Articles by Neil Gerrard

4 things we learned from Komatsu’s latest financial results
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Published on: 29 April 2025
Komatsu’s predictions on the impact of tariffs and its plans for strategic growth
Chemicals giant delays construction of US$6.5bn plant in Canada amid tariff uncertainty
Published on: 28 April 2025
Chemicals firm Dow will delay the construction of a US6.5 billion (CAN$9 billion) chemicals plant in Alberta, Canada, until market conditions improve
Strabag hails record result in first financial results after death of CEO Klemens Haselsteiner
Published on: 28 April 2025
Strabag reveals results for 2024 financial year
Skanska to build Sweden’s longest wooden bridge
Published on: 28 April 2025
Contractor Skanska is to build a 400m-long suspension bridge that will become Sweden’s longest wooden bridge once completed
Komatsu forecasts 27.3% drop in operating profit
Published on: 28 April 2025
Japanese construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu forecast a 27.3% decline in operating profit for its 2025 financial year, amid rising costs
4 of the biggest hydroelectric dam projects planned around the world
Published on: 28 April 2025
The construction of large dams has slowed significantly in recent decades.
Construction work on Leeds United’s stadium expansion moves closer
Published on: 25 April 2025
Construction work to expand Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium in England could start within the next 12 months
More than 300 Dutch energy transition projects ‘in danger zone’ over nitrogen rules
Published on: 24 April 2025
Grid operator Liander sounds warning over projects amid nitrogen emissions confusion
Bechtel names project director for Poland’s first nuclear power plant build
Published on: 24 April 2025
US-based contractor Bechtel has appointed senior vice president Ed Gore as project director for Poland’s first nuclear power plant
Balfour Beatty to reconstruct part of I-30 in Dallas, Texas, for $889m
Published on: 24 April 2025
Infrastructure group Balfour Beatty will reconstruct part of the Interstate 30 (I-30) in Dallas, Texas, after winning an $880 million (£670 million) contract
Weekly Quiz: Why have Volvo CE’s sales dropped? | Drug firm’s $50bn US investment | Construction delays hit pop star’s concerts
Published on: 24 April 2025
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing’s fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
US firm wins $404m worth of flood protection work on Port Arthur Project
Published on: 23 April 2025
Kiewit has won a US$404 million contract to build additional portions of coastal storm risk management scheme
Acciona to build and operate 300km-long power transmission line in Peru
Published on: 23 April 2025
Spanish infrastructure company Acciona has won a deal to design, finance, build, operate and maintain a 330km-long power transmission line in Peru
Construction delays at Mexico venue force Katy Perry to cancel concerts
Published on: 23 April 2025
Delays on a troubled project to build a 20,000-capacity entertainment venue in Mexico have forced artists including US pop star Kary Perry to cancel planned performance dates there
Design unveiled for Venice’s €333.8m stadium
Published on: 22 April 2025
Sports venue architecture specialist Populous has unveiled the design for a new €333.8 million stadium in Venice, Italy
Drug firm Roche to create 6,500 construction jobs with $50bn US investment
Published on: 22 April 2025
Drug company aims to export more from US than it imports
Inside the race to prop Glasgow’s crumbling 1970s motorway viaducts
Published on: 22 April 2025
Transport Scotland and Amey’s challenging road to building temporary propping on the M8 Woodside Viaducts in Glasgow, Scotland
Breakthrough success on Himalayan mountain tunnel that suffered 2023 collapse
Published on: 17 April 2025
Workers excavating a 4.5km-long tunnel under the Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand have made a tunnelling breakthrough.
Video: 7 things that caught our eye at Bauma 2025
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Published on: 16 April 2025
Construction Briefing has produced a short video showcasing a few of the things that jumped out at us at Bauma in Germany
Construction machinery orders turn positive for Japanese manufacturers
Published on: 16 April 2025
Two quarters of growth for construction equipment orders in Japan in early 2025, as tariff negotiations start with US
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