We look at how Rising water costs, pressure on municipal infrastructure, environmental requirements and unreliable supply are ...

In the world of heavy equipment, size is not just a selling point — it is an engineering statement. A standard wheel loader might scoop a couple of tonnes of gravel and tip it into a truck in a matter ...

For more than a decade, renderings of gleaming towers, driverless shuttles and glass-walled data centres have accompanied almost every announcement of a new African city. Few of those images have ...

East Africa’s cement industry has become one of the most important pillars supporting the region’s infrastructure development, housing expansion and industrialisation ambitions. From mega ...

San Diego is one of the most dynamic construction markets in the western United States — and one of the most structurally complex. A metro area of over 3.3 million people anchored by defense and ...

The U.S. engineering and construction (E&C) industry is entering 2026 facing an acute labor crisis—one that threatens project delivery, cost efficiency, and long-term growth unless new workforce ...

June 2026: When JCB first sketched plans for a factory in San Antonio, Texas, a 500,000-square-foot plant seemed ambitious enough. Then Donald Trump announced tariffs on imported goods, and JCB tore ...

The United States is running the largest construction buildout in a generation, and it is happening on two tracks at once. One is familiar: houses, offices, roads and bridges rising and falling with ...

Vulcan Materials Company has reaffirmed its full-year 2026 earnings outlook after delivering solid second-quarter results, with strong pricing discipline, operational execution and resilient demand ...

Compensation of individuals staying on land where a major Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant will be constructed is underway albeit with some challenges. Construction of the plant, known as ...

South Africa is endowed with minerals of every kind. We look at leading mining companies in South Africa and the minerals they produce: Anglo American is a world Miner with offices in South Africa, ...

The latest Lloyds Business Barometer, published this week, offers a useful snapshot of how construction businesses are weathering a turbulent global economy. Confidence among UK construction firms ...