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November 13, 2014
Volvo CE has announced it is moving production of its backhoe loaders and motor graders to its Chinese SDLG operation. The move is being made as part…
November 13, 2014
Book now … the first Pavement Preservation &-Recycling (World) Summit (PPRS 2015), due to take place in the Palais des Congrès in Paris from…
November 13, 2014
Book now … the first Pavement Preservation &-Recycling (World) Summit (PPRS 2015), due to take place in the Palais des Congrès in Paris from…
November 11, 2014
A road design study is now being carried out for Latvian capital Riga. The study will evaluate solutions for connecting parts of the city and its…
November 11, 2014
Indonesia pulls back from Sunda Strait Bridge connecting Java and Sumatra Indonesia appears to have shelved construction of a 30km bridge that would…
November 11, 2014
The Kenyan government will pay nearly US$557 million (€446 million) annually to contractors for building 10,000km of roads over eight years. A…
November 11, 2014
The Polish province of Lodzkie has signed a territorial contract that will allow construction of the Pyrzowice to Tuszyn section of the national A1…
November 11, 2014
The firms Pöyry and Ramboll are to handle the design work for a project to upgrade a stretch of Highway No 6 in Finland. This package of works was…
November 11, 2014
The UK’s Highways Agency is teaming up with three universities as well as industry partners to research more efficient construction and maintenance…
November 11, 2014
Morocco’s Casablanca-Rabat motorway accounts for almost 20% of motorway tolls in the country, generating US$25.16 million for Autoroutes du Maroc (…
November 11, 2014
The UK Government looks set to announce a major programme of road widening and improvement work. In all some €19.1 billion (£15 billion) is planned…
November 7, 2014
Austria to start A5 motorway construction in March Construction companies will be able to bid for the first section of Austria’s A5 motorway…
November 7, 2014
Balfour wins place on major UK Highways Agency road framework contract Balfour Beatty’s UK construction business has been appointed by the UK’s…
November 7, 2014
IronPlanet, a US-based on online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment, has acquired Kruse Energy and Equipment Auctioneers for an…
November 7, 2014
Construction of the proposed Sebes-Turda motorway will start by the end of November, according to Eugen Cecan, director of Romania’s Regional…
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