With cordless power tools now dominating the construction industry, the writing is on the wall for mains power tools, says Craig Sanders

New legislation to combat the plague of plant and tool theft has met with a remarkably lukewarm response from the construction industry. Phil Bishop reports

In a bid to minimise carbon emissions from construction plant, industry bodies have drawn up a framework for training courses designed to teach machine operators how to save fuel and smooth the way to net zero. David Taylor reports

Bam Construction has employed a robot dog to survey a former cold-war military site. David Taylor reports

Two major tunnelling projects under London hit crucial milestones this summer. David Taylor reports

In the search for a zero-carbon alternative to diesel, hydrogen might be our best bet. But as Balfour Beatty’s Jo Gilroy explained to The Construction Index, the path to net-zero will be anything but straightforward