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18 Articles in Construction 2001
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DS Brown promotes Lewis and Rose

Specialist manufacturer DS Brown has appointed Tom Lewis as director of sales and marketing for North and South America, and Bob Rose is promoted (...)

Polish D47 motorway construction to start in May 2002

Jaromir Schling, Poland's transport minister, has announced that the investor consortium led by Israeli company, Housing & Construction, will (...)

Final segment erected on West Rail contract

Specialist subcontractor VSL has erected the final segment on contract C201 of Hong Kong's new West Rail (...)

New overpass in Vladivostok to ease 10 years of congestion

A US$67 million overpass which will ease the heavily congested traffic that has plagued Vladivostok for a decade has been signed off by by (...)

Croatian government to go ahead on Zagreb-Split highway

The Croatian Government has unanimously made a decision to construct a motorway linking Zagreb and Split and set up a commission, with Premier (...)

Bypass project includes a Ganges bridge

The National Highway Authority of India has embarked on the Allahabad bypass project which includes construction of an 87km, four-lane bypass (...)

European road network will extend to China

The 'E' (European) road network will extend to the borders of China when all countries concerned have agreed to designate as 'E' roads a set of (...)

Danube bridge ready by 2006

Work on the second Danube Bridge between Bulgaria and Romania should be completed by 2006, according to the Bulgarian Transport Minister (...)

New Danube crossing will be ready by 2006

In expressing a hope that work on the construction of a second bridge over the Danube will be completed by 2006, Bulgarian transport (...)

Millau Viaduct concession signed

The concession to build the Millau Viaduct in France has finally been signed between the French government and concessionaire (...)

Sakhalin bridge 'best solution'

Russian Railway Minister Nikolai Aksyonenko is reported to have said that a bridge would be the 'best and cheapest' option to connect Sakhalin (...)

Start date for viaduct work

A US$30 million widening of the East Viaduct on the Newark Bay-Hudson County Extension (NBHCE) of the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City, USA (...)

Bids to open in June for Missouri bridge

After a wait of nearly two years for funding approval, bids will be taken in June for the construction of the first phase of the new (...)

Straits of Messina bridge wins approval

A long-held dream to construct a bridge over the Straits of Messina in Italy has come a step closer to reality after receiving government (...)

Fehmarn Link likely to become EU priority

The proposed Fehmarn Link between Denmark and Germany could be awarded priority status as a Trans-European Network project when the new list (...)

Route chosen for Hoover Dam bypass

The Federal Highway Administration has signed a Record of Decision which will allow the Hoover Dam Bypass to move ahead (...)

China to build high speed rail link from Shanghai to Beijing

The Chinese government has said it will build a new 1300km long high speed rail link between Shanghai and Beijing in the next five (...)

Green light for China bridge

It is understood that the Chinese authorities have given approval for a six-lane, 66.3km bridge across Hangzhou Bay, south of (...)