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.
Beyond Heavy Iron – Reinventing the Construction Machine
Beyond Heavy Iron – Reinventing the Construction Machine Electric powertrains, hydrogen engines, fuel cells, robotics and machine intelligence are opening up new possibilities for construction e...
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Archer Aviation Plans Three Texas Air Taxi Networks
Archer Aviation Plans Three Texas Air Taxi Networks Archer Aviation has outlined plans for three electric air taxi networks across Texas, connecting major airports, business districts and leisure dest...
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NVIDIA and Stellantis Advance Robotaxi Plans Across Europe and Central Asia
NVIDIA and Stellantis Advance Robotaxi Plans Across Europe and Central Asia Three autonomous mobility partnerships announced in October 2026 have brought together vehicle manufacturers, artificial int...
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Procore Brings Voice-Controlled AI to Construction Sites with Meta Glasses Trials
Procore Brings Voice-Controlled AI to Construction Sites with Meta Glasses Trials Construction supervisors can now question project drawings, specifications and site records without searching through...
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Derq to Test AI-Powered Crash Prevention at US Intersections
Derq to Test AI-Powered Crash Prevention at US Intersections The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has selected intelligent transportation technology company Derq to develop and test an AI-power...
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Baku Metro Secures $302 Million for Signalling and Digital Modernisation
Baku Metro Secures $302 Million for Signalling and Digital Modernisation Baku Metro is preparing to add approximately 20 kilometres of tunnels, nine stations and 300 additional metro cars to its netwo...
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Vietnam’s Chu Lai Airport Expansion Plan Targets Major Aviation and Logistics Hub
Vietnam’s Chu Lai Airport Expansion Plan Targets Major Aviation and Logistics Hub Da Nang has requested authority to develop Chu Lai International Airport through a public-private partnership (P...
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Teflon Capitalism: How Investment Funds Absorb the Shock of Geopolitical Risk
Teflon Capitalism: How Investment Funds Absorb the Shock of Geopolitical Risk Between January 2020 and May 2026, Germany’s DAX index rose by approximately 90%, the S&P 500 by 130% and Japan...
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Trimble Expands 3D Excavator Grade Control with Dual DA2 GNSS Receivers
Trimble Expands 3D Excavator Grade Control with Dual DA2 GNSS Receivers Trimble is introducing a lower-cost configuration of its Earthworks 3D grade control system for excavators, using two DA2 GNSS r...
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The Economics of Moving Earth
The Economics of Moving Earth Why Construction Machinery Productivity Depends on Much More Than the Machine Two identical hydraulic excavators are working on separate earthmoving projects. Both have t...
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Flying Cars Are Coming – But Who Will Build the Roads in the Sky?
Flying Cars Are Coming – But Who Will Build the Roads in the Sky? On 15 October 2026, Tesla demonstrated a new generation of Roadster at SpaceX’s test facility in McGregor, Texas, using hi...
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Asphalt Pavement Emissions Over 250 Times Lower Than Previous Estimates
Asphalt Pavement Emissions Over 250 Times Lower Than Previous Estimates Peer-reviewed research from the University of California, Riverside has found that emissions from compacted asphalt pavements ar...
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When Cities Swallow the Infrastructure They Depend On
When Cities Swallow the Infrastructure They Depend On From Vietnam’s roadside settlements to Britain’s industrial towns, airports, shipyards and wastewater treatment plants, the infrastruc...
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When Does an Airport Turn into a Giant Car Park?
When Does an Airport Turn into a Giant Car Park? Somewhere in the economics of modern aviation, the humble parking space became an extraordinarily valuable piece of infrastructure. Airports are among...
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Chicago’s Infrastructure Investment Drives a New Wave of Construction
Chicago’s Infrastructure Investment Drives a New Wave of Construction Chicago’s construction industry is managing a substantial pipeline of major projects, from a long-awaited extension of...
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Caterpillar Introduces Three Compact Excavators Built for Different Demands
Caterpillar Introduces Three Compact Excavators Built for Different Demands Caterpillar has introduced three compact hydraulic excavators designed around the different demands of restricted access, ma...
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John Deere Expands Compact Grading with SmartGrade Box Blades
John Deere Expands Compact Grading with SmartGrade Box Blades John Deere has introduced two SmartGrade box blade attachments for its 333 and 335 P-Tier compact track loaders, bringing integrated grade...
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Bouygues Construction Opens Scale One to Test Innovation Under Real Site Conditions
Bouygues Construction Opens Scale One to Test Innovation Under Real Site Conditions Bouygues Construction has opened a 2,500 m² innovation facility at Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris, where new materia...
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Volvo VNX Brings Heavy-Haul Capability to North America’s Construction Fleets
Volvo VNX Brings Heavy-Haul Capability to North America’s Construction Fleets Volvo Trucks has introduced the all-new Volvo VNX for North American construction, vocational and heavy-haul operati...
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Ritchie Bros. Expands Orlando Heavy Equipment Auction to Six Days for 2027
Ritchie Bros. Expands Orlando Heavy Equipment Auction to Six Days for 2027 Ritchie Bros. will extend its annual February Orlando heavy equipment auction from five to six days in 2027, following an eve...
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Rowan Engineers Develop Reverse-Time Imaging for 3D Printed Concrete
Rowan Engineers Develop Reverse-Time Imaging for 3D Printed Concrete A 3D concrete printer can build a wall layer by layer, but every new deposit adds weight to material that has yet to develop its fu...
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SHOWA Introduces Recycled Microfibre Gloves for Industrial Hand Protection
SHOWA Introduces Recycled Microfibre Gloves for Industrial Hand Protection Protective glove manufacturer SHOWA has introduced the RECYCLED MFT PRO GP381E, incorporating more than 80% recycled fibres i...
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The Humanoid Economy: From Physical AI to Industrial Reality
The Humanoid Economy: From Physical AI to Industrial Reality At BMW’s Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, a humanoid robot spent approximately 1,250 operating hours handling sheet metal compone...
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Seequent Brings AI Geological Analysis to Drill Core Photography
Seequent Brings AI Geological Analysis to Drill Core Photography Six hundred metres of drill core photography, analysed in two minutes. That is the processing speed Seequent reports for its new AI-pow...
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Colorbiotics GEM Vision Brings Laser Measurement to Aggregate Conveyors
Colorbiotics GEM Vision Brings Laser Measurement to Aggregate Conveyors Measuring the volume of material travelling along a conveyor belt sounds straightforward until the flow becomes irregular. Mulch...
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Why Construction Machines Look the Way They Do
Why Construction Machines Look the Way They Do In 1885, an American road inspector named J.D. Adams developed an improvement to the horse-drawn grader that remains recognisable on modern machines. Rat...
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Doka 360 Brings Formwork Logistics and Material Management into One Digital Platform
Doka 360 Brings Formwork Logistics and Material Management into One Digital Platform Keeping track of formwork on a busy construction project can be surprisingly complicated. Panels, props and support...
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Bathymetric Lidar Reveals the Hidden Landscape of Utah’s Great Salt Lake
Bathymetric Lidar Reveals the Hidden Landscape of Utah’s Great Salt Lake Beneath the shallow, increasingly unpredictable waters of Utah’s Great Salt Lake lies a landscape that scientists a...
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RB Global Expects Stronger Marketplace Trading as Equipment Sales Grow
RB Global Expects Stronger Marketplace Trading as Equipment Sales Grow Billions of dollars’ worth of construction machinery, commercial vehicles and industrial assets change hands through RB Glo...
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Intel Joins International Road Federation as AI Moves into Road Infrastructure
Intel Joins International Road Federation as AI Moves into Road Infrastructure Intel has joined the International Road Federation (IRF Global), bringing one of the world’s leading semiconductor...
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Making Hand Protection Work for Road Crews
Making Hand Protection Work for Road Crews Highway construction brings together a wide range of activities, often within the same working day. A crew installing steel safety barriers may also be handl...
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Bentley’s 2026 Infrastructure Awards Spotlight Digital Engineering Around the World
Bentley’s 2026 Infrastructure Awards Spotlight Digital Engineering Around the World More than 300 infrastructure projects from 53 countries were nominated for Bentley Systems‘ 2026 Year in...
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KGM Introduces Two-Seat Musso Commercial Pick-Up Following UK Tax Changes
KGM Introduces Two-Seat Musso Commercial Pick-Up Following UK Tax Changes KGM Motors UK has introduced two-seat commercial versions of its Musso Rebel and Saracen pick-ups, offering construction busin...
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When Infrastructure Starts Changing the Weather
When Infrastructure Starts Changing the Weather When China’s Three Gorges Reservoir filled, around 40 cubic kilometres of water were moved into a new position on the surface of the Earth. It was...
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From Tokyo to Ulaanbaatar: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across East Asia
From Tokyo to Ulaanbaatar: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across East Asia Beneath central Tokyo, a heavily used section of urban expressway is being rebuilt while the transport system around it...
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From the Himalayas to the Yangtze: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across China
From the Himalayas to the Yangtze: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across China On the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo, construction has begun on a hydropower project expected to cost around R...
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From the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across South Asia
From the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across South Asia Beneath the waters of Thane Creek, two enormous tunnelling machines are working towards Mumbai as part of...
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From the Hudson to Mexico: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across North America
From the Hudson to Mexico: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across North America At the end of September 2026, a machine weighing 1,680 tonnes began cutting into the Palisades west of Manhattan. Mo...
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From the Baltic to the Alps: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across Europe
From the Baltic to the Alps: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across Europe Deep beneath the Alps in July 2026, excavation crews working from Austria and Italy broke through the final rock separati...
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From Brazil to Bogotá: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across Latin America
From Brazil to Bogotá: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across Latin America Latin America’s geography has always imposed a price on movement. The Andes divide the continent from north to sou...
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From Lobito to Lagos: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across Africa
From Lobito to Lagos: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across Africa Across Africa, some of the continent’s most consequential infrastructure projects are doing more than reducing journey tim...
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From Manila to Singapore: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across Southeast Asia
From Manila to Singapore: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across Southeast Asia Across Southeast Asia, some of the region’s largest infrastructure projects are overcoming geography that has...
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From Dubai to Marrakech: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across MENA
From Dubai to Marrakech: 10 Infrastructure Projects to Watch Across MENA Across the Middle East and North Africa, some of the most consequential transport projects now taking shape are disappearing be...
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From Horsepower to Kilowatts – The Evolution of Construction Machinery
From Horsepower to Kilowatts – The Evolution of Construction Machinery In 1895, the British Army’s statutory allowance for each horse placed in civilian quarters was 10 lb of oats, 12 lb o...
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High Voltage Takes Hyundai Electric Forklifts to 18 Tonnes
High Voltage Takes Hyundai Electric Forklifts to 18 Tonnes An 18-tonne forklift working around a steel yard, port or precast concrete plant presents a rather different electrification problem from a w...
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Flannery Adds 97 Kubota Excavators in Major Fleet Investment
Flannery Adds 97 Kubota Excavators in Major Fleet Investment Utility work places different demands on construction equipment from a conventional building or major infrastructure site. Machines may mov...
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Volkswagen Gives the ID. Buzz Cargo More Room to Work
Volkswagen Gives the ID. Buzz Cargo More Room to Work Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is stretching the working envelope of the ID. Buzz Cargo, introducing a long-wheelbase version with 4.4 cubic metre...
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Britain Is Building a Digital Map of What Lies Beneath Its Roads
Britain Is Building a Digital Map of What Lies Beneath Its Roads Britain’s national mapping agency generated £198.7 million in revenue during the year to 31 March 2026, up £4.1 million from the...
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Geospatial Accord Takes Surveying Standards to Government and Industry
Geospatial Accord Takes Surveying Standards to Government and Industry The information beneath a major infrastructure project often begins with work that is barely visible once construction starts. Su...
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Volkswagen Transporter Takes Van of the Year as Practicality Returns
Volkswagen Transporter Takes Van of the Year as Practicality Returns Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles says its seventh-generation Transporter has been named Van of the Year at the 2026 News UK Motor Awa...
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