News Costain launches carbon tracker Costain has launched a carbon tracker to standardise and improve carbon emissions reporting across its projects.
Technology AI tech trial cuts cost of Costain’s M6 roadworks AI-enabled planning technology has saved time and money on Costain’s smart upgrade of the M6.
Technology Costain tests real-time digital assurance for tunnels Costain has successfully tested a real-time digital assurance system to help improve the on-budget and on-time delivery of tunnel installations.
News Costain consortium develops tunnel infrastructure robot A consortium involving Costain and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has developed a prototype robot to make tunnel infrastructure installation more efficient and safer.
Technology Costain trials concrete sensors in major road and rail projects Concrete sensor technology has helped Costain reduce striking times by a third and lower its carbon footprint, the engineering company claims.
News Balfour, Kier and Costain to trial AI tech to improve roadworks Balfour Beatty, Kier and Costain will be working with National Highways to trial new AI-powered technologies to improve roadworks projects.
Technology Costain’s M6 team uses data to cut plant emissions A Costain-led team that delivered the M6 Junction 21a to 26 smart motorway project reduced CO2 emissions by taking a data-drive approach to reducing plant idling time.
Technology First 3D-printed headwall tested on A30 upgrade The first-ever 3D-printed concrete headwall is being tested as part of the construction process of the National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in Cornwall.
News Costain and 3D printing lead £40m water innovation drive Innovation projects featuring Costain and 3D printing are among those being backed by Ofwat’s latest £40m fund.
News Winvic-Costain carbon calculator set for free trials The embodied carbon analytics AI system developed by a consortium of Winvic Construction, University of the West of England, and Costain will soon be ready for free trials.
News New code for smart plant set for industry-wide roll-out National Highways is set to unveil a new industry-wide scoring system for connected and autonomous plant.
News From robot dogs to artificial intelligence: top tech in ’21 From robot dogs to AI, from drones to 4D, construction technology continued to evolve in 2021.
News Costain ready to trial smart roads platform from Holland Costain is looking for customers to trial a real-time road traffic monitoring system.
News Costain drafts in new chief digital officer from Microsoft Costain has appointed former Microsoft UK chief digital officer Matthew Higham as its chief digital officer and a member of its executive board.
News My Digital Life: David Owens, Costain Jumping into the hot seat this week is David Owens, head of automated design and BIM at Costain.
News Skanska Costain Strabag JV adopts Zutec software on HS2 The Skanska, Costain and Strabag (SCS) joint venture working on HS2 is using Zutec software.
News Costain team to develop smart roads with digital twins and robots A Costain-led team has secured government funding to develop roads using digital twins, intelligent materials, data science and robotic monitoring.
