Technology
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Automation has reduced one structural check from hours to minutes. Birmingham researchers and HadleyFRAME tested the tools on a modular building containing more than 18,000 connections.
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Europe’s largest tunnelling machine will drive beneath the Thames estuary. The 16.4m-diameter TBM is due to begin excavating the Lower Thames Crossing’s twin road tunnels in 2028.
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Two Liebherr cranes now expand capacity at Gdynia’s container terminal. The electric-ready machines add reach, lifting performance, and operational flexibility at the Polish port.
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Poor product data costs UK construction billions of pounds annually. Fragmented records are increasing rework, slowing procurement, and weakening control over substitutions and golden-thread information.
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Hyundai and Leica extend machine control across HD130A dozers range. The aftermarket MC1 package supports 2D and 3D configurations, including laser, total-station, and dual-GNSS guidance.
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Volvo delivers electric haulers for Norwegian hydropower tunnel construction works. Four A30 Electric machines are operating for LNS at Hemsil 3, with three more scheduled to join the project.
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Stevens deploys automatic braking across its new Cat 980 fleet. The two 30.9-tonne machines combine collision mitigation, people detection, surround cameras, payload weighing, and motion-inhibit protection.
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UK concrete sector launches plan to deepen circular construction practice. The framework introduces lifecycle metrics covering waste, packaging, surplus material, recovery, reuse, and higher-value recycling.
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UKHSA has restarted procurement for its long-delayed Harlow science campus. Market engagement will shape a proposed £1.2bn package covering laboratories, headquarters accommodation, supporting infrastructure, and an energy centre.
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LSBUD and government will align underground asset data systems nationally. The agreement covers interoperability, data sharing, and safer access to buried-service information before excavation begins.