In a recent McKinsey survey of 400 construction industry CxOs, 87 per cent said that skilled labour was becoming increasingly scarce and expensive, and almost half said this will impact the whole industry in the next year (1)
Three years ago a welder’s cut halved Canada’s old Port Mann Bridge. David Arminas reports from the banks of the Fraser River. By the time this issue of World Highways reaches you, one of Canada’s iconic steel arch bridges will be a shadow of its former self. It’s been a three-year demolition job since the first cut across the deck of the old Port Mann Bridge just outside the city of Vancouver on Canada’s Pacific coast. A new 10-lane 2.2km Port Mann Bridge opened in 2012 (see box). It runs parallel to the o
Concrete paving is being carried out on a key section of Interstate 20, close to the US city of Colombia in South Carolina Contractor Zachry Construction has had success using its Guntert & Zimmerman concrete slipformer for an Interstate paving project in South Carolina. The firm has been using the machine on the US$64 million project to resurface a section of Interstate 20, close to the city of Columbia.
The Canadian cities of Quebec and Montreal are to take part in a pilot study involving speed control devices.
The country’s government has authorised the installation of photo radars, speedometers and other photographic speed control devices at strategic points along the municipal road network of both major cities.
Details of the pilot project will be presented to the National Assembly by Quebec's Transport Minister, Pierre Moreau. There are currently around 15 photographic speed control devices in op
