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Tunnel breakthrough advances Hiroshima Expressway project
A huge TBM has made an important breakthrough for a Japan expressway project
Recycled plastic bottles could pave more roads in Africa under new agreement
More African roads could be built from recycled plastic bottles after an agreement signed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and three Japanese companies
Hexagon tech supports Skanska on Norway subsea road tunnel
Hexagon is using its surveying technology on a Skanska-led subsea tunnel project in Norway
JV wins work on part of US$3.7bn Australian freeway upgrade
Joint venture to deliver a segment of the nearly US$4 billion major freeway upgrade in Melbourne, Australia
Indian highway project using automated formwork on complex ‘Missing Link’ bridge
Automated formwork solutions are being used on a major India highway project
Upgraded highway improves trade links in southwest Congo, Africa
Road upgrades in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have reduced travel times and access to rural areas
Italy approves world’s longest suspension bridge
Italy has approved construction of a bridge to Sicily that would be the largest suspension bridge in the world
Bouygues construction units post strong gains as orders rise
France-based Bouygues said delays in data centre and giga-projects had minimal impact on profit
‘Don’t wait for the worst’: Call for rethink on European transport infrastructure
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New report looks at how investment alone is not enough to solve Europe’s transportation infrastructure challenge
How protected species are reshaping construction delivery
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Endangered species’ protections are on the rise, which means regulating builds in their habitat are too
€75 million released to support bridge construction and road projects in Angola
Funding part of a wider €381.5 million package for bridges and road infrastructure in African country
Lane wins $238m contract for I-75 upgrade in Florida
Contract win for Lane follows award for work on I-85 in North Carolina
Vinci drives off with three road construction contracts in Australia
French contracting group Vinci has won three road construction contracts in Australia worth a combined €431m (A$773m)
Lane in $337m deal to widen North Carolina’s I-85
Lane, the US subsidiary of Italy’s Webuild Group, has won a US$337 million (€288 million) deal to widen and modernise the Interstate 85 (I-85) in Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Smarter roads: The emerging technologies behind modern paving
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Technology and data are quietly transforming road construction, from smarter machines to full digital integration
Skanska wins £153m UK roads project
Skanska’s UK business has won a £153 million (US$205.1 million) contract to upgrade the A47 Thickthorn road junction in East Anglia
Granite awarded US$111m highway and bridge rehab project
Highway work contract in US state goes to Granite for more than US$100 million
Nigeria secures $747m for first phase of coastal highway
Nigeria’s government has secured a loan of US$747 million to finance the construction of a 700km coastal highway
Cowi joins National Highways’ consultancy consortium for strategic road network
Cowi to join a consortia with the UK’s National Highways programme
Germany’s bumper €166bn transportation plan to start with renovation and maintenance
Germany’s federal transportation minister Patrick Schnieder has announced government plans to spend €166 billion on transport infrastructure
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