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April 3, 2014
The 19th Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey published today reports that the estimated cost to get England and Wales’ local road…
April 1, 2014
China’s Hebei province plans to spend US$3.47 billion (CNY 21.6 billion) in 2014 to build and maintain rural and normal trunk roads. Rural roads will…
April 1, 2014
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is challenging students to produce a short video that explores the various…
April 1, 2014
Improving road safety in the EU has resulted in a drop in the fatality rate. Official figures just released show that the number of people killed on…
April 1, 2014
Canadian transport engineering firm Delcan has accepted an offer to join North American engineering giants Parsons. In an open email letter to Delcan…
April 1, 2014
A new stretch of the A7 road in Spain has opened. Costing €190 million, the 6.1km stretch runs between Puntalon and Carchuna, and is said to offer an…
April 1, 2014
CNSR, the French road safety council, could include in its recommendations to the Ministry of the Interior on 16 May 2014 lowering from 16 to 15 the…
April 1, 2014
A consortium headed by Odebrecht Transport that has Tucuman Engenharia, Goetze Lobato Engenharia and America Empreendimento is reported to be the…
April 1, 2014
Mott MacDonald has been awarded a €4 million, two-year contract to provide technical assistance to the European Commission's (EC) Directorate-General…
March 31, 2014
The demolition of the Belgrave Flyover in the UK city of Leicester was carried out efficiently and effectively, within the strict time and safety…
March 31, 2014
The TRA 2014 event in Paris from 14th-17th April is a key event in the transportation calendar. This research conference is providing a forum that…
March 31, 2014
Munich-based equipment manufacturer Wacker Neuson reports an increase in Group revenue and profitability in 2013. This has been achieved in spite of…
March 31, 2014
A contractor in China has completed an effective bridge demolition job efficiently and quickly. The pre-weakened structure was brought crashing into…
March 31, 2014
Caterpillar’s Chinese excavator facility in Xuzhou, China has celebrated its 20th anniversary since its opening. The Caterpillar (Xuzhou) facility…
March 31, 2014
The US$197.79 million (NZD 230 million) Haast-Hollyford toll road in New Zealand is expected to provide 1,500 construction jobs over four years,…
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