Articles by Neil Gerrard
Published on: 04 October, 2024
Construction work has officially restarted on the long-paused Jeddah Tower, which at one kilometre tall, is set to become the world’s tallest skyscraper.
Published on: 03 October, 2024
Construction group Balfour Beatty has signed a deal with advanced materials group Versarien to develop a range of 3D-printable mortars in the UK.
Published on: 03 October, 2024
A joint venture has won a deal to build the new P-451 Missile Integration Test Facility at the USA’s Naval Base Guam
Published on: 30 September, 2024
Saudi Arabian oil firm signsco-operation framework with one of China’s biggest producers of building materials
Published on: 30 September, 2024
A collective of major US construction contractors has written an open letter to building material manufacturers, urging them to sign up to give clear data on their products’ environmental impact.
Published on: 30 September, 2024
US Army Engineer Research and Development Centre examines potential of using fibre polymers to repair corroded steel
Published on: 26 September, 2024
Rolls-Royce SMR chosen from among seven bidders to build small-scale nuclear plants in Czech Republic
Published on: 26 September, 2024
It’s the Construction Briefing weekly news quiz - how much attention have you been paying to events in the world of construction over the past seven days?
Published on: 25 September, 2024
Granite and Obayashi Corporation win $113 million contract to build new facilities for US Marines in northwest Guam
Published on: 25 September, 2024
How major UK contractor ISG collapsed and what happens now
Published on: 24 September, 2024
The Polish government has announced that it will allocate 60 billion zloty (US$15.7 billion) to fund the country’s first nuclear power plant.
Published on: 23 September, 2024
A Chinese construction firm has put the final steel beam section into place on a major new bridge project in Fengcheng City, Jiangxi Province
Published on: 23 September, 2024
New report focuses on why construction needs to solve the productivity problem urgently
Published on: 23 September, 2024
A joint venture involving Skanska has won a deal to work on a reservoir construction projects in Yonkers, NY, USA
Published on: 20 September, 2024
Contractor and social landlord involved in UK’s biggest low-carbon retrofit share lessons from the experience
Published on: 13 September, 2024
Oracle plans to harness nuclear power for larger data centres
Published on: 12 September, 2024
It’s the Construction Briefing weekly news quiz
Published on: 12 September, 2024
Britain can’t afford more infrastructure “failure” after part of the UK’s flagship infrastructure project, high-speed railway HS2, was cancelled last year.
Published on: 11 September, 2024
An investigation has started after the partial collapse of a Communist-era concrete bridge in Dresden, Germany.
Published on: 11 September, 2024
An architecture firm involved in the design of Dubai’s Al Maktoum Airport has revealed more details of what shape it will take once it is built