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September 27, 2013
Considered one of the largest construction firms in the world, the Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) is a family-owned business which has grown over the…
September 26, 2013
Provisional figures available from the UK’s Department for Transport reveal a drop in road fatalities in 2012 compared with the previous year. There…
September 26, 2013
The French government is considering establishing a toll plaza to fund the €1.2 billion expansion to three lanes of the A31 motorway from Nancy,…
September 26, 2013
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) (HCME) has completed the €10 million restructure of its manufacturing sites at Oosterhout in the south of The…
September 25, 2013
More than 300 invited customers and guests attended the grand opening of Liebherr’s new sales and service centre in Miami, Florida. The new state-…
September 25, 2013
A new bridge project is planned for Izhevsk in Russia. The bridge will span the Kama River and is expected to cost US$438 million to construct. The…
September 25, 2013
A recent Pan-European police operation to enforce laws on speeding has yielded major success. Over 720,000 drivers were detected breaking speed…
September 25, 2013
A series of upgrades are planned for the two bridges crossing the Bosporus at Istanbul. A series of structural renovation works will be carried out.…
September 24, 2013
The Victoria state government in Australia is planning to build Melbourne’s East West Link road costing US$5.64 billion (AUD 6 billion) to $7.53…
September 24, 2013
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) plans to invest €10 billion (NOK 80 billion) in road building and tunnel upgrades from…
September 24, 2013
The construction of a 74km road between Caracollo and Confital in Bolivia will cost around US$177 million, the country’s vice-president Alvaro Garcia…
September 24, 2013
Road weight restrictions are not always adhered to in some countries
September 24, 2013
The US$396 million upgrade of the Tumba Muerto-Via Israel road in Panama City, including four flyovers and four tunnels to alleviate traffic jams, is…
September 24, 2013
Contractor ÍAV has suspended its construction of a road through the Gálgahraun lava field in Iceland until the courts rule on whether or not the…
September 24, 2013
Colombia's national infrastructure agency ANI will auction 13 road projects with a combined value of more than US$7.87 billion (COP 15 trillion) in…
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