its revitalization plan was approved earlier this year....
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£27 million flood defence scheme opens in Blackpool
£27 million flood defence scheme opens in Blackpool A £27.1 million flood defence scheme to reduce flood risk to 4,800 properties in Blackpool has been officially opened by Blackpool Council Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, Councillor Fred Jackson, with the Chair of the Environment Agency...
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Ex-Google engineer starts Built Robotics to disrupt construction
Ex-Google engineer starts Built Robotics to disrupt construction News about self-driving vehicles and automated flying taxi’s keep hitting the headlines and is now set to revolutionise the construction industry. Building on his experience working on self-driving cars at Google, Noah Ready-Campbell,...
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Florida’s 21 mile, $2.3 billion, Interstate 4 reconstruction supported by VolvoCE
Florida’s 21 mile, $2.3 billion, Interstate 4 reconstruction supported by VolvoCE Florida’s I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project is at the forefront of several global trends in infrastructure design, management, financing and community enhancement. The I-4 Ultimate megaproject serves as a great ex...
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Los Angeles DoT selects INRIX for Urban Mobility Intelligence
Los Angeles DoT selects INRIX for Urban Mobility Intelligence Los Angeles drivers spent an average of 104 hours last year in traffic jams during peak congestion hours – more than any other city in the world – as identified by the 2016 INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard. To improve Urban Mobility Intelli...
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AfDF paves way for Guinea-Sierra Leone road reconstruction with €48 million
AfDF paves way for Guinea-Sierra Leone road reconstruction with €48 million The Boards of the African Development Bank Group have approved funding of €48 million from the African Development Fund (ADF) for the reconstruction of the border road from Guinea to Sierra Leone. The project, jointly funded...
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Starting Out Safely program leading the way in children’s road safety in Australia
Starting Out Safely program leading the way in children’s road safety in Australia Victoria, Australia, is leading the way in road safety with more than 75,000 children benefiting from an Australian-first “Starting Out Safely”, road safety education program delivered through early learni...
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Traffic jams and congestion cost the UK £30 billion a year
Traffic jams and congestion cost the UK £30 billion a year The UK is the third most congested country in Europe and we spend an average of 32 hours each year stuck in peak hour traffic. According to the latest report from Inrix the combined cost of congestion on the UK’s roads added up to ...
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Blakedale to unveil new mini Impact Protection Vehicle at Road Expo Scotland
Blakedale to unveil new mini Impact Protection Vehicle at Road Expo Scotland Blakedale Limited is reinforcing its commitment to highway safety with the launch of a new 3.5 tonne Impact Protection Vehicle (IPV), designed to provide additional workforce protection on carriageways up to 40 mph. The new...
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Tyre safety blitz for UK as Highways England works to drive down incidents
Tyre safety blitz for UK as Highways England works to drive down incidents Highways England is marking the end of Tyre Safety Month by revealing a series of initiatives it is developing or already delivering to help drive down the number of people killed and injured on the country’s motorways and ma...
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Street Works UK cautions against proposed Lane Rental Schemes
Street Works UK cautions against proposed Lane Rental Schemes The trade association for utilities and their contractor partners on street works issues – has today warned against government proposals to allow councils to charge utilities hourly rates for access to the highway. Responding forma...
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Ammann vibratory plate compactors deliver results
Ammann vibratory plate compactors deliver results Word has spread far and wide in Europe that vibratory plates from Ammann enjoy a good reputation in the construction and landscape gardening industry. They stand out first and foremost through their compaction performance and ease of use, even when o...
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Artificial intelligence meets the construction industry
Artificial intelligence meets the construction industry The potential for artificial intelligence – or AI – is high on the social agenda. Seemingly, everyone from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to Tesla CEO Elon Musk has an opinion on the impact of AI on our everyday lives. But how will the techno...
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John Deere strengthens durability of planetary augers
John Deere strengthens durability of planetary augers Expanding its lineup of reliable and durable Worksite Pro™ attachments, John Deere is introducing upgrades to its planetary auger models. The new PA15B and PA30B augers are designed for longer product life to better meet customer needs and applic...
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US Air Force Engineers repair runway near Mosul in Iraq
US Air Force Engineers repair runway near Mosul in Iraq Three months ago, four U.S. Air Force engineers with the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group arrived in northern Iraq to conduct a reconnaissance mission for what would become a historic undertaking. Their mission: mitigate runway damage cau...
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MIT study finds energy-efficient construction is key to lowering urban pollution
MIT study finds energy-efficient construction is key to lowering urban pollution What are the best ways for U.S. cities to combat climate change? A new study co-authored by an MIT professor indicates it will be easier for cities to reduce emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from...
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Canadian Aecon Group acquired by China’s CCCI
Canadian Aecon Group acquired by China’s CCCI Aecon Group Inc. and CCCC International Holding Limited today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the China Communications Construction Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Aec...
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Rwanda seeks technical consultants to support Road Maintenance Fund and Transport Development
Rwanda seeks technical consultants to support Road Maintenance Fund and Transport Development The Government of the Republic of Rwanda has received financing from the Nigeria Technical Cooperation Fund through the African Development Bank toward the cost of Technical advisory services to support the...
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Colourful road markings are becoming more popular on British roads
Colourful road markings are becoming more popular on British roads Recently, the presence of bright and colourful surface markings has become more and more prominent on British roads. This is a major contrast to the usual white demarcations with occasional yellow lines that we often see on the surfa...
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Cat 303E CR mini Hydraulic Excavator slims down for better performance
Cat 303E CR mini Hydraulic Excavator slims down for better performance The Cat® 303E CR mini hydraulic excavator has been reduced in weight to accommodate customers who require a maximum 10,000-lb (4 536-kg) transport weight—yet performance of the lighter excavator has not been compromised when comp...
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Infrastructure upgrade essential for Asia to continue growth
Infrastructure upgrade essential for Asia to continue growth Infrastructure is essential for development. Roads, railways, ports and power supplies have helped drive Asia’s growth, allowing its people to get to work and its products to reach markets. For this momentum to continue, the region’s exist...
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Eth Zurich invents technique for making an ultra-thin concrete roof
Eth Zurich invents technique for making an ultra-thin concrete roof Researchers from ETH Zurich have built a prototype of an ultra-thin, curved concrete roof using innovative digital design and fabrication methods. The tested novel formwork system will be used in an actual construction project for t...
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Cars, Trucks and Construction Equipment will soon tell you what they need
Cars, Trucks and Construction Equipment will soon tell you what they need MIT team develops software that can tell if tires need air, spark plugs are bad, or air filter needs replacing. Imagine glancing at your smartphone, and telling if your vehicle’s left front tire needs air, its air filter...
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MIT students fortify concrete by adding irradiated recycled plastic
MIT students fortify concrete by adding irradiated recycled plastic Discarded plastic bottles could one day be used to build stronger, more flexible concrete structures, from sidewalks and street barriers, to buildings and bridges, according to a new study. MIT undergraduate students have found that...
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The new Wirtgen W210XP large milling machine trumps the competition
The new Wirtgen W210XP large milling machine trumps the competition With the W 210 XP, the Wirtgen experts have extended their comprehensive product range with a new high-performance machine. Combining tremendous engine power with an application-optimized machine transport weight, this machine has a...
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New traffic signal refurbishment contract awarded to Siemens ITS
New traffic signal refurbishment contract awarded to Siemens ITS A new contract to design and refurbish traffic signal equipment and systems at nine signalised junctions in Coventry has been awarded to Siemens by the city council. Following the recent completion of the design stages by Siemens, work...
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Intelligent compaction key to new Ammann rollers
Intelligent compaction key to new Ammann rollers Ammann has released four new soil compactors in its ASC product line. The compactors are built to combine high output with intelligent compaction systems to help contractors eliminate passes – and ultimately reduce costs. The new models are the ASC 11...
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