Coronavirus 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 MANN+HUMMEL Group has introduced new HEPA H13 air filters for operators of air conditioning and ventilation systems in buildings in accordance with EN 1822. Their fil...
There have been unprecedented impacts on employees’ rights in the UK during this coronavirus pandemic, including the right to health and safety and the right to be paid....
The window to attract crucial funding from the Government-supported Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) is closing rapidly, warns asset finance speciali...
AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure firm, today announced it has launched its newest integrated technology solution, Transportation Resilient Integrated Passenger S...
As the phased return to normality is likely to be rolled out over a few months, employers are going to have different needs and requirements in how to restart operations....
CalAmp a global technology solutions pioneer transforming the mobile connected economy, and its subsidiary Synovia Solutions has introduced Bus Guardian, a suite of digit...
According to Cedefop’s skills forecast, in the sectors with a medium-high and high impact of coronavirus on economic activity, around one-fifth to one-quarter of the new...
As the UK construction industry gears up to return to work, Shropshire-based concrete manufacturers Besblock has seen orders almost double this week. In the days since th...
JCB today announced a partial re-starting of production at five of its UK factories as a comprehensive package of safety measures is rolled out to protect employees in th...
JCB today stood down production lines which had been poised to produce thousands of special housings for a new type of ventilator. The housings were being made for the Co...
As the UK prepares to reopen for business, the vast majority of project professionals fear future disruption to their projects as a result of coronavirus, Association for...
Hospitals and NHS staff in Staffordshire and Derbyshire have taken delivery of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) made and delivered by a team of JCB volunteers. J...
While many industries in the UK are struggling under the challenges of Covid-19, the construction industry is still going strong, but they are facing a whole new set of c...
The World Economic Forum and top CEO’s from the world’s largest construction and infrastructure companies have written an open letter to local governments aro...
After shutting down production at nearly 100 Bosch locations worldwide this month, the company is systematically preparing for a gradual ramp-up of manufacturing. “We wan...
Last week the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) conducted a “snapshot survey” of its members to establish how the current crisis is impacting on members’ activitie...
Every week, Ritchie Bros.’ GovPlanet marketplace sells thousands of items from the US Department of Defense, including demilitarized vehicles, uniforms, tents, medi...
MANN+HUMMEL, a leading global expert in filtration, has implemented a number of initiatives to support the growing battle against coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. While MANN+HUMME...
Committed to meeting the complex challenge of providing critical construction supplies amid an unprecedented time for industry, Aggregate Industries is proud to announce...
Faced with the coronavirus crisis, the Kyrgyz Republic declared a state of emergency in late March and shut down its economy. Despite being hit the hardest, private secto...
The coronavirus pandemic in Europe has temporarily shut down production in many factories of European and overseas automakers. Only a few of them did not close their oper...
Foresight Intelligence, Inc® (Scottsdale, AZ) has partnered with OEM Data Delivery (Shelton, CT) in their first joint venture. Foresight Intelligence® offers this new sol...
COVID-19 is impacting the world and a change in mobility habits is inevitable both in short term and longer term, making knowledge transfer now even more crucial. The Int...
JCB Joe responds to Coronavirus with PPE manufacturing initiative JCB and a team of volunteer employees have set up mini-production lines to come to the aid of the nation...
Imagine you’ve been diagnosed as Covid-19 positive. Health officials begin contact tracing to contain infections, asking you to identify people with whom you’ve been in c...
John Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, announced today it is producing protectiv...
With tens of thousands of jobs on the line, a worrying lack of essential supplies, and the necessity to stay isolated from your nearest and dearest, it is quite unsurpris...
In the past days, some cities have decided to disinfect so-called “hot spots” such as bus stops in the fight against COVID-19. Under what conditions and with what risks i...
CNH Industrial Aftermarket Solutions, the function ensuring global parts, technical service and service excellence within CNH Industrial, and the Company Brands Case IH,...
UNESCO, in partnership with IBM and SAP, has launched the CodeTheCurve Hackathon to support young innovators, data scientists and designers across the world to develop di...
Transportation has changed drastically due to COVID-19 shelter-in-place programs across the U.S. For the transportation industry, the key metric for measuring this change...
JCB is re-starting production at a factory closed as a result of the Coronavirus crisis in order to join the national effort to manufacture ventilators. JCB received a di...
Zeelo, an innovative transport firm which provides personalised bus services for commuters at companies such as Jaguar Land Rover and Ocado has today launched a critical-...
Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable constructions solutions business, has launched an employee led campaign to donate personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals an...
Point of Rental Software is making its electronic signature product, Rental eSign, available for free for 90 days for any hire or rental business that needs it, regardles...
Specialist shelter provider Zappshelter have come up with an innovative product to assist the NHS, emergency services, essential services and anyone faced with needing to...
JCB is today stopping production at all of its UK manufacturing plants as disruption resulting from the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic causes an unprecedented reduction i...
The construction industry has had a particularly difficult few years, with uncertainty around Brexit, high numbers of insolvencies, high-profile building safety concerns,...
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