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Volvo is introducing the F-Series L45F and L50F mid-sized wheel loaders to the European market next month with plans to expand the range internationally in 2009.

Sweden’s Skanska Group recorded third quarter profits of SEK 1,2 billion (€ 122 million), down -3% on the same period last year. Overall Group revenues also slowed marginally with sales in the third quarter of SEK 36 billion (€ 3,6 billion), down -0,9% on the same period last year.

Perkins is confident that its Stage IIIB compliant engines will offer a +3% improvement in fuel economy and a +10% increase in power output over current Stage IIIA variants, although initial purchase costs of Stage IIIB compliant units could rise by over +30%.

Japanese manufacturers Hitachi Construction Machinery and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have announced plans to form a manufacturing alliance for wheeled loaders.

Hill International has won the contract to project manage the construction of the VistaCana Resort and Country Club, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Pennie has installed 76 km of underwater stone columns as part of the scheme to expand the Deltaport container terminal in Vancouver, Canada.

YIT has cut back on its residential construction work in Russia following a sharp and sudden weakening in the market.

Panama was enveloped in its own "miasmal mist" of failure following the French Canal adventure.

The first complete Panama Canal passage by a self-propelled, ocean-going vessel took place on January 7, 1914.

The Geographical Society of Paris organized a committee in 1876 to seek international cooperation for studies to fill in gaps in the geographical knowledge of the Central American area for the purpose of building an inter-oceanic canal.

Kobelco, the construction machinery division of Kobe Steel had sales of JPY 195 billion (US$ 1.9 billion) in the first half of the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March), up +11.8% on the JPY 174 billion (US$ 1.7 billion) reported for the same period in 2007. Profits rose +0.7% to JPY 13.1 billion (US$ 133 million) from JPY 13 billion (US$ 132 million).

The original lock canal plan called for one three-step set of locks at Gatun, one step at Pedro Miguel and a two-step set at Sosa Hill.

Kobelco, the construction machinery division of Kobe Steel had sales of JPY 195 billion (US$ 1.9 billion) in the first half of the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March), up +11.8% on the JPY 174 billion (US$ 1.7 billion) reported for the same period in 2007. Profits rose +0.7% to JPY 13.1 billion (US$ 133 million) from JPY 13 billion (US$ 132 million).

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$ 100 million loan to Uruguay to finance rehabilitation works and long-term maintenance of roads under the concession of Corporación Vial del Uruguay.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to loan US$ 87 million in additional funds to improve the basic services and infrastructure in small and medium-sized towns of Bangladesh.

Sandvik Mining and Construction recorded third quarter sales of SEK 9,4 billion (€ 966 million), a +15% increase (excluding currency effects) on the SEK 8,4 billion (€ 858 million) reported for the corresponding quarter in 2007.

The developers behind the Capital Gate tower being constructed in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, have applied for inclusion in the Guinness Book of Records due to the angle at which the structure leans.

Surveying equipment manufacturers are continuing to simplify the instruments used in the construction industry as skilled surveyors in the sector are becoming increasingly rare.

The latest foundation equipment and techniques are more environmentally friendly and technologically sophisticated allowing for increased productivity on challenging construction sites.

The Isthmus of Panama, only about 80 km wide at its narrowest point, was characterized by mountains, impenetrable jungle, deep swamp, torrential rains, hot sun, debilitating humidity, pestilence and some of the most geologically complex land formations in the world.