International Construction July/August 2017 podcast

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08 August 2017

In the July/August 2017 podcast from International Construction, editor Mike Hayes and deputy editor Thomas Allen summarise the major news stories from the latest edition. This month, the Japanese firm Toshiba agrees aid for a nuclear plant in Georgia in the U.S. and Martin Weissburg announces he will step down as president of Volvo CE. In other news, Megaport construction begins at the newly-expanded Panama Canal, and Indian cement maker Ultratech buys rival Jaypee in one of India’s biggest ever acquisitions.

Istanbul – the world’s next meeting place
Levent Baykal, organiser of Komatek, the largest construction exhibition in Türkiye, talks to KHL’s Content Studio about his plans to put people at the heart of the show
The future of off-highway power is about integration, not just innovation
OEMs face growing complexity in powertrain decisions – but clarity is emerging around efficiency and uptime
A Chinese OEM’s view of construction equipment today – and tomorrow
LiuGong’s Andrew Ryan believes forward-thinking OEMs must combine local execution, useful tech and a greater focus on total cost of ownership