March 27, 2018
More than 9% of major highway bridges in the US are “rated structurally deficient” and in need of “urgent attention”, according to Bud Wright, chief…
March 27, 2018
You learn from your failures, not your successes. That was the overall message for delegates during the day-two morning session on the impact of…
March 26, 2018
Volvo CE says that it will utilise 3D parts printing technology to supply customers. The firm says that this will allow it to supply quality…
March 26, 2018
The world’s highway networks are facing “a major paradigm shift” from a past that was based on hardware, engineering, economic, analogue, vehicle and…
March 26, 2018
“The world is changing, mobility is changing and so roads must change and adapt for the future.” With this brief statement, Jacques Tavernier opened…
March 26, 2018
A new highway project is being planned for India’s Uttar Pradesh State. The US$522.7 million project will see a 100km section of the Hapur Bypass…
March 26, 2018
A new bridge project will improve transport connections between China and Myanmar. The bridge will be located in Myanmar’s Shan area, bordering with…
March 26, 2018
Bidding is strong for a project to build the new Karavanke tunnel in Slovenia, with the award due soon and construction expected to commence in 2018…
March 26, 2018
Work looks set to start during 2018 on Taiwan’s new Tamkang Bridge project. The construction is expected to cost in the order of US$429 million, with…
March 26, 2018
A major design contract has been awarded for a key bridge project in India. Consulting engineer COWI has been awarded the contract for the detailed…
March 26, 2018
Financing now looks set to be secured for a major bridge project for Uganda. A loan is being supplied by various European and Japanese banks will…
March 26, 2018
A finance package has been secured to help pay for the building of Turkmenistan’s Ashgabat-Turkmenabat highway project. Worth US$2.4 billion, the…
March 26, 2018
Qatar is planning a major programme of transport infrastructure development. Worth nearly US$6 billion, the plans will see just over half of the…
March 26, 2018
Australia’ Victoria State will see US$$548.5 million ($A711 million) being spent on widening and upgrading the Monash Freeway. This will be the…
March 23, 2018
Turkey’s programme of bridge and highway building looks set to continue with a funding package for the 1915 Canakkale Bridge and Highway project…
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