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The need for net zero in construction
The climate emergency means the construction industry must evaluate its carbon footprint and develop processes that meet wider sustainability targets and European initiatives - and quickly. Cat Jones reports
LiuGong lays global plans
Interview: Phil Graysmark, Access Division director, reveals European and N.American expansion details 
Record construction equipment sales in 2021
Global construction equipment sales grew 10% last year with demand expected to remain high in 2022
Five overbudget megaprojects
Financial constraints, governmental disagreements and the pandemic are just some factors responsible for the incompletion, and overspending, of some of the world’s megaprojects
Mace appoints low carbon structural engineer
The appointment will see Jessica Lovell lead Mace’s client carbon reduction target
Last call for entries for bauma Innovation Award 2022
Entries are still open until 3 May 2022
Wacker Neuson buys concreting supplier
Acquisition of Enar will add concrete vibration tools as well as screeds and compactors
Investment in airport infrastructure to begin recovery in 2022
Sector expected to see some recovery, but still way down on pre-pandemic levels 
Sunbelt results point to strong growth
Strategic priorities including growing tool hire and specialty
Schindler launches lift robots
R.I.S.E. technology increases efficiency and reduces risk in elevator installation
Manufacturers call a halt in Russia
Hitachi, Komatsu and JCB among those ceasing operations, following Ukraine invasion
IC50 is now IC100 – submit your entry today
Entry to our annual IC100 (formerly IC50) listing, which ranks the world’s largest wheeled mobile and lattice boom crane operating companies, is now open
Survey reveals top global risks for construction
Concerns over Covid-19 pandemic lessen, but fears over climate-rated disasters increase
Strabag ‘shocked and appalled’ by invasion
Austrian-based contractor makes statement and comments on Russian minority shareholding
Hitachi-Deere joint venture officially dissolved
Deere acquires three former Hitachi-Deere factories as OEMs set to compete in same markets
XCMG to reduce carbon footprint of ‘key products’ by 32%
OEM says that by 2035 carbon footprint of key products, including excavators and cranes, will be reduced by 32% 
Aggreko to exit Russia
Decision follows Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Risk of Russian cyber attack ‘heightened’
Security expert says construction firms could be a target for Russian hackers
FIEC to host webinar on transition to greener construction
Virtual event will ask what the construction industry can do to move towards carbon neutrality?
Construction starts on Asia-Europe undersea cable
Work has started on a tunnel from Singapore to France that will improve digital connectivity 
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