Big Foot meets an ATLAS Excavator When it comes to the substrate, it’s a “real softie”, when it comes to stability, it’s a rock. This pretty much sums up the Big Foot, the ATLAS 140W mobile excavator with 16 t service weight and 20 km/h travel speed (optionally up to 36 km/h). Th...
National Highways trials 3D-Printed Headwall on A30 road upgrade The first-ever 3D-printed concrete headwall is being trialled as part of the construction process on National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in Cornwall. Headwall structures are traditionally made from precast concrete, u...
Liebherr and Leica Geosystems expand Excavator Machine Control range Liebherr, in cooperation with Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, offers various machine control systems for hydraulic excavators ex works. Machine control systems are driver assistance systems that make construction projects and proces...
INTERMAT 2024 to showcase dynamic Zero Carbon solutions and technologies The next edition of INTERMAT, the sustainable construction solutions and technology exhibition, will take place from 24 to 27 April 2024 at Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre. The biggest international manufacturers have alrea...
200 Built Environment Companies lead the way for a Sustainable Future The built environment industry has today reached a major milestone with 200 companies leading the way for a sustainable future, including the launch of a ‘Future Workforce’ initiative, aimed at developing the sustainability knowledge...
Volvo CE reports record earnings for Q2 2023 Volvo Construction Equipment proves it is performing today while transforming for tomorrow with record earnings for the second quarter 2023, alongside its continued investment into sustainable change. Sales of machines and services rose across all markets exc...
New Temporary Traffic Management Products launched at LCRIG Innovation Festival Innovation and solar experts Solar Gates UK launched two new products at the LCRIG Innovation Festival last week. The two innovative temporary traffic control solutions; INSTABOOM Go and INSTABOOM Flagger are both designed f...
CDE AquaCycle Quarry Water Management solution boosts savings and new revenue For nearly 40 years, family-owned business Campbell Contracts has been extracting sand and gravel from its Letterbailey quarry in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. More recently, in response to market demand, the company com...
HP SitePrint Robot now available in North America, UK and Ireland HP Inc., announced full availability of HP SitePrint in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland following a successful Early Access Program with some of the biggest names in construction. HP SitePrint is a robotic solution that prints the most com...
Cemex expands Vertua Range for more Sustainable Asphalt Solutions Cemex’s VIALOW, VIAFLOW®, and VIACOURT® asphalt, plus newer products that use a lower carbon bitumen, now form a new series of high-performance asphalt solutions which have been stringently classified to join the Vertua® product family, a...
The truth behind UK Construction Waste Compliance Qflow, a climate-focused construction tech company, released a comprehensive report analysing the state of waste management in the construction industry. This industry-first report analyses over 90,000 legally required Waste Transfer Notes (WTNs) from Ju...
Are Electric Vehicles too heavy for multi-storey Car Parks? In June 2023, the Institution of Structural Engineers published a report suggesting that the weight of our cars is too much for many multi-storeys built in the 60s and 70s. Known for being heavier, EVs have been the first to be blamed ─ but is...
Derbyshire Gully Sensors monitor Water Levels and Flooding Derbyshire Gully Sensors are an innovative solution designed to effectively monitor water levels within gully pots, particularly in regions prone to flooding. In April 2023, a collaborative venture with Derbyshire County Council (DCC) spearheade...
Arup wins five year contract on ADEPT Live Labs Decarbonising Roads programme In an important milestone for the £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme, a five year contract to provide monitoring and evaluation services has been awarded to Arup. Developed by the Association of...
Cemex Ventures boosts investment in Carbon Upcycling Cemex announced today that Cemex Ventures, its corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, has increased its stake in Carbon Upcycling. Carbon Upcycling’s patented technology injects CO2 into industrial by-products and natural minerals to crea...
Automotive World China 2023 to unite Global Carmakers Shenzhen, the innovation hub of China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, is making bold moves in building a “next generation world-class automobile city.” As one of the most competitive and promising cities in the global new en...
Carmac expands Excavator Fleet to keep pace with Housebuilding Sector demand Carmac Building and Civil Engineering Ltd has bought seven of the latest Zaxis-7 models from Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK) and has 26 Hitachi medium excavators in total: 13 ZX130s; seven ZX210s; three ZX160s; and th...
Tackling Skin Problems in the Construction Industry If you work in the construction industry, chances are you’re on your feet all day and constantly using your hands. But you might not always take the time to look after your skin. Your work will often expose your skin to potentially harmful chemicals an...
Aggregate Industries takes pole position after resurfacing Donington Park Donington Park is one of the world’s most iconic race venues, hosting some of motorsport’s most prestigious national and international events. Since being acquired by MotorSport Vision Ltd., in 2017, significant investment has bee...
UK Construction outlook remains flat while infrastructure remains strong The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Construction Monitor Q2 2023 portrays a mixed picture when it comes to industry trends. The headline construction workload reading tilted downward a touch to -1% from +3% in th...
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