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67 Articles in Construction 2011
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Contractor cited for safety hazards at bridge site

The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration has cited Creamer Sanzari Joint Venture of Hackensack for seven (...)

Vladivostok bridge hit by fire

A major fire broke out yesterday at the Golden Horn Bridge, which is under construction in Vladivostok, Russia. Local reports said that (...)
New Zealand’s Kopu Bridge opens

New Zealand’s Kopu Bridge opens

The US$36 million Kopu Bridge in New Zealand has been completed and has opened to traffic. "It's a great sight after all of the hard work (...)

Feedback prompts rethink about Gloucester bridge replacement

Plans to replace a bridge over the M5 motorway near Gloucester in England are to be reviewed following local feedback about the project&rsquo (...)
Overnight pour completes 690m stitch at Newmarket Viaduct

Overnight pour completes 690m stitch at Newmarket Viaduct

An overnight operation has installed a 690m-long concrete connection between the new southbound and northbound sections of the Newmarket Viaduct (...)
Contract let for Pinellas Bayway Bridge replacement

Contract let for Pinellas Bayway Bridge replacement

Orion Marine Group has won a US$40m contract to replace the Pinellas Bayway Bridge in Florida, USA. The existing 48-year-old two-lane drawbridge (...)

Contract let for Bramaputra road and rail bridge

A consortium led by Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has won a US$187 million contract to build a double-deck road and rail road bridge over (...)

China Railway wins 4.6km of Singapore viaducts

China Railway 11 Bureau has won the last two civil contracts of Singapore’s Tuas West Extension mass rapid transit (MRT) project. The (...)

Funding approved for Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge projects

Legislators in Hong Kong have endorsed US$6.2bn in funding for a series of projects vital to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.   The money (...)

Bangladesh launches tender for Second Padma Bridge

The government of Bangladesh has launched an international tender for the financing and construction of the US$2 billion Second Padma Bridge. The (...)

Lake Champlain Bridge opens six years early

A new bridge connecting the US states of New York and Vermont opened yesterday, six years ahead of the initial projection. Flatiron was (...)

Walsh lands US$62.7m Missouri bridge refurb

Missouri Highways & Transportation Commission has awarded Walsh Construction a US$62.7 million contract to complete major repair and (...)

Memorial Bridge contract set to be let

The design-build team of Archer Western Contractors (AWC) and HNTB Corporation is being issued with a notice that Maine and New Hampshire (...)

Moses Wheeler Bridge fabrication contract awarded

Structal-Bridges has secured a contract worth close to US$27m to fabricate girders for the new steel structure of the Moses Wheeler Bridge (...)
Sunderland tenders River Wear Bridge

Sunderland tenders River Wear Bridge

Sunderland City Council in northern England has begun the tendering process for the long-delayed River Wear Bridge. The council is seeking to (...)

Philippines implements controversial bridge programme

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Philipinnes is to pursue the implementation of the president bridge programme (...)
Mersey Gateway pre-qualification starts

Mersey Gateway pre-qualification starts

Potential bidders for the US$813 million Mersey Gateway Bridge have been invited to submit pre-qualification documents. Halton Borough Council (...)

Governor requests expedited approval for Tappan Zee scheme

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has asked the US federal government to expedite the review and approval process to allow work to begin on (...)

Skanska picked to build two Polish bridges

Skanska has been awarded the construction contract that includes a 565m-long bridge over the Odra River near Wroclaw, Poland. A 99m-long crossing (...)

Network Rail fined for bridge collapse

The UK’s rail infrastructure owner and operator has been fined £80,000 (US$123,000) and ordered to pay costs after a train hit (...)