International Construction May podcast (audio)

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08 May 2012

In this month's podcast, iC editor Chris Sleight and deputy editor Helen Wright look at some of the key stories in the May 2012 issue of the magazine.

In the news pages we discuss Bovis Lend Lease's admission that it over-billed clients in New York over a ten-year period. There is also an update on the problems SNC-Lavalin has seen with its operations in Libya.

This month's business pages look Chinese manufacturer XCMG's acquisition of Germany's Schwing Stetter.

From this month's features, we discuss some of the latest trends in road building and road building equipment, where there have been numerous new launches over the last few months. We also look at new developments in the concrete construction sector.

Finally, we take a look at some of the new machines and innovations that caught our eye at last month's Intermat exhibition in Paris, France.

Putting the seal on innovative filtration
When you’re working with machinery, uptime is money – so why allow downtime on a jobsite to be triggered by something as unglamorous as an air filter?
Smart lifting: How to balance cost and safety
Rental experts discuss equipment strategies for today’s complex lifting challenges
How microgrids are powering the data center boom
As the global demand for data grows, businesses are looking beyond the grid for uninterrupted operation