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August 26, 2015
Ecuador is planning a series of four PPP infrastructure projects worth a total of US$1.5 billion. The four projects include the development of the…
August 26, 2015
A key road project in Panama has been the source of some controversy. The upgrade of Domingo Diaz Avenue in Panama City has been criticised for its…
August 25, 2015
The Muntinlupa Cavite Expressway in the Philippines is now carrying tolled traffic. The route was open for a month toll free for its initial…
August 25, 2015
Indonesia’s Trans Papua road is due to be completed in 2018, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Housing. This 847km road is being…
August 25, 2015
The European Bitumen Association, Eurobitume, is carrying out a new membership drive. As part of the package this includes a special promotion and…
August 24, 2015
Photo of the month July August 2015. Flying Ferrari finds fleeting freedom from police parking problems
August 21, 2015
Parsons has been selected by the Canadian province of Ontario to provide environmental assessment planning and preliminary design for the next…
August 21, 2015
Funding has been secured for a major highway widening and upgrade project in Bangladesh. The route running from capital Dhaka to Sylhet will be…
August 21, 2015
Chinese funding will help deliver the construction of a major new road project in Senegal. A loan worth US$704.6 million will help finance the…
August 21, 2015
Swiss firm Implenia has won the contract to construct the first section of Stockholm’s new bypass in a deal worth €216.7 million. The Förbifart…
August 20, 2015
Consultant Mott MacDonald is providing assistance for an important project for the re-gravelling of roads in South Africa’s Western Cape. The firm is…
August 20, 2015
Repair costs for the fire-ravaged undersea Skatestraum tunnel in Bremanger have risen to nearly US$4.7 million, according to Norwegian media reports…
August 20, 2015
Mott MacDonald has won the contract to supervise construction of Poland’s A1 highway. The company supervise work for two sections of the A1 highway,…
August 20, 2015
Kids start to complain about the amount of time in a car after two 2 and 23 minutes of driving, according to research in the UK. Around that time,…
August 19, 2015
In just under four weeks, on Australia’s Gold Coast, the best minds in the global flexible pavement industry will gather for the Australian Asphalt…
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