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17 Articles in November 2006
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ADB provides loan for new 944km Chinese railway

Asian Development Bank is lending US$300 million to help build a 944km railway aimed at promoting growth in the interior regions of (...)

Canam Group acquires bearing and expansion joint businesses

Construction product designer and fabricator Canam Group has acquired the majority of the assets of Goodco and Z-Tech, which manufacture (...)

Golden Ears Bridge project wins innovation award

The Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships has awarded its gold award for project financing to TransLink's Golden Ears Bridge (...)

US market at 20-year high, says association

The 2006 US transportation construction market has been the most robust in more than 20 years, with the value of work on highways, bridges, (...)

Bidding closes for 300km Columbian highway

Columbia's national road concessions body Inco has said that six teams are competing for the 293km Ruta Caribe (...)

Four vie to win contract for 800 bridges

Missouri Department of Transportation has shortlisted four teams for a contract to design, build, finance and maintain more than 800 bridges (...)

St Croix project moves forward

The US Department of Transportation has signed a record of decision for the St Croix River Crossing, clearing the way for progress on (...)

Pennsylvania outlines US$900 million bridge and highway package

A bipartisan commission in the US state of Pennsylvania has issued a report offering a funding solution to pay for critical improvements (...)

Winning design chosen in Stratford competition

A design by Ian Ritchie Architects/Schlaich Bergerman und Partner has been chosen as the winning entry in a competition for a new bridge in (...)

Long-span Rhein footbridge completed

A footbridge with a 230m-long free span has been completed, crossing the Rhein between Huningue in France and Weil-am-Rhein in (...)

Presidents open Orinoco bridge

The Brazilian and Venezuelan presidents have inaugurated the second bridge over the Orinoco River in (...)

Transit New Zealand prepares for 750t lift

The first of the two reinforced concrete girders that will make up a rail overbridge at Transit New Zealand's Awatere Bridge site will be moved (...)

Jotum lands Dubai contract

Jotun Paints has secured a contract to deliver paint for the second phase of Dubai's Ras Al Khor (...)

Work set to resume at Galena Creek

The transportation board in the US state of Nevada has voted to award Fisher Sand & Gravels a US$393.4 million contract to complete the Galena (...)

British Army launches two minute bridge

The UK Ministry of Defence has unveiled the first of a new range of engineering tanks. Titan is said to be the fastest bridge-layer in the world (...)

Zimbabwe undertakes to complete bridge

Botswana's government has announced that the Zimbabwe government has taken over the completion of the Ramokgwebana River Bridge at Matsiloje from (...)

Work starts on Blackburn bridge

Construction of a US$17 million bridge started this week in Blackburn, northern England. The 78m-span bowstring arch structure will have (...)