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BigChange at GT Access
UK’s largest privately owned access rental company invests in BigChange management system
PartnerLift grows its membership
75-year-old rental company becomes latest partner in German cooperative 
Entries now open for bauma innovation awards
Five categories of awards announced for 2025 bauma innovation awards
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.
What are the latest tower crane projects in North America?
Today’s skylines are interspersed with tower cranes. ACT rounds up a few impressive jobs.
Worker in fatal incident at Fehmarnbelt Tunnel site in Germany
A labourer was killed following a heavy work accident
Ashtead unveils ‘Sunbelt 4.0’ plan
Compound growth rate of 6-9% up to 2029
Law and contract: Why digital technology is leading to increased cybersecurity risks
Pinsent Masons’ Tori Graney examines cyber risk in the construction industry
UK renter in £4 million JCB order
More than 20 machines to be delivered
BMS Stangeland acquires Havator
Scandinavian joint venture crane company adds Havator in Finland and Sweden
HSS Hire makes “big strides” in marketplace strategy
Profit down, but digital platform grows
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.
ACT 100 forms due now!
All ACT 100 forms must be submitted by Tuesday, May 7th. 
Tadano delivers first unit of electric rough terrain crane
First EVOLT eGR-250N RT delivered to Japanese customer to work on power plant project
Doleco USA opens new North Carolina facility
The plant will focus on custom production, fulfillment of traditional orders and delivery of Doleco’s products.
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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