News

Completing Hungary's highway construction

February 22, 2012

Work will start in the second half of 2011 on a new stretch of Hungary’s M3 highway between Vasarosnameny and the number 49 Highway.

Klaruw RMS has won Safety Project of the Year award

February 22, 2012

Klaruw RMS has won Safety Project of the Year for a joint submission with Area 10 managing agent contractor A-one+ in the recent Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation North-Western Branch 2011 Awards.

Modelling software aids highway widening

February 22, 2012

The Skanska Balfour Beatty Joint Venture has been selected by Autodesk to receive an Autodesk BIM Experience Award.

Report reveals many German bridges need repairs

February 22, 2012

A worrying report in Germany has revealed that up to 20% of the country’s bridges on its Federal Roads need refurbishing or rebuilding.

Fire damage closes bridge over UK's M1 motorway

February 22, 2012

Following a fire at a scrapyard under the motorway (one of Britain’s busiest) in April, extensive investigation, assessment and structural reinforcement work has taken place non-stop.

Danish road widening and major bridge construction

February 22, 2012

Engineering Company Atkins is now handling design work on a major highway and bridge project in Denmark.

Construction contract price indices aid efficiency

February 22, 2012

A new way of working has been launched for the UK highways maintenance and management industry.

Safety legislation leads to tunnel upgrades

February 22, 2012

Tougher legislation on tunnel safety means that Norway will have to invest heavily in upgrading underground road links.

Increasing asphalt plant and compaction supplies

February 22, 2012

Teknomak, along with its president Saruhan Sarioglu, will celebrate a 20-year friendship with the Ammann Group in 2011.

Dutch tunnel planned to reduce congestion

February 22, 2012

A new tunnel is being proposed in the Netherlands between The Hague and Delft.

Tunnel key to reducing freight traffic

February 22, 2012

According to the Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, the number of freight vehicles travelling by road through the Alps in 2010 increased by 77,000 to 1.257 million, matching the levels of 2007 and 2008.

Tolls introduced for trucks using Czech roads

February 22, 2012

The Czech Transport Ministry will introduce tolls for trucks on all Class One and some Class Two and Three roads from mid-2012.

French road accidents continue to increase

February 22, 2012

The latest official data shows that France’s worrying trend for increased road accident levels is continuing.

Enforcing road tolls in Portugal

February 22, 2012

The Portuguese Government has confirmed that the charging of toll fees at the SCUT motorways of Algarve, Interior Norte, Beira Interior, Beira Litoral and Beira Alta will be enforced from 15 April, 2011

Norway reduces speed limits to cut fatalities

February 22, 2012

Statens Vegvesen (the Norwegian Road Administration) is planning to reduce speed limits on a number of accident-prone roads across the country in order to reduce fatalities.