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August 17, 2015
China’s Sichuan Province has plans in hand to develop its rural road network. The development programme commenced in 2013 with some 8,500km of new…
August 17, 2015
UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects' has won the contract to design the Tamkang Bridge in Taiwan. The award was announced by Taiwan’s Directorate-General…
August 17, 2015
Investigations into tunnel safety in Norway have revealed that there are 148 requiring safety upgrades. The 148 tunnels do not meet current EU safety…
August 17, 2015
US-based engineering firm Michael Baker International has received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate several types of…
August 13, 2015
Plans for a cross-continent upgraded road were recently boosted when Chile’s senate approved construction of its share of a major US$1.6 billion…
August 13, 2015
Two contracts have been awarded for work on sections of Poland’s S7 dual carriageway. Contractor Metrostav has won the tender process for the…
August 13, 2015
Work is now underway on the new Zambezi River crossing, which will improve transport links between Botswana and Zambia. The new bridge crosses the…
August 13, 2015
A major new bridge project is planned in Taiwan. The new Danjiang Bridge will cost some US$482.35 million to construct. The project should be…
August 12, 2015
Serbia’s Obrenovac-Preljina highway is due to be completed by 2017. Serbia’s Ministry of Construction says that the Obrenovac-Preljina and Ljig-…
August 12, 2015
Work on Algeria’s long running East-West highway project should be complete by mid-October 2015. The Algerian Ministry for Public Works, has said…
August 12, 2015
Norway’s construction industry will continue to expand for five years, with investment in transport infrastructure continuing to drive growth,…
August 12, 2015
Work is underway in the Australian city of Adelaide on a US$657 million upgrade of the Torrens Road to River Torrens section of the North-South…
August 11, 2015
German engine maker Deutz has reported new order sales were down just over 10% in the first half of this year, to €670.7 million. Unit sales also…
August 11, 2015
Acrow Bridge, an international bridge engineering and supply company, announced that it will start by the end of the year on a 144-bridge…
August 11, 2015
Following the completion of the feasibility study commissioned by Highways England into dynamic wireless power transfer technologies, off road trials…
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