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August 9, 2018
India’s Uttar Pradesh State has awarded a consultancy contract for two expressway projects. The two new routes are for the 150km Prayag Link…
August 9, 2018
A firm in Canada claims it has the answer to questions over the sustainability of concrete as a construction material. One of the key problems is…
August 9, 2018
Construction of the second tube of the Karawanks Tunnel connecting Austria and Slovenia is now going ahead. The work will be headed by Austrian…
August 9, 2018
Funding from Japan will help pay for a major tunnel project in Nepal. The work is expected to cost close to US$200 million and includes building two…
August 9, 2018
Work is now starting on a new highway widening project in Azerbaijan.
August 9, 2018
Approval has been given for 10 key road projects in Vietnam. A portion of the funding required will be sourced via an allotted budget for the 2016-…
August 9, 2018
Munich-based Wacker Neuson is reporting a substantial increase in revenue and profitability for the first six months of 2018. According to the firm’s…
August 9, 2018
A highly sophisticated software system is at the heart of a major boost to productivity and efficiency from contractor Tarmac. The firm is utilising…
August 9, 2018
An event is being held in Brussels aimed at preventing road crashes and injuries for the safety of employees. The European Transport Safety Council (…
August 9, 2018
Software specialist Bentley Systems has announced the finalists for its 2018 Awards Programme. The winners for the awards scheme will be selected and…
August 8, 2018
Newly available data reveals that construction equipment sales are showing further growth in in the second quarter of 2018. The report reveals that…
August 6, 2018
The European Union has sanctioned more Russian companies involved in the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge linking Russia with the Crimean…
August 6, 2018
Budimex and Strabag have won a contract to design and build 16km of Poland’s four-lane A1 highway between Tuszyn and Bełchatów. The €111 million…
August 6, 2018
Drivers using the M60 in the greater Manchester area now using the region’s first smart motorway, according to Highways England. The technology,…
August 6, 2018
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority has awarded a design-build contract for a stretch of the North-South Corridor to Japanese firm Penta-Ocean…
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