Articles by Neil Gerrard
Published on: 24 July, 2024
How the hierarchy of the world’s biggest construction equipment OEMs has changed up to 2024
Published on: 23 July, 2024
UK-based contractor and consultant Mace has won a £184 million contract to deliver the next phase of expansion of the Oxford Science Park
Published on: 22 July, 2024
An engineering firm has received a £52,000 (US$67,223) fine after a man employed by the company suffered multiple fractures in a fall from height on construction site for the UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) railway
Published on: 22 July, 2024
Simonpietro Salini, who led Italian construction company Salini Impreglio (now WeBuild) from the 1960s, has died in Rome aged 92
Published on: 22 July, 2024
Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine has won a deal with Tata Group’s battery business Agratas to build a multi-billion-pound battery cell manufacturing facility
Published on: 19 July, 2024
US-based contractor Bechtel has signed a deal with liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Sempra to build the second phase of the Port Arthur LNG export project in Texas
Published on: 19 July, 2024
Engineering and construction firm DT Infrastructure and rolling stock and signalling specialist Alstom have won an A$1 billion (US$1.1 billion) deal to replace the existing signalling and train control systems in Perth, Western Australia
Published on: 18 July, 2024
A consortium of contractors led by Belgian-French construction company Besix is set to start construction of seven bridges in Gabon
Published on: 18 July, 2024
The Rail Baltica project has received an extra €1.2 billion in funding from the European Union to keep construction on track
Published on: 18 July, 2024
Construction Briefing weekly quiz for the week ending 19 July
Published on: 17 July, 2024
UK-based Mace has seen its revenue pass the £2 billion mark, driven by an expansion of global consultancy work and a five-year high for construction revenue
Published on: 17 July, 2024
An Australian government minister has asked the federal police to investigate allegations of corruption against the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)
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 protect 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