Technology
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A battery-electric loader crane has entered specialist Dutch lifting service. The 72-tonne-metre unit provides up to eight hours of locally emission-free operation.
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Bilbao’s new plant turns captured carbon and ash into aggregates. The facility could produce 125,000 tonnes of lower-carbon material annually for concrete products and infrastructure.
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Monumental has raised $32m to expand robotic bricklaying across markets. Its fleet exceeds 150 machines and already operates on live UK and European construction sites.
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A new national platform consolidates practical guidance for retrofit delivery. The resource brings technical reports, tools, case studies, webinars, directories, and policy material into one searchable location.
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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.