Sustainability News in Construction and Infrastructure
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Pallets move the world and are the silent engines of global trade. Despite their indispensable role and significance, the pallet industry is a niche market which is often...
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maine have designed and 3D-printed a single-piece, recyclable natural-materi...
Cemex, a global leader in the construction materials industry, has announced a pivotal partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, signalling a significant stride to...
Tesla and Intersect Power today announced a contract for 15.3 GWh of Megapacks, Tesla’s battery energy storage system, for Intersect Power’s solar + storage project portf...
A road construction company from Altomünster in Germany demonstrates how a little brainstorming can turn into a lighthouse project.Christian Schweiger had the idea to run...
Kapsch TrafficCom has announced that together with Austrian roadway operator Asfinag, the first operational Green Gantry was installed in Carinthia, Austria. Unlike tradi...
As container ships the size of city blocks cross the oceans to deliver cargo, their huge diesel engines emit large quantities of air pollutants. It has been estimated tha...
Leading provider of architectural aluminium products, Kawneer, is launching the breakthrough Passive House window, the new KWD92 UT+. Designed with energy efficiency as a...
Yanmar Energy Systems Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings, and Daigas Energy Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Osaka gas Co., Ltd, have successfully conducted a demonstra...
The joint venture of Sacyr and Ferrovial has been awarded a €89.5 million contract by Acuamed to enhance the Torrevieja desalination plant in Alicante. This significant u...
Indonesia can contribute towards its sustainability ambitions for its new capital city from the outset by utilizing emissions-free construction equipment in its developme...
Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine has completed installation of its 3.5 megawatt capacity solar power plant in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The project represents the la...
Liebherr pressing ahead with phasing out fossil fuels and preparing solutions to decarbonise construction sites, gravel plants etc. The Liebherr plant in Bischofshofen ce...
Developed in collaboration between engineers at the CNH tractor plant in St. Valentin and TU Wien, an innovative hydrogen fuel cell-powered STEYR® concept tractor has rec...
The construction industry constantly seeks ways to reduce its environmental footprint, making renewable energy sources like wind power highly promising. Wind power offers...
In the realm of road construction, the insatiable appetite for non-renewable natural aggregates and industrial products like bitumen, lime, and cement has sparked environ...
Aston University civil engineering experts are teaming up with construction and surfacing company Miles Macadam to help make road surfaces more sustainable. The Universit...
A research partnership led by carbon removal company CO2CO Ltd aims to revolutionise road construction with a novel, lower-carbon approach to producing bitumen from algae...
Skyjack has announced the launch of a new range of battery powered electric rough terrain articulated booms. Available with 51ft (15.7m) and 66ft (20.1m) working heights...
TRL, a global leader in transport innovation, has acquired the ECO Stars Fleet Recognition Scheme, creating a cornerstone for a portfolio of services that help local auth...
Ben Shirley, a Teaching Fellow in Architectural Practice at NMITE (New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering) has helped spread NMITE’s reputation in the field o...
Using the new state-of-the-art mapping tool will make it easier for National Highways to keep track of its Soft Estate ecosystems bordering the country’s 4,300 miles of m...
SIG Building Solutions has extended its successful working relationship with Exeter based SunGift Solar through the supply of project specific solar canopy support struct...
The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) is collaborating with Kier Transportation to deliver essential (digital) eLearning to support Kier achie...
The construction industry is undergoing a transformative shift towards sustainability, driven by the urgent need to reduce its environmental impact. As we celebrate Susta...
As the country enters the second week of the UK general election campaign trail, 12 Tier One UK infrastructure and construction contractors and consultants have today pub...
Aymium, the leading producer of renewable biocarbon products, announced today that it closed $210 Million of financing to construct a biocarbon production facility in Wil...
The world could run out of topsoil in about 60 years if we continue to degrade it at the current rate, so in the European Parliament, the first steps for preservation hav...
Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway is now British Standards Institute (BSI) certified to PAS 2080:2023, the global standard for the management and reductio...
Peterbilt is pleased to announce the availability of a new CARB low nitrogen oxide (NOx) compliant PACCAR MX-13 engine in the Models 579, 567 and 589. This engine meets t...
As global understanding and awareness of environmental and social impacts progresses, today, Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has launched its evol...
A revolutionary tool which measures and reports on whole life costs and whole life carbon emissions at the same time has been launched by the Building Cost Information Se...
Ceres has been awarded a further contract for the second phase of its collaboration with Shell, to cooperate in the design of a solid oxide electrolyser module, for use i...
Traffic jams are an everyday occurrence on the A6 near Bern. The hard shoulder was repurposed in a scheme known as a PUN in order to improve the flow of traffic and reduc...
is pleased to announce that it has closed another plastic recycling loop with the first delivery of plastic waste from its customer Jakob Schober GmbH (Waldorf, Germany)...
As the rate of global resource extraction continues to accelerate, finite natural materials continue to deplete, and barriers to gain approval for new mineral extraction...
Volvo Days 2024, held in the scenic town of Eskilstuna, Sweden, was nothing short of a spectacle. Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) seized this opportunity to show...
In the vibrant Caribbean region of Colombia, a monumental project is underway to rejuvenate the Canal del Dique. The concessionaire, Ecosistemas del Dique, a subsidiary o...
Ensuring a commitment to health and safety is a well-established practice. However, as Alex Minett, Global Head of New Markets at Veriforce CHAS, explains, companies are...
Large diesel engine equipment wheeled, and static are significant producers of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a global scale. On a construction site scale, there are s...
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