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All change on quick hitch recommendations
Published on November 25, 2009, 8:00:00 am
Excavator operators should leave their cab to check the coupling each time they change attachment - even if using the latest generation of automatic couplers, according to the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group's re-drafted 'Ten steps that contractor
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Olympic Park progress from the air - PHOTOS
Published on November 23, 2009, 11:26:00 am
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has released new aerial images of construction work on the Olympic Park showing, as the project enters its toughest year.
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May Gurney wins £75m waste contract
Published on November 23, 2009, 10:54:00 am
May Gurney has won a £75m contract to provide environmental services to Bridgent County Borough Council.
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Lavendon issues new shares as revenues fall
Published on November 19, 2009, 12:29:00 pm
Access specialist Lavendon will raise £80m in new shares amid a fall in revenues across Europe
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Kier appoints successor to John Dodds
Published on November 19, 2009, 11:05:00 am
Kier has appointed construction managing director Paul Sheffield as its new group chief executive. Sheffield will take over the helm from John Dodds when he retires next March after nearly 40 years with the firm.
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Staff cuts keep GB in profit
Published on November 18, 2009, 3:25:00 pm
GB Group has seen a jump in pre-tax profits this year following a cost-cutting drive at the contractor which saw staff levels fall by more than a quarter.
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Three chase £100m office job
Published on November 18, 2009, 8:00:00 am
The contest for a £100m office deal in Brighton has narrowed to three challengers.
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Four contest £55m Leeds arena deal
Published on November 18, 2009, 8:00:00 am
Four rivals are tussling for a high-profile scheme in Leeds, worth at least £55m.
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Ex-Pierse police job runs into more trouble
Published on November 18, 2009, 8:00:00 am
A subcontractor on the troubled £10.7m construction of a police facility in Cheshire has been forced to scrap materials worth £35,000 for just £80.
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Civils sector faces 'thousands' more job cuts
Published on November 18, 2009, 8:00:00 am
Thousands more jobs could be lost in the civils sector amid a worsening climate, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has warned.
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Edie
Sheep dips with pollution history withdrawn from market
Published on March 04, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17748.jpg"/><br/>A number of sheep dip products notorious for causing pollution incidents have been taken off the market by their manufacturers.
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Firm fined for oil spill
Published on February 26, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17722.jpg"/><br/>A corroded tank leaked oil on to land and contaminated a nearby water course.
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Candidate crops for contaminated land biofuels crop considered
Published on February 23, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17706.jpg"/><br/>A tough grass that thrives on polluted land could be cultivated to put the sites to good use while providing an excellent fuel stock for biomass boiler.
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Pig poo contaminates land
Published on February 19, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17695.jpg"/><br/>A land owner has admitted polluting land and nearby water with pig poo after claiming pigs chewed through slurry pipes.
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Suspended prison sentence for contamination man
Published on February 16, 2010, 12:00:00 am
A man has escaped with a suspended prison sentence after dumping waste, which caused an oily leachate.
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Ireland commissions independent report into controversial incinerator plans
Published on March 08, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17754.jpg"/><br/>A leading lawyer is to head up an independent inquiry into the legal and financial risks posed by the proposed Poolbeg incinerator that could be built on Dublin's outskirts.
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Radon at dangerous levels in quarter of Irish county's homes
Published on January 26, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17579.jpg"/><br/>A new directory of radon levels across Ireland shows the toxic gas at dangerous levels in buildings across the country, with almost a quarter of homes tested in one county returni
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Romanians look to Wales to tackle contaminated land
Published on September 03, 2009, 1:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/16932.jpg"/><br/>Officials from the Romanian government will spend next week touring Wales to see how the country transformed its industrial waste lands.
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European air quality improving
Published on August 26, 2009, 1:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/16901.jpg"/><br/>The downward trend of air pollutants has continued, according to the latest figures from the European Environment Agency.
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Govt cash to boost conservation on Ireland's west coast
Published on August 10, 2009, 1:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/16822.jpg"/><br/>Farmers working in a sensitive and scientifically important habitat on Ireland's west coast are to receive government funding to encourage sustainable agriculture and support cons
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US Superfund programme making 'significant progress' on contaminated land
Published on March 05, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17751.jpg"/><br/>The American Environmental Protection Agency has published a report on the progress made in cleaning up the country's most difficult contaminated sites during 2009.
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Contaminated mine reopens
Published on March 01, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17731.jpg"/><br/>A mine closed due to a contamination scare is to be reopened this month and could produce up to 60,000 tonnes of lead this year.
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US considers renewables on contaminated sites
Published on February 24, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17711.jpg"/><br/>The USA is looking at the potential for using blighted sites for renewable energy production.
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Australia hikes taxes to pay for pollution
Published on February 22, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17696.jpg"/><br/>Shipping companies using Australian waters will be forced to pay extra maritime taxes to help pay for the clean-up of a major pollution incident.
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Winter Olympics get bronze for environmentalism
Published on February 05, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17625.jpg"/><br/>Organisers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics deserve only a bronze medal for environmentalism according to a Canadian green group.
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Poland conference focuses on measuring particle size distribution in soil and sediments
Published on March 02, 2010, 12:00:00 am
Co-hosted by Malvern Instruments and the Institute of Agrophysics of Poland
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10th Anniversary of First Steps (Geo) Ltd.
Published on March 01, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17733.jpg"/><br/>This year First Steps (Geo) Ltd. is ten years in business.
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IRT Consult Ltd uses unique Infrared Camera to identify Methane and VOC Leaks
Published on February 19, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17691.jpg"/><br/>IRT Consult Ltd a family run company based in Ireland, are providing a unique VOC Gas monitoring service which utilises a specialist infrared camera to visually identify Leaks, Em
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Darcy Spillcare Manufacture Launches And Installs Their New ATEX Approved Bund Water Control Unit
Published on February 15, 2010, 12:00:00 am
<img src="http://www.edie.net/news/images/17667.jpg"/><br/>Darcy Spillcare Manufacture is the first UK company to introduce a bund water control unit dewatering system into the marketplace that is completely intrinsically safe and ATEX Ap
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