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Mitsubishi Electric Redefine Industrial Interfaces in the Age of Smart Manufacturing
Mitsubishi Electric Redefine Industrial Interfaces in the Age of Smart Manufacturing Manufacturing is no longer just about machines and output. It is increasingly about data, connectivity, and the ability to act on insights in real time. Against that shifting landscape, Mitsubishi Electric has intro...
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The Ten Trillion Bet on Intelligent Infrastructure
The Ten Trillion Bet on Intelligent Infrastructure The worldβs roads, railways, ports, airports, power grids and utilities are no longer being valued as lumps of concrete, steel, pipework, cables and regulated cash flow. Increasingly, they are being repriced as operating systems for trade, mobility,...
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Lessons from the 2026 Antalya Diplomacy Forum in TΓΌrkiye
Lessons from the 2026 Antalya Diplomacy Forum in TΓΌrkiye Earlier this month I attended the 2026 edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum hosted by Turkiye. It provided valuable object lessons on the importance of consolidating existing alliances, building new ones and the imperative of a new multilate...
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Rebuilding Ghanaβs Eastern Corridor with Precision Topcon Technology
Rebuilding Ghanaβs Eastern Corridor with Precision Topcon Technology Ghanaβs decision to modernise a crucial stretch of its Eastern Corridor is far more than a roadworks programme. It is a strategic intervention in trade logistics, regional mobility and long-term economic resilience. The reconstruct...
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Liebherr Celebrates 100,000 Wheel Loader Milestone
Liebherr Celebrates 100,000 Wheel Loader Milestone Liebherr has marked a significant industrial milestone with the production of its 100,000th wheel loader at the companyβs manufacturing plant in Bischofshofen, Austria. The anniversary machine, an L 550 XPower, has been handed over to German recycli...
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VertiGIS Expands Global GIS Reach with Β£87m 1Spatial Acquisition
VertiGIS Expands Global GIS Reach with Β£87m 1Spatial Acquisition The geospatial technology sector has entered another phase of consolidation as VertiGIS completes its Β£87.1 million acquisition of 1Spatial, bringing together application-layer GIS workflows with advanced location data governance. For...
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TRL Sets New Course for UK Police Blue Light Safety Standards
TRL Sets New Course for UK Police Blue Light Safety Standards The UK policing fleet is heading for one of its most significant vehicle safety reforms in decades, with TRL commissioned by the Metropolitan Police Service on behalf of the National Police Chiefsβ Council to develop a national Fleet Blue...
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Traffic is Created by Cities Not Just Roads
Traffic is Created by Cities Not Just Roads Traffic congestion is often blamed on inadequate roads, poor junction design or a lack of capacity. Yet new international research suggests that view only tells part of the story. The way cities are built, how neighbourhoods are arranged, where jobs are co...
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Indiana Expands Smart Freight Oversight with New Weigh In Motion Investment
Indiana Expands Smart Freight Oversight with New Weigh In Motion Investment State transport agencies rarely make headlines when they renew long-term technology frameworks, yet these decisions often shape how efficiently roads are managed, how freight moves and how infrastructure budgets are protecte...
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BUKO Brings Digital Traffic Management to Britainβs Roadworks Challenge
BUKO Brings Digital Traffic Management to Britainβs Roadworks Challenge Britainβs road network is under constant pressure. Utilities need access to buried assets, highways authorities must maintain ageing infrastructure, and major projects require lane closures, diversions and phased traffic control...
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Premier Plant Powers Ahead With Electric JCB Fleet and Carbon Neutral Ambitions
Premier Plant Powers Ahead With Electric JCB Fleet and Carbon Neutral Ambitions The UK plant hire sector is entering a more practical phase of decarbonisation. After years of discussion around emissions targets, low-carbon procurement and cleaner urban construction, fleet operators are now making re...
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CDE Unveils Rapid Deploy ModaLine Washing Plant for Fast Moving Materials Markets
CDE Unveils Rapid Deploy ModaLine Washing Plant for Fast Moving Materials Markets Speed has become one of the most valuable commodities in the aggregates, recycling and quarrying industries. Whether operators are processing material at a temporary construction project, opening a new quarry face, res...
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Ritchie Bros Sets New Benchmark as Grande Prairie Auction Surpasses CA$93m
Ritchie Bros Sets New Benchmark as Grande Prairie Auction Surpasses CA$93m Western Canadaβs heavy equipment market has sent a clear signal. Buyers are still willing to move quickly, bid hard and spend serious money when the right machines come to market. That was the takeaway from the latest Ritchie...
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Europe Backs Smarter Transport with New CEF Blending Facility
Europe Backs Smarter Transport with New CEF Blending Facility Europeβs transport transition has always depended on one awkward truth: major infrastructure upgrades are expensive, slow to deliver and often unattractive to private capital when viewed in isolation. Rail signalling modernisation, cross-...
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Dangerous Trucking Practices Drive Up Highway Fatalities in Texas
Dangerous Trucking Practices Drive Up Highway Fatalities in Texas Texas leads the nation in traffic fatalities. A growing share of that crisis stems from “ghost fleets,” commercial trucks slipping through regulatory oversight cracks. Beyond the usual culprits like speeding and driver fat...
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Worksport Expands US Distribution With Tri State Deal and Nexus Momentum
Worksport Expands US Distribution With Tri State Deal and Nexus Momentum Worksport Ltd has secured a new regional distribution partnership that could strengthen its position in the highly competitive North American truck accessories market. The US based manufacturer, known for tonneau covers and eme...
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Africa Backs Cleaner Safer Transport Future Through Dual Mobility Frameworks
Africa Backs Cleaner Safer Transport Future Through Dual Mobility Frameworks Africaβs transport and energy ministers have endorsed two continent-wide policy frameworks that could reshape how people and goods move across one of the worldβs fastest-growing regions. Approved during the 5th Ordinary Ses...
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Bentley Secures Federal Cloud Approval for Americaβs Infrastructure Overhaul
Bentley Secures Federal Cloud Approval for Americaβs Infrastructure Overhaul As the United States wrestles with the costly reality of ageing roads, bridges, dams, transit systems and water networks, the digital tools used to modernise those assets are becoming just as important as concrete, steel an...
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ProPetro and Caterpillar Scale Gigawatt Power for Data Centres and Industry
ProPetro and Caterpillar Scale Gigawatt Power for Data Centres and Industry Power shortages are no longer a niche concern. Across North America and beyond, grid constraints, rising electricity demand and the explosive expansion of hyperscale data centres are forcing businesses to rethink how power i...
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How Engineers Are Mastering Uneven Terrain in Modern Urban Development
How Engineers Are Mastering Uneven Terrain in Modern Urban Development Cities have always expanded towards the easiest land first. Flat plains, firm soils and predictable drainage corridors traditionally attracted homes, roads, railways and commerce. Yet in many mature urban areas, that comfortable...
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Understanding Fire Classification for External Timber Cladding in UK Construction
Understanding Fire Classification for External Timber Cladding in UK Construction The UK construction industry operates with two fire classification systems for external cladding β the European Euroclass system and the older UK BS 476 system β running in parallel across different parts of the regula...
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Electric Scooty India Comparison 2026
Electric Scooty India Comparison 2026 Upcoming Models, Specs & Market Insights | Scooty Lelo Indiaβs scooter market is changing faster than ever before. What used to be a simple choice between mileage and price has now become a decision about technology, comfort, and long-term value. In 2026, th...
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Nikon and Aeva Advance Smart Manufacturing With Laser Radar
Nikon and Aeva Advance Smart Manufacturing With Laser Radar Modern manufacturing lives or dies by precision. Whether assembling aircraft fuselage sections, welding vehicle body shells or validating energy infrastructure components, the margin for error keeps shrinking. Tolerances are tighter, produc...
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Granite Expands Utah Footprint With Strategic Acquisition
Granite Expands Utah Footprint With Strategic Acquisition Granite has moved to deepen its presence in one of the fastest-growing construction markets in the western United States, completing the acquisition of Kenny Seng Construction. The deal strengthens Graniteβs vertically integrated construction...
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Smarter Copper Extraction Drives Ideon Launch In Chile
Smarter Copper Extraction Drives Ideon Launch In Chile Chile sits at the centre of the global copper economy, supplying the metal that underpins electrification, renewable power networks, electric vehicles, data centres and modern infrastructure. So when a specialist technology company chooses Santi...
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Helical Fusion Alliance to Turn Stellarator Science Into Commercial Power
Helical Fusion Alliance to Turn Stellarator Science Into Commercial Power Fusion energy has spent decades in the realm of scientific promise, technical milestones and long-range ambition. Now, one of Japanβs emerging fusion developers is attempting something equally important: building the industria...
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Argonne Opens Heavy Duty Test Centre to Accelerate Cleaner Freight Innovation
Argonne Opens Heavy Duty Test Centre to Accelerate Cleaner Freight Innovation Developing the next generation of medium and heavy-duty vehicles has become one of the transport sectorβs toughest engineering challenges. Truck manufacturers, logistics operators and technology suppliers are being asked t...
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Sunlight Turns Plastic Waste Into Clean Fuel Opportunity
Sunlight Turns Plastic Waste Into Clean Fuel Opportunity Plastic waste and clean energy are often treated as separate global headaches. One fills landfills, clogs rivers and drifts through oceans. The other demands vast investment, new infrastructure and urgent technological progress. Researchers at...
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Silent Sensors and Smart Spaces Powered by Battery Free Ultrasonic Tags
Silent Sensors and Smart Spaces Powered by Battery Free Ultrasonic Tags Modern buildings are filling up with sensors. Offices monitor occupancy, warehouses track assets, homes automate lighting, and healthcare facilities increasingly rely on data to support independent living. Yet thereβs a snag man...
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Qatar Builds a Sovereign AI Platform for Critical Infrastructure Growth
Qatar Builds a Sovereign AI Platform for Critical Infrastructure Growth Qatarβs push to diversify its economy and modernise national infrastructure has taken another notable step with the launch of a sovereign cloud platform designed specifically for critical sectors including energy, government and...
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Hongqi Accelerates Global Expansion with New SUV Range and Market Push
Hongqi Accelerates Global Expansion with New SUV Range and Market Push Chinese premium automotive marque Hongqi has used Auto China 2026 as the stage to outline a significantly broader international growth strategy, pairing new export-focused SUV models with an ambitious dealer network expansion pla...
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The Everyday Technology Keeping Transport Systems Connected
The Everyday Technology Keeping Transport Systems Connected The US is an ever-connected sprawl. It might not feel like it when we spend our hours waiting for inter-state flights and in unexpected mid-west layovers β but, undeniably, we are better-connected than weβve ever been. And we have a great d...
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Why Repeatable Construction Systems are Gaining Popularity
Why Repeatable Construction Systems are Gaining Popularity Repeatable construction systems are moving into the mainstream as the UK building sector faces pressure to deliver more, faster, and with fewer resources. These systems rely on standardised components or modular units that can be produced in...
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The Global Tall Buildings Index 2026
The Global Tall Buildings Index 2026 The first generation of skyscrapers was about squeezing more floor space onto expensive urban land. The second was about prestige, global branding and national confidence. By 2026, the third generation has clearly arrived. Todayβs tallest buildings are complex fi...
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Libya Sets Course for Transport Sector Reform with AfDB Support
Libya Sets Course for Transport Sector Reform with AfDB Support Libya is taking a measured step towards rebuilding one of the most critical pillars of its economy, with a renewed focus on transport infrastructure as both an enabler of growth and a stabilising force. A three-day technical workshop le...
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Building Megaprojects for Future Generations
Building Megaprojects for Future Generations For years, sustainability sat awkwardly at the edge of megaproject delivery. It appeared in glossy bid documents, tucked behind engineering schedules and financial models, often expressed through renderings rather than hard specifications. The real decisi...
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Jordan Advances Landmark PPP for Amman Elevated Expressway
Jordan Advances Landmark PPP for Amman Elevated Expressway Jordan has taken a decisive step towards reshaping its urban transport network, opening prequalification for what is set to become the countryβs first toll-based elevated expressway delivered through a public-private partnership. Led by the...
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Coventry Airport Gigafactory Moves Closer After Key Approval
Coventry Airport Gigafactory Moves Closer After Key Approval Plans to transform land at Coventry Airport into one of the United Kingdomβs most significant advanced manufacturing clusters have taken a decisive step forward, with Warwick District Council granting approval for a major phase of the Gree...
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Novo Technologies Acquisition Broadens VINCI Energies UK Engineering Reach
Novo Technologies Acquisition Broadens VINCI Energies UK Engineering Reach As demand for resilient digital infrastructure continues to accelerate across the UK, VINCI Energies has moved to strengthen its position in wireless network delivery through the acquisition of Novo Technologies Ltd. The deal...
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Sydney Build 2026 Draws Global Construction Industry to Australia
Sydney Build 2026 Draws Global Construction Industry to Australia The scale of modern construction challenges rarely lends itself to simple solutions. Housing shortages, strained supply chains, labour constraints and the growing pressure to decarbonise infrastructure have pushed the industry into a...
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Liebherr Brings High Density Lifting Capability to UK Urban Construction
Liebherr Brings High Density Lifting Capability to UK Urban Construction Urban construction in the United Kingdom rarely offers generous working conditions. Sites are tight, logistics are constrained, and expectations around safety, efficiency and disruption management continue to rise. The arrival...
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JCB Strengthens Generator Security with CESAR Emissions Verification
JCB Strengthens Generator Security with CESAR Emissions Verification The global construction and infrastructure industries are under growing pressure to tighten emissions compliance while tackling persistent equipment theft. The role of traceability in mobile power generation has now moved from a ba...
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CDE Pushes Circular Boundaries as PFAS Challenge Demands Urgent Action
CDE Pushes Circular Boundaries as PFAS Challenge Demands Urgent Action The construction and infrastructure sector is facing a reckoning. Soil contamination, once treated as a site-specific nuisance, has evolved into a systemic risk with global implications. Among the most complex of these challenges...
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SMT GB Strengthens Compact Equipment Strategy with Kioti UK Acquisition
SMT GB Strengthens Compact Equipment Strategy with Kioti UK Acquisition The UK construction equipment market is entering a new phase of consolidation and strategic alignment, as SMT GB moves to expand its footprint in the compact machinery segment. The acquisition of Kioti UK distribution rights sig...
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ITS European Congress Sets the Stage for Real World Mobility Transformation
ITS European Congress Sets the Stage for Real World Mobility Transformation The 17th ITS European Congress in Istanbul is shaping up as more than a routine industry gathering. Scheduled for 27 to 29 April 2026, the event signals a decisive shift in how intelligent transport systems are being deploye...
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Volvo EC210 Advances Scrap Handling Efficiency in Malaysia
Volvo EC210 Advances Scrap Handling Efficiency in Malaysia The arrival of the New Generation EC210 excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment at Vijayalakshmi Metal Sdn. Bhd. signals more than a routine fleet upgrade. It represents a shift in how mid-sized excavators are being deployed across incre...
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Smarter Streets Take Shape in Atlanta With AI Driven Traffic Systems
Smarter Streets Take Shape in Atlanta With AI Driven Traffic Systems As urban traffic volumes climb and road networks strain under pressure, transport authorities are being forced to rethink how intersections function. In Atlanta, one of the fastest-growing metropolitan regions in the United States,...
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Nuclear Power Meets Artificial Intelligence at Los Alamos
Nuclear Power Meets Artificial Intelligence at Los Alamos The convergence of advanced nuclear energy and artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape how critical infrastructure is conceived, designed and operated. A new collaboration between Oklo Inc., NVIDIA and Los Alamos National Laboratory s...
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Hydrogen Power Steps into the Data Centre Mainstream
Hydrogen Power Steps into the Data Centre Mainstream The race to decarbonise the digital economy has reached a critical juncture. As data centres expand at breakneck speed, driven largely by artificial intelligence workloads, the question of how to power them reliably without relying on diesel is no...
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Compact Response Vehicles Redefining Emergency Fleet Capability
Compact Response Vehicles Redefining Emergency Fleet Capability Emergency response is evolving, and so too are the vehicles that underpin it. Across fire, medical, and multi-agency operations, thereβs a growing need for platforms that can move quickly through congested streets, reach remote location...
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Isuzu D Max 2.2 Raises the Stakes for Workhorse Pick Ups
Isuzu D Max 2.2 Raises the Stakes for Workhorse Pick Ups The arrival of the Isuzu D-Max 2.2 signals more than a routine model update. In a market where emissions pressure, rising operating costs and evolving fleet expectations are reshaping procurement decisions, Isuzuβs latest move reflects a broad...
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Digital Construction Week 2026 Sets the Agenda for a Smarter Built Environment
Digital Construction Week 2026 Sets the Agenda for a Smarter Built Environment Digital transformation in construction has reached an inflection point. What was once a slow shift towards Building Information Modelling, cloud collaboration and data-driven planning has now become a central pillar of ho...
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Smarter Service Trucks and Cranes are Reshaping Field Operations
Smarter Service Trucks and Cranes are Reshaping Field Operations Across construction, infrastructure maintenance and utilities, the pressure to do more with less hasnβt eased. Labour shortages persist, projects are tighter on margins, and downtime carries a heavier cost than ever. Now incremental eq...
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Synthetic Pendants Redefine Fatigue Management for High-Output Mining Equipment
Synthetic Pendants Redefine Fatigue Management for High-Output Mining Equipment Mining operations have always lived on the edge of mechanical limits, but the pressure to extract more material, faster and more efficiently, has pushed equipment into increasingly demanding territory. Attention is now s...
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Kazakhstan Sets Course for Clean Power with QaJET Investment Platform
Kazakhstan Sets Course for Clean Power with QaJET Investment Platform Kazakhstan has taken a decisive step in reshaping its energy future with the launch of the QaJET investment platform, a national framework designed to accelerate the transition away from carbon-intensive power generation. Announce...
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Jacobs Designing the Future of Sydney Underground Transport
Jacobs Designing the Future of Sydney Underground Transport The expansion of high-capacity rail networks continues to redefine how major cities grow, and in Australia, few projects capture that shift more clearly than the Sydney Metro West programme. The appointment of Jacobs, GHD and WSP in a joint...
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Ancient Chinese Symbols Shaping the Future of Smart Materials
Ancient Chinese Symbols Shaping the Future of Smart Materials Engineering rarely looks to language for structural inspiration, yet a new line of research suggests it might be time to reconsider that boundary. A study led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh has demonstrated that Chinese cha...
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Powering Progress in Guinea with Solar and Grid Infrastructure
Powering Progress in Guinea with Solar and Grid Infrastructure Guinea is taking a decisive step towards reshaping its energy landscape, awarding a β¬192 million contract to VINCI Energies to deliver a major package of electricity generation and transmission infrastructure. The project, commissioned b...
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Burkina Faso Tests a New Model for Building Highways at Speed
Burkina Faso Tests a New Model for Building Highways at Speed Burkina Faso has rarely been cited as a benchmark for large-scale infrastructure delivery. A landlocked West African nation, constrained by limited logistics access and long-standing development challenges, it has historically struggled t...
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The AI Flood Intelligence Reshaping Infrastructure Resilience
The AI Flood Intelligence Reshaping Infrastructure Resilience Flooding is no longer a seasonal inconvenience. Across the globe, it has become a systemic risk to infrastructure, economies and public safety. From overwhelmed drainage systems in dense urban centres to coastal surges threatening critica...
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