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Ammann CBS 105 Elba concrete mixing plant heads to the Hauts-de-France region
Ammann CBS 105 Elba concrete mixing plant heads to the Hauts-de-France region GTP is an independent family company owned and managed by the Pruvo brothers at Cauchy-à-la-Tour near Béthune in the Hauts-de-France region. Housed in a former brickworks, the firm specialises in recycling various material...
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JCB in Pole Position for European Grand Prix support
JCB in Pole Position for European Grand Prix support JCB is in pole position to play a vital role supporting Williams Martini Racing, as the team tours the top European Formula One circuits. A convoy of JCB machinery has left Staffordshire on a 9,000-mile summer road trip to help the JCB-sponsored t...
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KINSHOFER acquires Atlas Transverse Cutter business
KINSHOFER acquires Atlas Transverse Cutter business KINSHOFER, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, has acquired the Atlas Transverse Cutter business from Atlas GmbH, a Germany-based crane and excavator manufacturer. The transverse, or drum...
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Majority of UK drivers are concerned about Smart Motorway safety
Majority of UK drivers are concerned about Smart Motorway safety A SURVEY by road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist has shown that two thirds of motorists are concerned about safety on smart motorways. In the survey, which was completed during March 2018 by more than 2,500 people...
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Record production and factory expansion marks HAMM’s 140th year
Record production and factory expansion marks HAMM’s 140th year HAMM, the oldest manufacturer of road building machines in the world, is celebrating the 140th anniversary of its foundation. Fittingly, the innovative company is maintaining a successful course with its modern compaction technolo...
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Trio of Volvo A30G articulated haulers head for J C Balls and Sons in Derbyshire
Trio of Volvo A30G articulated haulers head for J C Balls and Sons in Derbyshire Celebrating 55 years of business, J C Balls & Sons Ltd of Ambergate, Derbyshire, has opted for three new Volvo A30G articulated haulers to supplement its plant fleet. The new arrivals are additions to J C Balls...
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Highways England Traffic Officer looks at avoiding Bank Holiday breakdowns
Highways England Traffic Officer looks at avoiding Bank Holiday breakdowns Highways England traffic officers work around the clock to help people who get into difficulty – and one has taken to YouTube to share her expertise as motorists set to travel for the late May bank holiday. In a series of vid...
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Midlands motorway network vital to UK economic growth
Midlands motorway network vital to UK economic growth Linking the north to the south and vice versa, the M5 provides a key arterial route to the south west for tourism and popular holiday destinations such as Cornwall. “In the context of the wider Midlands road infrastructure’s position in the natio...
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Volvo Excavators and Haulers heading for Cornwall’s Champion Groundworks
Volvo Excavators and Haulers heading for Cornwall’s Champion Groundworks Champion Groundworks Ltd of Doublebois, Liskeard, in Cornwall continues its association with Volvo Construction Equipment products with the addition of the their third twenty-five tonne excavator in the guise of an EC250E...
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Green light for wildlife project which puts Cumbria’s Bees on the road to recovery
Green light for wildlife project which puts Cumbria’s Bees on the road to recovery A ground breaking new project to boost the number of bumblebees and other wild pollinators in Cumbria, has been awarded development funding by Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Highways England. Cumbria Local Nature Pa...
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GKD Technologies featuring the SensorSafe Rail Range at Rail Live
GKD Technologies featuring the SensorSafe Rail Range at Rail Live GKD Technologies design, develop and produce height, slew and load safety control systems for Road Rail vehicles (RRV’s) and general construction equipment such as excavators. The company will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Rail Liv...
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UK’s biggest road upgrade first project to commit to Armed Forces Covenant
UK’s biggest road upgrade first project to commit to Armed Forces Covenant The A14 Integrated Delivery Team, which is delivering the UK’s biggest road project on behalf of Highways England, has pledged its commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, making it the first construction project to bec...
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Intelligent Road Solutions deliver positive impact on project costs and sustainability
Intelligent Road Solutions deliver positive impact on project costs and sustainability Intelligent Road Solutions is a completely new approach to road construction and road improvements that provides innovative and engineered solutions through the combining of technologies which deliver long lasting...
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EIB provides €150m for pan-European motorway through Bosnia and Herzegovina
EIB provides €150m for pan-European motorway through Bosnia and Herzegovina During an official visit by the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the EIB today signed two loans totalling €150m for the construction of a motorway. The loans to the State of Bosnia a...
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Volvo Construction Equipment unveils LC450H landfill compactor at WasteExpo
Volvo Construction Equipment unveils LC450H landfill compactor at WasteExpo Volvo Construction Equipment has long been committed to the waste and recycling industry with wheel loaders, excavators, haul trucks and attachments. Now, Volvo has applied that industry and equipment expertise to the develo...
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John Deere 345G LC Excavator gets into those tight spaces with ease
John Deere 345G LC Excavator gets into those tight spaces with ease The new John Deere 345G LC reduced tail swing excavator adds another option to the manufacturer’s 33 – 40 metric ton size class, providing customers with a larger machine with increased lift capacity, more reach, deeper dig depth an...
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PLANTWORX and RAILWORX on track for 2019
PLANTWORX and RAILWORX on track for 2019 The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has confirmed the venue and dates for their 4th PLANTWORX trade show, which will incorporate the brand new RAILWORX exhibition. The events will run alongside each other and will be held at the East of England Arena...
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The top five technologies to make construction safer
The top five technologies to make construction safer As one of the most hazardous industries in the world, it’s no surprise that construction workers need to take care every day on the job. The complex nature of construction sites means they can be a health and safety nightmare – electricity cables,...
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John Deere updates the 190G, the Swiss Army Knife of Wheeled Excavators
John Deere updates the 190G, the Swiss Army Knife of Wheeled Excavators Ideal for municipalities and work in heavily populated centers across North America, the updated John Deere 190G W excavator provides customers with a “Swiss army knife” for clearing ditches, repairing sewers or potholes, loadin...
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European Investment Bank funds Seychelles main harbour expansion
European Investment Bank funds Seychelles main harbour expansion During a public ceremony held in the presence of H.E. Danny Faure, President of the Republic of the Seychelles, agreements were signed between the European Investment Bank, the European Union and the Seychelles Ports Authority to finan...
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High-tech headgear helps promote safer driving
High-tech headgear helps promote safer driving Highways England is using virtual reality to reduce the risk of commercial vehicle drivers being involved in incidents as they travel up and down the country. The Government company, responsible for the country’s motorways and major A roads, has develop...
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New bridge takes shape at Thorpe Park, Leeds
New bridge takes shape at Thorpe Park, Leeds A road over rail bridge in Leeds under construction by Galliford Try is rapidly taking shape. Located at Thorpe Park just off the M1, the bridge is a single 28m clear span structure over the Leeds to Hull railway line. The design is future proofed to acc...
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Womble Bond Dickinson explores the second edition of the CIC BIM Protocols
Womble Bond Dickinson explores the second edition of the CIC BIM Protocols The second edition of the CIC BIM protocol was published in April. It is intended to reflect current practices and standards and to be a more flexible document to use alongside different contractual arrangements. It will fit...
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Shipping company Scotline gets a lift with 20 new Hyundai Forklifts
Shipping company Scotline gets a lift with 20 new Hyundai Forklifts Shipping company Scotline, located in the south east of England, came from humble beginnings, where the business started by carrying one-off forest product parcels with its first cargo being logs, from Inverness to Varberg back in 1...
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Network Rail appeals to young people across Britain to take their safety seriously
Network Rail appeals to young people across Britain to take their safety seriously New research from Network Rail reveals only 36% of 18 to 24 year olds believe going on the railway track is extremely dangerous, resulting in young adults risking their lives crossing the railway. Almost 22% of 18 to...
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The timeline of construction safety solutions
The timeline of construction safety solutions According to OSHA 6.5 million people work on construction sites every day in the US alone making construction safety a top priority. The fatal accident rate is higher than any other industry. With risk prevention a top priority for the industry, how have...
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Cairo to Cape Town road links Tanzania to the rest of Africa
Cairo to Cape Town road links Tanzania to the rest of Africa Rehema Tukai grew up in Kondoa and works in Dodoma, Tanzania’s capital city. Until now, visiting her family in Kondoa involved a five-hour journey along a bumpy and dusty road. Thanks to a new road co-funded by the African Development Bank...
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Technology will evolve the Parking Industry
Technology will evolve the Parking Industry With the pace of change in technology and the hype surrounding the arrival of autonomous cars, the parking industry needs to look at the likely developments in the parking sector and need to be thinking of how to maintain a positive parking experience for...
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Alloy Hammers for Metso shredders deliver optimized cost per ton
Alloy Hammers for Metso shredders deliver optimized cost per ton The hammers used in shredder lines represent a key factor in plant efficiency. Metso has developed a new hammer series, Metso Alloy Hammer, with the goal of extending the lifetime of these tools. Featuring a special alloy, the high-qua...
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Ford F-150 the Favourite vehicle of America’s Military
Ford F-150 the Favourite vehicle of America’s Military The Ford F-150 has again been named most popular vehicle among America’s active and retired military service members, according to an analysis of former and active-duty military personnel using United Services Automobile Association’s car...
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John Deere adds Grade Guidance to 210G LC Excavator and updates 130G – 470G LC models
John Deere adds Grade Guidance to 210G LC Excavator and updates 130G – 470G LC models John Deere added grade guidance technology to the 210G LC excavator and made numerous other customer-inspired updates to improve productivity, uptime and lower daily operating costs on the 13 to 47 ton models...
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Ridgway Rentals adds a bit of colour with brand new Hitachi Excavators
Ridgway Rentals adds a bit of colour with brand new Hitachi Excavators Ridgway Rentals has expanded their hire fleet with a bit more colour with brand new Hitachi Plant Equipment. After many years of traditional yellow machines, Ridgway have added a bit of colour with orange Hitachi Excavators and W...
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Bobcat Compact Loaders for Oliver Pöllmann in Germany
Bobcat Compact Loaders for Oliver Pöllmann in Germany Bobcat Bensheim, the company owned store for Bobcat in Germany, has delivered two new Bobcat S450 compact loaders to Oliver Pöllmann GmbH, based in Bubach in the Hunsrück area of Germany. Pöllmann works mainly in inner-city and other urban areas...
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Virtual Reality Developers designing a new breed of cars at Volkswagen
Virtual Reality Developers designing a new breed of cars at Volkswagen Virtual reality (VR) is not just game-playing. At Volkswagen, VR is contributing to faster and more efficient development of vehicle models. VR developers such as David Kuri program the powerful software for it. The 26-year-old p...
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ADM promotes US Manufacturing Industry during I Make America event
ADM promotes US Manufacturing Industry during I Make America event Asphalt Drum Mixers, Inc. talked with its U.S. House representative about issues important to the manufacturing industry during an I Make America event. Rep. Jim Banks toured ADM’s Huntertown, Indiana facility May 2, answering questi...
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Deere-Hitachi Joint Venture celebrates 30 years of Construction Equipment
Deere-Hitachi Joint Venture celebrates 30 years of Construction Equipment John Deere and Hitachi Construction Machinery are proud to celebrate more than three decades of their longstanding joint venture, the Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corporation. Utilizing united manufacturing facilities...
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Chartered Association of Building Engineers votes in favour of Chartered Engineer Status
Chartered Association of Building Engineers votes in favour of Chartered Engineer Status The Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) has today announced it will go ahead with its application to become a licensed member of the Engineering Council. This decision comes following a successful...
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McCann leading the way on Highways England Health and Safety Passport scheme
McCann leading the way on Highways England Health and Safety Passport scheme Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm McCann is playing a crucial role in educating fellow highway professionals by achieving relevant accreditations in order to deliver the new industry-standard training f...
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Hyundai Construction Equipment launch HL960 HD Heavy Duty Wheeled Loader
Hyundai Construction Equipment launch HL960 HD Heavy Duty Wheeled Loader Hyundai has recently launched a brand new heavy duty wheeled loader – the HL960 HD. This new addition to the Hyundai range offers the very best in wheeled loader technology, and has been designed with the waste handling and rec...
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ProwESS allows container terminals to capture, store and reuse energy from handling equipment
ProwESS allows container terminals to capture, store and reuse energy from handling equipment Following a successful proof of concept trial at the UK Port of Felixstowe, Cress Systems is pleased to announce the commercial release of its ProwESS energy capture, storage and reuse system for container...
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MIT Researchers develop virtual reality testing ground for drones
MIT Researchers develop virtual reality testing ground for drones Training drones to fly fast, around even the simplest obstacles, is a crash-prone exercise that can have engineers repairing or replacing vehicles with frustrating regularity. Now MIT engineers have developed a new virtual reality tra...
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The top five mines in the world
The top five mines in the world Many necessities of modern life rely on mined materials – but where are these minerals coming from and what exactly makes them so impressive? 1. AS GOOD AS GOLD – KALGOORLIE SUPER PIT, Australia Located in Western Australia the Kalgoorlie Super Pit is one of the large...
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Developing current technology is just as important as new ideas
Developing current technology is just as important as new ideas Having disruptive shifts in technology seems to have gathered a lot of support over the past 10 years with an autonomous future promising many benefits, but it is only through concentrating on how to utilise existing technology in new w...
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telent Technology playing an important part of Britain’s railway technology transformation
telent Technology playing an important part of Britain’s railway technology transformation A technological transformation across more than 70% of the UK rail network is on its way, delivering faster, more frequent, safer services to millions of passengers across the country and due for complet...
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Highways England £400m A1 upgrade brings safer, faster journeys for drivers
Highways England £400m A1 upgrade brings safer, faster journeys for drivers The £400m Highways England upgrade – the biggest road building project in the north of England – means there are now motorway links all the way between Newcastle and London. The extra capacity which comes from adding an extr...
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Reaching for the sky at the University of Manchester’s Engineering Campus
Reaching for the sky at the University of Manchester’s Engineering Campus Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has reached a key milestone on The University of Manchester’s £287 million Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) project with the first reinforced concre...
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Tarmac supports a new protocol to prevent labour exploitation
Tarmac supports a new protocol to prevent labour exploitation Tarmac has strengthened its commitment to safeguarding employees within its business and the construction industry by becoming the first organisation in its sector to sign up to a public initiative aimed at eradicating modern slavery and...
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2018 proves a promising year for Biral
2018 proves a promising year for Biral Following a strong start to 2018, leading meteorological specialist Biral has been busy showcasing its popular products at exhibitions around the world and featuring in a number of high profile projects. Biral’s Marketing Director Nathan Neal is delighted with...
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Road Resurfacing Simplified – Critical data collected at highway speed
Road Resurfacing Simplified – Critical data collected at highway speed Traditionally, highway resurfacing projects have been a challenge, not only for the contractor, but the inconvenienced community through which the road passes. To collect the project data needed to perform the resurface, ty...
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Drone technology for Asset Inventory Management
Drone technology for Asset Inventory Management Every year, companies carry out expensive and time consuming inventories within their warehouses and outside storage areas. Undertaking an inventory can require a huge mobilisation of material and human resources, which often involves stopping onsite a...
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ELE launches new geotechnical testing software
ELE launches new geotechnical testing software ELE International has launched a new version of its dedicated software for soils testing to BS, ASTM and AASTHO standards. Designed specifically for geotechnical laboratories, the new DS 7.3 software contains a range of advanced features including compa...
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Paddington Station 24/7 features Network Rail’s aerial survey team
Paddington Station 24/7 features Network Rail’s aerial survey team The second series of the behind the scenes documentary Paddington Station 24/7 aired on Monday 14 May with the programme taking to the skies to join members of Network Rail’s aerial survey team whilst they check railway assets...
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Eurovia Surfacing appointed to Highways England SE and Midlands Pavement Framework
Eurovia Surfacing appointed to Highways England SE and Midlands Pavement Framework Eurovia Surfacing has been appointed onto the Highways England Pavement Framework after being named lead minor lot contractor for the South East and Midlands regions – covering more than a third of Highways England’s...
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New Holland to showcase Tractors, Combines, Foragers and Balers at FTMTA
New Holland to showcase Tractors, Combines, Foragers and Balers at FTMTA Visitors to the FTMTA Grass & Muck show in Ireland will be able to see demonstrations of a wide range of New Holland machinery including its latest tractors, foragers and balers as well as a selection of equipment from the...
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INTERMAT 2018 heralded a wave of innovation and new business
INTERMAT 2018 heralded a wave of innovation and new business The 2018 edition of the international exhibition for construction and infrastructure was a lively and vibrant event, confirming the growth perspectives of a sector driven by innovation and which has set its sights firmly on the future. 173...
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Construction equipment sales in the UK show nearly 6 percent growth in Q1 2018
Construction equipment sales in the UK show nearly 6% growth in Q1 2018 Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 5.7% in the first quarter of 2018, compared with the same period in 2017, according to the UK equipment statistics exchange.* This is an encouraging...
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Sacyr Foundation collaborates with NGOs to supply water in Makuyu, Kenya
Sacyr Foundation collaborates with NGOs to supply water in Makuyu, Kenya The Sacyr Foundation has signed an agreement to with two NGOs in Kenya for a project to install about 5.5 km of pipes, plus the manholes and necessary connections, to supply drinking water to the villages of Kaseve and Kitune (...
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Triple decker junction enters final stages in Tyneside
Triple decker junction enters final stages in Tyneside Work to reduce congestion by creating the North East’s first triple decker junction in North Tyneside is entering its final stage as work starts to complete the new underpass. The £75m Highways England scheme to lower the A19 under the A1058 Coa...
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Royal opening for London Bridge Station offers ‘Transformation in Passenger Experience’
Royal opening for London Bridge Station offers ‘Transformation in Passenger Experience’ The country’s fourth busiest railway station, London Bridge, was officially reopened on the 9th May by The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William following a £1 billion transformation by Network Rail nearly doubling i...
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Lindemann shredders boosted with Metso Shredder Drive Assistant
Lindemann shredders boosted with Metso Shredder Drive Assistant The innovative Metso Shredder Drive Assistant (SDA) represents state-of-the-art technology designed to boost the performance of modern shredder plants, directly impacting the profitability and sustainability of shredder operations. The...
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