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May 2, 2012
A new US$350 million road project by the Israel National Roads Company will boost connectivity from the north to the centre of the country. The…
May 2, 2012
Plans are in hand for major upgrades to Russia’s road network. Russian Highways (Avtodor) aims to construct 958km of roads, as well as to reconstruct…
May 2, 2012
Inge Zhou has been appointed as vice president of corporate communications for Volvo Construction Equipment newly formed China sales region. In her…
May 2, 2012
Serbia has managed to reduce the cost of building the Corridor 10 highway by €80 million. These funds will instead be used to pay for upgrades and…
May 2, 2012
The Hertz Corporation has announced a new electric bicycle offering in several tourist areas of Spain following a successful launch in London earlier…
May 2, 2012
The Swedish Road Administration (Transportstyrelsen) has extended the contract, announced on 27 October, 2010, appointing Q-Free to service and…
May 2, 2012
The city of Sausalito, California, has deployed Streetline's smart parking platform, including its free smartphone app, Parker, giving the city's…
May 2, 2012
HTS (Hi-Tech Solutions), a specialist in the optical character recognition (OCR) and computer vision systems market, has established a wholly-owned…
May 2, 2012
Astec Industries is setting up Astec Mobile Machinery, which will be based at Hameln in Germany. The new facility will help the firm's international…
May 2, 2012
Mexico's Government is launching the tender process for maintenance works to 734km of roads in the states of Mexico and Michoacan. The deal will be…
May 2, 2012
Russia's state-owned company Avtodor has approved a massive new road development programme that stretches to 2019. The firm plans to build over 1,…
May 2, 2012
In Slovakia the new government is pledging to speed up the country’s highway construction programme. Suggested policies include a re-introduction of…
May 2, 2012
Sandvik Mining and Construction has bought Shanghai Jianshe Luqiao Machinery Co (SJL), a major Chinese manufacturer of crushing and screening…
May 2, 2012
The Spanish construction firm ACS is tendering for the construction and operation of four bridges in the US. The firm is tendering in partnership…
May 2, 2012
A dramatic fall in traffic accidents last week has been directly linked to the three-day disruption in BlackBerry services, according to an article…
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