August 5, 2014
Wacker Neuson, the Munich, Germany-based manufacturer of light and compact equipment has posted a clear profit increase in the second quarter of 2014…
August 5, 2014
What is thought to be the first private road in the UK for 100 years has been opened by a businessman in a bid to avoid the hour-long diversion…
July 28, 2014
Interest has been strong for a Mexican highway contract. In all 13 companies are considering bidding for the Tuxpan-Tampico highway concession in…
July 25, 2014
Rebuilding of the Interstate 69 highway in Indiana is now going ahead. The PPP project is for the 33.6km I-69 Section 5 contract. Spanish company…
July 25, 2014
Spanish contractor Sacyr is carrying out key contracts to construct new connections in Chilean capital Santiago. The work is worth some US$255…
July 25, 2014
Construction company Sogea-Satom will carry out the US$101 million contract to upgrade Cameroon’s West Doula highway. The firm is a subsidiary of…
July 25, 2014
The work on the feasibility study for the proposed Java bridge connection in Indonesia is proving favourable so far. However this project is likely…
July 25, 2014
In Colombia a consortium will carry out the Perimetral Oriental road contract. The US$463.4 million contract is for a 153km section of road…
July 25, 2014
In Russia’s capital Moscow, a key viaduct is now open to traffic, which will help reduce the city’s chronic congestion problem. The viaduct is 820m…
July 25, 2014
In the Netherlands work on the A9 highway contract will be carried out by the IXAS Zuid-Oost consortium. The consortium includes the companies…
July 25, 2014
Latin America’s high rate of road traffic deaths is giving major cause for concern. Data collated by the International Automobile Federation for nine…
July 25, 2014
In Uganda planning is underway for the upgrade of the Kampala-Jinja route. Preparations are being made for a new tolled highway connecting with…
July 24, 2014
The Doka Group continues to expand its operations with the acquisition of an Australian company. Called Lubeca, this firm was the former formwork…
July 24, 2014
Widening work to a 453km section of Brazil’s BR-163 highway will be carried out by the consortium, Rota do Oeste. The firm is the current operator of…
July 24, 2014
Austrian contractor Strabag will lead the consortium constructing a stretch of the S7 expressway in Poland. Strabag is teaming up with Heilit+Woerner…
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