International Construction March podcast

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21 March 2018

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Editor Andy Brown and deputy editor Thomas Allen summarise the major news stories from the latest edition of International Construction.

This month we look at Trump’s criticised infrastructure proposal, plans for th world’s tallest timber-framed building, and the withdrawal of New Zealand’s Fletcher Building from construction.

In other news, a complaint against French contractor Vinci is dropped, worldwide construction turnover levels are reported to be almost at 2011 levels, and the rental sector booms in the US.

Southwest Industrial Rigging gets new owner and leadership team
Entering a new era but aspiring to continue Harry Baker’s legacy
Trail King debuts automatic kingpin steering trailers
New trio hailed as a fundamental shift in heavy-haul equipment design
How a modular test system overcame a genset bottleneck
When rising demand threatened to outpace a genset manufacturer’s testing capacity, a modular test cell bridged the gap – and laid the groundwork for future growth.