Poland plans programme of road maintenance contracts
The Polish road and motorways authority GDDKiA plans to award a series of maintenance contracts to private operators up to the end of 2017. An additional €482.23 million will be allocated through...
View ArticleBangladesh, China seal $705 million deal for Karnaphuli River tunnel
Bangladesh has formally signed a US$705 million deal with China Communication Construction to build a multi-lane road tunnel underneath the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong. Road Transport and Bridges...
View ArticleHewden sets date for used plant and equipment auction online
Europe's largest direct from user auction event, the Hewden August Auction, will be held August 12. The Hewden August auction features power tools, generators, power and lighting towers, amp welders...
View ArticleVIDEO: How many Caterpillars does it take to demolish a bridge in Canada?
At least nine, all in a row, according to a recent video shot in a town close to Montreal in the eastern province of Quebec. It was feeding time last month for a clutch of Caterpillar's hydraulic 350...
View ArticleRingway Jacobs wins Bedfordshire council contract in the UK
Central Bedfordshire Council has appointed Ringway Jacobs to a Term Services Highways contract for the English county for seven years, starting April 1 next year. The councils said the contract will...
View ArticleTunisia's Sfax-Gabès and Oued Zarga-BouSalem projects ready in 2016
Tunisia's minister for infrastructure and housing, Mohamed Salah Arfaoui, has announced that the Sfax-Gabès and Oued Zarga-BouSalem motorways will be operational in summer 2016. On a visit to Médenine,...
View ArticleEthiopia plans major road repair programme
A major road network improvement programme is planned for Ethiopia. For the 2015/2016 financial year, the country aims to build and maintain over 14,000km of roads. The programme is being managed by...
View ArticleFrance and Ivory Coast agree road funding package
France and Côte d'Ivoire have signed a financing deal worth US$206.46 million (€190 million) for the refurbishment of roads. This will form part of the French development aid programme. The funding...
View ArticleBrazil planning major highway concession deals
The Brazilian Government has identified around 10,000km of new highway concessions. This programme will be achieved through a new road maintenance scheme called Programa Nacional de Manutencao de...
View ArticleEgis to operate and maintain India's NH-7 toll road
Egis is to provide operation and maintenance for India's National Highway 7 (NH-7), a 73 km toll motorway connecting Rewa and Hanumana in the Indian federal state of Madhya Pradesh. Under the...
View ArticleBalfour Beatty wins major UK road repair contracts
Balfour Beatty is now working on a seven year, €323.94 million (£245 million) highways maintenance contract in the UK. This package of works is for Coventry City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough...
View ArticleCaterpillar Work Tools opens distribution centre in the Netherlands
Caterpillar Work Tools, a manufacturer of excavator and wheel loader attachments, has opened a distribution centre in Den Bosch, Netherlands. The distribution centre will provide shorter shipping times...
View ArticleCosts rise for extending the South Luzon Expressway around Manila
South Luzon Tollways Corporation has said the cost of extending the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) in the Philippines has increased by 27% from nearly US$290 million to almost $348. The SLEx already...
View ArticleJCB sees big UK orders, including its Hydradig wheeled excavator
JCB has received an order for 50 of its Hydradig 110W wheeled excavators from UK hire specialist H.E. Services (Plant Hire). The deal was secured at the recent bauma construction equipment trade fair...
View ArticleArgentina developing road infrastructure and road maintenance
Argentina has set out plans for a major refurbishment of much of its dilapidated road network. The work will take four years to complete and involves building 2,800km of highways as well as 4,000km of...
View ArticleSupervisory role for TRL
The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) is to provide support as part of the UK's new Specialist Professional and Technical Services (SPaTS) framework. The arrangement sees TRL providing road and...
View ArticleHitachi in Europe, HCME, launches Hitachi Premium Used
Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe HCME - has launched Hitachi Premium Used as an intiative to promote its second-hand equipment. Customers get a used Hitachi model, guaranteeing a high-quality...
View ArticleCaterpillar and Wacker Neuson end mini excavator deal
Caterpillar and Wacker Neuson are to end their agreement for the manufacture of mini excavators. For the past six years, Wacker Neuson has been building mini excavators at its plant in Hörsching,...
View ArticleYanmar is buying Terex Compact Germany machines
Yanmar Holdings has completed its acquisition of Terex Compact Germany in a deal worth US$60 million. This business makes small to medium sized construction machinery in Europe formerly owned by Terex...
View ArticleVIDEO: Saskatoon bridge demolition removes final span
The final section of a defunct bridge in Saskatoon has now been removed by demolition contractor Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking. Excavators fitted with hydraulic breakers were employed by the firm to...
View ArticleSamoter reports strong mini excavator market for Italy
Strong demand for compact machines is being seen. Data from Veronafiere's SaMoTer Outlook in collaboration with Prometeia and with the information input of equipment manufacturing association Unacea...
View ArticleGroupe Mecalac acquires Terex Construction UK subsidiary
Groupe Mecalac has signed an agreement with the Terex Corporation to acquire the Terex Construction UK subsidiary based in Coventry, England. The subsidiary is dedicated to manufacturing backhoe...
View ArticleAustralia road repairs for Victoria State
Poor road conditions present a major hazard to drivers in the Australian state of Victoria. Research by Australian motoring club, RACV, of data from VicRoads shows that 1,452km of the regional road...
View ArticleRepairing utilities quickly with new tool
A new tool offers the chance to speed repairs to utilities, reducing disturbance to drivers and pedestrians alike in busy urban areas. The conventional way to break into an existing cast iron main has...
View ArticleVolvo CE's electric prototype excavator
Volvo CE has developed an all-electric mini excavator, which it is now demonstrating in prototype form. The machine is powered by the latest generation Li-Ion battery technology and is said to be...
View ArticleThailand road repairs to tackle flood damage
Serious flooding in Southern Thailand has caused extensive damage to roads and highways. In a bid to restore these transport links the country's Highways Department's Highways Maintenance Management...
View ArticleCompact and powerful telehandler from Manitou
Manitou is now offering its MT420H Buggy telehandler, a compact model. The machine shares many features with the existing MT625 but is built on a smaller scale and features a tighter turning circle,...
View ArticleWacker Neuson sees business growth with strong results
The Wacker Neuson Group is reporting a strong third quarter performance for 2017. The company's latest results reveal a marked increase in revenue and earnings and says it remains positive about the...
View ArticlePuerto Rico road repair tenders recommencing
The tendering processes for a series of road repair contracts in Puerto Rico will now will recommence. Some US$112 million has been earmarked for 17 key road repair projects in Puerto Rico by the...
View ArticleThailand's poor road safety again in the spotlight
Thailand's poor road safety standards are once more being highighted, following a spate of road deaths during the recent holiday period. By the fourth day of Thailand's one-week New Year's holiday...
View ArticleBangladesh road repair budget boosted
Bangladesh is in desperate need of road repairs, with insufficient funding exacerbating the problem. This comes from a new survey carried out by Bangladesh's Roads and Highways Department (RHD). The...
View ArticleUS road safety suggestions
The US needs to up its game on road safety, which a new report can help with, providing key steps state governors can take to help reduce road crash risks. The report has been published by the National...
View ArticleBrazil road repairs needed across country
Brazil's roads are in increasing need of repairs, but with no money available to spend on infrastructure upgrade, the Brazilian Government is having to take a different approach. The responsibility for...
View ArticleUK government pledges pothole pounds
The UK government will hand out to a number of councils in England extra money for pothole repairs, said Chris Grayling, transport secretary. Around €125 million will be shared out, with the south-west...
View ArticleBelgium road crashes increase around road works
There has been an increase in the number of road crashes in Belgium around work zone sites. This problem has been identified by Belgium's traffic safety institute, VIAS. In 2014 there were 588 road...
View ArticleRoad repair required on Mexico route
Major road repairs are now required on a busy highway route in Mexico. The Cuernavaca bypass in Morelos State now features a large sinkhole, a mere 300m from the location of another sinkhole that...
View ArticleKier secures Highways England contract
In the UK, the contractor Kier Group has secured two three-year extensions to it deals with Highways England. These are for the Areas 3 and 9 contracts and are worth a total of £250 million/year. The...
View ArticleEcuador road concession contract
The concession package for a key road link in Ecuador has been awarded to the contractor Verdu. The firm has a 20-year concession for the 162km road link connecting Guayaquil with Salinas. The...
View ArticleSweden addressing climate change impact on roads
Swedish roads are suffering the impact of climate change. The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) is taking steps to address the problem. Roads will have to be upgraded or moved so as to...
View ArticleCosta Rica road repairs required
More road repairs are required in Costa Rica to improve the national network. A new report from Costa Rica's Treasury Inspector's Office (CGR) criticises the country's national road authority, Consejo...
View ArticleRoad repairs required in Calfornia's Bay Area
Extensive road repairs are required in California's Bay Area, according to a new report. Released by TRIP, the report reveals that the Bay Area is suffering from poor road conditions. It says that up...
View ArticleHonduras road development plan
A major programme of road repairs has been set in Honduras. The new road infrastructure plan is for the 2018-2022 period and aims to improve and upgrade 96% of the country's existing network. At...
View ArticleKaliningrad Russian enclave revamping roads
Russia's Kaliningrad enclave has set a budget of over US$180 million for road development during the 2019-2021 period. This will be used for maintaining and improving existing roads, as well as...
View ArticleHitachi's new road scanning technology
Using advanced vehicle to vehicle communications, this data could be shared between cars and trucks using the same stretch of road. Multiple alerts over road surface issues could also be used to...
View ArticleMorandi Bridge investigation continuing
The investigation into the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in the Italian city of Genoa is continuing. The failure of the bridge in August 2018 resulted in 43 fatalities. A central section of the...
View ArticleIvory Coast schedules road repairs
The Government of Côte d'Ivoire is taking steps to improve the country's road network, which has deteriorated due to lack of maintenance. The programme of works calls for 40,000km of rural roads to be...
View ArticleMorocco road maintenance programme planned
Morocco is planning a road maintenance programme aimed at tackling excessive wear and tear to the country's network. A budget of over US$211 million has been set for the work, which will focus on key...
View ArticleMore studies for the Great Istanbul Tunnel under the Bosporus
Work has started on a geological condition field study for a proposed 6.5km three-deck road and rail tunnel under the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey. Average daily road traffic through the Great...
View ArticleUK: Pothole-free guarantee for five years?
Contractors and utilities companies in the UK could be guaranteeing roads to be pothole-free for five years, according to new proposals. At the moment, the guarantee is two years but the Department for...
View ArticleSlovakia, Salini Impreglio to part ways over D1-Višňové tunnel work
Slovakia and the Italian-Slovak consortium of Salini Impregilo and Dúha will reportedly end construction of a D1 highway stretch including the Višňové tunnel. The planned 7.5km twin-tube Višňové Tunnel...
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