May 13, 2014
A major innovation for California will be the wider availability of hydrogen as a ‘green’ fuel source for motor vehicles. Plans are in hand with the…
May 13, 2014
A consortium has won a key construction and concession contract in Russia for a stretch of the Moscow-St Petersburg highway. The construction…
May 13, 2014
Italian civil engineering group Astaldi is expecting to obtain a €1.7 billion contract from Russia that would see them build a 140km stretch of the…
May 13, 2014
The Peruvian government has announced that the US$182 million construction of a road to link Tacna (Peru) with La Paz (Bolivia), via Collpa, will…
May 13, 2014
Road transport pressure groups in Switzerland have criticised the Government's draft report on NAF, a national-road and agglomeration fund. While…
May 13, 2014
The German state should prioritise road maintenance over the construction of new roads, according to Christian Ahrendt, vice president of the German…
May 13, 2014
There could be up to 25,000 incomplete roadworks across the UK, according to breakdown recovery firm LV Road Rescue. The estimated figure equates to…
May 13, 2014
Paraguay's Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) has requested a US$289.45 million donation from the Mercosur Structural Convergence…
May 13, 2014
Research carried out in Spain highlights tyre problems as being the cause of a significant number of crashes. The study was carried out jointly by…
May 12, 2014
Mexico’s national infrastructure programme, PNI, is helping to extend the country’s highway network and improve connectivity. In the period from 2014…
May 12, 2014
A trial of dynamic electric vehicle charging technology is to be carried out in the UK. The Highways Agency is to test on-road charging systems that…
May 12, 2014
UK equipment manufacturer JCB is bullish and reports strong sales, despite difficult trading conditions. The company claims that its sales for 2013…
May 12, 2014
A new joint venture factory in South Korea has now been completed for the Hyundai Cummins partnership. The 78,045m2 Hyundai Engine Company (HCEC)…
May 2, 2014
Engine firm Deutz reports a strong financial performance for the first quarter of 2014. The company says it won new orders amounting to €414.2…
May 2, 2014
The Australian government is providingUS$1.39 billion (AUD 1.5 billion) to finance the second phase of Victoria state’s 18km long East West Link road…
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