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Research by a US university is using linked up driving and cycling simulators to help with safer urban road designs for both drivers and cyclists

As fuel tax revenue disappears in the pandemic, the city of Janesville, Wisconsin is seeing savings and performance benefits

The Indian Government continues to show high levels of aggressiveness for developing its road infrastructure.

A wind of trade protectionism referred to as “Covid nationalism” has started blowing on global trade markets in the wake of the coronavirus pandemics. Countries are now implementing border restrictions in an attempt to control the spread of the virus.

Construction of Poland’s longest road tunnel is progressing with an MK Formwork Carriage system from Spanish manufacturer Ulma.

Reducing carbon emissions from the energy intensive cement and concrete production sectors will help stop climate change

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looked at how much fuel – and, hence carbon – could be saved by making roads in the US stiffer. They concluded that by resurfacing 10% of roads every year for the next 50 years, 0.5% of total transport emissions, or 440 megatons, would be saved over that period.

Case CE, Hitachi, JCB and Wacker Neuson are amongst the equipment manufacturers convinced of the potential for electric construction machines

Arizona State University’s Schools of Engineering and FORTA Corporation, a Pennsylvania-based leader in the synthetic reinforcement fibres industry have announced a partnership to support further research into the resilience of pavements.

This is the year that the European Union will push ahead with its new DigiPLACE project, an initiative designed to develop a construction industry “fit for the digital age”. But what does that mean on the ground, in the real world?