News

July 31, 2018
Land is being acquired for a major expressway project in India. In all 10,649 individual land sale arrangements have been made with 20,916 owners for…
July 31, 2018
Dana has signed an agreement to purchase the drive systems segment of the Switzerland-based Oerlikon Group for around US$600 million. The deal,…
July 30, 2018
Caterpillar reports strong financial performance for sales in the second quarter of 2018. The firm's sales and revenues hit US$14 billion for the…
July 27, 2018
Striping Service and Supply is the first US contractor certified by the Texas Department of Transportation to operate the RetroTek-MU road striping…
July 26, 2018
World Highways contributor Maxwell Gordon-Lay is publishing a new book entitled ‘The Harnessing of Power’. In this book being published by Cambridge…
July 26, 2018
Construction work on the Kramertunnel in South Germany is to restart. The tunnel is needed to help reduce traffic delays in the town of Garmisch-…
July 25, 2018
A new road safety conference is being planned in Morocco. This event is intended to help address poor road safety across Africa as a whole, in a bid…
July 25, 2018
The contracts for two major road projects have been awarded in Argentina. Both of the road contracts will be handled under the PPP model, having been…
July 25, 2018
A major road infrastructure development is being put forward in South Australia. A 14km-long bridge is being proposed that would connect Kangaroo…
July 25, 2018
After decades with no proper transport connections South Korea and North Korea will soon have new road and rail links. The South Korean Ministry of…
July 25, 2018
Up to 15 public-private partnerships are likely to be underway in Romania by the end of the year, according to the government. Included will be the…
July 25, 2018
A consortium of PRKiI Trakcja and Mostostal Warszawa has signed a contract for construction of an S61 dual carriageway section between the Elk…
July 25, 2018
Road contractors in the Canadian province of Alberta are demanding tenders be conducted for maintenance contracts that are currently run by Carillion…
July 24, 2018
CEMEX is developing its presence in the concrete technology segment with a strategic investment. The firm’s CEMEX Ventures division is buying a stake…
July 23, 2018
Italy has seen steady growth in sales of construction machines during the first two quarters of 2018. During this period there were 6,389 units of…
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