The University of Liverpool is collaborating with Sumy State University (SumDU) in Ukraine on a £197,000 digital and digitisation research project.

Balfour Beatty is expanding its business portfolio into the electric vehicle (EV) charging market through the launch of a partnership with an EV charge point operator.

Balfour Beatty has trialled using a fully electric-powered fleet in one of its sites as part of its carbon reduction targets.

Balfour Beatty group chief executive Leo Quinn has launched the Founder’s Pledge, which will help support and develop young people undertaking an apprenticeship.

Nottingham City Council has appointed Balfour Beatty to build a pedestrian and cycle crossing in Nottingham.

A selection of construction pictures from the past month.

Construction firm BAM will continue to back hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels, despite the fact that Balfour Beatty has rejected them, citing concerns about their sustainability credentials.

The multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade is set to use nPlan’s AI-led forecasting and risk management services across its entire programme of works.

Contractors working for HS2 have transported a 160t tunnel boring machine cutter head to a new digging site in a complex overnight operation.

Balfour Beatty’s highways maintenance arm has opened a new operational control hub located at its depot in Millbrook, Southampton.

Balfour Beatty has introduced cabins designed to be environmentally sustainable and inclusive for people with neurodiverse conditions such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia.

GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre has set out the cyber security protocols for construction joint ventures working on major infrastructure projects.

BIM for Housing Associations (BIM4HAs) has launched a new asset information model developed specifically for housing associations, aimed at helping them maintain a digital golden thread of building information.

Two giant floating cranes have lowered a 5,000t intake head for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to the seabed of the Bristol Channel.

The Construction Innovation Hub has launched a new quality assurance framework setting out a best practice approach for manufacturers to follow during the creation of new platform systems and offsite manufactured construction products.

Balfour Beatty has failed in its attempt to force an architect to search its archives for any documents relating to a legal dispute over cladding defects on a building completed 13 years ago.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past seven days.

The Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture (BBV JV) has overseen the first tunnelling breakthrough on HS2.