International Construction July/August podcast (audio)
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25 July 2018
Editor Andy Brown and deputy editor Thomas Allen summarise the major news stories from the latest issue of International Construction.
This month we look at the ‘heating up’ of construction markets around the world, the impressive growth of excavator sales in China, and Ethiopia’s plans to double its road network by 2020.
In other news, the skills shortage in the US worsens, a major Los Angeles airport project reaches financial close, Lafarge SA is investigated, a modular World Cup stadium is built in Qatar, and Volvo Penta goes electric.
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