Articles by Neil Gerrard
Published on: 16 July, 2024
A former Caterpillar dealer based in Venezuela has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $100 million in damages from the US-based manufacturer
Published on: 16 July, 2024
Cobra IS, a subsidiary of Vinci, has won a €74 million contract to carry out the piping and mechanical works on part of a steel production plant in Germany
Published on: 16 July, 2024
Bronx firm has won $132 million contract to Staten Island from flooding
Published on: 16 July, 2024
Austrian contractor Strabag has won a €110 million (US$120 million) to equip a transalpine tunnel linking Austria and Slovenia
Published on: 16 July, 2024
Dutch construction equipment supplier Dieseko has agreed to pay an out-of-court settlement to end an investigation into the sale of machines used for the construction of a bridge in Crimea
Published on: 15 July, 2024
The price of construction materials in the US fell by 0.3% but remain higher than they were a year ago
Published on: 15 July, 2024
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Elecosoft head of innovation Mark Chapman on what a 30-year civil engineering career has shown him about causes of project failures
Published on: 12 July, 2024
Skanska is to receive an extra £50 million (US$64.7 million) under its existing contract for the HS2 high-speed railway, as part of the Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture
Published on: 12 July, 2024
Swiss construction company Implenia is set to build a section of the “West Link” transportation scheme in Gothenberg, Sweden, including a railway tunnel and station
Published on: 11 July, 2024
A consortium of contractors is in pole position to undertake the second tunnelling contract for the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East in Melbourne, Australia
Published on: 11 July, 2024
Skanska has won a contract with the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to replace the Livingstone Avenue Bridge in Albany, New York, USA
Published on: 11 July, 2024
The Construction Briefing weekly quiz for 12 July 2024
Published on: 10 July, 2024
Contractor BAM has completed the restoration of a 32-year-old runway in the Antarctic as construction winds down at the end of the austral summer season
Published on: 10 July, 2024
A man has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy and three charges of obstruction in relation to an investigation into the workplace death of a construction worker
Published on: 10 July, 2024
Construction’s much-heralded transformation is taking longer to arrive than many would have liked - but the Laing O’Rourke Centre has a plan for change
Published on: 09 July, 2024
This month has seen the publication of a brand-new report from Off-Highway Research that examines the state of the nascent global electric construction equipment industry
Published on: 08 July, 2024
Average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees in US construction has jumped by 4.6% over the year to reach $35.64 an hour
Published on: 08 July, 2024
The UK’s new government is to re-establish annual targets for the number of new homes built in the country, as it also pledged to overhaul planning rules
Published on: 05 July, 2024
A music venue and hospitality company has won final approval to build an $80 million outdoor music venue in El Paso, Texas, USA
Published on: 05 July, 2024
A robot has helped Spanish infrastructure firm Acciona to build partition walls on a hospital project in Portugal six times faster than normal