Technology
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Construction and commissioning have been completed at the £500m Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility in Essex.
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Detailed approval for seven manufacturing units has moved Coventry Airport’s GreenPower Park closer to delivery as a major battery and advanced manufacturing site.
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Xpedeon’s new UK Construction Systems Census suggests documentation gaps, manual handoffs, and weak live cost visibility are still delaying cash release and close-out across larger contractors.
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Hyundai Construction Equipment is broadening its European offer with an eight-model launch wave that extends its Next Generation excavator push and widens its presence in adjacent machine categories.
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Astec Europe has expanded its Great Britain coverage for tracked crushing and screening equipment, appointing new distributors as it pushes a wider regional growth plan.
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Costain is bringing 3D-printed low-carbon concrete into a live Teesside carbon capture project, using robotic manufacturing to produce support bases for pipeline infrastructure.
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Tilbury Douglas has introduced a humanoid robot to carry out site data capture and reporting tasks, opening a new test case for how automation may be used in routine construction administration.
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Wills Bros has invested in a new suite of Trimble and SITECH equipment to support its A9 dualling section, signalling how digital control and site data are now being embedded into major civils delivery.
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Forterro’s planned acquisition of Klaes would extend its windows, doors, and façades software offer across aluminium, PVC, and wood, tightening consolidation in one of the built environment’s more specialised software segments.
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Vossloh has secured supply and maintenance contracts for high-speed turnouts on Belgium’s HSL 1, linking infrastructure renewal with longer-term condition monitoring and lifecycle service.