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COMMENT: Are we at the beginning of a golden decade in German construction?
Peter Gerstmann, chairman of the board of management of the Zeppelin Group discusses growing opportunities for the German construction sector
Siemens Mobility signs $3bn Egyptian rail deal
German firm to build ‘first ever’ high-speed, electrified main and freight line in the country
Tunnel boring machine sets new world records
Robbins Crossover XRE TBM achieves longest daily, weekly and monthly lengths of excavated tunnel on Turkey’s Emse-Salihli Railway Tunnel
Singapore awards US$470m metro station contract to joint venture
Vinci and Gammon joint venture to expand existing Ang Mo Kio metro station on the new Cross Island Line
Australia awards US$1.44 billion Metro West tunnel contract
Joint venture between Ferrovial and Acciona will construct the central 11km of the new Metro West line in Sydney, Australia
Hydrogen-powered train to be trialled in Bavaria
Siemens Mobility signs MoU with Free State of Bavaria to put hydrogen-powered vehicle into passenger service for 30 months
Trimble and Totalmobile win HS2 contract
Tech companies to provide new vehicle booking and inventory management system for JV company made up of Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial and BAM
What are the key trends in transport infrastructure?
Transport infrastructure projects are increasingly ambitious, such as high-speed rail links that are gaining in popularity globally
US$16 billion Texas high-speed rail contract
Final agreement for high-speed rail project signed by Webuild
SBM seals huge concrete deal on Fehmarnbelt Link
Austrian firm’s plants will produce 3 million m3 of concrete for world’s longest immersed tunnel
Webuild wins €1bn contract on Brenner Base Tunnel
Italian contractor to work on rail extension from world’s longest rail tunnel
Bechtel to help deliver Sydney metro West
US-based Bechtel to help deliver driverless metro rail line
US$1.6 billion contract for Texas high-speed rail
Contract for electric systems awarded on project that would be the first high-speed rail line in the US
Magni for Brenner Base Tunnel
William Mosconi uses telehandler to help construct underwater section of railway tunnel
Kurt Gansloser paves railway tunnel carriageway
Contractor uses Vögele equipment to lay a permanent carriageway in Germany’s 8.1km Albvorland Tunnel 
Piling completed on Norway’s longest railway bridge
Aarsleff Ground Engineering installs 280 friction piles for the 836 metre long Minnevika Bridge
Drum cutters for New Zealand’s biggest transport project
Erkat transverse drum cutters being used to help create US$3.1 billion rail link
Webuild wins €1bn rail project in Sicily
Italian group will lead consortium building new line between Messina and Catania
Webuild leads chase for €1bn Euro rail link
Italian contractor’s consortium named ‘best bidder’ for high-speed Fortezza-Ponte Gardena line
Azerbaijan’s construction industry to rebound by 9.1%
Research report from GlobalData says infrastructure and oil and gas investment to drive sector’s recovery
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