The construction industry should focus on reducing the use of new concrete before looking at lower carbon technologies, says Ramboll Buildings decarbonisation lead Paul Astle.
German-Swiss equipment manufacturer Liebherr has released the LBX 600 – a compact and modularly designed carrier machine for slurry wall construction.
Esri UK partner Temple has created a biodiversity assessment tool, which could assist construction and engineering firms in meeting the biodiversity net gain (BNG) legislation that came into effect in England earlier this year.
National Highways, Aecom and Bam Ritchies put Boston Dynamics’ robot “dog” Spot to the test on a live site surveying an embankment alongside the M5 in Somerset last month.
Pre-cast piling specialist Roger Bullivant has agreed on an in-principle volume order for Concretene’s graphene-enhanced admixture that aims to reduce the embodied carbon in concrete.
Internet of Things (IoT) remote monitoring provider Worldsensing has released a wireless sensor for long term vibration monitoring in civil engineering projects.
HS2 Ltd and its main contractor EKFB have partnered with construction equipment company Finning to streamline earthmoving operations with digitally enabled excavators and dump trucks.
A new transatlantic academic research project will focus on strengthening global coastal sea defences.
Instrumentation and monitoring solutions provider Soil Instruments has launched its Sensly data management platform, promising “enhanced” geotechnical insights.
Engineers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have successfully installed Norway’s first pre-cast concrete driven energy piles.
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