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El Salvador has failed to invest infrastructure budget

June 7, 2016

The El Salvador Government has failed to finish its planned programme of investments in public infrastructure projects. The country has implemented just 66% of the budget it had previously allotted for infrastructure work during 2015. In all the planned budget accounted for US$682 million. The country has so far spent $206.2 million of the $1.05 billion it has targeted for its 2016 infrastructure budget.

Topcon and Bentley: integration between MAGNET 4.0 and ProjectWise

June 7, 2016

Topcon Positioning Group and Bentley Systems have set up direct communication between Bentley’s design applications and Topcon mobile work force products with the upcoming MAGNET 4.0 release. With the direct communication from MAGNET Enterprise to Bentley’s ProjectWise, users of Topcon’s family of MAGNET and 3D-MC software solutions can now, while working in the field, access or receive i-models created by Bentley’s OpenRoads design modeling technology. By the end of June, survey data and as-built

Sandvik machines help improve quarry output in Thailand

June 6, 2016

The Prachuap Khiri Khan region of Thailand is well known for producing high quality aggregates, with four quarries and six concrete plants in operation. A key producer is Tabsakae Granite, which now operates a complete mobile crushing and screening plant. The Sandvik Construction QJ341 jaw crusher, QH331 Hydrocone crusher and a QA451 triple deck Doublescreen are now delivering high production of quality aggregates. Tabsakae Granite operates a quarry and a concrete plant in the Prachuap Khiri Khan region

Moscow city government to build relief roads and highways

June 6, 2016

Moscow’s congestion problems need addressing but there are different solutions that could provide the answer – Eugene Gerden writes Moscow’s city government is considering building relief roads to ease congestion on the city’s key roads and highways. This plan has been revealed by recent statements from Marat Khusnullin, deputy mayor for urban policy and construction of the Moscow city government.

MIT researchers focus on stronger cement, the natural way

June 6, 2016

Scientists at MIT - the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the United States - have reportedly developed a type of concrete that may be stronger and more durable than traditional cement. According to the MIT News, a paper recently published in the journal Construction and Building Materials, scientists compared cement paste with the structure of natural materials including bones, shells and sea sponges. These are exceptionally strong because of the way they are arranged at both the microscopic lev

Strabag Q1 revenue dips 7% but EBITDA improves 13%

June 6, 2016

Vienna-based Strabag reported output volume of nearly €2,257 million in the first quarter of 2016 financial year, a decline of 9%. However, Q1 EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) improved by 13% to €-57.71 million. The order backlog also decreased on the year, coming to rest at €13,976.62 million on 31 March 2016 – an 8% decline versus the first quarter of 2015. The number of employees fell by 3% to 68,808. This reduction took place almost entirely among blue-col

Megapolis sets out $11.5 billion for transport plan for Sri Lanka

June 6, 2016

Nearly a third of Sri Lanka’s new US$11.5 billion transport master plan will be spent on road development in and around the capital Colombo. The plan, unveiled by the Western Region Megapolis Planning Project (WRMPP) – covers the next 20 years. Work will start on the first projects withinsix month, according to a report by the Daily Mirror newspaper. The other two-thirds will be spent on a light rail transit system, railway electrification, bus modernisation and inland waterways. The project is to

France pledges US$200 million for Kampala-Jinja Expressway

June 6, 2016

France’s overseas development agency, Agence Française de Dévelopement, has earmarked US$200 million for the planned Kampala-Jinja Expressway in Uganda. Construction is expected to start next year on the 77km four-to-six lane toll road, a public-private partnership. The expressway will start at Nakawa, a neighbourhood of the capital city Kampala, and end at the New Jinja Bridge, now under construction in the town of Njeru. The New Jinja Bridge, also referred to as the Second Nile Bridge or the New

Mexico: Acapulco’s Escenica Alterna tunnel to open in 2017

June 6, 2016

Construction of the Escenica Alterna tunnel in the Mexican resort port city of Acapulco is expected to be finished by June 2017. Work started on the 3.1km tunnel in 2013 with completion originally scheduled for October 2015. But financial problems delayed the US$200 million project which is now around three-quarters complete. Work by the contractor IDEAL - part of conglomerate Grupo Carso - includes construction of an elevated road connecting tunnel with Metlapil motorway.

Denmark: Fehmarn Tunnel contracts awarded to consortium

June 3, 2016

The Danish government has awarded €4.4 billion worth of contracts for the Fehmarn Tunnel that will link Germany and Denmark, according to Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. An international consortium that includes German Wayss und Freytag Ingenieurbau, Max Bögl Stiftung and Netherlands-based BAM picked up the work. Contracts include the excavation and construction of underground tunnels, manufacture of internal tunnel elements and the entry and exit ramps. Work is expected to star