Autodesk Deepens Construction Data Strategy With £2m Investment in Qflow

Autodesk Deepens Construction Data Strategy With £2m Investment in Qflow The global construction sector is under mounting pressure to deliver projects that are not only on time and on budget, but demonstrably cleaner, leaner and more accountable. Autodesk is helping to address this with a £2 million strategic investment in Qflow, signalling a clear intent … Read more…

Building Coherence into Metro Manila’s Mass Transit

Building Coherence into Metro Manila’s Mass Transit Metro Manila’s rail network is once again at the centre of a policy debate that could reshape how urban transport concessions are structured across Southeast Asia. The Philippines’ Department of Transportation is reviewing an unsolicited proposal from a private rail operator to consolidate and manage the operations of … Read more…

Rethinking a Strategic Spine in Northern Chile’s Road Network

Rethinking a Strategic Spine in Northern Chile’s Road Network Northern Chile’s transport corridors sit at the crossroads of global trade, extractive industries and regional development. Few routes are as symbolically and economically important as Route 5, the backbone of the Pan-American Highway as it cuts through the Atacama Desert and links port cities, mining hubs … Read more…

Finning Introduces Cat Credits to the UK Market

Finning Introduces Cat Credits to the UK Market Across the global construction and infrastructure sector, margins are under constant pressure. Rising input costs, tighter project schedules and the growing complexity of modern fleets have pushed operators to look beyond equipment performance alone. Increasingly, value is being measured by how effectively a supplier supports lifecycle efficiency, &#… Read more…

London Mining Week Sets the Agenda for Global Mining in 2026

London Mining Week Sets the Agenda for Global Mining in 2026 From 27 November to 3 December 2026, London will once again become the focal point for the global mining industry as London Mining Week returns for its second edition. Far from being a conventional conference series, the initiative has positioned itself as a coordinated … Read more…

New Dealer Structure Signals Develon’s Long-Term Dutch Ambitions

New Dealer Structure Signals Develon’s Long-Term Dutch Ambitions Develon has quietly but decisively reshaped its dealer network in the Netherlands, introducing a revised territorial structure designed to strengthen market coverage, improve service responsiveness and support the brand’s longer-term technology ambitions. Effective from 1 January 2026, the changes formalise a three-partner model buil… Read more…

Strategic Investment Set to Reshape Serbia’s Road Infrastructure

Strategic Investment Set to Reshape Serbia’s Road Infrastructure Across Europe, road networks are quietly being redefined as strategic national assets rather than passive conduits for traffic. Serbia is no exception. With freight flows intensifying across the Western Balkans and mobility expectations rising well beyond major cities, the condition of local and national roads has become &#8230… Read more…

Public Capital Unlocking Private Energy Investment in Kenya

Public Capital Unlocking Private Energy Investment in Kenya Kenya’s clean energy transition has quietly become one of the most credible and commercially grounded success stories in global infrastructure. While many countries continue to grapple with intermittency, grid instability and volatile fuel costs, Kenya has pursued a different route, one anchored in geothermal baseload power. The … Read more…

Volvo CE Strengthens Its European Retail Backbone with Swecon Acquisition

Volvo CE Strengthens Its European Retail Backbone with Swecon Acquisition Volvo Construction Equipment has quietly but decisively reshaped its European operating model with the completion of its acquisition of Swecon, a move that signals a deeper commitment to owning and optimising customer-facing operations in strategically vital markets. Finalised on January 31, 2026, following regulatory approv… Read more…

Esri Achieves ISO 27001 Certification for Infrastructure Data Security

Esri Achieves ISO 27001 Certification for Infrastructure Data Security For governments, transport agencies and construction leaders managing critical infrastructure, data has become as valuable as concrete and steel. Modern highways, ports, rail corridors and urban developments rely on geospatial intelligence to guide investment, safety planning and operational efficiency. As digital twins, predic… Read more…

DexMat Scales a New Class of Conductive Materials

DexMat Scales a New Class of Conductive Materials Global infrastructure systems are under mounting pressure, and not just from ageing assets or rising demand. At a deeper level, the materials that underpin power transmission, transport, energy systems and advanced manufacturing are facing structural constraints. Copper remains the backbone of electrical conductivity across infrastructure, yet dema… Read more…

Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Moves with Pilot Projects

Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Moves with Pilot Projects The electrification of long-haul trucking has reached a point where infrastructure decisions now matter as much as vehicle development itself. Without reliable, high-power charging positioned where freight actually moves, battery-electric heavy goods vehicles remain confined to pilots and publicity runs. Against that backdrop, the agreem… Read more…

Autonomous Trucking Moves from Experiment to Essential Infrastructure

Autonomous Trucking Moves from Experiment to Essential Infrastructure Autonomous trucking has spent the better part of a decade hovering between promise and proof. Pilot programmes came and went, safety drivers remained firmly behind the wheel, and commercial scale always seemed just a few years away. That balance has now shifted. Gatik has crossed a threshold … Read more…

Mining and Quarrying Return to the Centre of Global Strategy

Mining and Quarrying Return to the Centre of Global Strategy For much of the past three decades, mining and quarrying sat in an awkward position in the public imagination. Essential, yes, but often treated as background activity, somewhere between a commodity business and a legacy sector that policymakers preferred not to talk about too loudly. … Read more…

Rome Metro Line C Gains Momentum With €776m Northern Extension Contract

Rome Metro Line C Gains Momentum With €776m Northern Extension Contract Rome’s long-running Metro Line C programme has taken another decisive step forward, with Webuild and partner Vianini Lavori, operating as part of the Metro C Consortium, awarded a €776 million (US$902 million) contract to design and build the T1 section in the city’s northern … Read more…

Northern Powerhouse Rail’s £45 Billion Blueprint for the North

Northern Powerhouse Rail’s £45 Billion Blueprint for the North After years of political noise, shifting plans and regional frustration, the UK Government has pushed Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) back towards the centre of national infrastructure policy, announcing a multi-billion-pound investment programme designed to reshape rail connectivity across the North of England. Working with Trans… Read more…

Africa’s Green Economy Summit 2026 Targets Bankable Climate Infrastructure

Africa’s Green Economy Summit 2026 Targets Bankable Climate Infrastructure Africa’s climate story has never been short on ambition. Across the continent, governments, development institutions, and private sector leaders have spent the better part of a decade building strategies for decarbonisation, resilience, and sustainable growth. Yet the hard truth is that ambition alone doesn’t lay transmissi… Read more…

EU and EIB Finance Cabo Verde’s Sustainable Port Transformation

EU and EIB Finance Cabo Verde’s Sustainable Port Transformation Cabo Verde’s future has always been tied to the sea. For an island nation spread across the Atlantic, ports aren’t simply logistics assets, they’re the connective tissue that holds communities together, keeps shelves stocked, moves people between islands, and underpins tourism and trade. That reality is … Read more…

Kyrgyz Republic Modernising Ageing Power Infrastructure with EBRD Support

Kyrgyz Republic Modernising Ageing Power Infrastructure with EBRD Support Keeping the lights on sounds like a simple promise, until a country’s power network starts showing its age. Across much of the world, electricity grids are becoming the quiet bottleneck of economic growth: they sit between new generation capacity and end users, yet too often they’re … Read more…

Southeast Asia’s Growth Corridors Need More Than Roads and Ports

Southeast Asia’s Growth Corridors Need More Than Roads and Ports For decades, governments and development partners across Southeast Asia have treated transport connectivity as the master key to regional growth, yet one long-running experiment has shown it’s only part of the answer. Drawing on insights from an Asian Development Bank blog post published in January … Read more…

FARO CREAFORM and FARO INSIGHT Redefine Measurement and Scanning

FARO CREAFORM and FARO INSIGHT Redefine Measurement and Scanning In construction, manufacturing, infrastructure maintenance and public safety, there’s one shared reality that rarely makes the headlines: projects don’t fail because teams lack ambition. They fail because they lack certainty. The difference between a bridge opening on time or stalling for months can come down to … Read more…

Fleet Charging and Grid Readiness Redefine EV Growth

Fleet Charging and Grid Readiness Redefine EV Growth The electric vehicle market is no longer running on pure momentum. After a decade defined by rapid adoption curves, aggressive target-setting, and an almost constant stream of battery breakthroughs, the global EV industry is settling into something more mature and more demanding. The shift is subtle but … Read more…

VINCI Expands New Zealand Footprint with Fletcher Construction Acquisition

VINCI Expands New Zealand Footprint with Fletcher Construction Acquisition VINCI Construction’s agreement to acquire Fletcher Construction is more than another overseas deal on a balance sheet. It’s a clear signal that New Zealand’s infrastructure market has shifted into a new phase, one where scale, delivery capability and technical breadth matter more than ever. Subject to … Read more…

adesso SE and Hitachi Expand Application Reliability for Asset-Heavy Industries

adesso SE and Hitachi Expand Application Reliability for Asset-Heavy Industries In energy, utilities, and other asset-heavy industries, digital transformation doesn’t fail with a bang. It fails quietly. A control room dashboard loads slowly. A forecasting model drifts out of tolerance. A patch gets delayed because the operational risk feels too high. Then, one day, the … Read more…

ABZ Innovation Secures $8.2m to Scale Heavy-Duty Drones

ABZ Innovation Secures $8.2m to Scale Heavy-Duty Drones ABZ Innovation, a Hungary-based manufacturer of heavy-duty agricultural and industrial drones, has announced it has closed an $8.2 million funding round led by Vsquared Ventures, with participation from Day One Capital and Assembly Ventures. The company says the capital will be used to expand manufacturing capacity, accelerate … Read more…

Rebuilding Ukraine’s Infrastructure

Rebuilding Ukraine’s Infrastructure Why Decentralized Cogeneration is the Strategic Asset for U.S. Investment The Infrastructure Imperative The reconstruction of Ukraine is not a future project; it is a current strategic necessity. As U.S. policymakers, including figures associated with Donald Trump’s economic circle, emphasize a shift toward “investment rather than just aid,” the focu… Read more…

Accepting Crypto: What Marketplace Sellers Need to Know

Accepting Crypto: What Marketplace Sellers Need to Know Online marketplaces are constantly evolving, so to keep up with the change, sellers must always be looking for ways to stay flexible, reduce friction, and reach more buyers. Over the last few years, an increasing number of people have started accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment. … Read more…

The $2.5 Trillion Trade Finance Gap Holding Back Global Supply Chains

The $2.5 Trillion Trade Finance Gap Holding Back Global Supply Chains Global supply chains are moving again, but not always smoothly. After years of disruption, companies are diversifying markets, reshoring or nearshoring parts of production, and building new trade routes that reduce overdependence on single regions. That reshuffle should be good news for manufacturers, logistics … Read more…

Uzbekistan Scales Solar Energy Project With Battery Storage and Grid Links

Uzbekistan Scales Solar Energy Project With Battery Storage and Grid Links Uzbekistan’s renewable energy ambitions are no longer confined to targets on paper or pilot projects tucked away from the realities of national grid operations. With a new US$30 million financing package agreed between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company … Read more…

WEMAG Secures €220m to Accelerate Grid Upgrades in Northern Germany

WEMAG Secures €220m to Accelerate Grid Upgrades in Northern Germany Germany’s energy transition has never been short on ambition, but it’s the infrastructure underneath it all that decides whether progress will be smooth or painful. That’s why a new €220 million financing agreement between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and WEMAG deserves attention well beyond … Read more…

Egypt’s Obelisk Solar Project Secures US$150m EIB Financing

Egypt’s Obelisk Solar Project Secures US$150m EIB Financing Egypt’s energy transition has moved beyond ambition and into execution, with the Obelisk solar photovoltaic project in Qena Governorate emerging as one of the most consequential clean power developments on the African continent. Backed by US$150 million in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB Global) and … Read more…

Kazakhstan’s Almaty Railway Bypass Secures US$300m Financing

Kazakhstan’s Almaty Railway Bypass Secures US$300m Financing Kazakhstan has spent the past decade positioning itself as a practical bridge between East and West, but bridges only matter if they don’t choke at the entrance. Freight volumes don’t wait politely at city limits, and when trains are forced to thread their way through dense urban networks, … Read more…

Leasys and EIB Back EU Zero-Emission Fleets with €600m Finance

Leasys and EIB Back EU Zero-Emission Fleets with €600m Finance Europe’s clean-mobility transition is often discussed in the language of targets, mandates and long-term ambition. But in practice, decarbonising road transport comes down to something far more practical: who can finance the vehicles, deploy them quickly, and keep them in service across multiple markets without … Read more…

DriveWell Fleet Brings Full Telematics to Commercial Motor Insurance

DriveWell Fleet Brings Full Telematics to Commercial Motor Insurance Commercial fleets keep the modern economy moving, yet the insurance industry that underwrites them has often had to price risk with only partial visibility. Underwriters have traditionally relied on claims history, vehicle type, route profiles, and broad fleet characteristics to estimate exposure. That approach has worked … Read more…

CESAR’s 700,000th System Signals a New Era for Machinery Security

CESAR’s 700,000th System Signals a New Era for Machinery Security Machinery theft isn’t a headline-grabbing crime in the way that cash robberies or high-profile cyberattacks might be, but across construction, agriculture, and plant hire it’s a relentless, costly drain. When a machine disappears, the impact rarely stops at the price tag of the equipment itself. … Read more…

Rethinking Foreign Policy – The Case for Tech Diplomacy

Rethinking Foreign Policy – The Case for Tech Diplomacy The drivers of economic growth, innovation, and societal change are no longer solely wealthy nation-states and global institutional actors, but increasingly the technology companies. The so-called “Magnificent Seven”—Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, and Alphabet (Google)—now dominate the global economy redefining tradition… Read more…

Connectivity is Redefining Construction Delivery

Connectivity is Redefining Construction Delivery Construction has always been a business of coordination. Machines, people, materials, and time must align precisely for projects to succeed. Yet even the most carefully planned programmes have long been vulnerable to delays that emerged once work began. Poor visibility, idle assets, and fragmented communication continued to undermine delivery perfor… Read more…

Physical AI and Humanoid Robots Moving From Theory to the Jobsite

Physical AI and Humanoid Robots Moving From Theory to the Jobsite The conversation around artificial intelligence has spent much of the past decade focused on software. Algorithms that can see, predict, recommend and optimise have transformed offices, trading floors and design studios. Yet, for industries rooted in the physical world such as construction, manufacturing, logistics and … Read more…

UESI and ASCE’s Expanding Influence on Underground Infrastructure

UESI and ASCE’s Expanding Influence on Underground Infrastructure Across the world’s expanding cities, much of the most critical infrastructure remains hidden from view. Water, wastewater, energy and telecommunications networks are buried beneath streets, rivers and dense urban districts, quietly sustaining economies and daily life. As urban growth accelerates and legacy systems age, the challenge… Read more…

Saudi Arabia’s Solar Supply Chain Takes a Strategic Leap Forward

Saudi Arabia’s Solar Supply Chain Takes a Strategic Leap Forward The formal incorporation of Nextpower Arabia, a joint venture between U.S.-based Nextpower and Riyadh-headquartered Abunayyan Holding, marks a significant moment for the Middle East and North Africa’s renewable energy ecosystem. More than a corporate milestone, the move reflects a deeper structural shift underway across the … Read more…