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April 30, 2018
Funding has been secured to pay for the Gympie bypass project in Queensland, Australia. The 26km project is expected to cost US$ 767.4 million (A$1…
April 30, 2018
A new highway stretch measuring 28km long is opening in Macedonia. The work has been carried out by the Greek contractor Aktor. The project has cost…
April 30, 2018
What is the state of digitisation in the construction sector and - more importantly - where will it be in three to five years or more? Will the…
April 30, 2018
Funding has been secured to pay for rebuilding work on the Transchaco road in Paraguay. A series of loans worth a total of US$560 million is paying…
April 30, 2018
A US$452 million highway upgrade project will be carried out in India by the contractor, Ashoka Mallasandra Karadi Road. This firm is a subsidiary of…
April 30, 2018
Topcon Positioning Group is expanding its portfolio with the acquisition of Viasys VDC, a Finnish infrastructure construction software development…
April 30, 2018
Robert W Poole, director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation is publishing a new book, Rethinking America’s Highways, suggesting a new…
April 30, 2018
Bentley Systems is acquiring Plaxis, a Netherlands-based provider of geotechnical software. In addition, Bentley also has an agreement to acquire…
April 27, 2018
New crash data from New Zealand points to a worrying trend for car occupants. In around 30% of fatal crashes, lack of seatbelt use is a primary…
April 27, 2018
A loan package from the World Bank will help pay for a major rural road programme in India. The US$210 million loan is being used for rural road…
April 27, 2018
Trimble is continuing to expand its array of construction solutions with a move to acquire software specialist Viewpoint. The aim of this deal is to…
April 20, 2018
A new road development project in Myanmar is now underway. The work will see and improved connection between Paletwa and Zorinpui. The project is…
April 20, 2018
The contract for the Swinoujscie Road Tunnel in Poland has been awarded to a consortium that comprises the contractors Astaldi and Ghella.
April 20, 2018
Thailand’s recent Songkran Festival period saw a worrying spike in road crashes and fatalities. There were 418 road deaths over the seven day…
April 20, 2018
The delayed work to refurbish one of the tubes for the Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg has now commenced. Work to refurbish the other tube is set to commence…
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