June 24, 2014
Chinese construction machinery has been affected by excess production but there is potential for market development opportunities in 2014. Data…
June 24, 2014
XCMG is now developing its manufacturing capability in Brazil. The foundation for the facility was laid on December 12th 2012 and is the first…
June 24, 2014
The novel rectangular tunnelling system developed by Shanghai Urban Construction Tunnel Engineering has been used successfully on part of the Henan…
June 23, 2014
A successful bridge demolition project has been carried out in Chicago Illinois. The work to remove the Ontario Street Bridge was carried out on…
June 23, 2014
The UK’s Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has a Technology Strategy Board, which is commencing a funding competition for research and…
June 23, 2014
In Northern Germany plans are being set out for a new Autobahn bridge spanning the famous Kiel Canal. The A7 Autobahn crosses the Kiel Canal at…
June 23, 2014
Between 10%-15% of all new cars sales in Finland will be electric car sales, according to the country’s VTT Technical Research Centre. In its new…
June 23, 2014
Balfour Beatty has won a €225 million (£184 million) motorway upgrade contract from the Highways Agency. A total of 27.3kms (17 miles) on the M60 and…
June 23, 2014
The island of Reunion is to benefit from a new coastal road route that will reinforce the country’s connectivity. Construction company Egis will act…
June 23, 2014
In the second half of 2014, the launch date for an expressway project connecting Sejong and Seoul will be announced by the South Korean government.…
June 23, 2014
Peru’s capital Lima faces a huge US$50 billion gap in its highways and other infrastructure, according to an official from the Lima metropolitan…
June 23, 2014
Applications for this year’s International Road Federation (IRF) Global Road Achievement Awards (GRAA) had to be in by Monday 30 June 2014. GRAA is…
June 23, 2014
Fifteen bridges were destroyed and 144.7km of motorway damaged during the May 2014 floods in the Russian republic of Tyva, contributing to what…
June 23, 2014
France saw its road deaths rise by almost a third in May 2014 compared to the same month of last year, according to new figures from Sécurité…
June 23, 2014
Bangladesh's government has contracted an undisclosed Chinese firm to construct the main part of its flagship Padma bridge project – the country’s…
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