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Speedy Hire supports Manchester International Festival
Speedy Hire is supporting the Manchester International Festival by supplying free equipment, including generators, fencing and crowd control barriers, temporary accommodation for on-site offices and communication equipment.
Commission approves Fehmarn planning phase
Public sector funding does not break competition rules on state aid.
Canal winners confirmed
Grupo Unidos por el Canal consortium wins US$ 3.22 billion Panama Canal contract.
London 2012: successful 1600-tonne bridge push
The Town Centre Link Bridge has been successfully pushed over 11 live railway lines at Stratford Station as part of the preparations for the London 2012 Olympics
Vinci improves diversity and equality
Unique construction industry audit shows greater commitment to gender equality, employing disabled people, employing people from an immigrant background and people over 55.
South African strike ends
Workers accept +12% pay rise.
Paraguay to upgrade rural roads with IDB support
Inter-American Development Bank to loan Paraguay US$ 66 million as part of a US$ 170 million project to improve rural roads.
Rental duo for Sao Paulo metro expansion
Two Manitowoc cranes are lifting compact equipment, hand tools and fixtures and fittings into the Estacao Faria Lima station box.
Mobile cranes offer flexibility at steel mill
With more than 20 Liebherr telescopic mobile and crawler cranes operating at the CSA Siderúrgica do Atlantico steel mill, it is becoming a ‘who's who' of the country's crane rental business
Macropavers help transform the tropics
In the tropical latitudes of Colombia, transportation of goods and people has become much easier through a relatively new network of national highways and airports.
Hertz buys industrial renter in eastern Canada
Hertz has acquired Irving Industrial Rentals (IIR), an industrial rentals business based in New Brunswick, Canada. The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, has been made by Hertz’s Canadian rental subsidiary Matthews Equipment. IRR will be integrated within Matthews existing New Brunswick operation.
Steel mill foundations come under the spotlight
Foundation testing at ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico's steel manufacturing complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Liebherr ensures cost savings in Brazil
As labour costs rise crane's are the answer for high-rise construction in Sao Paulo
Hurry, hurry, hurry, get your entry in
The closing date for entries for the inaugural annual Demolition Awards is drawing near
Case delivers disaster relief in Brazil
When heavy rains caused massive mudslides in southern Brazil last year Case provided a range of equipment for disaster relief.
BEML opens assembly facility in Brazil
BEML has established an assembly unit - BEML Brasil Industrial - in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Continued resilience: Regional Report Latin America
Latin America is showing early signs of recovery from the global financial malaise; although it is likely to be 'slow' and 'unsynchronized', according to the World Bank, until government stimulus plans and foreign investment begin to have an effect. Richard High reports
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