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Eiffage drives off with €234m Norway low-carbon motorway contract
French contracting giant Eiffage has won a €234 million contract to build a new section of the E18-E39 motorway in Kristiansand, Norway. Eiffage will undertake the work through its subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil and has secured the design-build contract from Statens Vegvesen, a company owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport.
Demand for weight-loss drugs spurs Novo Nordisk to invest €2.1bn in French production site
Danish drug company Novo Nordisk is to invest 16 billion Danish kroner (€2.1 billion) to expand its production facilities in Chartres, France amid high demand for its weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.
Interview: Why a US construction body has started a legal battle with Biden
Associated General Contractors outgoing chief executive Stephen Sandherr on 27 years representing the construction industry
How fuel can add to construction’s vehicle maintenance equation
The right fuel can increase the productivity of construction equipment 
Liftroller launches electric material trolley
Remote-controlled product makes debut at Smopyc 
VIDEO: Autonomous excavator builds six-metre-high stone wall
Researchers have developed an autonomous spider excavator capable of building stone walls by itself.
Bomag president gives update on energy transition progress
Compaction specialist chief outlines the dangers of making power choices too soon
Four charts that show the state of construction in Europe
The Construction Briefing examines European construction confidence levels, production volume, costs and bankruptcy registrations up to Q3 2023.
Yanmar’s ‘next generation’ electric machine prototype
The prototype can automate fine manual tasks, helping with construction’s labour shortages
Indian rescuers drill halfway towards workers trapped in tunnel
41 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas
Snorkel sales continue to improve
Minority owner Tanfield reports third quarter sales and profits rise  
Nigeria mulls $35bn concrete road construction programme
Ministers within Nigeria’s government have discussed how to get a nationwide concrete road building programme off the ground, at an initial cost of $35 billion.
Scaffold design by regulation
Pop quiz: Does your scaffolding industry knowledge go beyond OSHA regulations?
Mayor of London rejects plans for Las Vegas-style MSG Sphere
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has rejected plans to build a huge illuminated Sphere similar to the one that opened in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Caterpillar C13D engine to feature in hydrogen project
The project will demo how hybridisation can support H2 power delivery
Komatsu heralds battery supplier acquisition
Mining equipment to be first application for new batteries
Operation to free 41 workers in tunnel collapse could take several more days
An operation to free 41 construction workers trapped when the tunnel they were working in collapsed could remain there for several more days.
Amtrak starts procurement for replacement of New Jersey’s 116-year-old Sawtooth Bridges
Amtrak and NJ Transit have begun the procurement process for the replacement of the 116-year-old Sawtooth Bridges in New Jersey.
VIDEO: Recycling begins on “largest demolition project in Australia’s history”
Remediation works to recover 142,000 t of scrap metal and 300,000 t of concrete from Gove Refinery
Ayesa secures major Polish high-speed rail contract
Engineering services specialist takes supervisory role on CPK megaproject
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