Civil Engineering

A SHORTAGE of innovation skills in the construction industry is set to be addressed with help from a new partnership. The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have created a strategic relationship to help...

The company’s new ClearEdge3D sales & development partnership with 3D laser scanning software provider, Rithm, is advancing its concrete application offerings. The new real-time concrete FFL application comes under Topcon’s approach to use precise positioning technology to modernize its core...

American technical services firm Jacobs Engineering has been selected by the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA) for engineering design management (EDM) services pertaining to the $17bn California WaterFix programme. WaterFix, the largest water conveyance project in California, has...

BAM subsidiary Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) has signed a licence agreement for its new XblocPlus blocks to be used on a marina project in Albania. Marina Porto Albania will be the first international project to use XblocPlus, following adoption on...

Infrastructure group Balfour Beatty’s Far East joint venture (JV), Gammon Construction, has secured an HK$2.9bn ($369.7m) contract from Gold Topmont to build a luxury residential project in the Homantin area, Kowloon, Hong Kong. As part of the project, the company...

The world’s longest 3D-printed concrete pedestrian bridge has been completed in Shanghai. Designed by Professor Xu Weiguo from the Tsinghua University (School of Architecture) - Zoina Land Joint Research Center for Digital Architecture, the 26.3-meter-long bridge was inspired by...

DOMOTEX – the world’s leading tradeshow for carpets and floor coverings – returned as the industry’s international trends showcase. This year’s theme of “CREATE’N‘CONNECT” put the spotlight on digitization and creative connectivity across all aspects of floor design, forming...