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Gloucestershire College get millions for construction training
A college has secured £4.5million to build a new construction training centre to help meet a 'growing demand for skilled workers'. Gloucestershire College plans to turn land at the 125 Business Park in Gloucester into a state-of-the-art…
SoftBank invests $200 million in construction startup Gravis Robotics
SoftBank Group has invested $200 million in Gravis Robotics, a Swiss startup that makes autonomous software for construction machinery. Zurich-based Gravis announced the Series A investment in a statement on Monday but didn't share a valuation. It…
Construction Partners (ROAD): Analyzing Q3 2026 Financials and Operations
On August 7, Construction Partners (NASDAQ: ROAD) held its fiscal third-quarter 2026 earnings call and used it to raise guidance for the second time this year. Revenue climbed 28.2% year-over-year to $999.4 million, and the company closed the…
CBP halts Big Bend National Park border construction
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said he would halt construction activity in Big Bend National Park as efforts to erect a border barrier have been met with bipartisan pushback. In a video posted to social media on…
First came self-driving cars. Now, Waymo veterans are building autonomous construction equipment.
Self-driving cars have spent years learning the rules of the road. Now, several Waymo veterans are trying to apply those lessons to a far less predictable environment: construction sites. San Francisco-based Bedrock Robotics said Monday that…
Horror at Oldham home construction site
A construction company in Oldham has been fined £30,000 after a bricklayer was seriously hurt when he collapsed through a floor. The 25-year-old was working on the upper level of a house under construction on Lynn Street on June 4, 2024, when…
MORNING GLORY: SCOTUS should urgently allow construction at the White House to proceed
Because of extremely unfortunate, inexplicable and reckless decisions of two lower courts, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has before him an application for a stay of an order from the United States Court of Appeals for the District…
Trump admin pauses construction in Big Bend National Park
“CBP is firmly committed to protecting America, and that includes our national treasures like Big Bend National Park (BBNP),” Scott said on X. “We know the current and predictable national security threats and they are…
Trump admin halts border wall construction amid concerns over Big Bend
The Trump administration has halted construction activity tied to a controversial border-security project in Texas' Big Bend National Park after days of mounting criticism from environmental groups, tribal advocates, local residents and lawmakers.
Excavators, Meet AI: Gravis Nabs $200 Million From SoftBank To Give Construction Equipment Brains
Gravis Robotics just raised $200 million from SoftBank to give heavy construction machinery AI brains. “Tap your finger, move a mountain,” Gravis Robotics' home page says. The Swiss-based company doesn't make a single excavator…
Housing starts and construction data for July 2026
OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 18, 2026 /CNW/ -- The six-month trend in housing starts was flat in July compared to June, with a slight decrease of 0.5% to 247,377 units, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend measure is a…
Construction of 'much-needed' affordable homes in east Hull begins
Lovell, a national partnership housing specialist, has broken ground on the latest phase of the major regeneration programme to deliver a new urban village at the Ings estate in east Hull. The new development, off Balham Avenue, will have 84 new…
Leaders condemn anti-Islamic vandalism at Long Island mosque construction site
Elected officials and Islamic leaders on Long Island gathered Monday to condemn an act of hate that took place over the weekend. A banner in front of the site was defaced sometime between Friday night and Saturday at the construction site for the…
Traffic limited to one lane on Wyoming Ave. for road construction project in Exeter
Traffic will be limited to one lane on Wyoming Avenue in Exeter beginning Monday, Aug. 17, for a construction project. Traffic will be limited to one lane on Wyoming Avenue in Exeter beginning Monday, Aug. 17, for a construction project. EXETER…
East Boston residents fed up with incessant parking tickets during construction road closures
East Boston neighbors can't seem to avoid parking tickets after a litany of road closures makes getting around the neighborhood extremely difficult. Now, they are asking the city to let up. 'Maverick Square was closed. Bremen Street was closed.
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