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April 30, 2013
Austrian contractor STRABAG reports healthy earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of €207 million in 2012. This figure beats the firm’s own…
April 30, 2013
Power Curbers and its sister company Power Pavers exhibited the adaptable 5700-C and SF-1700 models at bauma, slipformers that have been both…
April 30, 2013
Benninghoven has a rich history of innovation in asphalt plant technology. Speaking at bauma 2013, the German company’s managing director Bernd…
April 30, 2013
Two new road tunnels have been proposed by the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) that would pass through the Nark Kerb Mountain. The work is…
April 30, 2013
Competition is strong in the tender process for a highway project in Florida. The contract is to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain the…
April 30, 2013
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) is planning the construction of a further five toll roads. A feasibility study is underway for the…
April 30, 2013
Cautious mining customers holding back from investing in equipment is said by Atlas Copco to be a key reason behind an ‘organic’ decline of 11% in…
April 26, 2013
A report by the US Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) estimates that motorcyclist deaths increased around 9% in 2012, with over 5,000 killed…
April 26, 2013
A consortium led by Australia-based Macquarie Group and Kiewit of the US, known as NYNJLink, is to build a new US$1.5bn bridge connecting New Jersey…
April 26, 2013
The Turkish General Directorate of Motorways (KGM) aims to build over 2,000km of roads in 2013. They will consist of 998km single-platform roads and…
April 25, 2013
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) said sharply lower global demand, especially in the mining sector, during the first three months of 2013 had…
April 25, 2013
Mott MacDonald, the global engineering, management and development consultant, is to acquire the Johannesburg-based engineering specialist, PD Naidoo…
April 24, 2013
The Thai government has prioritised the construction of five roads worth US$9.27 billion (THB 267bn) and totalling 705km in length by 2020. Chula…
April 24, 2013
An event has been staged to encourage investment in a number of highway build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects in China's Sichuan province. The…
April 24, 2013
Colombia’s road administration body Instituto Nacional de Vias (Invias) will carry out investments of around US$247.62 million (COP 455bn) in…
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