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Astaldi Polish motorway scheme
Major road schemes totalling €100 million in Poland and Romania have gained approval
Venezuela misses final Holcim payment
The Venezuelan government has missed the deadline for a US$ 97.5 million compensation payment following the expropriation of Holcim’s assets in the country in 2008
Bechtel to set up global infrastructure business unit
Bechtel is to combine most of its power business with its civil engineering division to create a global business unit focussed on infrastructure
Hochtief residential sale
German contractor sells interest in residential property company amid consolidation move
Strabag acquires new company
Contractor gains Voith subsidiary, DIW
Holcim names divestment team
Two executives appointed to spearhead asset sales ahead of Lafarge merger.
Tutor Perini wins California casino contract
US contractor to build a 215-room hotel extension to the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez
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New profit warning from Balfour Beatty
Problems at UK construction division triggers third profit warning in five months, while chairman announces plans to step down.
IronPlanet launches online government surplus marketplace
GovPlanet is new platform for buying and selling used government assets including trucks, trailers, generators, wheeled loaders, cranes and dozers
Volvo CEO says developed markets are driving demand
Demand for construction equipment is growing in North America and parts of Europe, while many previously robust emerging economies are seeing a slowdown, according to Martin Weissburg.
Record profits for UK's Galliford Try
Contractor achieves best-ever results as chief executive confirms his planned departure
Kier Group revenues more than double
UK contractor achieves £3 billion revenues and doubling of profits from six-month figures
Jaiprakash continues cement divestments
Grinding plant in Panipat sold to Shree Cement is the latest in US$ 800 million of divestments in the cement sector for Indian conglomerate.
CE Barometer September 2014: Confidence wavers
Although confidence in the European construction sector remained positive in September, the strength of that feeling was diminished compared to earlier in the year.
Lafarge sells Russian plant
Lafarge has sold a cement plant in the Urals to Buzzi Unicem’s Dyckerhoff subsidiary as part of its debt reduction programme.
Interview: Thinking big
Cem Peksaglam has been CEO and Chairman of Wacker Neuson since 2011, and is steering the company through a new phase of growth. Helen Wright visited Munich to find out more
Heidelberg moves to spin-off Hanson
First step taken for a potential IPO of Hanson Building Products businesses in Canada, the UK and US
September International Construction now on-line
The September issue of International Construction is now online in its .pdf and page-turning digital issue formats
Bouygues starts work on Hong Kong metro
Dragages Hong Kong and Bouygues Travaux Publics contracted to build two tunnels linking Shatin to Central Link as part of metro extension
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