Construction is becoming increasingly important across global construction, infrastructure and industrial technology, influencing how projects are visualised, coordinated, delivered and managed over time.
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From planning and design to field execution and asset management, this topic sits at the centre of digital change across the built environment, helping teams improve visibility, accuracy, coordination and long-term performance.
The new Cat D5 Dozer offers superior performance and the broadest choice of easy-to-use technology features to help you get the most from your bulldozer. Nimble and respo...
The Manitou group, world leader in all-terrain material handling, announces the take over of a majority stake in its UK dealer Mawsley Machinery Ltd, based near Northampt...
Leick Baumschulen is testing the first L25 Electric compact wheel loader from Volvo Construction Equipment, finding it to be a quiet, emission-free and easy-to-maintain a...
One of Austria’s most modern concrete mixing plants has been proving its worth since spring 2019. The Liebherr Betomat-type mixing tower was optimally adapted to cu...
Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has been awarded a range of new highways contracts in the last quarter, totalling over Β£150 million. The projects awa...
The European Rental Association (ERA) has launched the ERA Market Report 2019 and reveals for the year 2018, in the EU-28 and EFTA countries, equipment rental companies a...
The British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued three firms with fines totalling more than Β£36m for breaking competition law in supplying certain concrete...
Leading European plant and tool hire company Boels Rental has placed its biggest ever order with JCB as it invests in a new machine fleet, all fitted with the latest tele...
GAP Hire Solutions, the UKβs largest independent equipment hire company, has deployed a cloud-based mobile resource management system from Leeds-based BigChange. The syst...
Modular Construction is not a new concept, but has been used all around the world for decades. In the UK this method of construction has recently seen a resurgence in pop...
The KB Group has expanded its fleet of Hitachi construction machinery with the delivery of two new wheel loaders β a medium ZW310-6 and large ZW370-6 β from Hitachi Const...
Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) kick starts the HL900 A-series with three Stage V compliant wheel loaders: the HL940A, HL955A and the HL960A. The new A-Serie...
The tool, equipment and compact plant hire industry continues to go from strength to strength according to reports from the organisers of the Executive Hire Show 2020 (5-...
JCB has announced it has secured its biggest fleet deal to date for its brand new electric mini excavator β just weeks after going into full production. The 19C-1E models...
A consortium of Swiss researchers recently built an entire home using construction robots and 3D-printed building materials in what they claim is the future of the constr...
The Hull-based Ashcourt Group has added more Volvo excavators and loading shovels to its plant fleet, together with a P6870C wheeled paver that will go to work for the Gr...
Volvo Construction Equipment may have helped the Volvo Group reach a major milestone with 1 million connected assets, but they are already asking “what is next for...
Prova, a global leader in automotive, cleantech and environmental communications, has further grown its investment portfolio with a stake in X Machines, a business aimed...
Metcalfe Farms Ltd, the heavy haulage and farming concern based at Leyburn, North Yorkshire, has purchased a Volvo L180H loading shovel and an EC480E excavator. Taking ch...
Environmental specialists have begun carrying out surveys as part of design work for a new Merseyside bypass to the Port of Liverpool. Contractors working for Highways En...
Engineering consultancy Sweco is set to deliver two major road programme upgrades worth Β£435 million, in partnership with lead contractor Galliford Try. The contracts, wh...
Volvo Construction Equipment (VolvoCE) takes on its most ambitious project yet: the development of Chinaβs vast New Silk Road, formally known as the Belt and Road Initiat...
Are we on the cusp of a new era for the transport sector, one driven by disruptive technologies, such as the aerial survey drone, which are about to revolutionise the cou...
In the past five years, insolvency rates in the construction industry have increased more quickly than in other industries across the UK. This article considers the commo...
This year, the annual increase in construction hiring in the UK over the summer didnβt happen, according to recruiter Randstad. The three summer months of June, July, and...
The Champlain Bridge stretches for over 3km over the Saint Lawrence River and is one of the busiest routes in Canada, connecting Montreal and the South Shore. As the cond...
Projections by industry experts indicate that the construction industry in the Philippines will further increase its contribution to the economy to P130 trillion by 2030...
Caterpillar Inc. announces the availability of the RM400 Rotary Mixer. The new RM400 replaces the RM300 Rotary Mixer and offers many new features and enhancements includi...
Gammon Construction Limited (βGammonβ), jointly owned by Jardines and Balfour Beatty, has been awarded the HK$4.75 billion works contract of the Advanced Manufacturing Ce...
The Australian Government has announced more than $870 million to improve the hundreds of freeways, arterial and country roads in Victoria. Premier Daniel Andrews today j...
Construction on a vital second river crossing between Victoria and New South Wales at Echuca and Moama is a step closer, following the awarding of the contract to McConne...
JCB Chairman Lord Bamford has officially opened a new headquarters for one of its most important European businesses in an investment worth around Β£50 million. JCB German...
Yanmar Compact Equipment Europe (CEE) has expanded its UK and Ireland construction equipment demo fleet, adding the class-leading B95W wheeled excavator to its portfolio...
An Italian contractor is relying on a fleet of Hitachi construction machinery to help it prepare the ground for vineyards and planting vines. Agrichianti specialises in e...
Leeds based JPG Group has created a dedicated role to ensure a fast track compliance and company-wide operation in Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level 2 in just tw...
D K Plant Hire of Aberfeldy, Perthshire has opted for a brace of Volvo compact excavators for the first time, following a successful demonstration by SMT GBβs utility dea...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) signed a financing agreement of β¬151 million for the rehabilitation and safety...
A multi-million-pound transformation of a key motorway junction in Cheshire will get underway next year afterΒ the Government gave the green light for the M6 roundabout pr...
Two Liebherr Betomix 3.0 mixing plants produce concrete for the Brenner Base Tunnel major project. This is one of the most important infrastructure projects for Austria a...
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