Featured Articles
Featured Articles brings together the top-performing and most talked-about articles published on Highways Today. Curated by our editorial team, this collection showcases standout stories that have captured industry attention โ from groundbreaking projects and cutting-edge technologies to expert insights and global trends shaping the future of infrastructure.
Yokogawaโs Digital Backbone for a Sustainable and Green Riyadh
Yokogawaโs Digital Backbone for a Sustainable and Green Riyadh Saudi Arabiaโs Green Riyadh initiative is one of the most ambitious urban greening programmes on the planet, aiming to reshape the capita...
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The Rise of Smart Materials in Infrastructure
The Rise of Smart Materials in Infrastructure Concrete has always been the stoic backbone of infrastructure, but new โself-sensingโ mixes are giving it a voice. Imagine bridge pillars and pavements th...
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Driving Infrastructure Investment in Zambia through PPPs
Driving Infrastructure Investment in Zambia through PPPs Zambiaโs 2026 National Budget marks a bold turning point in the nationโs transport and logistics landscape. Presented by Finance Minister Dr Si...
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Bobcat Expands Attachment Arsenal with Over 120 Attachments
Bobcat Expands Attachment Arsenal with Over 120 Attachments In the fast-evolving world of compact machinery, versatility is everything. Bobcat, already a global leader in compact equipment, has taken...
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Colas Enhances Night-Time Safety with INSTABOOM Remote Barrier System
Colas Enhances Night-Time Safety with INSTABOOM Remote Barrier System For over 25 years, transport infrastructure specialist Colas has been the backbone of maintenance operations on the M275, one of H...
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JCB Marks 80 Years with a ยฃ100 Million Investment in UK Manufacturing
JCB Marks 80 Years with a ยฃ100 Million Investment in UK Manufacturing As JCB celebrates its 80th birthday, the iconic British manufacturer is marking the occasion not just with cake and candles, but w...
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Tadano and Mammoet Remove Rabobank Signage from Rotterdamโs Euromast
Tadano and Mammoet Remove Rabobank Signage from Rotterdamโs Euromast At a vertigo-inducing 174 metres above Rotterdam, the cityโs skyline changed once again as Mammoet Nederland undertook the complex...
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Kapsch TrafficCom Accelerates Serbiaโs Smart Mobility with Four New Toll Plazas
Kapsch TrafficCom Accelerates Serbiaโs Smart Mobility with Four New Toll Plazas Kapsch TrafficCom has reached another major milestone in Serbiaโs transport modernisation drive with the opening of four...
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Rokbak Rugged ADT’s Hauling Africaโs Toughest Projects
Rokbak Rugged ADT’s Hauling Africaโs Toughest Projects In the relentless landscapes of Africa, where searing heat, swirling dust and torrential rains can turn a job site into a battleground, onl...
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AGGPRO and Terracon Forge a Powerful Partnership to Advance Material Processing
AGGPRO and Terracon Forge a Powerful Partnership to Advance Material Processing AGGPRO, a long-standing leader in the UKโs aggregate processing machinery sector, has announced a strategic partnership...
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Kubota Power Fuels Tiger Plant Hireโs Ambitious Growth
Kubota Power Fuels Tiger Plant Hireโs Ambitious Growth Tiger Plant Hire, a Swindon-based success story in the UKโs competitive plant hire industry, is roaring into a new phase of expansion, driven by...
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Hitachi Construction Machinery to Embark on a Bold New Era as LANDCROS
Hitachi Construction Machinery to Embark on a Bold New Era as LANDCROS Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (HCM) has announced a landmark transformation, rebranding itself as LANDCROS from April...
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VisionLink Helps Finning Customers Slash Idle Time and Boost Fuel Efficiency
VisionLink Helps Finning Customers Slash Idle Time and Boost Fuel Efficiency Finning customers across the UK and Ireland are reaping the benefits of smarter fleet management thanks to VisionLinkยฎ, a C...
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Chinese Construction Giants Shifting Gears in Africa
Chinese Construction Giants Shifting Gears in Africa It wasn’t long ago that Western firms had a near-monopoly on Africa’s big construction deals. Back in 1990, companies from the United S...
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Hyundai Drives Hydrogen Future with US Expansion of XCIENT Fuel Cell Trucks
Hyundai Drives Hydrogen Future with US Expansion of XCIENT Fuel Cell Trucks Hyundai is charging full speed into North Americaโs clean logistics revolution, appointing Hyundai Translead as the official...
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Rio Tinto Powers Upย in Mongoliaย with Battery Swap Electric Haul Trucks
Rio Tinto Powers Upย in Mongoliaย with Battery Swap Electric Haul Trucks Rio Tinto has joined forces with Chinaโs State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) Qiyuan to trial a ground-breaking battery swap...
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ASEAN Power Grid Financing Initiative Transforming Southeast Asia’s Energy Landscape
ASEAN Power Grid Financing Initiative Transforming Southeast Asia’s Energy Landscape The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank Group, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN...
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Lubrizol Unveils Zinc-Free Hydraulic Additive to Power Sustainable Performance
Lubrizol Unveils Zinc-Free Hydraulic Additive to Power Sustainable Performance Lubrizol has taken a bold step forward in sustainable industrial chemistry with the launch of Lubrizolยฎ AH933ZF, a zinc-f...
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Street Smart Wins Top Honour for Intelligent Transportation Innovation in Arizona
Street Smart Wins Top Honour for Intelligent Transportation Innovation in Arizona Street Smart has clinched the prestigious Best Use of an Intelligent Transportation System award at the ITS Arizona 20...
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Decoding BIM Adoption for a Smarter Construction Future
Decoding BIM Adoption for a Smarter Construction Future Building Information Modelling (BIM) has long been hailed as the cornerstone of digital transformation within the architecture, engineering, and...
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Sustainable Aggregates Are Changing How the World Builds
Sustainable Aggregates Are Changing How the World Builds Imagine a fine powdery dust piling up by the tonne at the edge of a quarry, once considered little more than an inconvenient by-product. Today,...
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Bobcat Machine IQ Telematics Passes 30,000 installs in Europe
Bobcat Machine IQ Telematics Passes 30,000 installs in Europe Bobcatโs digital transformation is gathering pace across Europe as its Machine IQ telematics platform passes 30,000 connected units, marki...
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CDE’s CIRCLE Symposium to Tackle PFAS Contamination
CDE’s CIRCLE Symposium to Tackle PFAS Contamination Balancing the demands of global infrastructure growth with the urgent call for environmental responsibility has become one of the great challe...
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Kubota Strengthens Dealer Network Across South-East England
Kubota Strengthens Dealer Network Across South-East England Kubota is reshaping its dealer landscape in the South-East of England, expanding the territories of Shellplant and Boss Plant Sales from Jan...
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DMAT Secures $4.5m to Revolutionise Sustainable Self-healing Concrete
DMAT Secures $4.5m to Revolutionise Sustainable Self-healing Concrete DMAT, a deep-tech innovator spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has successfully raised $4.5 million to f...
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How Xwatch Became a Global Force in Machine Safety
How Xwatch Became a Global Force in Machine Safety In a remarkably short time, Xwatch Safety Solutions has evolved from a small British start-up to a global leader in construction and rail safety tech...
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Liebherr Powers Germanyโs First Zero-emission Construction Site
Liebherr Powers Germanyโs First Zero-emission Construction Site In a quiet corner of Buchholz in der Nordheide, something extraordinary is taking shape. Germanyโs first fully emission-free constructio...
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How Chinaโs Smart Ports are Transforming Global Infrastructure
How Chinaโs Smart Ports are Transforming Global Infrastructure Chinaโs rapid development of automated port infrastructure has transformed global maritime trade and logistics. With 60 fully automated c...
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Transforming Infrastructure with Trustworthy AI
Transforming Infrastructure with Trustworthy AI Bentley Systems has once again taken centre stage in digital innovation. At its annual Year in Infrastructure conference, Bentley introduced an impressi...
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Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect Bridges Data and Collaboration
Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect Bridges Data and Collaboration Bentley Systems has unveiled Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect, a pivotal new layer of the Bentley Infrastructure Cloud that aims...
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Cesium Expanded with Reality Modelling and Immersive Digital Twins
Cesium Expanded with Reality Modelling and Immersive Digital Twins Bentley Systems announced a major milestone with their Cesium platform, marking a significant step forward in reality modelling, geos...
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Bentleyโs 2025 Going Digital Awards Celebrate RealโWorld Impact
Bentleyโs 2025 Going Digital Awards Celebrate RealโWorld Impact I was proud to have attended this yearโs celebration in Amsterdam in person, enjoying the passion and energy of an event that brought to...
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Europe Powers Vietnamโs Clean Energy Future with โฌ430m Investment
Europe Powers Vietnamโs Clean Energy Future with โฌ430m Investment The European Union has unveiled a โฌ430 million funding package to help Vietnam construct one of its most significant energy transition...
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Procore Unveils the Future of Construction Intelligence at Groundbreak 2025
Procore Unveils the Future of Construction Intelligence at Groundbreak 2025 At Groundbreak 2025, Procore Technologies, Inc., the worldโs leading construction management software provider, set the stag...
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Revolutionising Procurement Through AI and Real-Time Visibility
Revolutionising Procurement Through AI and Real-Time Visibility Kojo, a leading construction procurement platform, has secured a Series C extension investment from Wesco International, one of the worl...
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Bitumen and Asphalt in a Changing World
Bitumen and Asphalt in a Changing World Across the globe, tens of millions of kilometres of roads stitch together cities, towns, and villages, with asphalt as the literal groundwork of development. As...
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Robe River Joint Venture boosts Pilbara’s Future with $733m Investment
Robe River Joint Venture boosts Pilbara’s Future with $733m Investment In a significant move to strengthen Western Australiaโs iron ore production, the Robe River Joint Venture partners, Rio Tin...
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Liebherr Cranes Conquer the Elements on Norwayโs Ytre Steinsund Bridge Project
Liebherr Cranes Conquer the Elements on Norwayโs Ytre Steinsund Bridge Project Along Norwayโs rugged western coastline, a remarkable feat of engineering is taking shape. The Ytre Steinsund Bridge, poi...
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Tarmacโs CEVO Asphalts Pave the Way for Net Zero Roads
Tarmacโs CEVO Asphalts Pave the Way for Net Zero Roads Tarmac has taken a decisive leap towards a greener future with the launch of CEVO Asphalts,ย a breakthrough engineered solution designed to enable...
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Balfour Beatty and Qflow Set New Standards in Sustainable Construction
Balfour Beatty and Qflow Set New Standards in Sustainable Construction Balfour Beatty, the UKโs largest construction and infrastructure group, has set a new environmental benchmark with the Thames Est...
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High-Friction Thin Overlays are Paving the Way for Safer and Quieter Roads
High-Friction Thin Overlays are Paving the Way for Safer and Quieter Roads Over the years, road pavements endure relentless punishment from traffic loads and environmental forces, leading to common su...
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Smart Freight Corridors for Arkansas with Intelligent Transportation Upgrade
Smart Freight Corridors for Arkansas with Intelligent Transportation Upgrade Quarterhill Inc., a frontrunner in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) solutions, has partnered with the Arkansas Depar...
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Catโs Global Operator Challenge Showcases the Best of the Best
Catโs Global Operator Challenge Showcases the Best of the Best The worldโs finest heavy equipment operators gathered at Caterpillarโs Malaga Demonstration and Learning Centre to compete in one of the...
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ULMA Drives Engineering Excellence in Brazilโs Landmark Viaduct Construction
ULMA Drives Engineering Excellence in Brazilโs Landmark Viaduct Construction In one of Brazilโs most ambitious infrastructure upgrades in recent years, ULMA Construction has played a pivotal role in b...
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ICIEC Financing for the $466m Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project in Nigeria
ICIEC Financing for the $466m Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project in Nigeria In a move set to reshape West Africaโs transport landscape, the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and E...
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Hitachi and Rio Tinto Join Forces to Advance Remote Operation for Mega Excavators
Hitachi and Rio Tinto Join Forces to Advance Remote Operation for Mega Excavators Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. has inked a pivotal five-year Charter agreement with Technological Resources...
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Trackunit unveils Kin T200 for Enhanced Asset Visibility for the Connected Jobsite
Trackunit unveils Kin T200 for Enhanced Asset Visibility for the Connected Jobsite Trackunit has launched the Kin T200, its next-generation Bluetoothยฎ asset tag that promises to redefine how construct...
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John Deere Redefines Compact Power with New P-Tier Excavators
John Deere Redefines Compact Power with New P-Tier Excavators John Deere has once again raised the bar for compact construction machinery with the launch of its newly redesigned 17 P-Tier and 26 P-Tie...
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Skyjack Elevates Efficiency with the Launch of the SJ5545 E Electric Scissor Lift
Skyjack Elevates Efficiency with the Launch of the SJ5545 E Electric Scissor Lift Skyjack has unveiled its latest innovation, the SJ5545 E electric drive scissor lift, which now stands as the tallest...
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Changing Lanes in Portugalโs Highway Infrastructure Landscape
Changing Lanes in Portugalโs Highway Infrastructure Landscape CVC DIF, the infrastructure arm of private markets manager CVC, has agreed to divest its stakes in two of Portugalโs major highway concess...
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