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Machu Picchu – The Lost City : Part 1 : City Planning

“…Macchu Picchu is an outstanding example of man's interaction with his natural environment.”                                              ~UNESCO Machu Picchu, meaning "old peak." was found by Hiram Bingham an American historian in 1911. It is built on the site of a …

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4th Basrah Building

Basrah Building (Basrah Int’l Building-Construction, Municipality Equipment, Machinery & Natural Stone Exhibition) has been organized anually by Pyramids Group Fair since 2010 in Basrah, Iraq. This year the fair will be held the fourth. Needs of the country and the success of the fair show that the fair will be held for …

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Volvo Penta plays it cool

                A Westac Power generator sits in its temporary location outside the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island, on the Antarctic Peninsula, before being moved into an insulated shed.   Despite the coldest temperatures on the planet, Volvo Penta engines are …

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Rockwheel launches innovation campaign

Startup Rokla produces transverse cutting units with top-technology from Ian Webster Langenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – British engineer Ian Webster is well-known in the industry for being the world’s most innovative designer and developer of cutting technology. Rokla GmbH has recently started the exclusive production of the latest generation of Webster …

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The Volvo Group opens SDLG excavator factory in Brazil

Production has started in Brazil of excavators from Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co., Ltd (Lingong). The SDLG-branded machines will be built in a $10 million purpose-built assembly hall within the Volvo Group facility in Pederneiras, in the state São Paulo.  To begin there will be four SDLG crawler excavator models …

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58. NordBau: Construction fair with ongoing construction site

Neumünster. – The 58th NordBau (12.09.-17.09.2013) in Neumünster this year offers a construction site on the construction fair, with no restrictions for exhibitors and visitors. Despite modernization works on the Holstenhallen, same outdoor (69.000 m²) and indoor (20.000 m²) areas as last year will be occupied. „NordBau expects this year …

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Boels Progression into Dust Suppression

The European rental giant, Boels Rental, has placed a large order with Italy’s DF Ecology for a fleet of their DF Smart portable dust suppression units. The order comprises of twenty units which will be dressed in Boels distinctive orange livery. DF Ecology is a sister organisation to the respected …

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