A project led by Balfour Beatty and the CLC’s net zero programme has published a report with recommendations to increase the uptake of EVs in the construction industry.

Tarmac has started an eight-week trial of what it claims is the first all-electric tipper truck in the UK.

The recent Intermat construction equipment show showcased the much larger capacity electric, hybrid and hydrogen-powered machines that are now available.

BT has launched a pilot to repurpose near end-of-life green street cabinets used to store broadband and phone cabling as EV charge points.

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Solar car park (SCP) construction firm 3ti has teamed up with resource management firm Veolia to help reduce the operational carbon of the Eastbourne District General Hospital (EDGH).

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.

As the week draws to a close, CM rounds up the construction stories you may have missed over the past seven days.

When will we reach a point when all plant is electric? It could take longer than you think, explains Kevin Minton.

New homes and buildings such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as those undergoing major renovation, will be required to install electric vehicle charge points from next year, under new legislation announced by prime minister Boris Johnson yesterday.

Sir Robert McAlpine will cease buying diesel for all of its activities by April next year, as it becomes the latest business to switch to running machines on vegetable oil.

It may not seem like the most opportune time to be investigating electric vehicles for your fleet, but the needle is moving rapidly and the move from diesel or petrol vehicles cannot be put off indefinitely. Ford Fleet Management offers some pointers to simplify the key considerations.

Planning permission has been granted for a 9GWh gigafactory that will be the UK’s first ‘at scale’ plant building batteries to support electric vehicle production.