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Volvo invests in software company Optibus for sustainable bus operations
Volvo invests in software company Optibus for sustainable bus operations Volvo Group Venture Capital AB invests in Optibus Ltd, that develops and provides optimization software for public transportation planning and management. The investment highlights the companies’ shared commitment to sustainabl...
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CIFA to promote the Sustainable Jobsite at Bauma 2022
CIFA to promote the Sustainable Jobsite at Bauma 2022 CIFA is on show at Bauma 2022 at the stand of its parent company Zoomlion, and at a stand dedicated to the “Underground” world with a range of tunnelling and mining machinery. The company’s latest innovations will be on display...
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The Trevi Group celebrates important global contracts worth €174m
The Trevi Group celebrates important global contracts worth €174m Trevi S.p.A, the division of the TREVI Group specialised in deep foundations and geotechnical works, continuing the positive trend of 2021 and the first three months of 2022, in the second quarter of 2022 also won new and important or...
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Wrekin explores Construction Delays and Manhole Safety
Wrekin explores Construction Delays and Manhole Safety Wrekin Products has launched a manhole cover reducer ring to aid compliance with Part H of the Building Regulations. A reducer ring provides a second line of defence against chambers being accessed by unauthorised people or potential falls if ac...
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Mecalac reveals new Compact Loader range
Mecalac reveals new Compact Loader range The decision to expand Mecalac’s position in the compact loader market is born from increasing demand for small, multipurpose, articulated loaders in the agricultural, rental and construction sectors. Among other things, these units are gradually replacing ot...
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SMT GB celebrates 1,000th Volvo Machine sale to Chepstow Plant
SMT GB celebrates 1,000th Volvo Machine sale to Chepstow Plant The 1,000-machine milestone stems from a 20-year relationship of open communication and reciprocity to improve safety and environmental standards for the entire industry. In 2002, Chepstow Plant International placed its first package ord...
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Yunex Traffic wins major traffic signal maintenance contract in Bristol
Yunex Traffic wins major traffic signal maintenance contract in Bristol Yunex Traffic has been awarded a five-year contract by Bristol City Council for the supply, installation and maintenance of traffic signal and control equipment. With an option to extend to up to nine years, the company’s work w...
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Optimising locations for EV charging stations
Optimising locations for EV charging stations With sales of electric vehicles increasing, the availability of charge points remains a barrier to EV adoption. Property consultancy Carter Jonas is applying the latest geospatial analysis techniques to help the property sector understand opportunities i...
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EN16803 European Geolocation Standard to Certify Mobility Solutions
EN16803 European Geolocation Standard to Certify Mobility Solutions In a perfect world, the positions calculated by trilateration using the signals transmitted by the satellites would always be accurate to within a few centimetres. Unfortunately, in addition to the intrinsic quality of the receivers...
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Thornton Tomasetti propels futuristic transport with HyperloopTT investment
Thornton Tomasetti propels futuristic transport with HyperloopTT investment HyperloopTT has announced a financial investment from Thornton Tomasetti, a leading global scientific and engineering consulting firm that provides specialized safety, security and risk management services. HyperloopTT and T...
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New energy-packed Lithium-Ion Batteries perform in extreme temperatures
New energy-packed Lithium-Ion Batteries perform in extreme temperatures Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed lithium-ion batteries that perform well at freezing cold and scorching hot temperatures, while packing a lot of energy. The researchers accomplished this feat by...
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Light could turn Methane into Methanol
Light could turn Methane into Methanol An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas, into liquid methanol at ambient temperature and pressure. The method takes place under con...
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Collapsed Railway Bridge in Japan inspires Flood-Resistant Designs
Collapsed Railway Bridge in Japan inspires Flood-Resistant Designs Before record rainfall in July of 2018, the Misasa Railroad Bridge spanned a small river some nine miles inland from Japan’s western coast. Unprecedented flooding collapsed the bridge, an infrastructure failure that will continue to...
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New research exploring Ultra-Conductive Aluminium to replace Copper
New research exploring Ultra-Conductive Aluminium to replace Copper In the world of electricity, copper is king—for now. That could change with new research from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) that is serving up a recipe to increase the conductivity of aluminium, making it economically...
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Ensure structural safety in construction
Ensure structural safety in construction Renovating a home before the relocation is a good idea to turn it into the home of your dreams. But this is not the time when one has to hang up with the interiors and amenities only, you have to ensure that the structural design is strong enough. Structural...
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Creating a Secure Supply Chain
Creating a Secure Supply Chain For many businesses, the supply chain is essential and operating a secure supply chain is critical to success. Without measures in place to secure your supply chain, your organisation is at risk. The security of your supply chain is an integral part of supply chain man...
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Komatsu announces new large PC950-11 Hydraulic Excavator
Komatsu announces new large PC950-11 Hydraulic Excavator Komatsu has incorporated the latest technology in their newly launched large hydraulic excavator PC950-11, which meets the 2014 emissions standards. The model also complies with the latest regional emission regulations, and is scheduled to be...
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What trucking companies do to keep up with sustainability pressure
What trucking companies do to keep up with sustainability pressure Trucking companies aren’t exempt from today’s environmental debate. From governments, targets for net zero and reduced emissions, such as Europe’s Fit for 55, the UK’s Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, and USA’s aim...
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Mathers’ St-Eustache Quarry and Asphalt Operations acquired by Lafarge Canada
Mathers’ St-Eustache Quarry and Asphalt Operations acquired by Lafarge Canada Lafarge Canada is proud to announce today the acquisition of the Mathers’ St-Eustache Quarry (Carrière St-Eustache Ltée) and Asphalt (Pavage St-Eustache Ltée) operations (QC). The investment will further complement L...
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How to Maintain your Car Battery
How to Maintain your Car Battery Whether you’ve just invested in a brand-new car or you’re trying to keep car repair costs down with living costs rising, maintaining your car battery is a crucial aspect of car ownership. But if you’re no mechanic, knowing how to keep your car battery ticking along c...
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CDE commissioning their largest UK Construction and Demolition Recycling Plant
CDE commissioning their largest UK Construction and Demolition Recycling Plant CDE, a leading supplier of sand and aggregate wet processing solutions for the waste recycling and natural processing sectors, is to commission its largest waste recycling plant in the UK for Peel NRE, part of regeneratio...
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MIT researchers help Robots to find and retrieve buried objects
MIT researchers help Robots to find and retrieve buried objects Finding a lost wallet buried under a pile of items is pretty straightforward — we simply remove things from the pile until we find the wallet. But for a robot, this task involves complex reasoning about the pile and objects in it, which...
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Motive and Navistar equipping Fleet Operators with robust Telematics insights
Motive and Navistar equipping Fleet Operators with robust Telematics insights Motive, the leader in Automated Operations, and Navistar, a manufacturer and solutions provider to the medium, heavy and severe service trucks industry, announced today a strategic partnership and future product integratio...
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Sensata Technologies develops Bluetooth Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
Sensata Technologies develops Bluetooth Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems Sensata Technologies, today announced it has developed a new Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) for vehicle OEMs to help improve vehicle safety and performance. Interest in BLE TPMS is on the ris...
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Allison eGen Power 100D Electric Axle integrated into Emergency Vehicles
Allison eGen Power 100D Electric Axle integrated into Emergency Vehicles Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, announced that Emergency One, the UK’s largest manufacturer o...
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The challenges of Road Maintenance
The challenges of Road Maintenance According to the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey by the Asphalt Industry Alliance, 1.7 million potholes were filled in 2021 — that’s equivalent to one every 19 seconds. With 18 per cent of the UK road network now defined as structurally poor,...
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Idaho National Laboratory testing Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Idaho National Laboratory testing Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Imagine a future when electric vehicles can travel thousands of miles on a single charge, and cargo ships and passenger planes run on batteries instead of fossil fuels. To make these technological leaps a reality, researchers are working to...
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Potential mine hazards monitored with Seismic Noise Analysis
Potential mine hazards monitored with Seismic Noise Analysis An active underground mine can be a seismically noisy environment, full of signals generated by heavy machinery at work and induced seismicity. Now, researchers working with data from a longwall coal mine demonstrate a way to extract and s...
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New research uncovers low-energy light can bend plastic
New research uncovers low-energy light can bend plastic A team of Florida State University researchers has uncovered a way to use low-energy light to manipulate photopolymers or plastic films — a finding that has implications for a wide range of technologies that use light as an energy source to cre...
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Your checklist for servicing your vehicles yourself
Your checklist for servicing your vehicles yourself The cost of living is continuing to rise rapidly in the UK and businesses are tightening their purse-strings to scrimp and save wherever possible. While there are plenty of ways to slash costs, many of these methods mean cutting the things we enjoy...
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Ferrovial wins €119m North Dallas Tollway expansion in Texas
Ferrovial wins €119m North Dallas Tollway expansion in Texas Ferrovial, through Webber, its US construction subsidiary, has been awarded the contract to widen a 15-kilometre section of the Dallas North Tollway, in Texas. The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) has selected the company to execute th...
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Cintec Anchoring System helps restore Terra-Cotta Columns in New York
Cintec Anchoring System helps restore Terra-Cotta Columns in New York The Helmsley Building, 230 Park Avenue, NYC is a “recognized iconic asset” to the New York City Skyline. Located in midtown Manhattan, the building was built as a Beaux-arts style building in 1929, and the property strategically s...
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Wickes partners global product sourcing platform RangeMe
Wickes partners global product sourcing platform RangeMe Home improvement business Wickes has today partnered with RangeMe to support their product buying teams, ensuring they have access to the most relevant products their customers demand. This partnership presents Wickes with innovation and scale...
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Komatsu and Cummins collaborate to advance Zero Emissions Mining Haul Trucks
Komatsu and Cummins collaborate to advance Zero Emissions Mining Haul Trucks Today, Cummins and Komatsu signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of zero-emissions haulage equipment. Building on a legacy of diesel engine partnership across a wide variety of mining and co...
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UK Government creating Investigation Branch focused on Road Safety
UK Government creating Investigation Branch focused on Road Safety The Government will recruit a specialised team of inspectors to join the country’s first ever Road Safety Investigation Branch, looking at how and why incidents happen and to provide real insight into how new technologies – such as s...
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Velodyne Lidar signs 3D Sensor agreement with Boston Dynamics
Velodyne Lidar signs 3D Sensor agreement with Boston Dynamics Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced a multi-year agreement for its lidar sensors with Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics. Boston Dynamics selected Velodyne’s sensors to provide perception and navigation capabilities fo...
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Natural Gas Hypertruck ERX Powertrain heading for North America
Natural Gas Hypertruck ERX Powertrain heading for North America Hyliion Holdings Corp., a leader in electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks, and Cummins Inc., a global power solutions provider, today announced the two companies are joining forces to optimize the Cummins natural gas...
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How to Dispose of Car Accessories
How to Dispose of Car Accessories If your car is nearing the end of its life, then you might be tempted to simply take it to a scrap yard and invest in something new. If you’re concerned about minimising waste, however, it’s usually a good idea to harvest the vehicle for key components and materials...
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Tadano set to deliver innovation and cutting-edge products at bauma 2022
Tadano set to deliver innovation and cutting-edge products at bauma 2022 In the run-up to bauma 2022, Tadano announced a broad innovation campaign with cutting-edge products and offerings, awakening tremendous interest among customers and partners. “We’ll be taking advantage of this year’s bauma to...
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Biobattery Technology uses Bacterial Interactions to Generate Power
Biobattery Technology uses Bacterial Interactions to Generate Power Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a “plug-and-play” biobattery that lasts for weeks at a time and can be stacked to improve output voltage and current. As our tech needs grow and the I...
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Steel Decarbonisation needs more high-grade Iron Ore
Steel Decarbonisation needs more high-grade Iron Ore Decarbonising the steel industry will require an increase in high grade iron ore production and improved beneficiation techniques, finds a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). To reach net zero emissio...
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New GeoPlace report reveals how authorities can derive 6:1 ROI from their own data
New GeoPlace report reveals how authorities can derive 6:1 ROI from their own data A new report shows that widespread adoption and use of address and street data in local authorities could generate £384m savings over the period 2022-2026, with an enhanced return on investment of 6:1. The report, com...
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FORO helps Indiana DoT save time and money with AI
FORO helps Indiana DoT save time and money with AI FORO of Atlanta, GA and their AI powered Data and Decision Analysis Solution (DDA) for DOTs gains traction. What started in Indiana at the Crossroads of America in 2019 was well-received by recent AASHTO attendees seeking new and innovative ways to...
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Komatsu opens new Manufacturing Facility in Milwaukee
Komatsu opens new Manufacturing Facility in Milwaukee Komatsu marked the official opening of the company’s new Milwaukee campus with a tree planting ceremony attended by both Komatsu President and CEO Hiroyuki Ogawa and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. The new 58-acre campus located in Milwaukee’s Har...
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ARC Industry Forum Asia focusing on Digital Transformation and Sustainability
ARC Industry Forum Asia focusing on Digital Transformation and Sustainability The annual ARC Industry Forum Asia titled Accelerating Industrial Digital Transformation and Sustainability, from July 12-14, 2022, is once again going digital! The world as we knew it has changed and new business models h...
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JW Speaker introduces 5-in-1 Model 93 LED Headlight
JW Speaker introduces 5-in-1 Model 93 LED Headlight J.W. Speaker Corporation has introduced the Model 93 5-in-1 functional, drop-in replacement headlight for buses, RVs, tractors, motorcycles, specialty vehicles and more. The new LED light replaces standard 90mm headlights and integrates easily into...
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Combatting Construction Theft
Combatting Construction Theft The last few years proved challenging for professionals in the construction industry. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted virtually every industry, but the construction sector was particularly vulnerable because of its inherent sensitivity to economic...
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SRL Traffic Systems launches new Technical and Innovation Centre
SRL Traffic Systems launches new Technical and Innovation Centre The UK and RoI’s largest manufacturer and supplier of mobile intelligent transport system (ITS) products and integrated solutions, SRL, has launched a Technical and Innovation Centre, in an investment designed to promote the ongoing de...
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Metso Outotec boosts sustainability with Planet Positive Filtration Plant
Metso Outotec boosts sustainability with Planet Positive Filtration Plant Metso Outotec is launching a comprehensive Filtration Plant Units offering to maximize operational reliability in different types of dewatering applications where superior process performance combined with energy and water eff...
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Supply Chain Connectivity to drive Asset Tracking market to $45 Billion by 2027
Supply Chain Connectivity to drive Asset Tracking market to $45 Billion by 2027 A new whitepaper by Juniper Research has found that global spend on asset tracking by enterprises will increase from $16 billion in 2022 to $45 billion in 2027 – a substantial growth of 184%. Asset tracking in this conte...
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VolvoCE installs Charging Stations in Eskilstuna to minimise emissions
VolvoCE installs Charging Stations in Eskilstuna to minimise emissions 138 electric vehicles will soon be able to charge simultaneously at Volvo Construction Equipment’s (VolvoCE) plant in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The installation, which is being carried out in partnership with Vattenfall InCharge,...
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Doosan celebrates a successful Hillhead 2022
Doosan celebrates a successful Hillhead 2022 Doosan took the opportunity to demonstrate and display the very latest products from the company for the quarrying, mining and construction industries for the first time at the Hillhead 2022 exhibition. On display on the Doosan stand was the new version o...
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Haulier in South Africa solves fuel issues with SulNOx
Haulier in South Africa solves fuel issues with SulNOx A South African fleet operator has seen its business transformed after adopting UK fuel technology which has dramatically improved the efficiency of its vehicles. Johannesburg-based Zanospan was having issues with a large number of trucks return...
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Wirtgen Group to explore The Future in Roadbuilding at bauma 2022
Wirtgen Group to explore The Future in Roadbuilding at bauma 2022 At bauma 2022 in Munich, the Wirtgen Group will be presenting sustainable, and therefore pioneering solutions for the road construction industry and is once more demonstrating its outstanding powers of innovation. The industry’s trend...
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Meet the Viking ride-on Floor Preparation Scraper
Meet the Viking ride-in Floor Preparation Scraper To provide contractors with efficient floor preparation equipment for outdoor applications, surface preparation expert National Flooring Equipment has released the Viking. This will be the most powerful ride-in scraper in National Flooring Equipment’...
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How Ground Penetration Radar works
How Ground Penetration Radar works Considering the vast scrutiny of unsustainable initiatives at the forefront of the media, and the need to preserve the structural integrity of our planet’s surface, it seems strange that ground penetration radar (GPR) is still vastly overlooked as a geotechnical ma...
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CCW 2022 honours Hytera with International Critical Communications Awards
CCW 2022 honours Hytera with International Critical Communications Awards Hytera was proud to announce that its Hytera HyTalk MC Solution for Sri Lanka Railway (SLR) won the Best Use of Critical Communications in Transport at the 2022 International Critical Communications Awards (ICCA) held on June...
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Commercial Garage Door Repair – find the right Contractor?
Commercial Garage Door Repair – find the right Contractor? If you’re looking for a reliable and experienced company to provide commercial garage door repair services, you need to check so much information to pick the right contractor. A team of garage door experts with years of experience in t...
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Manitou launches new range of Articulated Loaders
Manitou launches new range of Articulated Loaders Manitou Group, worldwide reference in handling, aerial lift platforms and earthmoving, presents its new range of articulated loaders at a dedicated event. The Group’s aim is to offer a very wide range of products to meet the needs of all its us...
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Hitachi UK raises £25,000 for The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity
Hitachi UK raises £25,000 for The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity Hitachi Construction Machinery UK, a leading name in the construction, quarrying and demolition equipment market, has raised £25,000 for the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity after auctioning a vintage UH063 machine th...
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