Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Taking a picks-and-shovels approach of selling roadbuilding materials to other contractors, Granite Construction said on its first quarter earnings call it has been growing its stockpile of asphalt and aggregate, while increasing its pricing for […]
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Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Venetian Resort along the Las Vegas Strip will undergo a $1.5 billion top-to-bottom reinvestment project, “the largest and most expensive hotel renovation in history,” according to the resort. The project will touch every aspect of the
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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction has kicked off on a new, $4.3 billion hospital at the University of California, San Francisco, according to the school. A three-pronged JV of San Francisco-based Webcor and Herrero Builders, as well as the
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LONDON — A High Court judge ruled Friday that the U.K. government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet climate targets without evidence that it could be delivered. It was the second time in two years that the government‘s main climate action plan was found to be unlawful and insufficient in meeting legally-binding
While flying cars have long been the domain of fantasy, the reality could arrive sooner than many anticipate. Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) are set to play an increasingly important role in the future of mobility from the 2030s onwards, though few manufacturers have announced concrete plans to combine them with road vehicles.
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The long-haul road freight sector has experienced a range of challenges in recent years, including fluctuations in the price of fuel, increasing wages, and driver shortages. Many regions are also pushing for the decarbonisation of road transport, putting significant pressure on fleets to adopt more expensive trucks using hydrogen-based or battery electric powertrains. 2022 research
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — China is preparing to launch a lunar probe Friday that would land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into geological and other differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The unprecedented mission would be the latest advance in the increasingly
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HONOLULU — Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer’s deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county officials said in a lawsuit. Alerts the county sent to cellphones warning people to immediately evacuate were never received, unbeknownst to the county, the
Apple on Thursday revealed its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset, deepening a slump that’s increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products with more artificial intelligence. The 10% drop in year-over-year iPhone sales for the January-March period is latest sign of weakness in a product that
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election, according to a study published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution. The report states that Russia is increasingly leveraging TikTok to disseminate Kremlin messages in both English and Spanish, with
