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Belarus opts for a PPP road scheme Belarus has started pre-qualification for what will be the country's first public-private partnership the M-10 motorway upgrade. David Arminas reports "There's a little bit of almost everything in this project, said Steve Gilpin, technical team leader and associate of engineers Ove Arup & Partners International. True to his word, there is. That was how Gilpin kicked off his presentation...

Enter the dragon: Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition Changsha - one of China's megacities - welcomed the global construction fraternity to the recent and first Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition Frequent heavy rain failed to dampen the spirits of visitors and exhibitors at the first Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition, a four-day event in mid-May. The venue in the south-eastern Chinese city underwent...

The M-10 motorway to be a first PPP for Belarus As Belarus opts for its first PPP, contractors should take note of contract nuances when working in CIS countries, explains Ove Arup's Steve Gilpin Belarus is part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a regional governmental organisation of 10 ex-Soviet bloc countries. The CIS includes Russia as well as Turkmenistan which is an associate member. Some countries, including...