Rob Oliver, Chief Executive, CEA (Construction Equipment Association) talks about the recent Budget and how it affects the construction equipment sector. In his HS2 Plus report, Sir David Higgins, started the process of turning up the pressure on politicians to approve the necessary regulatory framework to get the HS2 show …

Zaragoza (Spain), March 2014.- Reverse trade missions are an instrument that strengthens the internationalization of SMOPYC, and whose main objective is to promote the potential of Spanish Construction, Public Works and Mining machinery abroad. The guest companies are from countries in which the markets offer a high level of commercial …

Since its launch in 1998 ScotPlant has been promoted as ‘the exhibition where deals are done’ and the 2014 event is on track to successfully showcase quality equipment to the right buyers once again. Young Plant Sales, a leading Hyundai dealer based in Doune Scotland, has signed on the dotted …

Medium-term prospects for Bulgarian residential construction market are cautiously optimistic, with a moderate positive outlook for long term developments. The stabilisation of the market in regards to housing prices that occurred in 2012-2013 will probably spread to construction output in 2014. Nevertheless, large-scale residential projects are unlikely to happen in …

A fleet of Volvo machines are being used to build the Boqaata dam in Lebanon, which will hold seven million cubic meters of water. Mount Sannine is a famous mountain in the province of Mount Lebanon, which lies on a base of limestone and is the source of many mountain …

Construction equipment manufacturers debuted more than 1,000 new products during the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014 trade show and exposition held in the United States in Las Vegas from March 4-8. The event is one of the world’s largest trade shows for construction equipment and is held every three years due to the …

Among the exhibitors are companies from Bulgaria, Austria, Belgium, Romania, Germany, Greece, Poland, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine Sofia Municipality is going to present at Bulgaria Building Week some of the projects where it acts in the capacity of a contracting authority . They will be focusing on energy efficient , …

Kofi Smith of Consult Three Architects, a sponsor company at the marcus evans Infrastructure & Property Development MEA Summit 2014, discusses the development opportunities in Africa. Interview with: Kofi Smith, Managing Member, Consult Three Architects “Africa is the last frontier – the very last – so it has very attractive …

Considered here is the work of key historic designers in the Cape: Louis Michel Thibault, Anton Anreith, Hermann Schutte and Jan Jacob Graaff and the renewal of the historic Victoria and Alfred waterfront. The article is dedicated to a South African crowd-funding platform Thundafund and aims to inspire future designers …

Case Construction Equipment presented the latest introductions to its compact and heavy equipment product lines at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014, held from March 4th to 8th in Las Vegas, USA. With over 125,000 attendees and 2,400 exhibitors, CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the largest construction show in North America, displaying the newest equipment, technology and …