June 18, 2012
Demand for construction machinery in China is expected to rise 6.2%/year to 387 billion yuan in 2015. This will be supported by continuing increases…
June 15, 2012
The Highways Agency has awarded the second of its new Asset Support Contracts to Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald. The contract involves maintaining and…
June 15, 2012
The Public Works Ministry in Kuwait is seeking bidders for a contract to design and build the US$1billion Doha Link bridge. The 16km long bridge will…
June 15, 2012
The price of building the Padma Bridge in Bangladesh could rise by 30% due to the depreciation of the taka against the US dollar and rising…
June 15, 2012
The authorities in the US state of Ohio continue to investigate new methods of generating revenue for highway investment. The state is facing a…
June 15, 2012
Projections suggest that electric vehicle sales in Central and Eastern Europe will hit 60,000 by 2017. The estimate comes from a report by Frost…
June 14, 2012
Dalian city, China, has set out a budget worth some US$2.3 billion for 45 key projects in 2012, including the construction of 300km of rural roads…
June 14, 2012
Mozambique’s road network will benefit from investment by Brazilian mining company Vale, which is to spend US$691million on the Nacala Corridor road…
June 14, 2012
The Mongolian Government is to boost investment in the country’s road network to improve access in major towns and cities and connect outlying areas…
June 14, 2012
Mott MacDonald has been appointed design consultant for the proposed Raipur–Bilaspur national highway 200 in India. Part of the National Highways…
June 14, 2012
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing substantial funding to boost Serbia’s transport infrastructure. The EBRD's…
June 14, 2012
Design work is underway for the first section of the St Petersburg ring road in Russia, and work will be carried out from Gorskaya to Primorskoe in…
June 14, 2012
Powerscreen hosted a world dealer conference in Cape Town, South Africa, where more than 300 worldwide dealers and customers attended. Damian Power,…
June 14, 2012
The award of a US$177million construction contract to Austria’s Strabag for a transport project in Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam in late February…
June 14, 2012
Brazil's transport infrastructure department (DNIT) is planning to carry out US$7.72billion in roadworks throughout the country during 2012, a…
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