Articles by Neil Gerrard

Touchdown for Aecom Hunt and Turner in Cleveland Browns stadium deal
Published on: 02 October 2025
Aecom Hunt and Turner Construction have been appointed as joint construction managers for the Cleveland Browns’ new $2.4bn enclosed stadium
‘World’s first’ hydrogen-powered backhoe loader deployed on £10bn Lower Thames Crossing
Published on: 02 October 2025
The UK’s £10 billion Lower Thames Crossing project has become the first major infrastructure programme in Britain to commit to carbon-neutral construction
Smart hard hat with emergency detection and digital medical ID launches in US
Published on: 02 October 2025
A new smart hard hat that detects emergency incidents and provides a digital medical ID to first responders has launched in the US market
Weekly quiz: US hiring pullback | China bridge record | Timber tariffs
Published on: 02 October 2025
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing’s fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
Image: Formwork helps raise huge Austrian dam for pumped storage power plant
Published on: 01 October 2025
Doka is supplying formwork and scaffolding systems for the raising of the Wasserfallboden Dam in Kaprun, Austria
Three firms win $665m delivery partner deal on Hudson Tunnel megaproject
Published on: 01 October 2025
A joint venture of Mace, Parsons Corporation and Arcadis has secured a $665 million contract extension to continue managing delivery of the Hudson Tunnel Project
Uncertainty threatens $2.5 trillion of global construction activity
Published on: 30 September 2025
Ongoing uncertainty is threatening to wipe $2.5 trillion from the value of global construction activity in 2025
Images | 9 of the best photos from the world of construction in September
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Published on: 30 September 2025
Construction Briefing showcases standout images from the global construction industry in September.
Hamm launches 13t compactor with automatic compaction control
Published on: 29 September 2025
Wirtgen Group’s Hamm brand has expanded its HC compactor series 
Korean construction company lands contract for Qatar’s largest-ever solar project
Published on: 29 September 2025
Construction company Samsung C&T has won Qatar’s largest solar power project to date, making the biggest capacity solar project a Korean construction company has ever undertaken.
Image | Bridge with world’s highest deck opens to traffic
Published on: 29 September 2025
A huge suspension bridge with a deck 625 metres above the river it crosses has opened to traffic in China.
New analysis: US steel tariffs push construction equipment prices up across the board
Published on: 29 September 2025
New analysis from Off-Highway Research estimates how steel tariffs will increase equipment costs for US buyers
What are the top-rated hard hats according to Virginia Tech’s new rating system?
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Published on: 26 September 2025
US university Virginia Tech has launched what it claims is the first rating system for construction safety helmets
Weekly quiz: Modern office build preserves 700-year-old church | World’s longest railway tunnel
Published on: 25 September 2025
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing’s fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
Image | 700-year-old church tower on stilts as office block built around it
Published on: 24 September 2025
A medieval church tower is currently suspended above a large excavation as the City of London prepares to build a 36-storey office tower around it
New Ramboll report explains how it’s possible to build net zero data centres
Published on: 23 September 2025
A new report from Ramboll has set out how data centres can become net zero
UK proposes anti-dumping duties of up to 95% on engine oils and hydraulic fluids
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Published on: 23 September 2025
Trade Remedies Authority recommends new anti-dumping duties on engine oils and hydraulic fluids from Lithuania and UAE
Sisk’s chief executive appointed Build UK chair
Published on: 23 September 2025
Build UK has appointed Paul Brown, chief executive of John Sisk & Son, as its new chair in its 10th anniversary year
US Army engineers to focus on ‘energy density’ for future energy project permits
Published on: 22 September 2025
The US Army Corps of Engineerings will weigh up energy generation construction projects based on how many megawatts of electricity they can generate for a given area of land
Breakthrough on world’s longest railway tunnel
Published on: 22 September 2025
Construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel has reached a major milestone, with a breakthrough on the last diaphragm of an exploratory tunnel, connecting Italy and Austria for the first time under the Alps.
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