July 26, 2013
The tender process is commencing for the Américo Vespucio Oriente expressway (AVO) in Chilean capital Santiago. The US$940 million tender is due to…
July 24, 2013
Volvo CE reports that its operating margin has recovered in the second quarter of 2013, although the firm has been hit by weaker sales, especially in…
July 24, 2013
Malaysia’s Lebuh Raya Pantai Timur 2 (LPT2), highway is expected to open for traffic by September 2014. A series of delays have held back work on the…
July 24, 2013
A novel online training platform has been developed for the road sector by the Spanish Road Association (AEC). This move follows research suggesting…
July 24, 2013
A new report from the US-based Freedonia Group suggests that China’s expenditure on construction will grow at around 8.5%/year until 2017. This will…
July 23, 2013
Even as work continues on La Linea tunnel in Colombia, the country’s government has received a proposal for an additional tunnel link. A consortium…
July 22, 2013
A feasibility study worth US$199 million will be carried out for the planned Sunda Straits Bridge in Indonesia. The bridge itself is expected to cost…
July 22, 2013
Shaanxi province in China saw a US$1.34 billion (CNY 8.20bn) investment in highway projects in the first six months of 2013, representing 58.6% of…
July 22, 2013
The project to replace the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is taking too long and is going over budget, according to California state officials. The…
July 22, 2013
The Guatemalan government has recently announced that the Inter-Oceanic corridor project, involving a four-lane motorway, a railway, two ports and…
July 22, 2013
According to consultancy firm Nippon Koei, Paraguay needs about US$5 billion to modernise all its local transport system over a period of ten years,…
July 22, 2013
The US$2.6 billion, 30-year municipal bonds issued to pay for the longest traffic beltway in America are reported to be priced cheaper at around $97…
July 22, 2013
Costain has won an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract to improve the A160, from the junction with the A180 at Brocklesby Interchange to the…
July 22, 2013
The CEA (Construction Equipment Association) is busy finalising its ‘Money, Markets and Machines’ conference mapping the future of the Construction…
July 22, 2013
In Indonesia the country’s government intends to speed up preparations for the massive Trans Sumatra tollroad project. This 2,700km highway link is…
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