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Hilti unveils its first exoskeleton for construction

Hilti North America unveiled the EXO-O1 wearable exoskeleton, a new human augmentation device to help commercial contractors, tradesman and management tackle health and safety as well as labour shortage challenges. To create the EXO-O1, Hilti Group has entered a technology...

Construction Materials Supplier Uses Communications Technology to Deliver on Driver Safety

Chaney Enterprises, headquartered in Gambrills, MD, has trucks delivering materials to construction clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The company provides ready-mix concrete, sand, gravel, stone, blended soils and related construction supplies to concrete contractors, general contractors, developers and others...

Brazilian construction industry reacts to Covid-19 with digital

Brazilian construction retailers and sector businesses are adapting rapidly to new ways of trading during the Covid-19 outbreak, with tools such as WhatsApp gaining more relevance in the last few months, according to new research. A survey from Juntos Somos...

Plans unveiled for mixed-use development in North Carolina, US

American communications company Capitol Broadcasting (CBC), real estate firm Hines and USAA Real Estate have formed a joint venture to develop a 700,000ft² mixed-use project in Downtown Durham, North Carolina, US. The new mixed-use project will be built on an...

Bowmer + Kirkland selected to build 4 Angel Square office project in UK

Bowmer + Kirkland Group has been selected as the main contractor by developer MEPC for the development of 4 Angel Square speculative office at NOMA neighbourhood in Manchester, UK. The office project will be located on the corner of Corporation...

Kier Construction company hands SES services package for Birley Fields

SES Engineering Services, the building services subsidiary of Wates Group, has been selected to supply all the pipework for three new student accommodation blocks in Manchester. Main contractor Kier has given SES the building services package on the design and...

Vancouver green construction company expands into Ontario, Alberta and the U.S.

The Vancouver-based green construction technology company is looking to build three plants in Alberta, Toronto and Hazelton, Pa. “We are excited and humbled by customer interest in Nexii’s green construction products to date, which is accelerating the roll-out of our...

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