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April 30, 2013
IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, has launched TruckPlanet, an online marketplace dedicated exclusively to buying…
April 30, 2013
Altius Associates (Altius) has tipped institutional investor allocations to private infrastructure funds to grow dramatically over the next decade,…
April 30, 2013
KordaMentha, a receiver, and investment bank Goldman Sachs have put the Clem Jones tolled road tunnel in Brisbane, Australia up for sale. Queensland…
April 30, 2013
The capital planning for the major expansion and upgrading of Hanoi-Can Tho expressway in Vietnam is being considered ahead of a National Assembly…
April 30, 2013
Austrian contractor STRABAG reports healthy earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of €207 million in 2012. This figure beats the firm’s own…
April 30, 2013
Power Curbers and its sister company Power Pavers exhibited the adaptable 5700-C and SF-1700 models at bauma, slipformers that have been both…
April 30, 2013
Benninghoven has a rich history of innovation in asphalt plant technology. Speaking at bauma 2013, the German company’s managing director Bernd…
April 30, 2013
Two new road tunnels have been proposed by the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) that would pass through the Nark Kerb Mountain. The work is…
April 30, 2013
Competition is strong in the tender process for a highway project in Florida. The contract is to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain the…
April 30, 2013
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) is planning the construction of a further five toll roads. A feasibility study is underway for the…
April 30, 2013
Cautious mining customers holding back from investing in equipment is said by Atlas Copco to be a key reason behind an ‘organic’ decline of 11% in…
April 26, 2013
A report by the US Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) estimates that motorcyclist deaths increased around 9% in 2012, with over 5,000 killed…
April 26, 2013
A consortium led by Australia-based Macquarie Group and Kiewit of the US, known as NYNJLink, is to build a new US$1.5bn bridge connecting New Jersey…
April 26, 2013
The Turkish General Directorate of Motorways (KGM) aims to build over 2,000km of roads in 2013. They will consist of 998km single-platform roads and…
April 25, 2013
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) said sharply lower global demand, especially in the mining sector, during the first three months of 2013 had…
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