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Why Construction Machinery Productivity Depends on Much More Than the Machine Two identical hydraulic excavators are working on separate earthmoving projects. Both have t...
On 15 October 2026, Tesla demonstrated a new generation of Roadster at SpaceX’s test facility in McGregor, Texas, using high-pressure gas thrusters to perform manoe...
Peer-reviewed research from the University of California, Riverside has found that emissions from compacted asphalt pavements are minimal under the conditions examined, l...
From Vietnam’s roadside settlements to Britain’s industrial towns, airports, shipyards and wastewater treatment plants, the infrastructure that creates econom...
Somewhere in the economics of modern aviation, the humble parking space became an extraordinarily valuable piece of infrastructure. Airports are among the most complex tr...
Chicago’s construction industry is managing a substantial pipeline of major projects, from a long-awaited extension of the city’s Red Line railway to an $8.8...
Caterpillar has introduced three compact hydraulic excavators designed around the different demands of restricted access, machine stability and lifting performance. The n...
John Deere has introduced two SmartGrade box blade attachments for its 333 and 335 P-Tier compact track loaders, bringing integrated grade control to finish grading appli...
Bouygues Construction has opened a 2,500 mยฒ innovation facility at Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris, where new materials, robotic equipment and construction techniques can...
Volvo Trucks has introduced the all-new Volvo VNX for North American construction, vocational and heavy-haul operations, with gross combination weight ratings reaching 20...
Ritchie Bros. will extend its annual February Orlando heavy equipment auction from five to six days in 2027, following an event that attracted more than 19,500 registered...
A 3D concrete printer can build a wall layer by layer, but every new deposit adds weight to material that has yet to develop its full strength. If the lower layers deform...
Protective glove manufacturer SHOWA has introduced the RECYCLED MFT PRO GP381E, incorporating more than 80% recycled fibres in its knitted liner while retaining the handl...
At BMW’s Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, a humanoid robot spent approximately 1,250 operating hours handling sheet metal components for vehicle production. Dur...
Six hundred metres of drill core photography, analysed in two minutes. That is the processing speed Seequent reports for its new AI-powered Imago image analysis system, w...
Measuring the volume of material travelling along a conveyor belt sounds straightforward until the flow becomes irregular. Mulch, wood chips and aggregates rarely move in...
In 1885, an American road inspector named J.D. Adams developed an improvement to the horse-drawn grader that remains recognisable on modern machines. Rather than keeping...
Keeping track of formwork on a busy construction project can be surprisingly complicated. Panels, props and supporting equipment arrive in successive deliveries, move bet...
Beneath the shallow, increasingly unpredictable waters of Utah’s Great Salt Lake lies a landscape that scientists are beginning to map in unprecedented detail. Subm...
Billions of dollars’ worth of construction machinery, commercial vehicles and industrial assets change hands through RB Global’s marketplaces every year, prov...
Intel has joined the International Road Federation (IRF Global), bringing one of the world’s leading semiconductor companies into an international network of road a...
Highway construction brings together a wide range of activities, often within the same working day. A crew installing steel safety barriers may also be handling concrete...
More than 300 infrastructure projects from 53 countries were nominated for Bentley Systems‘ 2026 Year in Infrastructure Awards, with 12 category winners announced a...
KGM Motors UK has introduced two-seat commercial versions of its Musso Rebel and Saracen pick-ups, offering construction businesses, agricultural operators and trade cont...
When China’s Three Gorges Reservoir filled, around 40 cubic kilometres of water were moved into a new position on the surface of the Earth. It was enough for scient...
Beneath central Tokyo, a heavily used section of urban expressway is being rebuilt while the transport system around it continues operating. The 1.8 km Nihonbashi section...
On the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo, construction has begun on a hydropower project expected to cost around RMB 1.2 trillion.ย The development will comprise five ca...
Beneath the waters of Thane Creek, two enormous tunnelling machines are working towards Mumbai as part of the 21 km underground section of India’s Mumbai-Ahmedabad...
At the end of September 2026, a machine weighing 1,680 tonnes began cutting into the Palisades west of Manhattan. More than 500 ft long and carrying a cutterhead almost 2...
Deep beneath the Alps in July 2026, excavation crews working from Austria and Italy broke through the final rock separating the two main tubes of the Brenner Base Tunnel...
Latin America’s geography has always imposed a price on movement. The Andes divide the continent from north to south. The Amazon and other great river systems make...
Across Africa, some of the continent’s most consequential infrastructure projects are doing more than reducing journey times. They are changing where roads and rail...
Across Southeast Asia, some of the region’s largest infrastructure projects are overcoming geography that has always complicated movement. The Philippines is buildi...
Across the Middle East and North Africa, some of the most consequential transport projects now taking shape are disappearing beneath the surface. Dubai is simultaneously...
In 1895, the British Army’s statutory allowance for each horse placed in civilian quarters was 10 lb of oats, 12 lb of hay and 8 lb of straw every day. A large work...
An 18-tonne forklift working around a steel yard, port or precast concrete plant presents a rather different electrification problem from a warehouse truck moving pallets...
Utility work places different demands on construction equipment from a conventional building or major infrastructure site. Machines may move repeatedly between small exca...
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is stretching the working envelope of the ID. Buzz Cargo, introducing a long-wheelbase version with 4.4 cubic metres of load space, a large...
Britain’s national mapping agency generated ยฃ198.7 million in revenue during the year to 31 March 2026, up ยฃ4.1 million from the previous year. One of the contribut...
The information beneath a major infrastructure project often begins with work that is barely visible once construction starts. Surveyors establish the position of boundar...
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