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May 18, 2015
They may not be pushing the actual dirt around a construction site, but wireless comms for machine control need to be just as rugged and robust in…
May 18, 2015
Complete implementation of 3D machine control systems ensured that K A Aurstad became one of Norway’s fastest growing and in-demand contractors…
May 15, 2015
The Australian Government is only allocating central funding to urban road projects in its Budget 2015. Major projects that will receive federal…
May 15, 2015
Research by the RAC Foundation reveals the high risk posed by young drivers on the UK’s roads. Meanwhile the UK’s Institute of Advanced Motorists (…
May 15, 2015
Chinese firm Zoomlion has won a significant order for Saudi Arabia in the shape of a new 174RSU concrete pump. The machine is being supplied to a…
May 15, 2015
Philippines-based Metro Pacific Tollways is mulling offers to invest US$600 million in a project in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. Metro Pacific…
May 15, 2015
The Colombian government has awarded the contract for construction of the Cesar-Guajira road to Construcciones El Condor, sole bidder for the work.…
May 15, 2015
A court in the Algerian capital Algiers has sentenced two men to 10 years in jail for their part in a money laundering scheme relating to…
May 15, 2015
Packing people into telephone booths in the 1950s was a lot of fun! How many people can you squeeze in? The same thing went for packing people into…
May 14, 2015
The Swedish Thomas Concrete Group has acquired assets of Coastal Concrete, a US company which operates ten concrete plants in Georgia and South…
May 14, 2015
Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo has vowed to complete the Trans-Papua Highway by 2019, two years later than previously scheduled. Work on the…
May 14, 2015
In China's Gansu province, the city of Lanzhou has earmarked US$10.92 billion in the next six years. The rural road network of Lanzhou will be…
May 13, 2015
China Roads and Bridges Corporation has started work on Montengro’s first motorway that will eventually connect Bar (Tiva) on the Adriatic coast with…
May 13, 2015
Wacker Neuson’s strong financial performance of late is continuing, with good results posted for the first quarter of 2015. The Munich-based light…
May 11, 2015
Funding has been found for a new beltway project in Vietnam. The work will be financed jointly by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the State Bank…
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