Articles by Mitchell Keller

Lilly to invest US$5bn in new US manufacturing facility
Published on: 19 September 2025
Pharmaceutical giant to build US$5 billion facility in this US state
Swedish authority and contractor clash over West Link work termination
Published on: 19 September 2025
Public client and major contractor at an impasse regarding Sweden’s massive West Link rail project
Hexagon sells design and engineering unit in US$3.2bn deal
Published on: 18 September 2025
Hexagon is offloading its design and engineering business in a deal valued more than US$3 billion
Wirtgen showcases automated compaction for warm mix asphalt
Published on: 18 September 2025
New methods for warm mix asphalt compaction will become necessary by 2027 as new regulations take effect in Germany
US Faster Labor Contracts Act draws union support, pushback from contractor group
Published on: 18 September 2025
A developing regulation in the US is receiving mixed reviews from the construction industry
Perkins launches diagnostics app on Trackunit connected-equipment platform
Published on: 18 September 2025
UK-based engine manufacturer is joining Trackunit’s Marketplace platform
Kobelco expands Trimble Earthworks through North American dealers
Published on: 17 September 2025
Kobelco and Trimble are expanding their existing relationship in North America
Strabag installing 140MW wind farm in Romania
Published on: 16 September 2025
The project is considered the largest renewable energy plant in the Moldovia region
Peab to deliver Hitachi Energy’s SEK1.1bn campus in Sweden
Published on: 16 September 2025
Hitachi Energy consolidation maintains history of power engineering in Västerås, Sweden
Skanska expands role on university’s US$350m biotech institute
Published on: 16 September 2025
Additional contract goes to Skanska on US$350 million biotech facility build
Eiffage consortium wins €132m waste-to-energy contract in southern France
Published on: 10 September 2025
A project in southern France will construct two new waste-to-energy plants
Idaho airport selects Hensel Phelps for US$700m terminal expansion
Published on: 10 September 2025
Increase in air traffic has prompted a decade-long capital upgrade programme for Boise Airport
TBM advancing Metro Vancouver’s US$1.4bn seismic-resilient water tunnel
Published on: 10 September 2025
Excavation is underway on a major tunnel project for a multi-billion dollar water programme
Cemex supplies specialty concrete for US$100m Czech motorway
Published on: 10 September 2025
Cemex has sent specialty concrete to a major road build in the Czech Republic
John Deere integrates parts ordering into Operations Center
Published on: 10 September 2025
The integration allows customers to track machine service history and order parts through the ‘Shop Deere’ website
XCMG expands connected equipment platform
Published on: 09 September 2025
China-based OEM announces expansion of its ‘internet of vehicles’ platform
US immigration raids: Why contractors can’t wait for government to solve skilled worker squeeze
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Published on: 01 September 2025
Construction must stop looking up at the federal government for help reducing the labour shortage; it’s not coming
From sensors to tiltrotators: how attachments are getting smarter
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Published on: 01 September 2025
Mitchell Keller examines how attachments for construction equipment are chaging, as dealer and user demands shift 
Eiffage reports steady contracting growth, buoyed by European markets
Published on: 28 August 2025
Eiffage has released its first half results, which showed strength in construction outside of France
Trade group says US construction employment has ‘stalled’
Published on: 28 August 2025
US construction employment remains flat or falling in just less than half of major metros
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