Articles by Neil Gerrard
Published on: 16 January 2025
Strabag and Porr to build new bridge to replace 1960s structure that snakes through mountainous Tyrol region
Published on: 23 December 2024
Demolition contractor’s appeal against ‘excessive’ penalty results in larger fine
Published on: 27 November 2024
The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has proposed slapping imported Chinese excavators with up to 83.5% duty.
Published on: 18 November 2024
New restrictions ban nearly all forms of construction and demolition
Published on: 09 October 2024
Findings from a new report on the potential for EU-wide ‘end-of-waste’ criteria
Published on: 16 July 2024
A former Caterpillar dealer based in Venezuela has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $100 million in damages from the US-based manufacturer
Published on: 15 July 2024
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Elecosoft head of innovation Mark Chapman on what a 30-year civil engineering career has shown him about causes of project failures
Published on: 05 July 2024
As Europe’s largest economy, Germany is renowned for having first-class infrastructure but even in one of the region’s wealthiest countries, the bridges are crumbling
Published on: 17 June 2024
JCB is to invest 500 million reais (just under US$100 million) on modernizing and expanding its Latin American operations
Published on: 17 June 2024
New figures that show the state of play in Europe’s construction industry have been released
Published on: 11 June 2024
Skanska has revealed that recovery and salvage work at the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, USA, is worth a total of US$50 million
Published on: 03 June 2024
Swedish contractor Skanska is to build the new Lokomotion Technology Centre for industrial manufacturer Metso in Lahdesjärvi, Tampere, Finland
Published on: 15 May 2024
The US government has announced that it is raising tariffs on a wide range of Chinese goods, including on materials and machinery used in the construction industry
Published on: 15 May 2024
The high rate of suicide in the construction industry is a ‘shameful statistic’ but the stigma around it is finally being broken down
Published on: 14 May 2024
A total of 32 people, thought to be construction workers, have now been confirmed dead following a building collapse in South Africa
Published on: 14 May 2024
Europe’s construction industry continues to suffer a labour imbalance, with almost half the occupations classified as being in shortage in the region belonging in the sector
Published on: 01 May 2024
Rail Baltica is to set out opportunities for contractors and other suppliers on the €5.8 billion (US$6.2 billion) project to link the Baltic states into the European rail network in 2024.
Published on: 30 April 2024
Can electric actuators prove to be a credible alternative to hydraulic in construction machinery?
Published on: 26 April 2024
Skanska has signed a final award worth $612 million for the upgrade of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Published on: 19 April 2024
Paris, dubbed the City of Light, hosts the Intermat construction show this week (24-27 April) after a six-year-long absence.