9+ hour, 6+ min ago  (456+ words) Rolls-Royce is establishing Pioneer Works in Derby as a non-nuclear manufacturing development centre to define build processes, precision assembly and advanced testing for its factory-built Small Modular Reactor (SMR) fleet planned for the UK, Czechia and Sweden. The facility, due…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (425+ words) Leica has launched a new RTC series of terrestrial 3 D laser scanners that combine the speed and on-site registration of the RTC360 with the robustness and higher accuracy of the Scan Station P'Series, targeting surveying, construction, industrial plants, public safety and…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (505+ words) Costain and A E Yates have appointed Hyperion Robotics to 3 D print low'carbon concrete sleepers for a major East Coast Cluster carbon capture scheme on Teesside, replacing conventional precast units. Hyperion's robotic extrusion system will optimise sleeper geometry and material…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (646+ words) NASA's Orion spacecraft programme is driving demand for advanced alloys, with aluminium'lithium in the crew module to cut mass, titanium for primary structural members, and nickel'based superalloys in engines to withstand extreme thermal loads. These specifications exemplify how deep-space missions…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (159+ words) Reviewed by Joe Ashwell First reported on The Construction Index Palfinger also appears in our coverage via the TH White/Sany Heavy Machinery UK dealership appointment, signalling that its UK presence is increasingly tied into broader construction equipment distribution networks…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (187+ words) Reviewed by Joe Ashwell First reported on The Construction Index Among the 109 Policy stories in our coverage, UK-focused pieces involving the Competition & Markets Authority are relatively rare, so this CMA market study response from CECA is likely to be a…...