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Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has been awarded a range of new highways contracts in the last quarter, totalling over Β£150 million. The projects awa...
Yanmar Compact Equipment Europe (CEE) has expanded its UK and Ireland construction equipment demo fleet, adding the class-leading B95W wheeled excavator to its portfolio...
The International Development Secretary, the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP has announced a new Commission to bring together leading experts to turbo-charge quality infrastructure...
A survey of 200 UK decision makers in construction, as part of a new industry report, reveals 2020 to be a pivotal year for the uptake of digitisation and digital solutio...
New research from comparethemarket.com has analysed various figures relating to the trade industry around the UK to find out where the best cities and towns are to be a t...
New research, commissioned by the Association for Project Management (APM) and conducted by PwC UK, has for the first time revealed the scale of the contribution the proj...
This yearβs National Homebuilding & Renovating Show will be held at the NEC in Birmingham from 28 to 31 March 2019. The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show is...
The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) believes that the lack of any mention of investment in the local road network in yesterdayβs Spring Statement undermines th...
Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 2% in 2018, after experiencing a fall in the last quarter of the year. Prior to the 8% red...
ALE has used its internal engineering expertise to create a special solution that could move a gantry crane, weighing 290t, over live rail lines in the safest way possibl...
Results from a survey of over 10,500 construction workers carried out by world leading recruiter Randstad, has revealed that one in three EU nationals have considered lea...
EU and British businesses of all sizes that import and export between the EU and the UK are urged to put plans in place for their customs declarations forms ahead of an a...
Since opening in December 2003, the M6toll has been a driving force in alleviating congestion and pollution in the Midlands, taking thousands of trucks, vans and cars off...
Drewitt Construction, a family-run business with over 140 years of history has branched out to offer construction services in the West Midlands. Headed up by Alex Drewitt...
New government statistics underline the pressures that the poorly maintained local road network is facing and the need for greater investment in maintenance to ensure tha...
With 190 exhibitors, including 36 companies making their Show debut, there is no better opportunity than the 2019 Executive Hire Show, for hirers to find the equipment th...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been appointed as the sole contractor to Scape Groupβs second generation civil enginee...
A seven-mile stretch of one of the UKβs most iconic and photographed roads is to be improved in a major scheme by Ringway Island Roads.Β The Military Road between Chale an...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today releases its latest paper in response to the first ever appraisal of the countryβs future infrastructure nee...
In nearly six months’ time, on 29 March 2019 at 11pm UK-time to be more exact, the UK is expected to leave the EU. The construction industry has already started to...
Network Rail engineers are fighting back against the effects of the hottest summer on record by repairing nine miles of track defects with almost 3,000 tonnes of stone to...
The UK Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report, which sets out a series of recommendations for the new immigration policy post-Brexit, would cripple the construction in...
Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 3.8% in the second quarter of 2018, compared with the same period in 2017, according to th...
Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), today welcomed moves by energy regulator Ofgem to prepare the UKβs electricity network for the...
A new-style Smart Police Camera will be on UK roads later this year. LASERcam 4, a mobile speed enforcement camera from Truvelo, will combine class-leading laser speedmet...
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has successfully completed the Β£63 million Rossall coastal defence scheme for Wyre Council...
The UK Construction (Retention Deposit Schemes) Bill 2017-19 (the βAldous Billβ) was introduced as a Private Membersβ Bill in January by Peter Aldous MP and is expected t...
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...
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.Β βIn t...
The A14 Integrated Delivery Team, which is delivering the UKβs biggest road project on behalf of Highways England, has pledged its commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant...
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...
Pedestrian, road safety and disability campaign groups as well as experts across the highways sector have responded to news that the Secretary of State plans to make pave...
The negative impact of decades of under-investment in road maintenance has been confirmed by the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey. The survey...
Article by Solicitors Kara Price and Sarah Wales from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson The construction sector is in the grips of a skills shortage which is limiting constr...
On the fourth annual National Pothole Day, the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has declared that decades of under-investment in maintaining the local road netw...
In the fourth quarter of 2017, retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market grew by 7.4% compared with the same period in 2016. This took total...
Suppliers from across the North West region have had the opportunity to understand how they can get involved in future Highways England construction contracts worth Β£500m...
Highways England today paved the way for the future technology which will keep road users as safe and informed as possible on the countryβs motorways. The Government comp...
The design and build scheme will feature a new grade separated junction with a roundabout spanning the motorway which will incorporate a new and existing bridge (pictured...
More than 20 million vehicles will hit the road this festive period resulting in significant delays, according to data from INRIX, the global leader in connected car serv...
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