Dutch construction and related services group Royal BAM posted improved half-year results, despite Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
Half-year results to June showed pre-tax profit to €45 million, up from €4 million the previous year. However, group revenue slipped back €3.4 billion, down from around €3.5 billion.
Construction and mechanical & electrical services suffered a €23.8 million loss, blamed on poor trading in Germany. But civil engineering and property helped profitability.
E&E Congress 2024 in the Hungarian capital Budapest in June is organised by the European Asphalt Pavement Association (EAPA) and Eurobitume (European Association for Bitumen).
It’s often a messy business cleaning up a motorway after a truck has shed its load, and the strangest of loads have been accidentally spread down the blacktop in the UK, according to Highways England.
The most recent incident was a slippery affair for maintenance crews – 24tonnes of lard that took a day to clean up, closing the motorway for 24 hours.
From toilet roll and toxic waste to wine and washing up liquid for dishes, clean-up crews sometimes must tread lightly as they go about their business. They
