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A 25km section of Guadalajara’s new bypass route in Mexico’s Jalisco State is now open to traffic. This section of the route cost just under US$81 million to construct. The bypass section features four lanes, with two in either direction and will help cut congestion in the centre of Guadalajara, as through-traffic will no longer have to drive into the city. The route is being built by Grupo Ideal and should be complete by December 2016. Once fully open for traffic, it will cut journey times in the area arou

The organisers of the World of Concrete Europe -Exhibition & Forum 2017 event say that interest is strong from the industry. The organising team continue to develop the event and have now opened a new website dedicated to the exhibition, which will be held from 22nd-23rd Feb 2017. The exhibition and conference will be held in the Palais de Congrès in Paris and aims to attract industry professionals from across Europe. This will be the second edition of the World of Concrete Europe -Exhibition & Forum, with

The IRF is running a workshop in Zimbabwe intended to highlight key success factors for PPPs. The event is looking closely at PPPS, due to the issues seen in many nations, where there are dwindling funds for infrastructure development. As a result of this funding shortage, many governments and infrastructure providers are now considering the prospect of taking up Public Private Partnerships (PPPs for financing of roads and surface transport infrastructure. With this in mind, the International Roa

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has revealed a strong financial performance during the first half of 2016. Profits for the engineering firm reached US$792.754 million (900 billion South Korean Won) for the first half of 2016. The second quarter for the April-June period was healthy, with HHI achieving $8.68142 billion (9.8627 trillion Won) in sales, while operating income stood at $490.504 million (557.2 billion Won). Meanwhile accumulated sales hit $$17.7306 billion (20.1355 trillion Won) and operating p

The German province of Thuringia plans to maintain, repair and develop its road network during 2016. A budget of €222 million has been set for spending on roads in Thuringia during 2016 by the authorities. During the summer period there will be 37 workzone sites on Thuringia's road network. The main commercial and administrative centre for Thuringia is Erfurt, although the province also includes the historically important towns of Weimar and Eisenach.