Smart Construction News from Highways.Today

The largest 3D construction printer in the world heads for to Saudi Arabia

The largest 3D construction printer in the world heads for to Saudi Arabia

The largest 3D construction printer in the world heads for to Saudi Arabia Elite for Construction & Development Co. decided to place the order at COBOD as a response to Saudi Arabia’s need for building 1.5 million private houses over the next 10 years and to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which aims to...
Read more
Doka to showcase innovative and digital solutions at bauma 2019

Doka to showcase innovative and digital solutions at bauma 2019

Doka to showcase innovative and digital solutions at bauma 2019 From 8 to 14 April 2019, bauma, the world’s largest construction machinery equipment trade fair will once again be opening its doors. Under the heading “Our contribution to increase productivity on the construction site”,...
Read more
COBOD receives grant to develop the next generation 3D construction printer

COBOD receives grant to develop the next generation 3D construction printer

COBOD receives grant to develop the next generation 3D construction printer The N3XTCON project running from 2018 to 2021 involves all aspects of 3D construction printing from materials recipes over reinforcement solutions and software control systems to new architectural solutions. Besides from COBOD,...
Read more
PERI Group acquires stake in 3D Concrete Printing company COBOD International

PERI Group acquires stake in 3D Concrete Printing company COBOD International

PERI Group acquires stake in 3D Concrete Printing company COBOD International Strategic Partnership with Danish technology leader in 3D concrete printing, Weissenhorn/Copenhagen The PERI Group, one of the world’s leading companies in the field of formwork and scaffolding for the construction indus...
Read more
Mack Trucks plan to have a fully electric refuse vehicle in 2019

Mack Trucks plan to have a fully electric refuse vehicle in 2019

Mack Trucks plan to have a fully electric refuse vehicle in 2019 Mack Trucks, a part of Volvo Group, plans to have a fully electric Mack LR refuse model equipped with an integrated Mack electric drivetrain operating in North America in 2019. The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), one of Mack...
Read more
Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution

Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution

Innovation is Here Conference explored the 4th industrial revolution The recent CEA Annual conference (One Great George Street London) was attended by over 190 delegates from the Construction Equipment sector, including guests from leading contractors Balfour Beatty, BAM Nuttall and Keltbray. The confer...
Read more
3 things you should know about 3D Printing Construction Equipment

3 things you should know about 3D Printing Construction Equipment

3 things you should know about 3D Printing Construction Equipment If you were at CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017, you may have seen the unveiling of the world’s first 3D-printed excavator at the event’s inaugural Tech Experience. It was more than just an attention-getter, 3D printing has slowly but surely...
Read more
Content Adverts
Content Adverts
Content Adverts
Content Adverts
Content Adverts
Content Adverts
Content Adverts
Content Adverts
Content Adverts
INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2018 at the heart of technological challenges in construction

INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2018 at the heart of technological challenges in construction

INTERMAT Innovation Awards 2018 at the heart of technological challenges in construction INTERMAT, the international trade show for construction and infrastructure, announced the winners of the INTERMAT Innovation Awards on Thursday 18 January in Paris (Maison de la Mutualité). In its role as a springbo...
Read more
NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge won by Foster + Partners technology 

NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge won by Foster + Partners technology 

NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge won by Foster + Partners technology In a competition to advance the fundamental construction technologies necessary to create off-world habitats, NASA awarded first prize to team Foster + Partners. Out of 77 registered teams, five teams qualified to compete in the final...
Read more
Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale

Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale

Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale Doka Ventures, a subsidiary of Austria’s Umdasch Group, is joining forces with inventor of deployable 3D construction printing Behrokh Khoshnevis. His company will start delivering the first series-ready robo...
Read more
Robots and 3D Printing revolutionising bridge construction

Robots and 3D Printing revolutionising bridge construction

Robots and 3D Printing revolutionising bridge construction In the Netherlands, a Dutch start-up called MX3D plans to 3D print the first steel bridge. The bridge will span over an Amsterdam canal by using robots with 3d print heads mounted on the end of the arms printers to extrude and weld the structure...
Read more
Truck mounted floodlight system designed to protect road workers at night

Truck mounted floodlight system designed to protect road workers at night

Woodway Engineering, a major emergency services’ provider and Acklea, a traffic management vehicle specialist, have joined forces to develop an illumination system to help protect vulnerable road side workers. Both companies understand the hazards faced by workers who operate in demanding road situation...
Read more