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Two new research projects that aim to reduce CO2 emissions have been selected to receive funding from the Construction Climate Challenge initiative, hosted by Volvo Construction Equipment.

The Construction Climate Challenge initiative (CCC), which promotes sustainability throughout the entire construction industry, has awarded funding to two innovative research projects that intend to reduce climate impact in construction. The chosen projects are the Implementation of Procurement Requirements for Susta

Volvo Construction Equipment has signed a deal for the supply of 100 machines to Chepstow Plant International for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving fleet.

Equipment joining the fleet includes the latest in Volvo ADTs from A25G to A40G; wheeled loaders from L45H to L250H, and excavators from EC220E up to the new EC750E.

“Premium brand equipment helps us and our customers in many ways,” says John Corcoran, managing director of Chepstow Plant International,. “It rewards with safety, uptime, fuel e

Topcon Positioning Group, a world leader in positioning instruments for survey and construction, and Bentley Systems, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced their joint intentions to connect cloud services for constructioneering.

During their keynote presentations at The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference in London, the companies’ CEOs presented new construction workflows designed to increase efficiency and productivity with enhanc

Plans are well in hand for the construction of the 3D printed excavator that will be unveiled at the at CONEXPO-CON/AG & IFPE exhibition in March 2017. Those behind the project will be participating in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) event on Reddit on Thursday Nov 10th, 2016. Two of the key team members of the project to construct the 3D-printed excavator will field questions from the Reddit community. They are, Lonnie Love, PhD and Cab design team representative and Andy Peterman, member of the student engineeri

A new educational factsheet exploring the importance of effective water management in quarries is now available from the UK-based Institute of Quarrying (IQ).

The IQ Water Management Factsheet has been developed in partnership with environmental water specialists Hafren Water. It aims to raise knowledge and awareness of water safety management and related environmental issues for professionals working within the quarrying and minerals extractives industries.

Chris Leake, Senior Hydrogeologist at Hafre

Global crushing and screening heavyweight McCloskey International has launched McCloskey Washing Systems (MWS), a new business division focused on washing and classifying across multiple applications. MWS will design and manufacture a full range of mobile, modular and static material and mineral washing equipment.

Speaking ahead of the launch, Paschal McCloskey, McCloskey International’s president and CEO, said: “Our customers are always looking for more modern, flexible and cost-effective solutions. Our

Tarmac has awarded a new strategic national rail off-loading contract to specialist company Rail Freight Services for grab off-loading of materials arriving at sites around the UK.

The four-year agreement is part of the leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions company’s ongoing commitment to enhance its rail freight network to support delivery of the UK’s infrastructure ambitions.

Rail freight is a key part of Tarmac’s logistics portfolio, helping to lower the whole life carbo

Students at the JCB Academy have created a novel roll of honour for the fallen of the two world wars to launch the 2016 Staffordshire poppy appeal.

The youngsters have been researching the heroic exploits of servicemen who died in the two conflicts – many of whom were members of their own families.

Now their study has led to the names of the fallen and some who served and survived being honoured in a moving and striking display at the JCB Academy. The names have been laser cut on to red acrylic- sha

Terex Finlay, recently hosted an Americas customer open day in San Antonio, Texas.

In addition to US, South American and Canadian based visitors there was also an international flavour with customers and dealers in attendance from Ireland and Russia.

The event and product demonstration were hosted by Martin Marrietta, Medina Quarry, just outside San Antonio, and saw Terex Finlay unveil three new machines at the event.The I-140 impact crusher; C-1540 direct drive cone crusher, and 674 inclined screene

Earthmoving attachments manufacturer, Miller UK, has welcomed the Secretary of State for Transport to its North East England manufacturing facility to discuss the benefits of the proposed Heathrow expansion project.

The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP visited the facility in Cramlington on Wednesday 26 October, the day after the announcement that the government would be backing the project was made, to meet staff from the company, which has long supported the project.

During the visit he met with members of

Experts from around the world gathered at the Global Sustainable Infrastructure and Connectivity summit in Beijiing, China.

Tsinghua University, in partnership with Volvo Group, held the summit, which saw approximately 180 experts, academics, business leaders and media gather to discuss ways to promote sustainable infrastructure construction and connectivity.

“Sustainable development is high on the Chinese government’s agenda, and a key engine in driving economic growth and regional development,” says

Magna Tyres has been operating successfully in Poland for many years now, and led by director Marcin Kochaniak, the company expanded rapidly.

Due to the growth and increase of staff, the company has now moved into a new office in Rudawa, near Cracow, which offers more space for employees; a bigger warehouse, and opportunities for future expansion.

In addition, the sales team has been expanded with the appointment of Dariusz Bagiński. It now has a total of seven sales managers covering the country.