United Kingdom

Terex Cranes - Thu October 04, 2018

RRC Crane Hire Ltd Receives First Demag AC 300-6 All Terrain Crane in the UK

The United Kingdom's premium crane service provider for mobile cranes to the construction industry, RRC Crane Hire Ltd. together with Road Rail Cranes Ltd. , has added a new Demag AC 300-6 all terrain crane to its sizeable specialized equipment fleet, the first unit to be delivered in the UK....

DANICA KIRKA - The Associated Press - Mon January 15, 2018

UK State Contractor Collapses, Putting 43,000 Jobs at Risk

LONDON (AP) — One of the British state's biggest contractors collapsed Jan. 15, putting thousands of jobs at risk, after creditors and the government refused to bail out a company struggling under the weight of more than 1.5 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) of debt....

GREGORY KATZ - The Associated Press - Thu December 14, 2017

New $1B U.S. Embassy Helps Revitalize U.K. Neighborhood

LONDON (AP) — The most surprising aspect of the pricey new U.S. Embassy in London is what isn't there: a perimeter fence. There is no imposing security barrier to protect the highly visible embassy in a city that has this year been targeted repeatedly by extremists....

Tue November 14, 2017

Euro Auctions to Hold its First Timed Auction

Euro Auctions, worldwide auctioneers of industrial plant, construction equipment and agricultural machinery, has just announced its first ever 'Timed Auction' to be coordinated via its new Hong Kong operation, with the hammer day, to conclude all transactions, set for Thursday, Dec....

Emily Buenzle - Mon September 25, 2017

Cross-Laminated Timber Proves Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Building Materials

A London architecture firm is investigating how they can use sustainable timber to build homes while reducing carbon emissions. In the United Kingdom, buildings produce 45 percent of the country's carbon emissions, but according to Andrew Waugh, a founding partner of architecture firm Waugh Thistleton, there is little focus on the role that construction materials play in making up that number, KITV 4 reported....

Emily Buenzle - Fri September 15, 2017

Hyperloop One Announces Four Possible U.S. Routes

Hyperloop One recently announced 10 potential hyperloop routes worldwide it plans to research. Like Elon Musk's SpaceX, the California-based startup is dedicated to building a hyperloop transit system to make travel faster and easier than ever before....

Emily Buenzle - Wed August 23, 2017

Doosan Wins Contract to Supply Excavators to European Pipeline

Doosan won a contract to supply 52 excavators to Europe's Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project. The $5.5 billion project is the largest gas pipeline project on the continent, beginning on the border of Greece and Turkey and stretching across Northern Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea to Italy, the Oman Tribune reported....