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Habtoor Leighton Group reaches Qatar settlement
Leighton’s Middle East joint venture resolves dispute over construction project in Qatar
April International Construction now online
Our annual Yellow Table ranking of the world's largest equipment manufacturers features in this month's magazine, alongside in-depth pieces on India, Earthmoving and Tunnelling
Vinci wins Qatar road contract
Joint venture led by Vinci and Qatari Diar wins € 850 million contract for works on the New Orbital Highway in Qatar
Mott MacDonald awarded Port of Gdańsk contract
Mott MacDonald appointed to carry out construction design services for €160 million Gdańsk quay in Poland
Construction Europe podcast April 2014 (audio)
The latest Construction Europe podcast, introduced by Sandy Guthrie, editor, and Helen Wright, deputy editor, is available for download
US$ 217 Million for Iraq highway
Islamic Development Bank funds to support construction of Expressway No 1 trade corridor connecting Iraq to its neighbouring countries
Astec acquires Telestack
US manufacturer buys Omagh-based maker of conveyor and materials handling systems to fit in with its aggregates and mining portfolio.
Korea’s FTC fines canal colluders US$ 94 million
Echoes of the collusion seen on the Four Rivers Restoration project in another Korean waterways scheme
€380 million Brenner Base Tunnel contract awarded
Salini Impregilo/Strabag consortium win contract for 38km exploratory tunnel for geological prospecting ahead of main bore
WSP acquires Technip’s French subsidiary
TPS, which reported revenues of €20 million last year, will add 100 employees to existing WSP workforce in France
Two out at Lemminkäinen
Finnish contractor’s president and CEO, as well as its CFO, have left the company with immediate effect
Divestments and fines for Brazilian cement cartel
Anti-trust regulator will force four major producers to divest assets equivalent to 24% of national cement capacity and pay fines of US$ 1.4 billion.
Lafarge and Holcim propose merger of equals
All-share deal proposed to combine world’s two largest cement and construction materials producers.
Slovak cartel fines upheld
Largest cartel case in Slovak history sees original judgement upheld by Supreme Court, with no further appeal allowed
Spanish improvements expected
Bobcat district manager for Spain Carlos Campos confident that worst is over for construction equipment sales in Spain and Portugal
FIEC rallying cry
Manifesto ahead of EU elections highlights need to invest in infrastructure and energy efficiency of buildings
CNH teams up with Leica Geosystems
Case and New Holland Construction excavators, dozers and graders first to get Leica machine control solutions
Mersey Gateway claims €300 million savings
Financial close reached on major UK project with work set to start soon
FCC’s ‘financial milestone’
Refinancing of global Spanish group is largest ever in Spain, and one of biggest in Europe
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