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April 4, 2024

Realignment of a planned 17.5km bypass in Kenya

March 21, 2012

Realigning Kenyan bypass to avoid quagmire and ease congestion

Japanese consultants are planning to realign a Kenyan bypass, as Shem Oirere reports. Japanese consultants are resolving an engineering quagmire…

March 21, 2012

Sealing the world's longest tunnel

Infrastructure construction in China is booming as never before, but sealing the world’s longest immersed tunnel is a technically complex engineering…

March 21, 2012

Award winning bridge a' masterpiece of architecture'

Mega project of “extreme beauty” receives top award from the IRF, writes Patrick Smith The Sheikh Zayed Bridge, which was constructed for the…

March 20, 2012

Precision narrows the gap between design software and GIS

Greater precision is helping blur the boundaries between GIS technology and design software While GIS map based technology has extended its range…

March 20, 2012

Wireless remote control a key feature of new concrete pavers

Slipform paver manufacturers are currently seeing strong business gains, Mike Woof reports The concrete slipforming sector is seeing strong business…

March 20, 2012

New functionality for infrasfructure design software

Chris Bradshaw, Autodesk's vice-president for the Infrastructure Solutions division spoke to World Highways. The launch of the fourth version of its…

March 20, 2012

Award-winning road and bridge design software

The integration of software tools, users and data was an important factor in a major highway project The giant High Five interchange in Texas, USA,…

The new highway offers a massive improvement

March 20, 2012

Kosovo's award-winning green highway construction

A new highway is proving an economic lifeline for the tiny country of Kosovo – Mike Woof reports. Road projects in Europe rarely meet such widespread…