The next really BIG event in the construction show calendar is the 2nd Plantworx exhibition which is taking place in just nine months’ time at its brand new home at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, UK. During the Summer Plantworx team held its ‘One Year to Go’ event at Bruntingthorpe, where exhibitors …

Modern and Recent developments in Edinburgh Old Town The focus of this article is on modern, post-modern and contemporary developments in Edinburgh Old Town, that is to say some of the major developments that post-date the life of Sir Patrick Geddes (1854 – 1932) with an area extending north of …

“…Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital since the C15. It has two distinct areas: the Old Town, dominated by a medieval fortress; and the neoclassical New Town… …The harmonious juxtaposition of these two contrasting historic areas, each with many important buildings, is what gives the city its unique character.” The …

As the construction and infrastructure boom in Asia reaches newer levels, CMT’s 16th Asia CemenTrade Summit opens in Jakarta on 13-14 Oct, 2014, bringing together industry leaders to share substantive cement industry insights and new perspectives in a region where the pace of investments and opportunities have multiplied. Jakarta, Indonesia …

The Republic of Maldives is the world’s lowest country in the world, with average altitude of 1.5 meters above sea level. Due to global warming, the level of water might rise, which would endanger Maldives and its 192 inhabited islands. Reasonable fear of the entire archipelago sinking made the Maldivian …

The final phase has begun 245 exhibitors with 315 trademarks. These are the key data when taking stock of steinexpo 2014 in June. Compared to the previous event at the same time, this represents an increase of 15%.There is also not much more that the grounds available for the trade …

With an impressive total of 17,559 trade visitors in attendance, this year’s Hillhead show, held from 24–26 June at Lafarge Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, Derbyshire, once again underlined its status as the world’s premier event for the mineral products, construction and recycling industries. Around 450 of the world’s leading …

With funding available of up to SEK 500,000 academic submissions are now being invited for pre-studies or similar projects that support the aims of the Construction Climate Challenge. Submissions are now being invited for funding of pre-studies or similar projects as part of the Volvo Construction Equipment-hosted Construction Climate Challenge. …

CECE, the Committee for European construction equipment industry, has hired a new Secretary General as of the first of July. It secured the commitment of Sigrid de Vries, partner in the public relations agency Quick Communications, to represent the sector towards the EU institutions and manage the association’s Brussels office. …

A Summary of the First Construction Equipment Sector Report in 10-years and New Business Funding for the Off-Highway Sector announced. The 2014 Construction Equipment Sector Report was formally launched at the CEA’s Innovation and Engineering Conference on 10thJune at Loughborough University. The report was commissioned by the CEA with the support of …