Category: Noteworthy News
A custom-engineered technology for Australian rail freight network conditions will deliver significant safety, operational and commercial benefits for above and below rail operators, Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director...
A new report by Multiplex has demonstrated that construction of a Glasgow University learning hub generated over £135m in social value and economic impacts. Multiplex was the lead contractor for...
Kraft Heinz has installed new roofs made of recycled plastic packaging on manufacturing facilities in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and Holland, Michigan. The food processing giant installed the recycled roofing boards in late...
Two companies – both named Hamilton but unrelated – have teamed up to offer Scotland’s construction sector on-site services in waste, recycling and road sweeping. Resource management company Hamilton Waste...
Specialists say focus on cladding comes at expense of other safety measures. Fire protection specialists says that attempts to get dangerous cladding replaced on tall buildings has taken the focus...
Fortel, a leading supplier of labour to the construction industry has set out a new strategy to increase workforce diversity by 25% by 2025. At Fortel, minorities already make up...
Skanska USA’s new 17,000-square-foot Portland, Oregon, office is an example of how post-pandemic workplace design can help protect the health of employees but still retain the features that make working...
Plant hire company Think Hire is collaborating with EV3 Power to offer construction sites the ability to recharge battery-powered machinery from renewable energy sources rather than diesel generators. The collaboration...
British builders are now more optimistic about business prospects that at any time since October 2015, according to the latest monthly survey of construction purchasing managers. UK construction companies experienced...
While offering few new details of the Biden administration’s forthcoming Build Back Better plan, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told a virtual conference of engineers that now is the...