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April 25, 2017
Volvo Construction Equipment reports sales up 30% in the first quarter of 2017 thanks to improving market conditions in all regions except South…
April 25, 2017
Construction work on the Americo Vespucio Oriente (AVO) highway in Chile should start soon. This will commence once the environmental impact…
April 25, 2017
The Sir Ambrose Shea lift bridge has received a transportation award of merit. The structure was designed by Parsons and has been given the 2017…
April 25, 2017
Poland’s highways directorate, GDDKiA, says 12 bids have been received for construction of the second section of the S7 dual carriageway. The 15km…
April 25, 2017
A new road and viaduct project will be built in Myanmar. The plans call for the new viaduct to run parallel to the existing Gokteik viaduct. In…
April 25, 2017
Planning work for Chile’s Chacao Bridge project is underway at present. The new suspension bridge will provide a link to Chiloe Island and will be…
April 21, 2017
The government of Finland’s autonomous Åland will build a 0.5km bridge to connect the islands of Degerö with Gripö, according to the newspaper Nya…
April 21, 2017
A recent survey by Sweden’s National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen) shows that the Transport Administration (Trafikverket) needs better data to make…
April 20, 2017
Electric drive machines could represent the future for the construction and extraction industries. This is the finding of a new new report from…
April 20, 2017
Ethiopia’s road development programme is continuing. Nearly 1,200km of roads have been built in the country in the nine months to the end of the…
April 20, 2017
A loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) will fund work on a highway project in Nicaragua’s capital Managua. The US$136 million financing…
April 20, 2017
Work on New Zealand’s State Highway 3 will see upgrades to improve capacity and s well as safety. The country’s Ministry of Transport has unveiled a…
April 20, 2017
Florida’s road safety record is giving cause for concern. The stretch of US Highway 1 running through Florida has been identified as having the worst…
April 20, 2017
Vietnam is setting out plans for a massive programme of infrastructure investment. International investment is being sought, with many of the…
April 19, 2017
Concrete finishing work has started on the completed north approach viaduct of England’s new 2.13km Mersey Gateway project. Over the past three years…
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