Traffio’s expansion into the United States marks the next phase of its cloud-based traffic management platform, used to schedule field crews, allocate traffic control devices and manage compliance for roadwork sites. Co-founders Nicholas Inglis and Nathan Wright are targeting large contractors running multi-crew operations, integrating job booking, digital SWMS, asset tracking and invoicing into a single system. For civil contractors and traffic control providers, the move signals growing availability of integrated, software-driven planning tools for lane closures, workzone layouts and labour allocation across multiple jurisdictions.

Jenike & Johanson has launched a Solids Flow Essentials microlearning series targeted at process and plant engineers dealing with bulk solids handling in hoppers, bins and transfer chutes. The short, modular courses focus on practical issues such as arching, ratholing, segregation and wall friction, using Jenike shear testing concepts and flow property measurements to guide bin and silo design. For operations teams, the material offers a structured way to diagnose chronic flow problems and reduce unplanned downtime without full-length training programmes.

HBC Construction (formerly Henry Boot) has become the first major contractor to join MukAway, a digital spoil-management platform that matches sites with surplus soil to projects needing fill. The app, already used by major housebuilders including Vistry, Barratt, Bellway and Keepmoat, operates on a low subscription model to broker soil movements and cut waste to landfill. HBC managing director Lee Powell expects the platform to reduce muck-away costs and enable direct collaboration between contractors and housebuilders on bulk earthworks.