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 β from groundbreaking projects and cutting-edge technologies to expert insights and global trends shaping the future of infrastructure.
Volvo Trucks Expands its Line-up with the Volvo FL Electric
Volvo Trucks Expands its Line-up with the Volvo FL Electric Volvo Trucks has expanded its electric truck family with a new 14 tonne version of the Volvo FL Electric, making urban logistics cleaner, qu...
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JCB Building New Horizons For Hispanic Construction Entrepreneurs in the US
JCB Building New Horizons For Hispanic Construction Entrepreneurs in the US JCB, one of the worldβs leading independent manufacturers of construction machinery, has launched an ambitious programme des...
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The High-Tech Construction Safety Revolution
The High-Tech Construction Safety Revolution Construction sites are inherently dangerous places, but a wave of smart safety technologies is helping turn them into smarter, safer workplaces. From AI-en...
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Skillington Quarry Thrives With Develon Heavy Equipment
Skillington Quarry Thrives With Develon Heavy Equipment Skillington Quarry near Grantham in Lincolnshire has rapidly evolved from a grass-covered field into a fully operational limestone site, thanks...
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Constructing Norwayβs Ocean Technology Hub With Liebherr Cranes
Constructing Norwayβs Ocean Technology Hub With Liebherr Cranes The Norwegian Ocean Technology Centre in Trondheim is widely recognised as one of the most ambitious scientific infrastructure developme...
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Africa Green Economy Summit to Showcase High Impact Investment Ventures
Africa Green Economy Summit to Showcase High Impact Investment Ventures Africaβs Green Economy Summit (AGES 2026) is preparing to unveil a powerful portfolio of investment-ready ventures that reflect...
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Accelerating Road and Bridge Rehabilitation with Hydrodemolition
Accelerating Road and Bridge Rehabilitation with Hydrodemolition Ageing bridges across the United States are now reaching critical condition. According to the American Road & Transportation Bridge...
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Vinci Highways Expands Greek Mobility With Patras Pyrgos Upgrade
Vinci Highways Expands Greek Mobility With Patras Pyrgos Upgrade The final section of the Patras to Pyrgos highway has officially opened, marking a defining moment for Greeceβs expanding modern transp...
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Sophieβs New Crane Drives Irish Lifting Innovation
Sophieβs New Crane Drives Irish Lifting Innovation Allen Crane Hire has once again expanded its modern fleet with the arrival of a new Tadano AC 4.100L-1 all terrain crane. The new model becomes the t...
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Holcim UK Celebrates a Year of Circular Progress and Sustainable Innovation
Holcim UK Celebrates a Year of Circular Progress and Sustainable Innovation Holcim UK has experienced a landmark year, demonstrating how sustainable construction can deliver measurable results for cus...
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NDB Accelerating Indiaβs Low Carbon Energy Transition
NDB Accelerating Indiaβs Low Carbon Energy Transition Indiaβs journey towards sustainable energy remains one of the most ambitious in the world. Its expanding population and economic development are d...
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ADB Investment Strengthens Climate Resilient Road Networks in South Java
ADB Investment Strengthens Climate Resilient Road Networks in South Java Javaβs southern coastline has long been overshadowed by the islandβs well-connected north, where major highways, ports, and eco...
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DJI FlyCart 100 Redefining Heavy-Lift Aerial Logistics
DJI FlyCart 100 Redefining Heavy-Lift Aerial Logistics DJI has expanded the landscape of airborne logistics with the introduction of the DJI FlyCart 100, a next-generation industrial drone engineered...
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Hearing Protection Innovation For Real-World Environments
Hearing Protection Innovation For Real-World Environments Across urban streets, industrial sites, and busy public spaces, sound is a constant companion. Engines roar, horns pierce the air, and constru...
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Bobcat Targets European Growth Through Wacker Neuson Acquisition
Bobcat Targets European Growth Through Wacker Neuson Acquisition Compact equipment manufacturer Doosan Bobcat is pursuing one of the most significant acquisitions in its recent history, as part of a l...
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Sandvik Secures European Financing to Advance Mining Automation
Sandvik Secures European Financing to Advance Mining Automation The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed a substantial β¬500 million loan to Sandvik, the Stockholm-based engineering giant, to u...
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EIB Investing β¬289.5m for Indiaβs Sustainable Metro Growth
EIB Investing β¬289.5m for Indiaβs Sustainable Metro Growth The European Investment Bank (EIB), through its international development arm EIB Global, has approved β¬289.5 million in new financing to sup...
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Cat Battery Electric Haul Trucks Begin Pilbara Testing with Rio Tinto and BHP
Cat Battery Electric Haul Trucks Begin Pilbara Testing with Rio Tinto and BHP Australiaβs mining industry is entering a pivotal era of electrification and fleet decarbonisation, with two Cat 793 XE Ea...
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Modernising Mauritania’s Strategic Railway Corridor
Modernising Mauritania’s Strategic Railway Corridor Mauritaniaβs iron ore industry depends heavily on a single rail artery stretching from the mining hub of Zouerate to the Atlantic port of Noua...
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A New Global View Of The Built Environment
A New Global View Of The Built Environment A breakthrough in global geospatial research has emerged from the Technical University of Munich, where a team led by Prof. Xiaoxiang Zhu has created the Glo...
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The Urgent Skills Shift in Global Construction
The Urgent Skills Shift in Global Construction Across the world, the construction industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation. While machinery and methods are evolving, it is the workforce tha...
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Heidelberg Materials Delivers Sustainable Road Renewal in Cheddar Gorge
Heidelberg Materials Delivers Sustainable Road Renewal in Cheddar Gorge Heidelberg Materials UK has completed a demanding resurfacing scheme along the B3135 through Cheddar Gorge, strengthening one of...
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Electric JCB Micro Excavator a Breakthrough for Modern Hire Fleets
Electric JCB Micro Excavator a Breakthrough for Modern Hire Fleets The shift towards cleaner construction methods has gathered pace in recent years, with hire customers increasingly turning to zero em...
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Looq AI Expands Global Partnerships to Accelerate Reality Capture
Looq AI Expands Global Partnerships to Accelerate Reality Capture Looq AI has strengthened its position in the rapidly evolving world of ground-based reality capture, announcing seven new partnerships...
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Smart Industrial Labelling with Toshibaβs Next-Generation Printers
Smart Industrial Labelling with Toshibaβs Next-Generation Printers Toshiba America Business Solutions has strengthened its position in the global industrial printing market with the introduction of th...
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Bridging Continents and Building Futures
Bridging Continents and Building Futures Global infrastructure development is forging ahead at an unprecedented scale. From new highways carving through dense jungles to colossal bridges spanning rive...
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Centralising Waste Intelligence For A Smarter Infrastructure Sector
Centralising Waste Intelligence For A Smarter Infrastructure Sector Construction firms across the UK are grappling with a growing need for accurate waste reporting, heightened scrutiny from clients an...
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Teesside University Champions Ultra Low Carbon Cementitious Materials
Teesside University Champions Ultra Low Carbon Cementitious Materials Teesside University has joined forces with the Welsh resource management specialist Dauson Environmental Group to push the boundar...
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Building Momentum For Volvo’s Next Generation Equipment In Korea
Building Momentum For Volvo’s Next Generation Equipment In Korea Korea Sales and Service (KSS) closed the 2025 Volvo Customer Experience Day with a confident display of technical progress, opera...
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Mobilising Finance for Maharashtraβs Low Carbon Road Transformation
Mobilising Finance for Maharashtraβs Low Carbon Road Transformation The Asian Development Bank has approved a substantial results-based project finance lending programme valued at $400 million to acce...
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Building Wisdom from Bees
Building Wisdom from Bees On a sweltering Colorado afternoon, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) spiral above a cluster of hives near Boulder Creek. Some dart out in search of water, nectar and po...
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Smarter Traffic Modelling For Congested Cities
Smarter Traffic Modelling For Congested Cities Traffic has long been the bane of modern metropolitan life. Major cities grapple daily with an overwhelming volume of vehicles, turning straightforward j...
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Cultivating Curiosity and Cyber Confidence in Construction
Cultivating Curiosity and Cyber Confidence in Construction The construction industry has long been seen as a bastion of tradition, often slow to change. But the pressures of modern technological cultu...
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From 2D to Data-driven – The New Era of Rail Design and Delivery
From 2D to Data-driven – The New Era of Rail Design and Delivery Rail networks today are under growing pressure to modernise, expand, and align with smart city infrastructure. According to UK go...
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Harnessing AI to Strengthen Environmental Impact Assessments
Harnessing AI to Strengthen Environmental Impact Assessments Environmental Impact Assessment has reached a turning point. As digital technologies accelerate, practitioners face a clear question: how c...
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Herrenknecht celebrates Alpine Breakthrough
Herrenknecht celebrates Alpine Breakthrough The Brenner Base Tunnel continues to carve its way through the rugged Alpine spine of Europe, quietly reshaping how the continent will move people and goods...
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Komatsu unveils WA170M-11 Next-Generation Compact Wheel Loader
Komatsu unveils WA170M-11 Next-Generation Compact Wheel Loader KomatsuΒ has raised the bar in the 10-tonne compact wheel loader category with the launch of the WA170M-11. Developed by Komatsu Germany G...
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Modernising Uzbekistanβs Pipe Infrastructure withΒ StrategicΒ EBRD Investment
Modernising Uzbekistanβs Pipe Infrastructure withΒ StrategicΒ EBRD Investment Uzbekistanβs long-term infrastructure plans have gained renewed momentum with targeted investments aimed at improving the re...
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Kenya Uganda Expressway to Reshape East Africaβs Transport Future
Kenya Uganda Expressway to Reshape East Africaβs Transport Future The East African Community has confirmed that construction work on the Kenya Uganda Expressway is preparing to break ground, signallin...
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New Era of Port Investment as Laldia Positions Bangladesh for Growth
New Era of Port Investment as Laldia Positions Bangladesh for Growth Bangladesh has taken a decisive step towards reshaping its maritime future with the approval of a major public-private partnership...
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Smarter Pipelines for a Safer Future
Smarter Pipelines for a Safer Future Millions of miles of ageing pipelines stretch beneath cities, farmlands and industrial corridors, supplying the natural gas, crude oil and refined fuels that keep...
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Esri, DevRev, Microsoft Fabric and the Future of Unified Spatial Intelligence
Esri, DevRev, Microsoft Fabric and the Future of Unified Spatial Intelligence The construction, infrastructure, and wider industrial sectors are experiencing a surge in demand for clearer data visibil...
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Innovation Under Pressure to Protect Constructionβs Digital Supply Chain
Innovation Under Pressure to Protect Constructionβs Digital Supply Chain Digital collaboration has become the backbone of modern construction projects. Design plans, 3D BIM models, procurement orders,...
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The Innovative Future of Winter Maintenance
The Innovative Future of Winter Maintenance Winter maintenance has always been a demanding responsibility, yet recent years have amplified the strain on road authorities. Climate volatility, ageing tr...
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Develon and Trimble Strengthen Integration for Next-Level Excavation Accuracy
Develon and Trimble Strengthen Integration for Next-Level Excavation Accuracy Develonβs Series 9 crawler excavators mark a significant step forward in equipment intelligence and digital interoperabili...
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Africaβs Infrastructure Investment Horizon
Africaβs Infrastructure Investment Horizon Africaβs infrastructure sector is entering a pivotal moment, shaped by rising demand, bold policy reforms and stronger capital mobilisation. The African Deve...
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Serbia Advances Rail Modernisation With New EBRD Investment
Serbia Advances Rail Modernisation With New EBRD Investment Serbiaβs rail network is entering a new era of renewal as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development commits up to β¬42 million in...
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Smarter Infrastructure Management For East Asiaβs Sustainable Future
Smarter Infrastructure Management For East Asiaβs Sustainable Future This article is based on an original piece by Oksana Nazmieva, Principal Financial Management Specialist at the Asian Development B...
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Empowering Panama for a Sustainable Energy Future
Empowering Panama for a Sustainable Energy Future Panamaβs electricity landscape is entering a new phase of modernisation with a landmark $300 million framework loan agreed between the EIB Global, the...
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Experience ForlandΒ Smart Manufacturing In Action
Experience ForlandΒ Smart Manufacturing In Action FORLANDβs Global Partners Conference 2026 set the tone for a new chapter in international collaboration when delegates arrived in Qingdao on 12 Novembe...
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