December 2, 2014
New routes in Mexico will help boost transport. In all four major motorway projects are due for completion by the end of 2014. These projects are:…
December 2, 2014
Moroccan motorway operator Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) has announced that by 2016, the country will have a motorway network extending some 1,800km. The…
December 2, 2014
From Monday 8th December a pan-European police road safety operation will commence. The aim is to raise awareness of the dangers of drink-driving and…
December 1, 2014
Details of a major programme of road building projects have been unveiled by the UK Government. The plan envisages some €18.83 billion (£15 billion)…
December 1, 2014
In Colombia plans are underway to try and revive the project to construct the La Linea tunnel. The project has been beset with problems since work…
December 1, 2014
The bauma China 2014 event held in Shanghai from 25th-28th November set a series of records, most notably with its attendance hitting 191,000…
November 28, 2014
French engineering firm Egis has expanded further into the Brazilian infrastructure market with the purchase of highways contractor Lenc for an…
November 26, 2014
Indoogoo, a social and trading network for the construction industry, has added geolocation of available equipment to its My Rentals Website. Users…
November 25, 2014
The head of Brazil’s association of road constructors has warned of more layoffs unless the National Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DNIT…
November 25, 2014
IJM, one of Malaysia’s largest construction conglomerates, has bailed out of a deal to buy the highways concession business SILK. SILK Holdings,…
November 25, 2014
Financial close has been reached for expansion of the A9 motorway near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. BNG Bank, DZ BANK, ING, KBC, SMBC and Société…
November 25, 2014
Serbia’s Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure has approved a merger between the public-owned roads companies Putevi Srbije (Roads…
November 21, 2014
Caterpillar is offering its new 326D2 excavator for sale into markets such as Africa, Middle East and the CIS. Maximum operating weight of 26.…
November 21, 2014
The Topcon Positioning Group has acquired German console manufacturer Wachendorff Elektronik and its US subsidiary Wachendorff Electronics in a…
November 21, 2014
Kobelco Construction Machinery has posted its semi-annual results for the 2014 financial year. The results give grounds for caution as well as some…
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