This category brings together commercially relevant news, industry signals and infrastructure intelligence, helping readers follow the people, projects, technologies and markets driving change across the sector.
Last week Skanska laid fully recyclable, graphene-enhanced asphalt on a busy main road in Curbridge for Oxfordshire County Council, in a trial that sees this material use...
Leading access cover and grating manufacturer Saint-Gobain PAM UK have received an award for innovation in the Asset Management and Maintenance category at Highways UK fo...
DOKA Smart Tools enable more efficiency and more productivity, while working at ever-increasing speeds with no loss of precision. These are the challenges that constructi...
LEADING designer, manufacturer and supplier of specialist products for the civil engineering industry Wrekin Products has created ClickLift ™ – an innovative produ...
Lung cancer and serious musculoskeletal injuries are still prevalent in the highways construction industry. But there is a solution to that could mitigate the risks, if n...
With contractors under pressure to get the job done well, on budget and on time, boosting efficiencies on site is never going to be easy. The construction of modern build...
World traveler and global road builder, Brian Jackman, invented and patented Claycrete II™ over 20 years ago. The chemical soil stabilizer has the potential to sta...
A new partnership, the between the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) and Natural England has been created to update the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFR...
Anglo American announces that its Unki platinum mine in Zimbabwe is the first to publicly commit to be independently audited against the Initiative for Responsible Mining...
Globally, after the packaging industry, the construction industry is the largest market where polymers are used. It accounts for almost 20% of the world’s polymer product...
Vancouver, Canada based Kryton International Inc. has partially acquired the fast-growing concrete sensor company Sensohive. The concrete sensors are disrupting the new d...
Kryton International Inc., a world leader in innovative concrete technology, today announced the company has acquired a 30 percent interest in Sensohive Technologies ApS...
Asphalt pavements are the most consistently recycled material in the United States. Every day as part of maintenance and improvement projects, old asphalt pavement materi...
The first installation of SDS Aqua-Xchange ™, the sustainable drainage innovation which turns roadside filter drains into treatment devices that protect the water...
Verksbyen, a new green neighbourhood in Fredrikstad in Norway, showcases the future of sustainable living. As part of the project, construction company Arca Nova Bolig is...
Supporting the UK government’s drive towards a net-zero carbon emissions economy, Durakerb (part of the Econpro group) has announced the installation of its 400,000th ker...
Ghost markings and blacked out lines on the road, which can confuse drivers, could become a thing of the past thanks to Highways England’s global search for a solution to...
Leading fuel experts OTS TankCare have created an independent fuel certification scheme for fuel distributors that has been authorised by the FPS (Federation of Petroleum...
When the Humane Society of Elkhart County, Indiana opened its new facility in 2017, one important improvement was missing: outdoor play and exercise areas for dogs awaiti...
The construction sector continues consuming globally around one third of the planet’s already limited resources. Building with wood products like Kerto® LVL (lamina...
A new rubberised asphalt, which uses waste from tyre recycling has been launched by Tarmac, the leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business...
Toowoomba is a bustling city in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, Australia. The Toowoomba viaduct project, which extends 41 km in length, will create a sa...
The second book in the Sustainable Asphalt Pavements: A Practical Guide series, “Sustainability Specifics,” is now available. The 62-page Asphalt Sustainability book outl...
Minster Surfacing developing technology to make roads 90% recycled Lincolnshire-based road surfacing firm, Minster Surfacing is developing technology that could lead to a...
A spray- or brush-applied fire retardant coating made from nanocellulose is well suited for improving the fire properties of wood-based materials. It reduces the access o...
New ABB Ability Stockyard Management System enables fully integrated collaborative operation by connecting all available information and process data to optimize bulk mat...
A new international standard announced by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) will help grade the performance of road pavement materials. The new specif...
The future Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management showcases the importance of readability and detectability of road markings and signs both by human drivers a...
Across the United States, about four out of every five homes have asphalt shingle roofs. Annually, as those roofs are replaced and maintained, about 12 tons of waste shin...
ECO bollards from Leafield Environmental are environmentally friendly bollards are manufactured from a combination of 50% chipped recycled plastic bottles and 50% regular...
In the north of Taiwan the ChinPaoSan Necropolis cemetery is being extended by the construction of two impressive buildings – an arrival hall and a pavilion. Along...
The Member of Parliament for Thurrock, Jackie Doyle-Price, has today officially opened PolyBitumens, the new state-of-the-art production plant in Thurrock, which represen...
Flip a lobster on its back, and you’ll see that the underside of its tail is split in segments connected by a translucent membrane that appears rather vulnerable when com...
Pavement preservation specialist Crafco has just released a new program for asphalt manufacturers. The Crafco HP Asphalt Cold Patch Producer Partner Program lets qualifie...
A collaboration first presented in 2008 by the American Hardwood Export Council and Sir David Adjaye will be part of an exciting new exhibition at the Design Museum, Lond...
Walki is launching a new flame-retardant membrane. Walki®Wall Tight FR G A2 is a unique vapour barrier that ensures fire safety for construction assets and people in case...
Every asphalt mix producer in the United States is asked to participate in the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s annual survey on the use of recycled materials and...
What if we could use mushrooms to warm our homes? Or use shape-memory alloys to make our infrastructure more sustainable? Volvo Construction Equipment has taken a look at...
Porous Pave, Inc. reached a new environmental milestone in 2018: surpassing 13 million pounds of recycled rubber used in installations of its permeable paving material. A...
The simplicity of its construction and form, its clear proportions, and its functionality make the Albertslund Post a classic of iconic proportions with exceptional versa...
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