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AI tech trials see Costain play a key role in roadwork innovation
Costain is working with technology companies to improve planning and understand road users’ sentiments towards essential roadworks
Epiroc launches Common Automation Panel for surface drills
Common Automation Panel is said to have a new design approach
Holcim’s Phoenix bridge paves the way for more sustainable concrete construction
3D-printed concrete structure demonstrates possibilities for low-carbon and circular techniques
Art and entertainment venue with 64m-high entrance planned for Saudi Arabia’s Neom
The company behind the Neom special economic zone in Saudi Arabia has revealed plans to build a new art and entertainment venue with a cavernous 64m-high entrance.
OSHA switches from traditional hard hats to safety helmets
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is replacing the traditional hard hats used by its employees with safety helmets.
Is connectivity the future of construction?
There are clear advantages to a connected construction site. Catrin Jones investigates what such a future could look like, and the barriers preventing the industry from achieving this.
Deutz takes over sales, service for Rolls-Royce Power Systems
Plan includes select off-highway engines
Kato introduces rotating crawler carrier
New slewing crawler carrier is first from company with 360-degree rotating bed
African Development Bank approves US$696m funding for Central Corridor Network
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved various financing structures valued at US$696.41 million
Alimak experts ‘at disposal’ of investigators after construction hoist accident kills five
Five people have died in an accident involving a construction hoist at a jobsite on the outskirts of Sweden’s capital Stockholm.
Hitachi invests in mobile energy storage technology
Construction OEM working with partners in Japan and the Netherlands.
CIOB CEO: ‘Wherever I go in the world, people have a problem with a lack of skilled workers’
CIOB CEO Caroline Gumble tells Andy Brown how she hears of skills shortages in construction everywhere she goes, and why the organisation wants to drive quality, diversity and sustainability in the sector.
Komatsu, GM collaborate on fuel cell mining truck
GM to expand vision of an all-electric future to include the heaviest-duty applications
Magni buys back Dingli’s 20% share
Italian OEM returns to 100% family ownership following November transaction.
Robot to allow contractors to stripe roads from distance
The robot is said to be capable of striping various services, including parking lots, airports, and roads
Bell Equipment appoints new CEO
This follows the resignation in July of the outgoing Group CEO, Leon Goosen
SafeAI and Obayashi unveil first electric, autonomous mining truck retrofit
Retrofitted systems reduce haul truck emissions and improve overall operational efficiency
Three contractors confirmed for US$2.4bn tunnelling work on Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East
A consortium of three contractors has been confirmed for an A$3.6 billion (US$2.4 billion) tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East public transport project in Melbourne, Australia.
Komatsu acquires fleet management systems provider
iVolve is a technology company that provides FMS for small to mid-tier miners, contractors, and quarries
European construction industry’s new manifesto calls for ‘radical change’ to tackle climate challenge
A group of bodies representing Europe’s construction industry have called for the adoption of a circular business model to achieve carbon and resource neutrality, as COP 28 draws to a close.
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