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January 20, 2022

Global construction machinery market to rise

The global construction machinery market looks set to rise to US$250 billion by 2025.

Global demand for construction machinery is forecast to grow 4.1% per year to US$250 billion in 2025, according to a new Freedonia report. Pic: Thoma Bravo & Command Alkon

January 20, 2022

BC to renovate Simon Fraser Bridge

The Canadian province will rehabilitate the deck structure of the southbound bridge of the twin-bridge river crossing in Prince George.

The original 1963 bridge was twinned in 2009 with the addition of an adjacent northbound two-lane bridge (image courtesy Government of British Columbia)

January 20, 2022

18th IRF World Meeting & Exhibition Draws Global Stakeholders to Dubai

The 18th IRF World Meeting & Exhibition, a four-day global summit and technology showcase in Dubai, UAE, came to a close on November 10th, 2021. The culmination was a renewed call for consensus-building and knowledge partnerships in industry to address key sustainability and mobility challenges.

January 20, 2022

High versatility with quick couplers

Steelwrist has added the SQ90 to its range of fully automatic quick couplers. This is the biggest model in the range of SQ Auto Connection quick couplers and is aimed at use with excavators weighing up to 70tonnes in the demolition industry.

Larger excavators can now benefit from increased versatility for demolition work with the new unit from Steelwrist

January 20, 2022

bauma expo space almost sold out

bauma organisers say the mining, construction and quarrying event has sold 97% of exhibitor space more than 10 months before opening its doors.

bauma's organisers say exhibitors and visitors are particularly looking forward to the chance to have face-to-face meetings at the event

January 19, 2022

China gears up for its giant CICEE construction equipment show at the Changsha exhibition centre in May 2023

China has announced that its CICEE International Construction Machinery Exhibition will be held from May 12-15, 2023 in Changsha, and forward bookings are looking very strong.

January 19, 2022

New Dubai bridge complete

A new landmark Dubai bridge link is now complete.

The new Infinity Bridge in Dubai was built by the BESIX Group and provides an important transport link

January 19, 2022

Gordie Howe Bridge towers rise

Each tower is composed of 51 segments constructed using a jump-form climbing system.

Temporary struts are connecting and supporting both pairs of towers as they continue to climb on opposite banks of the Detroit River, which is the border between Detroit in the US and the Canadian city of Windsor (image courtesy Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority)

January 19, 2022

Bomag launches tractor-towed stabiliser range

Both models have a working width of 2.5m while the RS 250 version has a milling depth of up to 40cm and the RS 300 version has a depth of 50cm.

The smaller RS 250 tractor-towed stabiliser weighs in at 4,450kg while the larger RS 300 shown here weighs 6,710kg

January 18, 2022

Key UK road improvement project

A key road improvement project is complete.

An important road upgrade is complete in Cheshire in the UK

January 18, 2022

Tender on again for Baldana-Targoviste-Sinaia

The project in Romania will enlarge to four lanes the Baldana-Targovite section.

The Baldana-Targoviste-Sinaia road project will be resumed (image © LCVA/Dreamstime)

January 18, 2022

Remote surveying and scanning

Remote surveying and scanning can be achieved using the autonomous robotic system available from Trimble. The package combines the Spot robot autonomous rover unit with the Trimble X7 3D laser scanner and Trimble FieldLink software.