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July 16, 2015
Plans are in hand in Moscow and the surrounding area for the construction of 135km of new roads. This road programme is expected to cost in the…
July 16, 2015
An agreement has been struck between the Veronafiere-SaMoTer exhibition and Italian construction equipment manufacturing association Unacea. This…
July 16, 2015
The VDMA is the German equipment manufacturing association and says it is optimistic with regard to machine demand. The VDMA’s latest forecast for…
July 16, 2015
The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee voted to approve a report evaluating the implementation of the European Commission’s…
July 16, 2015
Brazil's Treasury Ministry has confirmed that the rate of return for the upcoming highway concession auctions is to be set at 9.2%, up from the 7.2%…
July 15, 2015
The contract award for Columbia’s 9.75km Toyo Tunnel project will be made on September 28, according to Columbian media. The tunnel, costing almost…
July 15, 2015
The 1930’s Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, which has carried US presidents and military heroes across the Potomac River to the famous…
July 14, 2015
Vietnam has major plans to develop its transportation infrastructure by 2020. The work required could cost in the order of US$45.9 billion. Of this,…
July 14, 2015
A series of road concessions will be put out to tender in Colombia. The country’s government intends to put 11,000km of road projects out for…
July 14, 2015
An important new road link is being built in Algeria that will connect the port of Oran with the country’s East-West motorway. The new road link is…
July 13, 2015
Finnish heavy machinery operator Juha-Pekka Perämäki takes his food seriously and likes to share what he makes, even if it is only a hot dog Click…
July 13, 2015
The small matter of a bridge out and the river raging along didn’t stop these men from either getting home or to work. The maneouver is either an…
July 13, 2015
Caterpillar’s recent advertising campaign lends new meaning to the term ‘driving range’. The construction equipment manufacturer loaded several…
July 13, 2015
China’s northwest province of Shaanxi plans to increase its spending on highways by 22% to nearly US$8.9 billion, according to an official statement…
July 13, 2015
The secretary general of the International Road Transport Union, Umberto de Pretto, has been awarded a distinction by the International Road…
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