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Images | 7 of the best photos from the world of construction in June
27 June 2025
As June 2025 draws to a close, Construction Briefing has gathered together some of the best photos from the industry taken around the world this month:
Wuhan Railway Electrification Bureau Group, a subsidiary of China Railway Group, installed the first catenary support pole for the Shantou Bay undersea tunnel on the Shantou–Shanwei High-Speed Railway earlier this month. It marked the official start of the overhead contact system installation for what CREC claims is the world’s first 350 km/h single-bore double-track high-speed rail undersea tunnel, which stretches 9.8 kilometres. The firm has developed a tunnel catenary pole lifting and installation platform that it says reduces manpower by two-thirds compared to traditional ladder trucks, while doubling installation efficiency. A total of 500 poles will be installed. The Shantou–Shanwei High-Speed Railway is the Shantou section of the Ningbo–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, with a total length of 162 kilometers. It connects Shantou and Shanwei within Guangdong Province. (Image: China Railway Group)
An employee of Schwing Stetter stands in front of La Tour F, a skyscraper in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. La Tour F will be a government building in an administrative district called “Le Plateau”. It will be, by some measures, the tallest building in Africa after it was decided that a 70m antenna should be added to the 333m-tall building, making the entire structure 404m in height. Africa's tallest building not including an antenna is the 393.8m-tall Iconic Tower in Egypt. The 74-storey La Tour F is based on a concrete structure up to 300m, with the levels above being built using steelwork. Belgian contractor Besix is responsible for all concrete works. Mobile truck-mounted concrete pumps were used for the lower segments and then from a height of 40m, a stationary high-performance concrete pumping system from Schwing Stetter was installed. At the heart of the system is the SP 7500D high-pressure pump, with a drive power of 310kW. All concrete work is set for completion this month. (Image courtesy of Schwing Stetter)
A skid steer loader sits inside the anechoic chamber at the heart of Bobcat’s Innovation Centre in Dobříš, Czech Republic. Construction Briefing had the chance to take a look at the huge room, which is filled with sound-absorbing panels. The chamber provides a controlled environment in which Bobcat use instruments to evaluate the noise and vibration levels emitted by its machines and components. (Image: Neil Gerrard/KHL Group)
Crew members work a long 36-foot-long fiberglass cage into the hole made by an auger cast drill that’s already full of concrete, to create a concrete pile. The work took place on the seawall construction site on A1A near Briggs Dr in Ormond-By-The-Sea, Florida, USA. Florida Department of Transportation engineers are overseeing construction of two 1.3-mile-long seawalls at Ormond-By-The-Sea and Flagler Beach at a cost of $117 million. The seawalls are designed to protect the A1A from hurricanes after suffering repeated damage. (Image: Credit USA Today Network via Reuters Connect)
A wheel loader and an excavator shrouded in dry ice as part of an event to mark Volvo Construction Equipment’s announcement that it will invest $261 million to expand crawler excavator production. It said the move is to meet customer demand, mitigate supply chain risk and reduce reliance on long-distance logistics. These sites include Shippensburg, Penn., USA; Changwon, South Korea; and a location in Sweden. In Shippensburg, Volvo CE is also expanding wheel loader production to include large wheel loaders. Currently, soil and asphalt compactors and mid-size wheel loaders are manufactured at the Shippensburg factory. (Image courtesy of Volvo Construction Equipment)
A worker stands on the platform of a station on the Patna Metro in Patna, India. Five stations will be operational by August this year under the first phase of a five-phase programme of works. Eventually, there will be 24 stations along two lines on the mass rapid transit system in Bihar’s capital. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inspected construction works of Patna Metro earlier this month. The entire project is expected to cost ₹13,365.8 crore (US$1.6 billion). (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect)
The UK government has given the go-ahead to the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant on the Suffolk Coast in England and has confirmed £14.2 billion (€16.8 billion) in funding for the project. French energy giant EDF Energy, which is also overseeing the construction of Hinkley Point C in Somerset, will oversee the construction of the 3.2GW plant. It has already signed contracts with local companies worth £330 million (€390.3 million) for work on Sizewell C. Site establishment and civil engineering trials are underway (Image: Reuters/Chris Radburn)
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