Articles by Neil Gerrard
Published on: 02 May, 2024
An Ohio-based construction company has agreed to pay $99,000 to settle a claims of sex discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Published on: 02 May, 2024
Welcome to another edition of Construction Briefing’s Friday round-up where you bring some of the biggest stories you might have missed from the past week.
Published on: 01 May, 2024
US construction employment rose in 65% of 358 different metro areas between March 2023 and March 2024, as demand construction demand continued to grow despite a shortage of workers.
Published on: 01 May, 2024
US-based contractor and engineering firm Conti Federal Services has won a $63 million base contract to build a maintenance hangar for B-21 bombers.
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: 01 May, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t going away and construction professionals need to embrace it and start working with it as if it were a new colleague.
Published on: 30 April, 2024
The Prime Minister of Thailand has held preliminary discussions with a consortium of investors about building what could be the world’s tallest building.
Published on: 30 April, 2024
Dubai has started construction of a $35 billion airport terminal for Al Maktoum International Airport, which will make it the largest airport in the world.
Published on: 30 April, 2024
Can electric actuators prove to be a credible alternative to hydraulic in construction machinery?
Published on: 29 April, 2024
The NFL’s Chicago Bears have revealed plans for a new stadium that could see $4.2 billion of direct capital investment in what they claimed would be one of the region’s biggest-ever construction projects.
Published on: 29 April, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s special economic zone Neom has secured financing worth SAR 10 billion (US$2.7 billion) as it moves ahead with the development of megaprojects like the Line and Trojena.
Published on: 29 April, 2024
The UK faces a ‘brutal’ construction skills shortage as a series of megaprojects already underway plus several more set to begin soon compete for scarce labour resources.
Published on: 26 April, 2024
Ten major players in the construction industry, including rental companies, OEMs and contractors have joined forces to create a new group dedicated to making the sector more sustainable.
Published on: 26 April, 2024
Two transit projects in California and a major new prison build in New York have contributed to a 35% year-on-year increase in Q1 revenue for US contractor Tutor Perini.
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: 26 April, 2024
For a long time, working for four days a week instead of five but with no reduction in pay sounded like an unachievable – possibly even decadent – idea in pretty much any industry.
Published on: 25 April, 2024
China Railway Tunnel Group has claimed what it said was a new record tunnel boring machine tunnelling (TBM) during the construction of a tunnel on a major new highway in Georgia.
Published on: 25 April, 2024
As April draws to a close, there has been a flurry of acquisitions in the construction sector around the world.
Published on: 24 April, 2024
Hochtief’s Australian subsidiary Cimic has increased its stake in mining services company Thiess, in response to the importance of the energy transition.
Published on: 24 April, 2024
Tutor Perini subsidiary Roy Anderson Corp has landed a $72.7 million contract to build a new hangar at Pensacola International Airport in Florida, USA.