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Interview: Will a ban on noncompete agreements affect US rental consolidation?

Josh Nickell, VP of equipment rental with the American Rental Association, talks about whether the FTC’s latest move will change the landscape of the US rental industry

10 major rental firms, OEMs and contractors join forces for new sustainability group

Ten major players in the construction industry, including rental companies, OEMs and contractors have joined forces to create a new group dedicated to making the sector more sustainable.

Could a four-day week really work in the construction industry?

For a long time, working for four days a week instead of five but with no reduction in pay sounded like an unachievable – possibly even decadent – idea in pretty much any industry.

Reconstruction of Ukraine ‘should start now’

Rebuild Ukraine conference held at Intermat

3 takeaways from AGC’s ‘one-of-a-kind’ decarbonisation playbook

What we learned from AGC’s ‘Playbook on Decarbonization’

Europe’s ageing bridges are crumbling. What can be done to prevent collapses?

Eurobridge Conference highlights major failings in the maintenance and repair of Europe’s transport infrastructure

US Federal Trade Commission votes to ban noncompete agreements

New rule could affect the landscape of the North American equipment rental industry, currently undergoing a wave of consolidation

FIEC: What is the bottom line for late payments in commerical transactions?

Rules on combatting late payments in commercial transactions under review

ERA Convention tackles sustainability in rental

Packed programme explores energy transition and decarbonisation

How Turkey is rebuilding a year on from devastating earthquake

What challenges face Turkey’s construction industry a year after the country was hit by a devastating earthquake?

UK Labour Party proposes £1.8 billion port infrastructure investment

Labour plans nearly £2 billion in spending on port infrastructure

Norway’s ‘world-first’ ship tunnel gets technical advisor

See which company has contracted with the Norwegian government on this one-of-a-kind project

EFCA: Looking to the future of engineering

Just how important will the next generation of engineers be for the built environment?

ERA launches handbook on sustainability

Energy transition a key focus

What makes construction projects in the UK so unusually expensive?

London is currently the most expensive city in the world in which to build, pipping Geneva in Switzerland to take the top spot in the 2024 Arcadis International Construction Costs (ICC) report.