Europe

HD Hyundai appoints new chairman
Published on: 22 October 2025
Chung Kisun TO address challenges in the construction equipment sector
JCB commits £100 million to new UK factory
Published on: 22 October 2025
The move will see the installation of a fully automated powder paint plant costing £60 million at its plant in Rocester, Staffordshire.
JCB marks 80th anniversary with limited-edition machines
Published on: 21 October 2025
80 premium models will feature a range of bespoke touches
Holcim expands sustainable portfolio with €1.85bn acquisition
Published on: 21 October 2025
Contractor to acquire digital construction specialist Xella
Global construction equipment sales are still faltering. When will they recover?
Published on: 20 October 2025
Global construction equipment sales should start to come back from the bottom of the cycle next year, according to Off-Highway Research, but there is some uncertainty around the forecast 
Investment firm commits $20bn to European infrastructure projects
Published on: 17 October 2025
Fund will focus on energy, transport, and digital infrastructure
Kier wins £700m UK highways and infrastructure contract
Published on: 16 October 2025
Company to oversee delivery and maintenance across Norfolk’s 9,836 km highway network.
Weekly quiz: Germany’s construction ‘turbo’ | Google megaproject | HS2 milestone
Published on: 16 October 2025
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing’s fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
Construction leaders ready to embrace automation. But are their workers?
Published on: 16 October 2025
New report exposes divide between managers and workers
Wates completes £200m Oxford University research facility
Published on: 15 October 2025
UK-based contractor Wates has completed the £200 million Life and Mind Building (LaMB) for the University of Oxford
Komatsu and Rototilt partner to offer factory-ready tiltrotators
Published on: 15 October 2025
Customers can install tiltrotators with minimal connections
Kier wins £250m worth of prison extension work
Published on: 15 October 2025
Kier has secured contracts worth around £250m to expand capacity at two prisons in the UK
Firms hail breakthrough with new fibre cement recycling process
Published on: 14 October 2025
Belgian construction materials producer Etex and Heidelberg Materials Benelux have announced a new industrial-scale process designed to recycle fibre cement waste into low-carbon cement.
Why construction needs to look forward if it wants to handle uncertainty
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Published on: 14 October 2025
Dr Alan Manuel, group chief executive of Currie & Brown, on why the global consultant has launched a new Certainty Index
Images | Volvo CE crowns winner of machinery skills contest
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Published on: 13 October 2025
2025 Volvo CE Operators Club Final marked first-ever participation of graduates from Volvo’s Iron Women programme
Engineering firm appointed to manage airport’s €265m ‘open-heart surgery’
Published on: 13 October 2025
Ramboll has been appointed by the Dublin Airport Authority (daa) to manage the €265 million West Apron Vehicle Underpass at Dublin Airport.
Germany approves ‘Bau-Turbo’ to speed up housing construction
Published on: 13 October 2025
The Bundestag in Germany has passed a new law to speed up planning and approval processes for the construction of housing, aimed at kickstarting its ailing residential construction sector.
‘European Rental Week’ puts cost control and sustainability in spotlight
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Published on: 13 October 2025
As the third European Rental Week gets underway, Construction Briefing talks to leaders in Europe’s equipment rental industry about the relevance of rental in today’s construction sector.
Three firms win £2.9bn worth of Sellafield nuclear infrastructure work
Published on: 13 October 2025
Three companies to deliver infrastructure work at the Sellafield nuclear power station in the UK under new partnership
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