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Hitachi heavy trucks to share Nissan technology
Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) has obtained the licence for camera image processing technology that has been jointly developed by Japanese car manufacturer Nissan and satnav maker Clarion. It will be used on its rigid dump trucks and ultra-large mining...
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Vivian takes over as MPA chair
Materials sales soften but confidence remains undimmedRise in quarry product sales throws doubt on government's numbersAggregate sales surged in 2014Strong Q3 rise for aggregates salesAggregates sales growth suggests further construction output rise ahead Simon Vivian, who retires as chief executive...
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McCarthy & Stone opens more regional offices
Retirement house-builder McCarthy & Stone has opened three more regional offices. The new structure will see the existing North, Southwest and Midlands regions each divided into two more concentrated regions, thus increasing the number of regional...
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Stepnell starts Cheltenham retail expansion
Constractor Stepnell has begun work on a redevelopment at Cheltenham’s Regent Arcade shopping centre. Artist’s impression of the new store at Cheltenham's Regent Arcade Canada Life, which owns the centre, has appointed Stepnell for a 10-month...
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Turkish batching plants come to UK
Under the terms of the agreement Utranazz will be the exclusive dealer for the Turkish manufacturer’s stationary and mobile concrete batching plants with outputs ranging from 15m3/hour up to 180m3/hour. Utranazz managing director Tony Evans said:...
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L&T wins track contract for Riyadh Metro
Larsen & Toubro’s railway business has won a major contract for track construction on the first two lines of the Riyadh Metro in Saudi Arabia. The design and build contract, which is worth US$161.37m (£104m) is...
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Thomas Vale starts Wolverhampton brewery conversion
Main contractor Thomas Vale starts work this week on the conversion of a derelict brewery site into a centre of excellence for construction education. College principal Tom Macdonald and university vice-chancellor Geoff Layer lead the ground-breaking...
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