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A research project costing a fraction of an enterprise software licence has just demonstrated something the construction technology market has been slow to price properly...
Stevens Equipment Rental has taken delivery of its 1000th new machine, and the choice of asset says more about the direction of the UK plant market than the milestone its...
Digital Construction North has opened submissions for its third edition, returning to Manchester Central on 18 November 2026 with a deadline of 7 August for speaker propo...
The announcement that UK Plant Expo 2027 has secured backing from McHale Komatsu, Xwatch Safety Solutions, Leica Geosystems, Steelwrist, LiuGong UK & Ireland, SDLG, G...
Trade association partnerships rarely move markets, but the memorandum of understanding signed between Enginuity and the Construction Equipment Association arrives at a m...
Kilmac Ltd. has taken delivery of six Trimble SPS720 total stations, six Trimble R780 GNSS smart antennas and six Trimble TSC710 data collectors running Trimble Siteworks...
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles opened UK order books on 21 July for the first plug-in hybrid version of the Transporter, priced from Β£38,155 excluding VAT and offered in...
P&M Excavations Builds a Competitive Edge on a Decade of Trimble Machine Control A family-run civil engineering contractor from County Tyrone has spent ten years prov...
The Drone Was Never the Point Autonomous Sensor Workflows are Redrawing Infrastructure Drone Surveying For most of the past decade, the commercial drone story was a story...
The United Kingdom opened its self-driving vehicle pilot scheme in 2026, with applications inviting operators to run taxi and bus-style automated services and the first p...
When a contractor barely five years old commits to fifteen new excavators in a single order, the number itself is less telling than the reasoning behind it. Bedfordshire-...
The arrival of the UK’s first Liebherr 620 HC-L luffing jib tower crane matters less for the machine itself than for the type of project it has been bought to serve...
For most highway authorities, the obstacle to fitting active, illuminated road studs has rarely been the technology itself. Solar-powered studs that project their own LED...
When RoSPA renamed its most senior trophy after Lord Jordan of Bournville and handed it to a construction, housebuilding and property group, the symbolism was hard to mis...
The pace at which exhibition space is being reserved for the 2027 ITS World Congress says more about the state of the intelligent transport market than any promotional he...
London Build’s decision to leave Olympia for Excel London after a decade in West Kensington is more than a change of postcode. It is a statement about where the cen...
Airports are among the most awkward places in the built environment to carry out major construction, not because the engineering is exotic but because the asset cannot be...
The “golden thread” began life as a building safety measure, a response to the failures of information management exposed after Grenfell. Now the principle be...
Britain has spent the last few years laying tarmac at a pace not seen in a generation. Major schemes have widened carriageways, untangled junctions and stitched new bypas...
Digital transformation in the built environment has spent the best part of a decade being talked about. At this year’s Digital Construction Week, held at ExCeL Lond...
Hyundai’s heading back to the limestone benches above Buxton this June, and it isn’t travelling light. When the Hillhead quarry show opens its gates from 23 t...
A US technology firm has just cleared the one hurdle that turns an ordinary city bus into a roving enforcement officer. Hayden AI, a San Francisco-based outfit that bolts...
For decades, infrastructure programmes were largely judged by physical outputs. Kilometres of transmission lines, metres of seawall, treatment capacity or project complet...
Scotland’s construction equipment market is entering a new phase of competition as Hyundai Construction Equipment strengthens its presence north of the United Kingd...
For most road users, traffic signals fade into the background of daily travel. Yet behind every green light, pedestrian crossing and coordinated junction lies a complex n...
For organisations responsible for maintaining critical infrastructure, delivering engineering services and managing complex public assets, safety performance is more than...
The UK’s construction and infrastructure sectors are under increasing pressure to deliver more projects in less time, often within tighter urban environments, stric...
Across Europe, ageing hydropower assets are undergoing extensive modernisation programmes as operators seek to extend operational life, improve efficiency and strengthen...
The global quarrying, aggregates and recycling sectors continue to face a familiar challenge: producing more material with fewer operators, tighter environmental constrai...
Englandβs highway authorities are entering a major transition in how road condition data is gathered, verified and ultimately used to shape maintenance investment decisio...
Britainβs freight industry is approaching a pivotal moment. While passenger electric vehicles have steadily entered the mainstream over the past decade, the transition of...
Across the UKβs infrastructure sector, trenchless technology is moving steadily from specialist utility work into a critical delivery method for modern network upgrades....
Britainβs electricity network is entering one of the most significant phases of expansion since the post-war era, and much of the work is happening out of public sight. B...
Equipment theft has become one of the most persistent and financially damaging problems facing the construction, agricultural and transport industries across the UK. From...
With the latest S&P Global UK Construction PMI showing activity contracting in March, and input cost inflation rising at the fastest rate in nearly 30 years, contract...
Working at height remains one of the construction industryβs most tightly regulated and safety-critical activities, yet mechanical failures involving powered access equip...
The arrival of Develonβs new Series 9 crawler excavators at Hillhead 2026 signals more than another product launch in the heavy equipment calendar. It marks a decisive mo...
The pressure on Europeβs quarrying and mining sectors isnβt easing anytime soon. Aggregate producers are being squeezed from every angle as energy prices fluctuate, equip...
For decades, sustainability claims in the road construction sector have often rested on broad corporate targets, selective project case studies, or vague environmental la...
Britainβs ambitious high-speed rail ambitions have received another significant boost as VINCI, through its subsidiary Taylor Woodrow, secured a major infrastructure cont...
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