News

Case Construction Equipment has added to its dealer network with the appointment of Sleator Plant in Northern Ireland, and Southern Plant across much of central south-east England.

Concern has been raised in France over a worrying increase in road fatalities during January 2011, with the death rate on the countries roads reaching 320, according to early reports.

The UK Concrete Repair Association (CRA) has now gone live with a completely revamped and updated website in a new user-friendly format with improved navigation and many other new features.

One of the USA’s largest and best-known dealers for Caterpillar off-road vehicles, Whayne Supply, has teamed up with a small UK engineering company, Magnom, to introduce magnetic filtration units that have been shown to increase operational efficiency and decrease downtime.

A positive outlook of business has been revealed by the German equipment manufacturers association, the VDMA.

A new raised dual carriageway to bypass the historic centre of the City of Wroclaw in south-east Poland will give access to the new Miejski Stadium in time for its role in the UEFA Euro 2012 football finals.

Highways service provider Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald has completed a major milestone in a project to replace a bridge for use by the local community over the M5 motorway near the city of Bristol, south-west England.

The Danish government has given its approval for the construction of the 18km immersed tube Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, which will connect the country with Germany.

Slovakia’s Ministry of Transport is to finance construction work on the 75km section of D1 highway between Martin and Presov from state funds, with work expected to start in the second quarter of 2011.

In the UK the go-ahead has been given for the Mersey Gateway toll bridge scheme

Up to 50,000tonnes of CO2 will be saved following UK government funding of £15 million (€17.7 million).