October 2022
NEWS ROUND UP
Deere boosts battery tech; Holcim’s US$6 billion sale; record-breaking tower; Cat looks to electric.
NEWS IN PICTURES
Transporting wind turbines for Ecuador’s largest wind farm.
COUNTRY FOCUS SOUTH AFRICA
Catrin Jones takes a look at the latest projects and government plans for one of Africa’s powerhouses.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
SOUTH AFRICA
The hard economic facts are examined by Scott Hazelton from IHS Markit.
FALSEWORK AND FORMWORK
Innovation is driving the falsework and formwork sector, discovers Catrin Jones.
LAST MINUTE NEWS BAUMA
Your last minute roundup of news before the start of the world’s largest trade show.
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
BIM AND DIGITAL TWINS
Andy Brown looks at the relationship between BIM and digital twins, and what it means for the future development of construction technology.
INDUSTRY INTERVIEW
Helena Hedblom, Epiroc President and CEO.
DRILLING AND FOUNDATIONS
The sector is getting more high tech than ever before, discovers Andy Brown.
RETAINING WORKERS
How the industry can find – and keep – skilled workers is looked at by Jack Roberts.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
New US$415 million sports stadium in Japan.