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How Bechtel's going big with AI and automation
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (488+ words) Taking up that role is John Platt, who told GCR about the challenge. How will Bechtel integrate AI, digitisation and robotics with current practices?" Our approach starts with identifying real project challenges, piloting solutions in live environments and then scaling…...
Ferrovial wins $1bn Puerto Rico flood defence contract
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (175+ words) Global Construction Review Ferrovial wins $1bn Puerto Rico flood defence contract Spain's Ferrovial has landed a $1. 078bn contract from the Caribbean District of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to widen and deepen a segment of the R'o Piedras channel in…...
Floating column-free science museum opens in Hainan
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (199+ words) Inspired by cloud formations and the local monsoon rain forests, the 46, 528-sq-m structure on the edge of Wuyuan River National Wetland Park has a reflective silver fiber-reinforced polymer fa'ade. Architect MAD designed it to look like it's floating above water…...
7, 000-ton Hong Kong bridge installed overnight to minimise disruption
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (284+ words) Innovations on the job included Hong Kong's first horizontal bridge rotation, which saw a 140m-long, 7, 000-ton bridge built next to its final location and installed into position over a single night to minimise disruption to rail operations. Aecom said it…...
Timber football stadium completed in Lesotho
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (180+ words) It was designed and built by Rise International, a non-profit that trains young construction professionals. It went up at the Kick4 Life Centre, a social enterprise hub that opened in 2011 after the 2010 Fifa World Cup held in South Africa. The project…...
China to build "1. 3bn Serbian expressway
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (112+ words) As reported by Xinhua, it's the first section of a 125km-long expressway connecting to the Pan-European Corridor X by 2035. The project is named after "or'e Petrovi, leader of the first Serbian uprising. It will form part of the "Serbia 2035" development…...
Holcim team pours first carbon-storing concrete slab
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (138+ words) The slab poured for an e-commerce logistics centre in south Germany cut the amount of traditional cement used by 15%. The Paebbl Rebond material replaces some traditional cement with carbon dioxide turned into a stable, light grey mineral powder composed primarily…...
Bechtel partners with Chilean company for infrastructure and mining boom
1+ week, 3+ day ago (141+ words) Bechtel states that mining investment is growing across the region. The team aims to corner the market on delivering complex projects, with Bechtel focusing on engineering, procurement and project delivery and EIMISA with direct-hire construction. Lucy Martin, Bechtel's president of…...
Strabag team lands "177m motorway contract
1+ week, 3+ day ago (162+ words) The scope includes work on 16. 3km of motorway including 18 bridge structures, 2. 7km of noise barriers and one junction. The new road segment will replace the existing two-lane highway I/35 between "libice and Ho'ice, which is heavily congested. This stretch of the D35 will…...
India's 2027 construction output to exceed $1 trillion
1+ week, 4+ day ago (97+ words) Global Construction Review The 2026-27 financial year's capital expenditure allocation is 3. 1% of India's GDP, an 11. 5% increase compared to the previous year's budget. The construction sector has been buoyed by spending from the 2026-27 budget on infrastructure, energy and domestic manufacturing, growing by…...