Construction Magazine June 2021 | Page 12

GLOBAL NEWS

1 UNITED STATES

AI-powered Snapp expands in USA
Swapp , an AI-powered construction planning company , is making its move on the USA market after opening an office in Florida , its third international outlet after the UK and Israel . The new US site will house the company ' s national sales and marketing team .

2 UNITED KINGDOM

HS2 launches first of 10 Tunnel Boring Machines
HS2 has launched ‘ Florence ’, the 2,000-tonne tunnel boring machine ( TBM ) from its South Portal site next to the M25 in Buckinghamshire . It is the first of 10 giant tunnelling machines that will dig 64 miles of tunnels between London and the West Midlands in the high-speed rail project .
12 June 2021