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JCB helps Haiti relief effort

18-Jan-2010

JCB has donated two 3CX backhoe loaders to help the disaster relief effort in Haiti following the devastating earthquake that may have killed 200,000 people. The machines, worth over £90,000, are being made available to the US Government.

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Venice Soilmec rig

Putting the Campanile tower on stable ground

18 February 2010 | By Margo Cole

Italian ground engineering specialist Trevi has set up a Soilmec SM21 micro-drilling rig in St Mark’s Square, Venice, as part of a project to stabilise the famous 99m high Campanile bell tower.

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Cat dozer

GPS: Total roll control

18 February 2010 | By Margo Cole

Automating the compaction process using GPS technology could improve productivity and save money, as Margo Cole reports.

Balfour Beatty truck

Chasing the blue pound

21 January 2010 | By Margo Cole

Balfour Beatty’s plant division is competing for work from its parent by helping the company meet its safety and environmental initiatives. Report by Margo Cole.

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Government reveals high speed rail plans

Government reveals £30bn high speed rail plans

11-Mar-2010 | By Alexandra Wynne

Transport secretary Lord Adonis has just announced plans for a new £30bn high speed rail scheme for the UK, which will create an “initial core” network linking London to Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds..

Malahide bridge collapse

Ignorance over structural behaviour identified as key factor in Irish bridge collapse

11-Mar-2010 | By Mark Hansford

The official report into the collapse of the Malahide Viaduct near Dublin last summer has found a complete failure of railway engineers to understand what type of structure they were dealing with.

Mixed response to high speed rail plans

11-Mar-2010 | Updated: 11-Mar-2010 | By Mark Hansford

Lord Adonis’ vision for a £30bn high speed railway from London Euston to Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds has been met with a mixed reaction.

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