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The contract for Italy's new Pedemontana Lombarda highway is likely to be handled by a consortium headed by Austrian contractor Strabag.

The tender process for the new Sei Tayan bridge project in Indonesia is now opening.

Key highway projects are being planned in Vietnam. The Ninh Binh-Thanh Hoa expressway will run 127km and is expected to cost US$1.6 billion to construct. The Nghi Son-Bai Vot expressway will cost $1 billion to build and Vietnam's Ministry of Transport (MoT) hopes to source a loan from the World Bank for this project. Vietnam's MoT is putting the projects through the tender process at present. The deals will be made under either the build-operate-transfer (BOT) or public-private partnership (PPP) models. So

Munich,Germany-based light and compact equipment manufacturer Wacker Neuson grew at an "above-average rate" during the second quarter of 2011.

The cost of the Strait of Messina bridge looks set to climb from original estimates.

Congestion beating measures in Bahrain will see the construction of a new underpass and a section of flyover.

Moscow's new Zvenigorodskoye Highway arterial road project should be complete by September 2012.

The tender process for two key toll roads in Indonesia is opening, subject to land clearance agreements being settled.

Sustainable efficiency will be the key theme for the during Construction Equipment World Economic Forum (CEWEF) 2011.

Two British brothers have built an electric drag racer capable of hitting 100km/h in just 1.6 seconds.

Vietnam's Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway project will now be handled in two separate stages.

New dates have been set for the bC India event, which will now be held on 5th to 8th February 2013.

An engineering team in the Netherlands has developed a novel lightweight electric motorcycle that is said to combine low running costs with good performance. Called the Orphiro, this motorcycle features a 72V lithium-ion battery pack that allows distances of up to 96km to be travelled on a single charge. The top speed of the motorcycle is 120km/h, allowing it to attain the maximum speed limit of most European nations, although it will be particularly suitable for short distance commuting. The range of the m

Japanese firm Sumitomo Mitsui is handling a US$52 million contract to build a section of the planned elevated expressway in Hanoi.