Robotic arms for tunnel-boring machines, concrete reinforcement made of old wind turbine blades and machine learning to reduce concrete waste are among innovations emerging from the $16.7-billion civil construction program for the U.K.’s London to Birmingham high-speed railroad. Construction began late last year.
UK, site of world's first operating commercial facility in deep water, announces plan to drive 1 GW of floating power by 2030; US efforts on west coast and Maine progress on slower track
