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California state leaders have deemed construction as an essential business during the COVID-19 pandemic as developers continue work on critical infrastructure. The industry has quickly adopted new health and safety policies amid the pandemic, to keep thousands employed and...

To tackle the spread of Covid-19, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown, from 25 March to 14 April. However, as the number of daily new cases continued to increase, on 14 April, the government...

The government of New South Wales (NSW) has chosen to carry on with construction and maintenance activity to keep people working during the Covid-19 pandemic. Andrew Constance, NSW’s transport and roads minister, said the government would push ahead with A$57.5bn...

More than a thousand New Zealand road and railroad workers have returned to work in an effort to improve the country’s transportation system and post-lock economy, the New Zealand government said. Employees from the state-owned KiwiRail will work at City...

Command Alkon, the leading supplier collaboration platform for construction’s heavy work, and Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sectors, announced the completion of Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Command Alkon. As the...

The military-style planning used to deliver emergency NHS projects during COVID-19 should inspire reform within the construction industry, says the BESA Collaboration between engineers and military planners enabled the transformation of the Excel exhibition centre in London into the 4,000...

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has said it plans to resume work on its construction sites from May 4. It comes after it ordered its sites, show homes and sales centres to be closed in March, as the coronavirus outbreak gathered...