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15 Articles in July 2005
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Bridges win funding in US$286 billion transport bill

The US Senate has approved a US$286.5 billion highway and transit construction bill. President George Bush will now sign the bill which sets (...)

Finley appoints new vice president

Dan Dock has joined Finley Engineering Group as vice president - engineering (...)

Final segment placed at Four Bears Bridge

The last of 484 concrete segments has been placed at the 457m-long Four Bears Bridge across Lake Sakakawea in North (...)

Egis agrees sale of Dorsch Consult

Groupe Egis has announced agreement on the conditional sale of its German subsidiary Dorsch Consult to engineering company Hoffmann (...)

Planners approve new Cambridge crossing

Cambridgeshire County Council has backed a project to build a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the River (...)

Japan agrees to consider Padma Bridge request

The proposed Padma Bridge is highlighted in a new statement of co-operation issued jointly by the governments of Japan and (...)

Australian bank to invest in Incheon Bridge

Australia's Macquarie Bank has committed to invest US$65 million in the Incheon Grand Bridge project in Korea (...)

Cooper River Bridge opens tomorrow

North America's longest cable-stayed bridge is set to open following a week of (...)

Botswana commits funding for Okavango Bridge

Botswana minister of works and transport Lesogo Motsumi has confirmed that the government is to spend US$8.3 million building the Okavango Bridge (...)

Taiwan government gives Tainan port bridge update

Plans are moving ahead for a new bridge serving the Port of Anping in Tainan, Taiwan's government has confirmed (...)

Forth Rail Bridge drawings go under the hammer

A set of plans and drawings for the Forth Rail Bridge is being auctioned by Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh (...)

Senate approval clears way for Bay Bridge

California's senate has approved a deal that paves the way for construction of the self-anchored suspension span of the San Francisco - Oakland (...)

Kuwait reaches agreement on Bangladesh loan

The Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development has this week signed a loan agreement with Bangladesh to provide US$51.2 million to finance (...)

SNC-Lavalin picked for Canada's William R Bennett Bridge

British Columbia has awarded SNC-Lavalin a 30-year concession to design, build, finance and operate a new five-lane bridge across Okanagan (...)

Bay Bridge suspension span back on the cards

The San Franscisco-Oakland Bay Bridge may yet have its landmark self-anchored suspension main span following a new agreement (...)