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 — from groundbreaking projects and cutting-edge technologies to expert insights and global trends shaping the future of infrastructure.
Smart Technology Revolutionising the Foundations of Construction
Smart Technology Revolutionising the Foundations of Construction The construction industry is undergoing a profound digital transformation, blending traditional brick‑and‑mortar practices with cutting...
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Cummins and Komatsu Advance Hybrid Mining Haulage
Cummins and Komatsu Advance Hybrid Mining Haulage The global mining sector finds itself on the cusp of a transformative era, where decarbonisation is no longer on the horizon but firmly at the forefro...
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Egypt’s Green Infrastructure Push Gains Momentum with EBRD PPP
Egypt’s Green Infrastructure Push Gains Momentum with EBRD PPP Egypt’s ambition to accelerate sustainable development across critical infrastructure has taken a significant leap forward with the launc...
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ADB Finances Kazakhstan’s Strategic Saryagash Bypass Highway
ADB Finances Kazakhstan’s Strategic Saryagash Bypass Highway Kazakhstan’s ambitions to cement its role as a crucial Eurasian transport gateway have received a major lift, with the Asian Development Ba...
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Wabtec and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Seal Historic US$4.2 Billion Locomotive Deal
Wabtec and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Seal Historic US$4.2 Billion Locomotive Deal Kazakhstan’s rail ambitions have taken a defining leap forward, as Wabtec Corporation and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) si...
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China’s World Record Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge Opens
China’s World Record Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge Opens China has just shattered the world record for bridge height. Officially opened on 28 September 2025, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge soar...
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Econolite Raises the Bar for Cloud Security in Traffic Management
Econolite Raises the Bar for Cloud Security in Traffic Management The worlds of transport management and cybersecurity rarely collide in headlines, yet when they do, it signals a profound shift in the...
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London Build 2025 Shaping the Future of UK Construction
London Build 2025 Shaping the Future of UK Construction London Build Expo 2025 is gearing up for a monumental celebration. As it marks its tenth anniversary, the event returns to Olympia London from 1...
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Unlocking Africa’s Infrastructure Future to Power a New Era of Investment
Unlocking Africa’s Infrastructure Future to Power a New Era of Investment Africa finds itself standing on the brink of transformative infrastructure growth, yet the gap between ambition and delivery r...
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Saudi Water Transmission Network Links Saudi Regions with 587 km Pipeline
Saudi Water Transmission Network Links Saudi Regions with 587 km Pipeline Saudi Arabia has marked a significant leap in national water security and private-sector collaboration, as the Aljomaih Energy...
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Develon and Leica Unlock 3D Precision for 9 Series Excavators
Develon and Leica Unlock 3D Precision for 9 Series Excavators The construction industry never stands still, and neither do the innovators shaping its future. Develon and Leica Geosystems, part of Hexa...
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Live Retrofit in London Sets a New Benchmark for Sustainable HVAC Upgrades
Live Retrofit in London Sets a New Benchmark for Sustainable HVAC Upgrades London’s commercial real estate sector is undergoing a quiet revolution, and at its core sits a challenge shared across the c...
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Digital Construction North Puts AI in the Spotlight
Digital Construction North Puts AI in the Spotlight The North of England is gearing up for one of the most influential digital construction gatherings of the year, as Digital Construction North return...
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Understanding the Rebound Effect to Tackle China’s Road Energy Puzzle
Understanding the Rebound Effect to Tackle China’s Road Energy Puzzle China’s rapid urbanisation and expanding transport networks have reshaped mobility across the nation, yet the challenge of balanci...
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Bentley Systems Honours 2025 Partner Excellence Champions
Bentley Systems Honours 2025 Partner Excellence Champions Bentley Systems has once again taken centre stage on the global infrastructure technology stage, unveiling the winners of its prestigious 2025...
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Catalysing Sustainable Infrastructure Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Catalysing Sustainable Infrastructure Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean In a region brimming with potential yet hampered by infrastructure gaps, a new partnership is quietly reshaping the futu...
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Modern Safety Helmet Standards Are Rewriting Construction Safety
Modern Safety Helmet Standards Are Rewriting Construction Safety The construction industry knows risk all too well, yet sometimes it takes a tragic turning point to force real change. For seasoned con...
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Breakthrough Waterproofing System Could Transform Tunnel Engineering
Breakthrough Waterproofing System Could Transform Tunnel Engineering Water ingress has plagued tunnel engineers for decades, compromising operational reliability, reducing service life, and posing saf...
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How Constructed Wetlands Are Quietly Transforming City Resilience
How Constructed Wetlands Are Quietly Transforming City Resilience Cities worldwide are grappling with an uncomfortable truth. Climate change is accelerating, populations are booming, and urban spaces...
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Modern Sleeper Trains Signal a Greener Rail Future for Serbia
Modern Sleeper Trains Signal a Greener Rail Future for Serbia Serbia’s ambitions to strengthen its position as a modern transport hub have taken another decisive step forward, with the European Bank f...
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Yokogawa’s Digital Backbone for a Sustainable and Green Riyadh
Yokogawa’s Digital Backbone for a Sustainable and Green Riyadh Saudi Arabia’s 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 “self-sensing” 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 Zambia’s 2026 National Budget marks a bold turning point in the nation’s 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 £100 Million Investment in UK Manufacturing
JCB Marks 80 Years with a £100 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 Rotterdam’s Euromast
Tadano and Mammoet Remove Rabobank Signage from Rotterdam’s Euromast At a vertigo-inducing 174 metres above Rotterdam, the city’s skyline changed once again as Mammoet Nederland undertook the complex...
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Kapsch TrafficCom Accelerates Serbia’s Smart Mobility with Four New Toll Plazas
Kapsch TrafficCom Accelerates Serbia’s Smart Mobility with Four New Toll Plazas Kapsch TrafficCom has reached another major milestone in Serbia’s transport modernisation drive with the opening of four...
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Rokbak Rugged ADT’s Hauling Africa’s Toughest Projects
Rokbak Rugged ADT’s Hauling Africa’s 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 UK’s aggregate processing machinery sector, has announced a strategic partnership...
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Kubota Power Fuels Tiger Plant Hire’s Ambitious Growth
Kubota Power Fuels Tiger Plant Hire’s Ambitious Growth Tiger Plant Hire, a Swindon-based success story in the UK’s 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 VisionLink®, 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 America’s clean logistics revolution, appointing Hyundai Translead as the official...
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Rio Tinto Powers Up in Mongolia with Battery Swap Electric Haul Trucks
Rio Tinto Powers Up in Mongolia with Battery Swap Electric Haul Trucks Rio Tinto has joined forces with China’s 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 Lubrizol® 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 Bobcat’s 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 Germany’s First Zero-emission Construction Site
Liebherr Powers Germany’s First Zero-emission Construction Site In a quiet corner of Buchholz in der Nordheide, something extraordinary is taking shape. Germany’s first fully emission-free constructio...
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How China’s Smart Ports are Transforming Global Infrastructure
How China’s Smart Ports are Transforming Global Infrastructure China’s 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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