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June 21, 2012
More than 80km of roadways are to be renovated in the Buryat Republic, Siberia, in 2012 as a part of the regional targeted programme. The renovation…
June 21, 2012
A total of US$1.89billion (CNY 11.97bn) has been allocated to build 51.47km of highways across the city of Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province, China. The…
June 21, 2012
Auction firm Ritchie Bros is handling two equipment sales simultaneously in St Aubin sur Gaillon and Avignon in France on June 26th. The sale…
June 21, 2012
Construction work is proceeding on track with the erection of a new bridge over the Ohio River in the US. Building work on this US$81 million project…
June 21, 2012
Electric car sales in many countries remain sluggish. In the US, Chevrolet’s Volt model sold 7.671 in 2011 while sales of Nissan’s Leaf model reached…
June 19, 2012
A road safety success is the benefit of strategic action in Hungary by the authorities. Official data shows that Hungary has reduced its number of…
June 19, 2012
The authorities in Moscow intend to invest in new roads, repairs and maintenance in a bid to tackle the city’s road connections and pothole problems…
June 19, 2012
More than 60 exhibitors have already signed up for the Construction Equipment Association’s (CEA) Plantworx 2013 show in the UK. JCB, New Holland,…
June 19, 2012
TTS Italia is now involved in the optimised CO-Modal PASSenger transport for reducing Carbon emissions (COMPASS) project that started in November…
June 19, 2012
The European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) is calling on the European Governments to recognise the importance of investing in…
June 19, 2012
Amsterdam in the Netherlands is to benefit from €131 million aimed at improving roads. The funds will be invested in 50 measures including 9km of…
June 19, 2012
Concern has been expressed in Austria over the potential costs of upgrading the country’s road network to cope with 60tonne trucks measuring up to 25…
June 19, 2012
The partnership of national road research centres, FEHRL, is setting out two key strategy elements in a bid to develop an advanced and affordable…
June 19, 2012
Strong interest is being shown in the coming Eurasphalt & Eurobitume Congress. Pavement durability and reduced temperature asphalt technologies…
June 19, 2012
A new 1km long tunnel is being planned to help reduce congestion in Skopje, capital of Macedonia. The tunnel will be built by Turkish contractor…
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