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Entries now open for bauma innovation awards
Five categories of awards announced for 2025 bauma innovation awards
Construction firm to pay $99,000 to settle sex discrimination suit
An Ohio-based construction company has agreed to pay $99,000 to settle a claims of sex discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Friday round-up: Tallest towers | World’s biggest airport build | ‘Brutal’ skills shortage
Welcome to another edition of Construction Briefing’s Friday round-up where you bring some of the biggest stories you might have missed from the past week.
Worker in fatal incident at Fehmarnbelt Tunnel site in Germany
A labourer was killed following a heavy work accident
Law and contract: Why digital technology is leading to increased cybersecurity risks
Pinsent Masons’ Tori Graney examines cyber risk in the construction industry
Xwatch Safety Solutions merges with Hexagon
Merger to improve construction site safety
US construction demand still growing despite worker shortage
US construction employment rose in 65% of 358 different metro areas between March 2023 and March 2024, as demand construction demand continued to grow despite a shortage of workers.
US contractor awarded $63m deal to build maintenance hangar for B-21 bombers
US-based contractor and engineering firm Conti Federal Services has won a $63 million base contract to build a maintenance hangar for B-21 bombers.
Rail Baltica to set out opportunities for contractors on €5.8bn project
Rail Baltica is to set out opportunities for contractors and other suppliers on the €5.8 billion (US$6.2 billion) project to link the Baltic states into the European rail network in 2024.
Pix4D adds AR compatibility with mobile app update
The company released a new version of its scanning platform
Why you should start treating AI like a new colleague
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t going away and construction professionals need to embrace it and start working with it as if it were a new colleague.
Video: Virtual equipment training in action
Greg Lindsay, Business Developer at Tenstar Simulation runs us through how the company’s virtual simulator practically works 

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Thailand’s PM mulls construction of world’s tallest building
The Prime Minister of Thailand has held preliminary discussions with a consortium of investors about building what could be the world’s tallest building.
Dubai starts construction of world’s largest airport
Dubai has started construction of a $35 billion airport terminal for Al Maktoum International Airport, which will make it the largest airport in the world.
Major new facility in Europe for Topcon
New facility will vastly increase the number of units produced annually by the technology giant 
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