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Tesmec makes a range of carriers for trenching a rock excavation and they are available with rocksaw, chainsaw, bucket or Rock Hawg attachments.

Big boom delivers

Three Putzmeister truck-mounted concrete pumps, including the company's new M 70-5, have been used by Associated Concrete Pumping to place concrete on the "Oakland Touchdown" section of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

VIDEO: Excavation revelation

A Tesmec ‘Rock Hawg’ mechanical rock excavator made short work of digging a new haul road ramp at Lafarge’s Whitwell quarry in the UK. In fact it was so impressive that the company is hoping to use a larger model for high-volume extraction in sensitive areas. Chris Sleight reports.

UN calls for infrastructure investment in Afghanistan

The UN's special representative of the secretary-general has called for greater investment in large infrastructure projects in Afghanistan.

The new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Tesmec Whitwell Quarry

Gammon awarded contract to redevelop HK's Hennessy Centre

Gammon Construction has been awarded a contract "in excess of" HK$ 1.5 billion for the redevelopment of the Hennessy Centre in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong.

ADB loans China US$ 100 million to improve roads

The ADB has approved a US$ 100 million loan for the Xinjiang Urban Transport and Environmental Improvement Project, China.

Brazil's Grupo Estrutural - English

Brazil's Grupo Estrutural - Portuguese

Jacobs wins UK university design contract

Jacobs has been awarded a contract to provide structural and civil engineering design for the expansion of Robert Gordon University's campus, UK

Wolseley appoints outsider as CEO

Building materials distributor opts for retail and distribution experience over industry knowledge.

Hitachi's parallel thinking

Hitachi has expanded its ZW wheeled loader range with a new ZW180PL (Parallel Linkage) version, making it suitable for a wide range of attachments, including forks, log grapples and large-volume buckets.