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China’s Smart Brain TBM’s Create a New Era for Underground Infrastructure
China’s Smart Brain TBM’s Create a New Era for Underground Infrastructure Tunnel construction has always been one of the most complex and risk-laden activities in global infrastructure delivery....
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Strategic Capital Meets Construction as Topcon Reinforces Its U.S. Retail Network
Strategic Capital Meets Construction as Topcon Reinforces Its U.S. Retail Network The decision by Topcon Positioning Systems to make a significant strategic investment in its U.S. retail arm, Topcon S...
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Construction Intelligence is Reshaping Global Infrastructure
Construction Intelligence is Reshaping Global Infrastructure Construction has always been a data-heavy industry. Long before the language of artificial intelligence entered boardrooms, projects were b...
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Autodesk Deepens Construction Data Strategy With £2m Investment in Qflow
Autodesk Deepens Construction Data Strategy With £2m Investment in Qflow The global construction sector is under mounting pressure to deliver projects that are not only on time and on budget, but demo...
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Control Tower Thinking Comes to Mining Equipment Inspections at Indaba
Control Tower Thinking Comes to Mining Equipment Inspections at Indaba Across the global mining industry, the conversation has shifted. Productivity, safety, compliance and cost control are no longer...
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Terahertz Breakthrough a Turning Point for 6G Infrastructure
Terahertz Breakthrough a Turning Point for 6G Infrastructure The global race to define the architecture of 6G networks has entered a decisive phase, and a significant portion of that momentum is gathe...
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Esri Achieves ISO 27001 Certification for Infrastructure Data Security
Esri Achieves ISO 27001 Certification for Infrastructure Data Security For governments, transport agencies and construction leaders managing critical infrastructure, data has become as valuable as con...
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Designing Buildings that Cut Carbon Before Construction Begins
Designing Buildings that Cut Carbon Before Construction Begins Across the global construction sector, conversations around sustainability often begin with materials and construction methods. Yet mount...
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Unlocking Subsurface Intelligence Across Mining Projects with Seequent
Unlocking Subsurface Intelligence Across Mining Projects with Seequent Across the global construction and mining ecosystem, the conversation around digital transformation often circles back to a singl...
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Agentic AI Moves from Concept to Construction-Ready Reality
Agentic AI Moves from Concept to Construction-Ready Reality The idea of agentic AI has hovered around boardrooms and research labs for several years, promising machines that do more than follow script...
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Adaptive Ultrasonic Imaging Redefines Concrete Infrastructure Inspection
Adaptive Ultrasonic Imaging Redefines Concrete Infrastructure Inspection Across the global construction and infrastructure sector, the condition of ageing concrete assets has become a strategic concer...
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FARO CREAFORM and FARO INSIGHT Redefine Measurement and Scanning
FARO CREAFORM and FARO INSIGHT Redefine Measurement and Scanning In construction, manufacturing, infrastructure maintenance and public safety, there’s one shared reality that rarely makes the headline...
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Connectivity is Redefining Construction Delivery
Connectivity is Redefining Construction Delivery Construction has always been a business of coordination. Machines, people, materials, and time must align precisely for projects to succeed. Yet even t...
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AEye OPTIS is Redefining Long Range Infrastructure Awareness
AEye OPTIS is Redefining Long Range Infrastructure Awareness Across the global construction, transport and infrastructure sectors, perception technology is quietly becoming mission critical. What bega...
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Physical AI and Humanoid Robots Moving From Theory to the Jobsite
Physical AI and Humanoid Robots Moving From Theory to the Jobsite The conversation around artificial intelligence has spent much of the past decade focused on software. Algorithms that can see, predic...
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Blackline Safety Advances the Role of PPE in Data-Driven Worksite Safety
Blackline Safety Advances the Role of PPE in Data-Driven Worksite Safety Across construction, infrastructure, transport and heavy industry, worker safety has quietly become a digital systems challenge...
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UESI and ASCE’s Expanding Influence on Underground Infrastructure
UESI and ASCE’s Expanding Influence on Underground Infrastructure Across the world’s expanding cities, much of the most critical infrastructure remains hidden from view. Water, wastewater, energy and...
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Top 7 Mining Software Solutions for Geological Modeling and Mine Planning (2026)
Top 7 Mining Software Solutions for Geological Modeling and Mine Planning (2026) Selecting mine planning and geological modeling software affects operational efficiency for years. The market offers so...
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Hawaii Builds a Data Driven Road Network With Bentley Blyncsy
Hawaii Builds a Data Driven Road Network With Bentley Blyncsy Across the global road sector, one challenge refuses to go away. Governments spend billions building and upgrading highways, yet most of t...
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The Things Stack and the $2bn Rise of Low Power IoT at CES 2026
The Things Stack and the $2bn Rise of Low Power IoT at CES 2026 Across the technology world, few milestones carry the quiet weight of real economic proof. At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, The Things Industri...
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Solid State Batteries Move Onsite as ProLogium Targets Construction at CES
Solid State Batteries Move Onsite as ProLogium Targets Construction at CES Solid-state batteries have long promised a step change in safety, performance, and reliability, yet large-scale industrial ad...
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Siemens Brings the Industrial Metaverse to Life with Digital Twin Composer
Siemens Brings the Industrial Metaverse to Life with Digital Twin Composer Industrial digitalisation has reached a point where disconnected models, static simulations and siloed data are no longer eno...
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Top Time Tracking Apps With Live Location for US Field Crews in 2026
Top Time Tracking Apps With Live Location for US Field Crews in 2026 In the fast-paced world of fieldwork, tracking time and ensuring accurate payroll can be a daunting task. With workers spread acros...
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Caterpillar shows of Cat AI Assistant at CES
Caterpillar shows of Cat AI Assistant at CES After more than a century of engineering progress, Caterpillar Inc. has reached another inflection point with the launch of Cat AI Assistant. Rather than t...
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Bobcat is Rewriting the Rules of Compact Equipment at CES
Bobcat is Rewriting the Rules of Compact Equipment at CES The construction sector rarely changes direction overnight. Progress tends to arrive in measured steps, shaped by hard lessons learned on real...
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The Smart Quarry and the Age of Data Driven Extraction
The Smart Quarry and the Age of Data Driven Extraction Modern quarrying is undergoing a quiet revolution. Once perceived as dusty, rugged sites relying on brute force and old-school intuition, quarrie...
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Bentley Systems Expands Asset Analytics Capabilities with Strategic Acquisitions
Bentley Systems Expands Asset Analytics Capabilities with Strategic Acquisitions Bentley Systems has taken a decisive step to reinforce its position in infrastructure asset intelligence with the acqui...
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Greece Digitising Public Property for a True Digital Overhaul
Greece Digitising Public Property for a True Digital Overhaul Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance is moving decisively to modernise the way the state understands, protects and utilises i...
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Korea’s TANGO Framework is Rewriting Industrial AI Adoption
Korea’s TANGO Framework is Rewriting Industrial AI Adoption Since 2021, a subtle but consequential change has been taking place across Korea’s industrial landscape. In factories, hospitals, and shipya...
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Inside xTool’s Shift to AI-Powered Creative Manufacturing at CES
Inside xTool’s Shift to AI-Powered Creative Manufacturing at CES At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, xTool arrives with a clear statement of intent. The global premium consumer technology brand is no longer pos...
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Building a Robot-Ready Construction Workforce
Building a Robot-Ready Construction Workforce Across global construction markets, the pressure points are stacking up. Chronic labour shortages, an ageing workforce, tightening safety regulations, and...
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Electrifying Steel Heat Treatment for Industrial Decarbonisation
Electrifying Steel Heat Treatment for Industrial Decarbonisation Industrial decarbonisation has shifted from policy ambition to operational necessity. Across energy intensive sectors, steel in particu...
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Bobcat Creating a Human First Vision for Smarter Construction Equipment at CES
Bobcat Creating a Human First Vision for Smarter Construction Equipment at CES The construction industry does not change overnight, but when it does, the shift tends to be decisive. At CES 2026 in Las...
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Esri’s New Book Outlines Geospatial Intelligence for Safer and Fairer Outcomes
Esri’s New Book Outlines Geospatial Intelligence for Safer and Fairer Outcomes Location has always mattered. What has changed is the precision, accessibility and analytical power now available t...
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Humans and Machines Redefine Construction Careers
Humans and Machines Redefine Construction Careers Around the world, construction sites are undergoing a quiet revolution. Machines are taking over the “dull, dirty, and dangerous” tasks, and human wor...
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China Pushes Autonomous Mining to New Heights
China Pushes Autonomous Mining to New Heights At an altitude where the air is thin, temperatures plunge well below freezing, and human endurance is stretched to its limits, China has quietly achieved...
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The High-Tech Construction Safety Revolution
The High-Tech Construction Safety Revolution Construction sites are inherently dangerous places, but a wave of smart safety technologies is helping turn them into smarter, safer workplaces. From AI-en...
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A New Global View Of The Built Environment
A New Global View Of The Built Environment A breakthrough in global geospatial research has emerged from the Technical University of Munich, where a team led by Prof. Xiaoxiang Zhu has created the Glo...
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The Urgent Skills Shift in Global Construction
The Urgent Skills Shift in Global Construction Across the world, the construction industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation. While machinery and methods are evolving, it is the workforce tha...
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Looq AI Expands Global Partnerships to Accelerate Reality Capture
Looq AI Expands Global Partnerships to Accelerate Reality Capture Looq AI has strengthened its position in the rapidly evolving world of ground-based reality capture, announcing seven new partnerships...
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Smart Mining Gains Momentum With Rithmik And Hitachi Collaboration
Smart Mining Gains Momentum With Rithmik And Hitachi Collaboration Rithmik Solutions has taken a decisive step in its growth trajectory with Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. making a minority...
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Centralising Waste Intelligence For A Smarter Infrastructure Sector
Centralising Waste Intelligence For A Smarter Infrastructure Sector Construction firms across the UK are grappling with a growing need for accurate waste reporting, heightened scrutiny from clients an...
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Building Wisdom from Bees
Building Wisdom from Bees On a sweltering Colorado afternoon, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) spiral above a cluster of hives near Boulder Creek. Some dart out in search of water, nectar and po...
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Optimising Urban Drainage Systems for Sustainable Water Management
Optimising Urban Drainage Systems for Sustainable Water Management Urban drainage systems sit at the heart of every modern city, yet they are often pushed beyond their limits as rainfall patterns inte...
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Cultivating Curiosity and Cyber Confidence in Construction
Cultivating Curiosity and Cyber Confidence in Construction The construction industry has long been seen as a bastion of tradition, often slow to change. But the pressures of modern technological cultu...
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Lightweight Design Reinvented
Lightweight Design Reinvented Achieving the delicate balance between minimal weight and maximum robustness has long challenged engineers working across medical technology, automotive manufacturing, ae...
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From 2D to Data-driven – The New Era of Rail Design and Delivery
From 2D to Data-driven – The New Era of Rail Design and Delivery Rail networks today are under growing pressure to modernise, expand, and align with smart city infrastructure. According to UK go...
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Harnessing AI to Strengthen Environmental Impact Assessments
Harnessing AI to Strengthen Environmental Impact Assessments Environmental Impact Assessment has reached a turning point. As digital technologies accelerate, practitioners face a clear question: how c...
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Global Software Leaders Shaping The AI Era In 2025
Global Software Leaders Shaping The AI Era In 2025 The global software industry in 2025 is being rewritten in real time by artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, and industry-specific platforms...
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EquipmentShare Celebrates 4th Place as a Construction Software Powerhouse
EquipmentShare Celebrates 4th Place as a Construction Software Powerhouse EquipmentShare, long recognised as a leader in connected jobsite technology and one of the largest equipment rental providers...
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Motorola Acquisition Unlocks Next-Generation Intelligent Surveillance
Motorola Acquisition Unlocks Next-Generation Intelligent Surveillance Motorola Solutions has taken another bold step in shaping the future of enterprise security by acquiring Blue Eye, a Utah-based sp...
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Smarter Pipelines for a Safer Future
Smarter Pipelines for a Safer Future Millions of miles of ageing pipelines stretch beneath cities, farmlands and industrial corridors, supplying the natural gas, crude oil and refined fuels that keep...
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Esri, DevRev, Microsoft Fabric and the Future of Unified Spatial Intelligence
Esri, DevRev, Microsoft Fabric and the Future of Unified Spatial Intelligence The construction, infrastructure, and wider industrial sectors are experiencing a surge in demand for clearer data visibil...
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Innovation Under Pressure to Protect Construction’s Digital Supply Chain
Innovation Under Pressure to Protect Construction’s Digital Supply Chain Digital collaboration has become the backbone of modern construction projects. Design plans, 3D BIM models, procurement orders,...
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Develon and Trimble Strengthen Integration for Next-Level Excavation Accuracy
Develon and Trimble Strengthen Integration for Next-Level Excavation Accuracy Develon’s Series 9 crawler excavators mark a significant step forward in equipment intelligence and digital interoperabili...
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Smarter Infrastructure Management For East Asia’s Sustainable Future
Smarter Infrastructure Management For East Asia’s Sustainable Future This article is based on an original piece by Oksana Nazmieva, Principal Financial Management Specialist at the Asian Development B...
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Spark Microsystems Redefines Presence Detection For Next-Gen Smart Devices
Spark Microsystems Redefines Presence Detection For Next-Gen Smart Devices Spark Microsystems is charting a new course for presence‑aware smart devices with its latest presence detection kit, a develo...
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Samsara Reimagining Fleet Intelligence for a Complex World
Samsara Reimagining Fleet Intelligence for a Complex World Samsara has raised the bar once again at Go Beyond London 2025, unveiling a suite of innovations designed to transform compliance, safety, na...
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Intelligent Earthquake Prediction Modelling for Safer Structures
Intelligent Earthquake Prediction Modelling for Safer Structures In earthquake-prone regions, the ability to accurately predict how a building will behave under seismic stress is not just an academic...
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Automation, AI and Telematics Transforming Heavy Machinery Operations
Automation, AI and Telematics Transforming Heavy Machinery Operations Imagine a vast mining site in Western Australia where 250‑tonne haul trucks ferry ore with no drivers, or a city project in Sweden...
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Quectel Launches Trio of Smart Single-board Computers to Supercharge IoT Innovation
Quectel Launches Trio of Smart Single-board Computers to Supercharge IoT Innovation Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global leader in end-to-end IoT solutions, has unveiled three powerful single-board co...
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A Kinetics-Based Model Reshaping 3D Printing in Construction
A Kinetics-Based Model Reshaping 3D Printing in Construction Three-dimensional concrete printing (3DCP) has quickly become one of the most promising innovations in modern construction. It offers the p...
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Digital Fabrication Creates A Smarter Way to Build Sustainably
Digital Fabrication Creates A Smarter Way to Build Sustainably The construction industry has entered a new era of precision, sustainability, and digital innovation. With digital fabrication techniques...
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Benetics AI is Giving Construction Crews a Voice
Benetics AI is Giving Construction Crews a Voice Benetics AI, a pioneering voice assistant for the construction industry, is fast becoming a household name among forward-thinking contractors. Making w...
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Smarter Project Management Unlocks Growth and Efficiency for Modern Construction
Smarter Project Management Unlocks Growth and Efficiency for Modern Construction As projects grow in scale and complexity, firms are turning to digital tools not just to keep pace, but to get ahead. N...
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Caterpillar Charting a Tech-Driven Future at CES 2026
Caterpillar Charting a Tech-Driven Future at CES 2026 When one of the world’s most iconic industrial giants takes centre stage at the world’s biggest tech showcase, you know something significant is h...
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