Articles by Neil Gerrard
Published on: 29 May, 2024
Austria-based construction company Strabag has warned there is still no sign of a reversal in the faltering residential construction market, as it unveiled its performance for the first quarter of 2024
Published on: 29 May, 2024
Two contractors working in joint venture have been selected to build the Valby cloudburst tunnel under a contract worth DKK 490 (US$71.3 million)
Published on: 29 May, 2024
Michael Alford knows the dangers that speeding and distracted drivers can pose to highways workers only too well
Published on: 28 May, 2024
Construction firm Webber has won 10 new construction and maintenance projects totalling US$1.2 billion
Published on: 28 May, 2024
Former Crossrail CEO Mark Wild has been appointed to take charge of the UK’s HS2 high-speed railway
Published on: 24 May, 2024
Construction has started on a new Tesla Megapack battery plant in Shanghai, China, after authorities issued the project with a permit last week
Published on: 24 May, 2024
A spiral tunnel in China, built by Chinese construction giant China State Construction (CSCEC), has been recognised as the world’s longest
Published on: 24 May, 2024
A consortium led by Swiss construction company CSC Costruzioni has won a contract worth €302 million (US$327 million) to build a new railway plant in Switzerland
Published on: 24 May, 2024
Balfour Beatty has won a contract as construction partner to deliver the expansion of Rolls-Royce’s Raynesway submarine site in Derby
Published on: 24 May, 2024
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of US construction companies undertaking highway upgrade projects reported that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year
Published on: 24 May, 2024
The Burj Khalifa has enjoyed a long reign as the world’s tallest building
Published on: 23 May, 2024
Tutor Perini’s subsidiary Tutor Perini Building Corp. has won a $228.6 million deal to build connectors between terminals at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida
Published on: 23 May, 2024
Welcome to another edition of Construction Briefing’s Friday round-up, where we bring you some of the biggest stories you might have missed from the past week
Published on: 22 May, 2024
Italian contractor Piero Petrucco has become the new president of the European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC), succeeding Philip Crampton
Published on: 22 May, 2024
A joint venture between Flatiron and Herzog has won a deal to oversee the construction portion of the $446.3 million Green Line sustainable mobility project in San Antonio, Texas, US
Published on: 22 May, 2024
Italian construction group Webuild is undertaking what it claims is Italy’s first excavation in a hyperbaric atmosphere, as part of the construction of the Naples-Bari high-speed railway
Published on: 21 May, 2024
The devaluation of the Egyptian pound has dented revenue at contractor Orascom, although this was partially offset by a strong performance in the US
Published on: 21 May, 2024
Engineering firm Arup has confirmed that one of its employees in Hong Kong fell victim to a deepfake video call that led them to transfer HK$200 million (US$25.6 million) of the company’s money to criminals
Published on: 21 May, 2024
A year since Volvo CE split compact construction equipment from its heavy machinery, compact business unit leader Thomas Bitter explains the strategy
Published on: 20 May, 2024
China Railway No.2 Group has completed the construction of what it claimed is China’s longest single-bore, double-track railway tunnel