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Turkey's Ilisu dam halted
Construction of Turkey's Ilisu dam has been halted following the withdrawal of export credit guarantees from a consortium of German, Austrian and Swiss insurers. ...more
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Seoul-Incheon Canal to start in March
The Korean government is to start construction of the Seoul-Incheon Canal in March at a cost of WON 2.25 trillion (US$ 2 billion), according to local media reports. ...more
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Zaha Hadid competition win
Architect Zaha Hadid has won an international design competition to design the new Library and Learning Centre (LLC) at the University of Economics & Business, Vienna, Austria. ...more
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New Egyptian 'city' development gets green light
Abu Dhabi Municipality and Emaar Misr have agreed to develop a 2.2 million m2 city in Cairo which will provide housing for Egypt's young people, Emaar said in a statement. ...more
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Reclamation complete on Porto Dubai
Reclamation work has been completed on Zabeel Properties' Porto Dubai island development. ...more
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Hydrodemolition used for viaduct repairs
Conjet has supplied a 322 Robot hydrodemolition machine and powerpack to help renovate a reinforced concrete viaduct in Torano, east of Rome, Italy. ...more
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Burlington Bristol Bridge gets updated
Spider, a division of SafeWorks, recently used its ST-17 Air Spider to renovate a 1931 bridge. ...more
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Hydro Mobile takes trades to tasks
Dimeo Construction Company chose mast climbing work platforms from Canadian company Hydro Mobile to help perform the facade work on the Avenir building, a redevelopment project in Boston's Bulfinch Tr ...more
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JCB telehandler is versatile demolisher
Prümer, a German demolition contractor is finding a JCB 540-170 Loadall telehandler with a man-basket a useful part of its fleet in the dismantling of a former car show room ...more
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JLG boom reaches space station
Children from an Australian primary school were able to speak to an astronaut on the International Space Station with the help of a JLG 600AJ articulating boom. ...more
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Paper mill goes up with Loxam's help
When the German contractor Max Bogl was given the task of erecting the concrete structure for a new paper mill at Kings Lynn in the UK it approached, Loxam Access to help with the demanding access req ...more
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AFI-Uplift helps prepare St Mirren's new home
Work platforms from AFI-Uplift's depot in Bellshill, Scotland helped put the finishing touches on St Mirren Football Club's new stadium in Paisley, near Glasgow, Scotland. ...more
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'Big Pipe' lifter
Duty-cycle crawler crane helps with the largest public works ever undertaken in Portland, Oregon, US. ...more
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Modifications for Mammoet power plant lift
Mammoet was awarded the contract to supply a PTC-DS, double stacked, super heavy lift crane to build one of the largest power stations in Europe, at Neurath in Germany ...more
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Wolffkran towers in Warsaw
Wolffkran tower cranes are in action on the Zlota 44 Tower project which is set to change the skyline of Warsaw, Poland ...more
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Shuttlelifts build highway
Shuttlelift supplies two ISL mobile gantry cranes to assist in the construction of an elevated seven-mile stretch of Louisiana Highway 1. ...more
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Tandem lifts by Bok Seng
Bok Seng Logistics in Singapore used a pair of Liebherr LTM 1500 telescopic mobile cranes for a series of lifts on a new elevated approach road in Yishun leading to the Tampines Expressway. ...more
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Ainscough aspires in Nottingham
The tallest piece of freestanding art in the UK was lifted into place by Ainscough Crane Hire last month. ...more
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Hydro-demolition helps restore Stockholm's Central Bridge and Söderled Tunnel
Six Conjet Robot hydro-demolition machines have been used during the latest phase of Stockholm's largest concrete repair project to restore Stockholm's Central Bridge and Söderled Tunnel. ...more
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New landfill site for Jeddah
A new landfill site for construction and demolition waste has been opened north of the Saudi Arabian capital Jeddah. ...more
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Extec’s award role
Concretos Reciciados, Latin America’s first dedicated C&D waste processing operation, has been awarded a Mexican recycling award. Two Extec machines had a hand to play in the company gaining this reco ...more
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Working on the quiet
Noise disturbance proved a problem for Swedish contractor E-schakt when working on the remediation of a six-storey car park in the residential suburb of Sodermalm, Stockholm. ...more
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In with the new
The proximity of nearby residential structures created a challenge for German contractor FWA Fischer Weilheim Abbruch during the demolition of an uncompleted hotel and associated car park in Stuttgart ...more
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Inner city regeneration
Manchester, UK, based contractor J Freeley Ltd is carrying out a major clearance project in Rochdale, UK, to make way for a new residential development. ...more
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Cummins rental power helps flood-hit Cedar Rapids
Cummins Power Generation rented more than 25 MW of temporary power to 18 companies in Ceder Rapids, Iowa in June after record flood levels in the Cedar River. ...more
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Energyst installs 50 MW power plant in Cyprus
Energyst CAT Rental Power has installed 50 MW of temporary power in Cyprus to cope with the influx of 2.5 million tourists to the island over the summer months. ...more
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Carrier Rentals keeps the race goers cool
The race goers to Royal Ascot, one of UK's most prestigious race meetings, were kept cool by six chillers provided by Carrier Rental Systems. ...more
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Carrier wins Beijing rental order
Carrier Corp's rental division, Carrier Rental Systems, is to rent 22 air-cooled chillers for use at the Beijing Olympics International Broadcasting Centre. ...more
