Articles by Lucy Barnard
Published on: 13 September, 2024
How Autokrane Schares removed Berlin’s 60 metre, 1,500 tonne, reinforced concrete Marggraffbrűcke
Published on: 13 September, 2024
The company using AI systems to assess the condition of ageing bridges - and work out the best time to repair each of them.
Published on: 12 September, 2024
Known as the Enertainer — a combination of “energy” and “container” — the BESS stores enough power to address the energy peaks needed by up to three tower cranes.
Published on: 11 September, 2024
Hong Kong-based battery manufacturer Ampd Energy is expanding globally on a promise of providing a viable alternative to diesel generators for powering tower cranes
Published on: 11 September, 2024
Researchers expose the hidden costs to taxpayers associated with dwindling levels of contractor competition
Published on: 04 September, 2024
Some of the most high-profile land reclamation projects currently being created and the construction opportunities likely to arise from them.
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
Published on: 06 August, 2024
The fiendishly difficult Construction Briefing weekly quiz
Published on: 06 August, 2024
London-based soccer team Arsenal is considering expanding or upgrading its 60,000 seat Emirates Stadium
Published on: 05 August, 2024
Fluor has created the new role to drive a more holistic view of Fluor’s needs in project delivery and talent allocation
Published on: 05 August, 2024
Fluor said that company profits rose to US$169 million between April and June 2024
Published on: 05 August, 2024
What are the world’s most ethical construction companies doing to make the world a better place?
Published on: 02 August, 2024
Film company Universal is promising to invest billions of pounds building a new theme park in the UK bringing thousands of construction jobs.
Published on: 01 August, 2024
The fiendishly difficult Construction Briefing weekly quiz
Published on: 31 July, 2024
Merger will create the second largest civil engineering and construction company in North America
Published on: 30 July, 2024
US-based Fluor signs phase two engineering and design contract for Romanian small modular reactor using NuScale Power technology
Published on: 30 July, 2024
The UK government’s decision last year to cut back the HS2 high speed rail link has cost taxpayers more than £2 billion (US$2.6 billion)
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.
Published on: 29 July, 2024
H1 group profits fell at Vinci but revenues rose
Published on: 29 July, 2024
XCMG says light rail tunnel and underground parking on The Spine infrastructure corridor have been completed ahead of schedule
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