Infrastructure and Transportation

Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology has conducted a study suggesting that ‘electric roads’ can reduce the size of a car battery by up to 70%.

Concretene, developed by Nationwide Engineering Research & Development, is a technology designed to reduce carbon emissions in construction.

Ferrovial Airports and Eve Air Mobility have agreed to partner with the aim of jointly developing the safe and reliable operation of vertiports and eVTOLs.

National Grid has energised 36 of its new T-pylons, which have been installed in the south-west of England.

A Balfour Beatty team working to deliver the Edinburgh Biomes project at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh has trialled an all-electric fleet.

A new partnership between Leeds City Council and EB Charging will see 84 new ‘fast’ charging bays rolled out across 15 locations across the city.

Advanced Construction Robotics has added to its robotics offerings with ‘Ironbot’, a robot that can lift, carry, and place nearly 2,300kg bundles of rebar.

The service uses digital technology to identify potentially hazardous zones based on onboard driving data.

The new centre will help the UK prepare for the sudden impacts of challenges such as extreme floods, and water and food shortages.

UK startup hyperTunnel has been awarded funding from the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in Wales to trial its tunnelling technology.