Rod Sweet

London

Editor at Global Construction Review

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Porr picked for Poland’s biggest rail tunnel as transport megaproject gathers pace

1 week ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

The tunnel will carry high-speed Line 85, a Y-shaped route connecting Warsaw and the new aiport with Łódź by 2032. CPK wants the Y shape – running west of Łódź from Sieradz northwest to Poznań and southwest to Wrocław – finished by 2035. Work on the Łódź tunnel will start this year. It will run 4.6km between the future Retkinia and Fabryczna high-speed stations. CPK said the Porr team’s bid got the highest score for based on price (with a 70% weighting) and team experience (30% weighting).
Hyundai, Leica put 3D machine guidance in crawler excavators

1 week ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

The Leica MC1 3D machine guidance system can be retrofitted to work with Hyundai’s existing 2D sensors and calibration systems, giving construction companies the opportunity to upgrade. The system gives operators real-time design information and cut and fill indications for better accuracy and productivity. Hyundai’s latest crawler machines have a new design, with full electro-hydraulic controls.
Siemens rail chief killed in helicopter crash

1 week ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

All six on board died, including Escobar’s wife, three children, and the pilot. Police said the Bell 206 helicopter, a type widely used commercially and by governments, took off from a downtown heliport at around 3pm local time and crashed approximately 15 minutes later. A witness told the AP news agency that he saw the aircraft “falling apart” in mid-air before it hit the water.
Ecocem team gets €4m to develop electric arc furnace slag for cement

1 week ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

The award comes as steel makers shift from blast furnaces to EAFs to decarbonise, changing the nature of the leftover slag. The goal is to make EAF slag work better as a supplementary cementitious material without compromising the cement’s durability. The EIC had called for research proposals on the theme of making cement and concrete a carbon sink. The Ecocem bid was one of 31 winners out of 401 submissions in this round.
Sarens’ new giant crane boosts load capacity by 45%

1 week ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

The SGC-120/1 has a load capacity of 140,000 T/m and can exceed 3,500 tons, the company said. It can be set up in five weeks, which Sarens said makes it useful for large infrastructure projects, offshore wind installations and nuclear sites. Like its predecessor, the SGC-120, it uses a ring system that distributes ground pressure so it can operate in a variety of terrains. here to get stories about construction around the world in your inbox three times a week
Major League players among dead in nightclub collapse

2 weeks ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

The toll had risen to 113 deaths Wednesday morning local time as rescuers raced to find survivors at the popular Jet Set nightclub in the capital, Santo Domingo, The New York Times reports. The roof came down at around 12.45am Tuesday during the club’s Monday dance night, a live-music fixture in Dominican society for decades, according to the newspaper. The sudden collapse hurt so many people that ambulances had to take two or three to hospital at a time, said the Times.
Caterpillar celebrates 100th birthday at bauma 2025

2 weeks ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

The company’s exhibit showcases the latest equipment, technologies, power solutions and services to help customers face jobsite challenges. “Caterpillar is celebrating a century marked by groundbreaking innovation, engineering excellence and industry expertise,” said Caterpillar Construction Industries Group President Tony Fassino. “While we look back and appreciate our history, we stand ready for all that is in store for ‘The Next 100 Years’.
Skanska to lay foundations for major carbon capture plant in Sweden

2 weeks ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

The client is heating and electricity utility Stockholm Exergi, which is spending €1.176bn to add CCS capacity to its existing “Värtaverket” biomass-fuelled heat and electricity plant in the Swedish capital’s Värtan port area. Skanska will also build a quay for the CCS plant. Stockholm Exergi says the new CCS plant – called Beccs, for bio-energy carbon capture and storage – will be one of the world’s biggest.
Systra lands role on fast-growing Stockholm’s new Yellow Line

2 weeks ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

In planning since 2020, the line will run 8km underground from the west-central Fridhemsplan station south to Älvsjö, a growing district intended to be a future transport hub. The line will have six stations. Stockholm is one of Europe’s fastest growing metro regions. Some 48,500 new homes are planned along the route, Transcenda reports. Construction starts this year, with project completion expected in nine years. It will be the first fully automated line on the city’s metro system.
How can better buildings boost mental health?

2 weeks ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Rod Sweet

The built environment can have a significant impact on mental health and wellbeing, for better or worse. Factors such as quality of housing and infrastructure, as well as access to green spaces and design choices, can influence both physical and psychological health. So, how can construction professionals create buildings with positive psychological effects that help people live happier and healthier lives?