Apple has announced plans to spend $500bn across 50 US states over the next four years building data centres, corporate facilities, manufacturing spaces and television production studios. It will build…

The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is to spend €200m building a laboratory and a cleanroom to support the Netherlands’ semiconductor industry. The 5,000-sq-m building will house labs and classrooms.…

China has given a green light to the construction of a deep-sea research facility in the South China Sea, South China Morning Post reports. Known in the research community as…

This month on the 21CC podcast, we’re checking in to see how the industry’s doing on race equality. The stats vary, but most counts show that people of colour are…

Researchers at the University of East London (UEL) have built a school in India out of a new low-carbon building material made from the pith left after sugar cane is…

Texas consulting engineering McDermott has opened a 4,100 sq m research and development facility in Dubai. The centre is located near the Oilfields Supply Centre in the Jebel Ali Freezone.…

Heineken has begun building a €45m research centre near its brewery in Zoeterwoude, the Netherlands. When complete next summer, the “Dr HP Heineken Centre” will cover 8,800 sq m and…

A team at MIT has published a research paper detailing its work on printing bricks made from recycled glass that can be interlocked like Lego pieces. The use of printing…

A team of Chinese researchers is exploring the feasibility of producing building materials on Mars by melting its soil. The possibility of “in-situ resource generation” is being investigated by scientists…

China’s 40th Antarctic scientific expedition embarked from Shanghai this week on a five-month mission to build China’s third permanent research station, Global Times reports. The station will be sited on…

Construction workers in the US enjoyed real-wage growth of 2.9% last year, the highest of any sector in the country, the ADP Research Institute said. The finance industry came second…

A far-from-home construction team has managed to make a major new research building at the UK’s Antarctic Rothera Research Station weathertight before winter descends on the Earth’s coldest continent. In…

The EU lacks 1.6 million trained professionals to meet its climate targets, according to a report from management consultant McKinsey. The study also found that supply chain issues were hindering…

A comprehensive study of 64 projects in Europe and the Americas conducted by construction technology firm Buildots has yielded insights on how common site practices hurt a project’s productivity. The…

Researchers from the US, Switzerland and Italy claim to have discovered the secret to the longevity of Roman concrete. The team looked at whether, as has been proposed, it owes…

Research carried out for economic consultant Deepki has found that the value of sustainably built property can be as much as 25% higher than unsustainably built property. The ESG (environmental,…