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Arabian Gulf Steel Industries (AGSI) has reported a verified cradle-to-gate carbon footprint of 139 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) per tonne for its Abu Dhabi-produced reinforcing steel, highlighting progress in reducing the environmental impact of construction materials in...

Tata Steel and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) are establishing a three-year research and innovation partnership to accelerate the development and industrial adoption of sustainable and recycled materials. The initiative will connect universities, researchers and industry participants in...

Researchers in Morocco developed a machine-learning framework to predict compressive strength in geopolymers made with fly ash and waste glass. Published in Case Studies in Construction Materials, the study assessed AI-based prediction. Aymane Elyazidi, Fatiha Berroug, Lahcen Boukhattem and Rachid...

Hyundai Engineering has received technical certification from the Korean Society of Steel Construction for a modular steel joint structural system co-developed with Hyundai Steel (004020). The technology covers joints used to stack and assemble factory-manufactured box-type modules on site....

The US Department of Transportation has awarded $426 million to critical infrastructure projects across 12 states through the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects program, known as INFRA. The largest awards include $85.1 million for an 8-mile, four-lane highway...

CRH has agreed to acquire Swedish construction group NCC Industry’s aggregates operations in Denmark and Finland, expanding the building materials company’s presence across the Nordic markets. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Danish operations include a...

Michael Baker International has launched LiveTwin, the first solution under its digitalMBI platform, to connect digital infrastructure data and real-time information across facilities, campuses and infrastructure assets. Introduced at the company’s Tech Summit, the LiveTwin platform creates a digital representation...