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June 5, 2013
Austrian transport club VCÖ has called for the number of kilometres travelled in private vehicles to be reduced by 55% by 2050 to cut time lost by…
June 5, 2013
A British student hopes his new hologram road signs which ‘pulse’ at drivers will lead to a revolution in the way motorists are given information on…
June 5, 2013
The Nigerian government has completed a project costing US$796.71 million (NGN 126bn) to restore 32 roads covering a combined 2,000kms. The federal…
June 5, 2013
Spanish companies Sacyr, ACS and OHL will take part in three of the consortia that will bid in the US$740 million contract to build the longest…
June 4, 2013
Russia is one of the “growth engines” for the European construction equipment industry, says Ralf Wezel, secretary general of CECE, the European…
June 3, 2013
Vietnam will partner Thailand in improving the 900km Southern Economic Corridor, known as the R10 route, linking Dawei in Myanmar to southern Vietnam…
June 3, 2013
Indonesia’s proposed US$914.8 million (IDR 8.97tn) 177km Solo-Mantingan-Kertosono toll road is to be developed under the public private partnership (…
June 3, 2013
Central Nippon Expressway Co (NEXCO) East Japan is to remove ceiling tiles in nine of its expressway tunnels in Japan, less than a year after nine…
June 3, 2013
Work to construct the new Bosporus crossing in Turkey is now underway. This will be Istanbul's third bridge over the Bosporus and is aimed to open…
June 3, 2013
Russia’s Transport Ministry is planning a massive investment into infrastructure running until 2020. The plans call for close to US$388 billion to be…
June 3, 2013
Construction work is underway for the Illinois Tollway project. The Elgin O'Hare Western Access (EOWA) project has been given its final approval by…
June 3, 2013
Demolition equipment has been used to clear away wreckage from the collapsed section of the Skagit Bridge in Washington State. The bridge, carrying…
May 29, 2013
The newly-established Palfinger Sany joint venture company is to launch its first two models of truck cranes for the Russian market. With lifting…
May 29, 2013
Comer Industries says the new self-propelled 2m³ mobile concrete mixer, equipped with a set of its axles S-128, meets the demands of the Indian…
May 29, 2013
Often used in road construction in China, eight Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have now excavated almost 16km of tunnel in 20 months. The…
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