Interviews

Exclusive interview: XCMG chairman highlights the changing Chinese market
Published on: 23 August, 2024
XCMG is China’s largest construction OEM by sales. Mr. Yang Dongsheng, chairman of XCMG, sat down with Andy Brown to talk about the changing Chinese market, export plans, electric equipment and heavy construction robots
European dealers weigh the benefits of buying Chinese EV equipment
Published on: 16 August, 2024
Dutch equipment dealer Kemp Groep says trade wars and far-right climate scepticism will not deter it from investing in Chinese electric earthmovers
Exclusive interview: Yves Padrines, CEO, Nemetschek Group
Published on: 13 August, 2024
With 12 brands under his control, Yves Padrines, CEO, Nemetschek Group, is a man with his finger on the pulse of technology trends and opportunities, Andy Brown discovers
Q&A: What does a 100% technological approach mean to the construction industry?
Published on: 12 August, 2024
Construction Briefing speaks to Ibon Iribar, investment and open innovation advisor at Cemex Ventures
Which are the world’s most ethical construction companies?
Published on: 05 August, 2024
What are the world’s most ethical construction companies doing to make the world a better place?
Down Under: The challenges of building Sydney’s mega metro
Published on: 30 July, 2024
Comprising the first tunnel drilled under Sydney Harbour and Australia’s biggest station cavern, Australia’s biggest public transport project, has navigated huge technical challenges, a global pandemic, industrial action and floods of epic proportions. 
EFCA Barometer: “60% of countries forecast increased turnover in the next six months”
Published on: 29 July, 2024
EFCA highlights some of the findings from its most recent Barometer
What are the root causes of project failure? One project planning expert thinks he knows.
Published on: 15 July, 2024
Image: Generated using AI by Bartek via AdobeStock - stock.adobe.comElecosoft head of innovation Mark Chapman on what a 30-year civil engineering career has shown him about causes of project failures
Video: global electric construction equipment sales
Published on: 04 July, 2024
How many electric construction machines are sold each year?
Autodesk address immediate need for better, more connected data
Published on: 24 June, 2024
The acquisition of Datum360 is said to enable the company to better support the near-term data management needs of our Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) users
Interview: New markets and new equipment for Hidromek
Published on: 21 June, 2024
The two driving forces behind Türkiye-based OEM Hidromek, Ahmet Bozkurt and Engin Barutcuoglu, talk to Andy Brown about new products and markets
Are construction companies unfairly made scapegoats when projects go wrong?
Published on: 12 June, 2024
Are construction companies an easy target for politicians and the wider public when projects go wrong?
How DST and Tagregados demolished the Gouvães Quarry
Published on: 11 June, 2024
Site report: dismantling and remediating a quarry in Northern Portugal

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Published on: 24 May, 2024
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Volvo: ‘We needed to do compact equipment differently’
Published on: 21 May, 2024
A year since Volvo CE split compact construction equipment from its heavy machinery, compact business unit leader Thomas Bitter explains the strategy
Brendan Bechtel: Construction’s suicide rate is ‘a shameful statistic’
Published on: 15 May, 2024
The high rate of suicide in the construction industry is a ‘shameful statistic’ but the stigma around it is finally being broken down
VIDEO: What’s next for global equipment sales?
Published on: 13 May, 2024
A Q&A on global construction sales with OHR’s managing director, Chris Sleight
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