Civil engineering

A research team from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology announced that they have confi...

Taisei Corporation and Fanuc have developed an innovative automated warehouse that combines AI and industrial robots. Be...

On July 8, 2026, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced that a total of 36 projects had been selected as the FY2026 ‘Model Projects for Vacant House Countermeasures.’ This project aims to directly support highly modeled initiatives by private businesses and NPOs to address Japan’s increasingly serious vacant house problem, and to […]

Shimizu Corporation has developed a new panel refrigerated warehouse system that significantly reduces construction and maintenance costs while improving storage efficiency. The background is the rapid spread of food e-commerce driving growing demand, combined with aging facilities and environmental regulations compounding the logistics industry’s “2026 problem.” Overview of the new system and the start of […]

It has been revealed that Shimizu Corporation is advancing plans to fully introduce autonomous humanoid robots (humanoids) to construction sites by fiscal year 2030. In the construction industry, where labor shortages persist, there is growing expectation of a fundamental improvement in productivity through the collaborative work between robots and humans utilizing the latest physical AI. […]

Ando Hazama, a major general construction company, has announced a capital and business alliance with the fusion startup Helical Fusion to participate in the construction project of the world’s first commercial fusion power plant. The background to this partnership lies the expectation for next-generation energy toward realizing a decarbonized society and the creation of a […]

Shimizu Corporation is promoting large-scale digitalization at the construction site of Japan’s tallest skyscraper, Torch Tower, which employs up to 7,000 workers. Behind this lies the structural challenges of severe labor shortages and stagnant productivity faced by the construction industry. 1-1: The full picture of the massive project challenging a height of 390 meters Currently, […]

The number of bankruptcies in the construction industry in 2025 will reach 2,021, the highest in the past decade, and marks the fourth consecutive year of increase. Behind this are structural factors such as soaring material prices, severe labor shortages, and increased labor costs due to the “2024 problem.” Bankruptcy trends surpassing 2,000 for the […]

In the Tone River system, water intake restrictions began on some rivers starting May 2026, and even in late June, dam s...