Articles by Lucy Barnard

Could a mobile phone really be all you need to inspect construction equipment?
Premium Content
Published on: 01 April 2025
Imagine a future where, in order to check an excavator you were about to buy had no significant engine damage, you could simply open an app and wave your mobile phone over the machine
Ferrovial boss on construction鈥檚 biggest opportunity in 2025
Premium Content
Published on: 12 March 2025
Ferrovial Construction鈥檚 CEO Ignacio Gast贸n talked to Lucy Barnard about the company鈥檚 priorities in 2025
Moving mountains: freight forwarders helping to get the biggest loads from A to B
Published on: 24 February 2025
What are freight forwarders and how do they help move vital loads around the world?
Pipe dream: Five carbon capture and storage megaprojects currently under construction
Published on: 14 February 2025
Five carbon capture and storage megaprojects currently under construction
Mace makes senior leadership appointments
Published on: 10 February 2025
Mace has announced appointments to its global senior leadership team
Maryland unveils designs for rebuild of collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge
Published on: 06 February 2025
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has unveiled a new design concept for a replacement to Baltimore鈥檚 collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge
US Transport Secretary says funding priority to be given to areas with high birth rates
Published on: 04 February 2025
New US transport Secretary Sean Duffy says the Department of Transport must give funding priority to communities with high birth rates
Recycling ready: New tech platform creating a circular economy for building materials
Published on: 04 February 2025
How Cemex Ventures start-up compeititon winner Revitalyze is helping create a circular economy for building materials
Genoa breakwater megaproject hit by storm damage
Published on: 03 February 2025
Webuild reports a storm has damaged Genoa breakwater megaproject 
Can collaborative contracting really get complex projects built better?
Published on: 03 February 2025
Can 鈥榗ollaborative鈥� legal contracts get complex projects built on time and on budget?
Future labs: 5 life sciences builds that could change the world
Premium Content
Published on: 31 January 2025
Five of the most high profile specialist life sciences projects which are being built around the world
Weekly quiz: Who is paying US$500 billion for the AI infrastructure project announced by Trump?
Published on: 30 January 2025
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing鈥檚 fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
Billionaire asks US Bankruptcy court to investigate China State Construction US unit
Published on: 28 January 2025
BML Properties, a property company belonging to billionaire Sarkis Izmirlian asked the US Bankruptcy Court District of New Jersey to investigate China Construction America (CCA)
Hydrogen rising: The growth of H2 fuel cell gensets in construction
Published on: 27 January 2025
More and more businesses are producing hydrogen fuel cell generators for use on construction sites. But is the technology and supply chain ready for broader takeup?
China State Engineering to build medical city in Iraq
Published on: 27 January 2025
World鈥檚 largest contractor to build medical city in Iraq
Bechtel appointed to advise on proposed Tennessee SMR
Published on: 24 January 2025
TVA appoints Bechtel to advise on viability of SMR in Tennessee.
US Court finds against PLA requirements on 12 federal construction projects
Published on: 23 January 2025
US Court finds in favour of 12 contractors challenging Biden executive order requiring PLAs on major federal projects
Starmer vows to change UK law to speed up major infrastructure builds
Published on: 23 January 2025
UK Prime Minister Kier has announced proposals to change planning law to make it harder for major infrastructure projects to be delayed
Trump unveils US$500 billion AI infrastructure project
Published on: 23 January 2025
Trump announces US$500 billion private sector AI infrastructure project, says it is the 鈥渓argest in history鈥�
Weekly quiz: What was not in Trump鈥檚 flurry of executive orders?
Published on: 23 January 2025
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing鈥檚 fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
Load More