Articles by Neil Gerrard

Tunnelling body ITA appoints new executive director
Published on: 17 October, 2024
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) appoints new executive director
Larsen & Toubro wins contract to build line on India’s Agra Metro
Published on: 17 October, 2024
India’s biggest construction company, Larsen & Toubro, has won a contract to build line 2 for the Agra Metro Phase 1 project in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Weekly quiz: How many world records will new Chinese bridge break?
Published on: 17 October, 2024
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing’s fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
Contractor signs deal to build US$3bn Uganda railway
Published on: 16 October, 2024
Turkish contractor signs contract for 273km railway after deal with Chinese firm fell through
Autonomous and connected construction equipment ‘could add billions’ to economy
Published on: 16 October, 2024
Infrastructure company Costain examines benefits in UK government-commissioned research
The global top 10 causes of disputes and claims on major projects
Published on: 16 October, 2024
New report reveals the 10 main causes of claims and disputes on major construction projects
Google signs deal to build small nuclear reactors to power data centres
Published on: 15 October, 2024
Google signs commercial agreement with Kairos Power for SMRs.
London Stansted Airport unveils plans for £600m extension
Published on: 15 October, 2024
The owners of London Stansted will invest £1.1 billion in the airport, including a £600 million extension to its existing terminal
Construction input prices fell in September but supply chain concerns loom
Published on: 14 October, 2024
US construction input prices dropped in September according to new analysis
Military construction specialist to build fuel cell hangar for B-21 bombers
Published on: 14 October, 2024
Construction and engineering company to convert US Air Force Base hangar for new B-21 bomber
Images | Construction progresses on record-breaking high-speed rail and highway bridge in China
Published on: 11 October, 2024
New images show the progress of a bridge in China that the contractor building it claims will break six world records
Hurricane Milton: Work to assess reconstruction cost begins
Published on: 11 October, 2024
Painstaking work to assess the reconstruction cost in Florida after Hurricane cut a destructive path across the state has begun.
The complex temporary works behind a landmark HS2 viaduct
Published on: 11 October, 2024
How engineers from Altrad RMD Kwikform engineered an innovative formwork and falsework solution for the construction of major HS2 viaduct
Firm steams off with €98m contract for new section of Rail Baltica in Lithuania
Published on: 10 October, 2024
The Czech and Lithuanian arms of Vinci-owned Eurovia win €98 million deal to build new section of Rail Baltica
Weekly Quiz: What $186.5m project is being built to service Saudi Arabia’s The Line?
Published on: 10 October, 2024
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing’s fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
Contractor to shore up dike protecting Oakland International Airport from the sea
Published on: 09 October, 2024
Granite has signed a $34 million contract to implement seismic improvements to the Oakland International Airport Perimeter Dike
Tutor Perini gets green light to proceed with $1.66bn Honolulu rail guideway and stations work
Published on: 09 October, 2024
Tutor Perini has received a notice to proceed with the design and construction of six stations and three miles of elevated rail guideway in Honolulu, Hawaii
Saudi construction company to build $186 million concrete factory for The Line
Published on: 09 October, 2024
Saudi Arabian construction company Asas Al-Mohileb has agreed deal to build a SAR 700 million ready-mix concrete factory 
When does construction waste become a marketable product?
Published on: 09 October, 2024
Findings from a new report on the potential for EU-wide ‘end-of-waste’ criteria
Regulator clears £2.5 billion merger of UK housebuilders
Published on: 08 October, 2024
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has cleared the merger of two major housebuilders, Barratt and its smaller counterpart Redrow.
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