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A coalition of American and British engineers and designers, including Arup and Buro Happold, have teamed up to create a suite of standardised, mass-timber and steel structural elements for high-density urban housing. Called the “Tallhouse”, the catalogue of manufacturable systems...

The government of Victoria is in search of expressions of interest for Australia’s biggest-ever enabling works contract, for Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop. The scope of work includes upgrades to roads and power supplies, utility relocations, sub-station construction and ground improvements....

Infogrid, an IoT startup which can retrofit an existing building to make it “smart”, has raised $15.5 million. The Series A funding round was led by Northzone, with participation from JLL Spark, Concrete VC, The Venture Collective, Jigsaw VC,...

A trio of companies has begun building the world’s first large-scale CO2 capture and storage plant in Iceland, which they say will remove 4,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere a year. The plant, called “Orca”, uses fans to suck...

Newcastle building contractor Surgo Construction says it is in a strong position despite the challenges of Covid-19 and the looming Brexit deal deadline. The firm, which has been involved in a raft of high-profile North East schemes in recent times,...

To find new, eco-friendly materials, a Rowan University scientist is looking closely at some of nature’s strongest and lightest building blocks—protein-based polymers. Think of delicate spider webs, dragonfly wings, and silk threads spun by caterpillars. Xiao Hu wins NSF...

Computer scientists at the University of the West of England are developing software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help construction reduce the amount of embodied carbon in their building and infrastructure. Computer scientists at the University...