ROAD BUILDING
They may sound out of place when describing the construction sector, but the Cloud, Big Data and the Internet of Things are now all recognisable elements of the road building process, as Mike Hayes reports

TUNNELLING
With major European tunnels requiring construction teams to drive further and deeper into the earth, advances in equipment and techniques have become necessary to meet these new challenges. Katherine Weir reports

WHEELED EXCAVATORS
Though not as popular as its sibling – the crawler excavator – the wheeled excavator, or ‘rubber duck’ as it is sometimes referred to, nevertheless has its place in 21st century construction, as Joe Sargent discovers

SAMOTER INTERVIEW
Giovanni Mantovani, chief executive and director general of Veronafiere, describes the revival of the Italian market and the country’s largest international construction exhibition, SaMoTer