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Africa’s Integrated Smarter Mobility Summit set for October in Gauteng Province
Africa’s Integrated Smarter Mobility Summit set for October in Gauteng Province With just under two months remaining until South Africa’s annual October Transport Month (OTM), a month full of celebration and assessing progress made in transport, the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport in...
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Autonomous Vehicle Competition hosted at Autonomous Vehicle Camp
Autonomous Vehicle Competition hosted at Autonomous Vehicle Camp When high school students attend the annual Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Camp at the Chicago office of the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, they have just a week to build a self-driving machine. The actual building only l...
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Protecting Electric Utilities from Cyber Threats
Protecting Electric Utilities from Cyber Threats A new cybersecurity technology that relies on the unique digital fingerprint of individual semiconductor chips could help protect the equipment of electrical utilities from malicious attacks that exploit software updates on devices controlling the cri...
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Granite wins $215m Tunnel Project in Akron Ohio
Granite wins $215m Tunnel Project in Akron Ohio Granite has been awarded an approximately $215 million contract by the city of Akron, Ohio to construct the Northside Interceptor Tunnel Project (NSIT) to aid in preventing combined sewer overflows from entering the Cuyahoga River during typical storms...
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Acrow Modular Steel Bridge a permanent replacement for Ontario Thessalon Bridge
Acrow Modular Steel Bridge a permanent replacement for Ontario Thessalon Bridge Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to note one of its long-span modular steel Delta™ bridges was recently installed as a permanent replacement for the aging single-lan...
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Turner Construction to pilot Volvo EC230 Electric Excavator
Turner Construction to pilot Volvo EC230 Electric Excavator Turner Construction Company is conducting a pilot of the 23-ton EC230 Electric excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment on a project in the heart of Silicon Valley. The EC230 Electric is the first medium-size in-house-designed electric e...
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Ritchie Bros. Moerdijk Live Xperience Auction set for October
Ritchie Bros. Moerdijk Live Xperience Auction set for October Ritchie Bros., the global leader in asset management and disposition, is proud to announce its upcoming industry event, the ‘Moerdijk Live Xperience’, slated to take place in Moerdijk, The Netherlands, from October 10–12, 2023. The center...
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Graphene Nanoribbon to unlock carbon-based Quantum Technology
Graphene Nanoribbon to unlock carbon-based Quantum Technology Quantum technology is promising, but also perplexing. In the coming decades, it is expected to provide us with various technological breakthroughs: smaller and more precise sensors, highly secure communication networks, and powerful compu...
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McGovern Plant Hire invests in new Hitachi Fleet with CTFleet Link and Xwatch Telematics
McGovern Plant Hire invests in new Hitachi Fleet with CTFleet Link and Xwatch Telematics McGovern Plant Hire have invested significantly in Hitachi Construction Machinery with machines ranging from ZX33U-6’s up to ZX225US-7’s equipped with HCMUK’s mixed fleet telematics system CTFleet Link® and Xwat...
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Caterpillar Venture Capital funding Novarc Technologies AI-powered Robotic Welding
Caterpillar Venture Capital funding Novarc Technologies AI-powered Robotic Welding Novarc Technologies Inc., a leading provider of advanced robotics solutions, announced today the company has successfully completed a Series A fundraising round with Caterpillar Venture Capital Inc., a wholly-owned su...
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Blyncsy acquired by Bentley Systems’ iTwin Ventures
Blyncsy acquired by Bentley Systems’ iTwin Ventures Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the acquisition of Blyncsy provider of breakthrough artificial intelligence services for departments of transportation to support operations and m...
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Water Supply Pipeline Safety revolutionized with Environmentally-Friendly Sensors
Water Supply Pipeline Safety revolutionized with Environmentally-Friendly Sensors The Intelligent Wave Engineering Team of the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) and the Electro Ceramics Laboratory of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Korea University (KU,...
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OCL Regeneration acquired by Aggregate Industries
OCL Regeneration acquired by Aggregate Industries Building materials supplier Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, has acquired OCL Regeneration Limited, a leading provider of highways waste recycling solutions. The acquisition of the Kent-headquartered business will further strengthe...
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Collins Earthworks celebrates new customised Volvo EWR170E Wheeled Excavator
Collins Earthworks celebrates new customised Volvo EWR170E Wheeled Excavator Featuring a carefully selected list of unique specifications, Collins Earthworks’ new EWR170E brings a broad range of benefits and enhanced capabilities for Will Goldstone on key project sites. Tasked with carrying out civi...
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Designing corrosion-resistant alloys with AI
Designing corrosion-resistant alloys with AI In a world where annual economic losses from corrosion surpass 2.5 trillion US Dollars, the quest for corrosion-resistant alloys and protective coatings is unbroken. Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly pivotal role in designing new all...
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World Bank $275m initiative to Elevate Transport and Trade in Nepal
World Bank $275m initiative to Elevate Transport and Trade in Nepal The Government of Nepal, in partnership with the World Bank, has ushered in a new era of development with the unveiling of the Accelerating Nepal’s Regional Transport and Trade Connectivity (ACCESS) Project. Pioneering a transformat...
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EU funded Road Rehabilitation in Somalia revitalizes Trade Route
EU funded Road Rehabilitation in Somalia revitalizes Trade Route Somalia’s path to economic development has received a significant boost with the successful revitalization of a crucial trade route between Galkacyo and Garowe in Puntland State. The road, a lifeline for the movement of goods, se...
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How to Re-enter the Tech Workforce after Layoffs
How to Re-enter the Tech Workforce after Layoffs Re-entering the tech workforce after experiencing layoffs is a journey that demands strategic planning, resilience, and a proactive approach. The dynamic nature of the tech industry requires individuals to adapt, upskill, and reposition themselves to...
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Cones and High-Speed Rail educates children on HS2
Cones and High-Speed Rail educates children on HS2 The Cones Team have done it again! Working with Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial and BAM, a new Cones book has just been published, which tells children about the building of a section of HS2 around the Chipping Warden area. Two years in the making, Cones...
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Building Bacteria could grow Sand-based Construction Materials
Building Bacteria could grow Sand-based Construction Materials Researchers have successfully grown bacterial cells in potential sand-based construction materials, as detailed in a paper published by Research Directions: Biotechnology Design, a new journal from Cambridge University Press. This achiev...
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Aeva enables safe Autonomous Train Technology for Railergy
Aeva enables safe Autonomous Train Technology for Railergy Aeva, a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced that Railergy, a leading supplier of railway system automation solutions, has selected Aeva’s Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) 4D LiDAR™ techn...
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CDE unveils largest Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Plant in Canada
CDE unveils largest Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Plant in Canada Later this year, washing experts CDE, in partnership with concrete, asphalt and aggregate recycling firm Calgary Aggregate Recycling Inc. (CAR), will host an open house event to showcase the company’s largest constructio...
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Big Foot meets an ATLAS Excavator
Big Foot meets an ATLAS Excavator When it comes to the substrate, it’s a “real softie”, when it comes to stability, it’s a rock. This pretty much sums up the Big Foot, the ATLAS 140W mobile excavator with 16 t service weight and 20 km/h travel speed (optionally up to 36 km/h)...
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National Highways trials 3D-Printed Headwall on A30 road upgrade
National Highways trials 3D-Printed Headwall on A30 road upgrade The first-ever 3D-printed concrete headwall is being trialled as part of the construction process on National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in Cornwall. Headwall structures are traditionally made from precast concret...
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Liebherr and Leica Geosystems expand Excavator Machine Control range
Liebherr and Leica Geosystems expand Excavator Machine Control range Liebherr, in cooperation with Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, offers various machine control systems for hydraulic excavators ex works. Machine control systems are driver assistance systems that make construction projects and pr...
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INTERMAT 2024 to showcase dynamic Zero Carbon solutions and technologies
INTERMAT 2024 to showcase dynamic Zero Carbon solutions and technologies The next edition of INTERMAT, the sustainable construction solutions and technology exhibition, will take place from 24 to 27 April 2024 at Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre. The biggest international manufacturers have a...
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200 Built Environment Companies lead the way for a Sustainable Future
200 Built Environment Companies lead the way for a Sustainable Future The built environment industry has today reached a major milestone with 200 companies leading the way for a sustainable future, including the launch of a ‘Future Workforce’ initiative, aimed at developing the sustainability knowle...
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Volvo CE reports record earnings for Q2 2023
Volvo CE reports record earnings for Q2 2023 Volvo Construction Equipment proves it is performing today while transforming for tomorrow with record earnings for the second quarter 2023, alongside its continued investment into sustainable change. Sales of machines and services rose across all markets...
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New Temporary Traffic Management Products launched at LCRIG Innovation Festival
New Temporary Traffic Management Products launched at LCRIG Innovation Festival Innovation and solar experts Solar Gates UK launched two new products at the LCRIG Innovation Festival last week. The two innovative temporary traffic control solutions; INSTABOOM Go and INSTABOOM Flagger are both design...
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CDE AquaCycle Quarry Water Management solution boosts savings and new revenue
CDE AquaCycle Quarry Water Management solution boosts savings and new revenue For nearly 40 years, family-owned business Campbell Contracts has been extracting sand and gravel from its Letterbailey quarry in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. More recently, in response to market demand, the company...
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HP SitePrint Robot now available in North America, UK and Ireland
HP SitePrint Robot now available in North America, UK and Ireland HP Inc., announced full availability of HP SitePrint in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland following a successful Early Access Program with some of the biggest names in construction. HP SitePrint is a robotic solution that prints the most...
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Cemex expands Vertua Range for more Sustainable Asphalt Solutions
Cemex expands Vertua Range for more Sustainable Asphalt Solutions Cemex’s VIALOW, VIAFLOW®, and VIACOURT® asphalt, plus newer products that use a lower carbon bitumen, now form a new series of high-performance asphalt solutions which have been stringently classified to join the Vertua® product famil...
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The truth behind UK Construction Waste Compliance
The truth behind UK Construction Waste Compliance Qflow, a climate-focused construction tech company, released a comprehensive report analysing the state of waste management in the construction industry. This industry-first report analyses over 90,000 legally required Waste Transfer Notes (WTNs) fro...
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Are Electric Vehicles too heavy for multi-storey Car Parks?
Are Electric Vehicles too heavy for multi-storey Car Parks? In June 2023, the Institution of Structural Engineers published a report suggesting that the weight of our cars is too much for many multi-storeys built in the 60s and 70s. Known for being heavier, EVs have been the first to be blamed ─ but...
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Derbyshire Gully Sensors monitor Water Levels and Flooding
Derbyshire Gully Sensors monitor Water Levels and Flooding Derbyshire Gully Sensors are an innovative solution designed to effectively monitor water levels within gully pots, particularly in regions prone to flooding. In April 2023, a collaborative venture with Derbyshire County Council (DCC) spearh...
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Arup wins five year contract on ADEPT Live Labs Decarbonising Roads programme
Arup wins five year contract on ADEPT Live Labs Decarbonising Roads programme In an important milestone for the £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme, a five year contract to provide monitoring and evaluation services has been awarded to Arup. Developed by the Associatio...
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Cemex Ventures boosts investment in Carbon Upcycling
Cemex Ventures boosts investment in Carbon Upcycling Cemex announced today that Cemex Ventures, its corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, has increased its stake in Carbon Upcycling. Carbon Upcycling’s patented technology injects CO2 into industrial by-products and natural minerals to...
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Automotive World China 2023 to unite Global Carmakers
Automotive World China 2023 to unite Global Carmakers Shenzhen, the innovation hub of China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, is making bold moves in building a “next generation world-class automobile city.” As one of the most competitive and promising cities in the global ne...
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Carmac expands Excavator Fleet to keep pace with Housebuilding Sector demand
Carmac expands Excavator Fleet to keep pace with Housebuilding Sector demand Carmac Building and Civil Engineering Ltd has bought seven of the latest Zaxis-7 models from Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK) and has 26 Hitachi medium excavators in total: 13 ZX130s; seven ZX210s; three ZX160s; an...
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Tackling Skin Problems in the Construction Industry
Tackling Skin Problems in the Construction Industry If you work in the construction industry, chances are you’re on your feet all day and constantly using your hands. But you might not always take the time to look after your skin. Your work will often expose your skin to potentially harmful chemical...
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Aggregate Industries takes pole position after resurfacing Donington Park
Aggregate Industries takes pole position after resurfacing Donington Park Donington Park is one of the world’s most iconic race venues, hosting some of motorsport’s most prestigious national and international events. Since being acquired by MotorSport Vision Ltd., in 2017, significant investment has...
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UK Construction outlook remains flat while infrastructure remains strong
UK Construction outlook remains flat while infrastructure remains strong The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Construction Monitor Q2 2023 portrays a mixed picture when it comes to industry trends. The headline construction workload reading tilted downward a touch to -1% from +3% i...
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Costain accelerates ESG ambitions with £85m revolving credit
Costain accelerates ESG ambitions with £85m revolving credit Costain Group, the infrastructure solutions company, is accelerating its ESG ambitions after securing an £85 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility coordinated by HSBC UK and Lloyds Bank. Crédit Industriel et Commercial an...
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WRC grabs new JCB JS20MH Materials Handler for new Recycling Facility
WRC grabs new JCB JS20MH Materials Handler for new Recycling Facility A leading Scottish recycling firm is using a new JCB JS20MH materials handler to process construction and demolition waste. Renfrewshire-based WRC Recycling purchased the machine as part of a major investment in equipment to work...
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Messagemaker launches new range of Vehicle Activated Warning Signs
Messagemaker launches new range of Vehicle Activated Warning Signs Messagemaker Displays, a leading supplier of LED traffic solutions, has launched its new range of Vehicle Activated Warning (VAW) signs. With a Standard, Reflective and Matrix model included – all options offer a low maintenance and...
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VolvoCE Electric Machinery in action at the biggest Utility Expo Booth ever
VolvoCE Electric Machinery in action at the biggest Utility Expo Booth ever Volvo Construction Equipment will showcase its lineup of electric machines — in action — along with conventional favorites and popular services like Dig Assist and Load Assist in booth K345 at The Utility Expo, Sept. 26–28 i...
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GHD and Costain partnership to deliver strategic advice to UK Government
GHD and Costain partnership to deliver strategic advice to UK Government Leading professional services organisation GHD, in partnership with Costain, has been selected by the Department for Transport (DfT) as a prime supplier on the department’s latest Specialist Technical and Commercial Advice for...
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Cemex and Synhelion shed light on fully Solar-powered Cement Plant Technology
Cemex and Synhelion shed light on fully Solar-powered Cement Plant Technology Cemex and Synhelion announced today a significant milestone in their joint effort to develop fully solar-driven cement production: the scaling of their technology to industrially-viable levels. This includes the continuous...
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Durable Fuel-Cells with novel proton-conductive membranes
Durable Fuel-Cells with novel proton-conductive membranes Fuel cells are compact energy conversion units that utilize clean energy sources like hydrogen and convert them into electricity through a series of oxidation–reduction reactions. Specifically, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), an...
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Amprius announces Ultra-High-Power-High-Energy Lithium-ion Batteries
Amprius announces Ultra-High-Power-High-Energy Lithium-ion Batteries Amprius Technologies, Inc., a leader in next-generation lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform, is continuing to pioneer innovative battery technology with its newest ultra-high-power-high-energy lithium-ion battery....
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indie Semiconductor and SiLC Technologies to deliver FMCW LiDAR Solution
indie Semiconductor and SiLC Technologies to deliver FMCW LiDAR Solution indie Semiconductor, an Autotech solutions innovator, and SiLC Technologies, Inc., a leader in silicon photonics innovation, have entered into a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) partnership that enables coherent detection-ba...
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Keeping British Roads safe doesn’t need to cost the Earth
Keeping British Roads safe doesn’t need to cost the Earth Local authorities have a statutory responsibility to ensure that their road networks are in a safe and serviceable condition. At the same time, there is mounting pressure on local authority Highway Engineers and Asset Managers to: optim...
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Harwinn Agricultural and Construction evolves with a Develon DX100W-7 Excavator
Harwinn Agricultural and Construction evolves with a Develon DX100W-7 Excavator When he had to change the nature of his business for health reasons, David Hardgrave of Harwinn Agricultural and Construction Services Ltd, based in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, chose to build the next phase of h...
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Quantifying Coal Burst and catastrophic Dynamic Rock Failure
Quantifying Coal Burst and catastrophic Dynamic Rock Failure Catastrophic dynamic rock failure, commonly known as rock or coal burst, presents one of the most challenging problems in civil tunnelling and mining. This phenomenon is typically triggered by a volatile and uncontrolled energy release fro...
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Wirtgen announces new generation of Streumaster Binding Agent Spreaders
Wirtgen announces new generation of Streumaster Binding Agent Spreaders The new models of the MC and TC series set benchmark standards when it comes to filling, material conveying, spreading accuracy and operator-friendliness Designed and constructed as trailers or for mounting on a carrier vehicle,...
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Iteris wins two contracts in Midwest US for Regional Smart Mobility Initiatives
Iteris wins two contracts in Midwest US for Regional Smart Mobility Initiatives Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded contracts for smart mobility, safety and sustainability projects by two agenci...
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3rd Gen of Mojave near-field, Software-definable Flash LiDAR announced by PreAct
3rd Gen of Mojave near-field, Software-definable Flash LiDAR announced by PreAct PreAct Technologies (PreAct), an Oregon-based developer of near-field flash LiDAR technology, today announced the release of its Mojave LiDAR as a high-performance, low-cost sensor solution to address a variety of appli...
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Tide Bank upgrades helps SME’s simplify Accounting in the UK
Tide Bank upgrades helps SME’s simplify Accounting in the UK Tide, the leading digital business financial platform, has today launched its improved Tide Accounting tool, powered by Sage, to help more small businesses meet their accounting needs directly from one place – their bank accoun...
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VolvoCE’s largest Excavator in Japan digs in at Fukushima Solar Energy Site
VolvoCE’s largest Excavator in Japan digs in at Fukushima Solar Energy Site Volvo Construction Equipment has marked a major milestone in Japan, delivering its largest excavator ever sold in the country. The EC750EL belongs to rental company EPR, which received an A45G articulated hauler simult...
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Revolutionary Mud Monitoring, Detection and Alerting system developed by OCS
Revolutionary Mud Monitoring, Detection and Alerting system developed by OCS OCS and Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture (SCS JV) have developed MudCam, a revolutionary monitoring, detection and alerting system that continuously monitors areas of mud build-up. MudCam addresses legislative and safe...
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