International Construction - May 2014 - page 7

WORLDNEWS
2014
Samoter 2014
May 8 - 11, 2014
Verona ExhibitionCentre
Verona, Italy
APEX (Access Platform
Exhibition)
June 24 - 26, 2014
Amsterdam, TheNetherlands
International Rental
Exhibition (IRE)
June 24 - 26, 2014
Amsterdam, TheNetherlands
Hillhead 2014
June 24 - 26, 2014
HillheadQuarry, Buxton, UK
Bauma China 2014
November 25 - 28, 2014
Shanghai, China
bC India 2014
December 15 - 18, 2014
Delhi, India
2015
World of Concrete
February 3 - 6, 2015
(Seminars: February 2 - 6)
Las Vegas, US
Intermat
April 20 - 25, 2015
Paris, France
Bauma ConExpoAfrica
September 15 - 18, 2015
Johannesburg, SouthAfrica
ConExpo LatinAmerica
October 21-24, 2015
Santiago, Chile
2016
Bauma
April 11– 17, 2016
Munich Trade Fair Centre
Munich, Germany
EXHIBITIONDIARY
7
may 2014
international
construction
GEORGIA
PilosioMPmultidirectional
scaffoldingwas used by contractor
PermasteelisaGroup to support
construction of the 55m control
tower for the KingDavid theBuilder
international airport of Kutaisi,
Georgia. The tower structure
consists of the structural part in
reinforced concrete, and an external
cladding of panellingmadewith
aluminium sheet, aswell as a large
glazed sectionwith an irregular
truncated cone shape in its upper
part – the control room. The
towerwas designed by architect
UNStudio, togetherwith the new
airport’s new 4,200m
2
terminal
building. The exterior of the tower
is cladwith a transparent skin
with the potential to change colour
whenever there is a fluctuation in
traffic.
SLOVAKIA
Cartel fines
upheld
In the largest cartel case in Slovak
competition law history, a 2006
judgement has been upheld by
the Supreme Court of the Slovak
Republic, and the six construction
companies involved will now have
topay a total of nearly €45million
(US$ 62.4million).
There is no opportunity for
a further ordinary appeal, and
the conclusions set out by the
AntimonopolyOffice of the Slovak
Republic have been upheld.
In 2006, the Antimonopoly
Office imposed the fine on Strabag,
Doprastav, Betamont, Inžinierske
stavby, Skanska, Mota-Engil, and
Engenharia E Construcao, for
concluding a cartel agreement.
Twoyears later theRegionalCourt
in Bratislava, Slovakia, annulled
the decision of the Antimonopoly
Office. However, in December
2013, theSupremeCourt overruled
the decision of the Regional Court
and dismissed all actions made
by the construction companies,
upholding the conclusions of the
AntimonopolyOffice.
The companies have to pay the
fines within 30 days from 30
March, the day the judgement
became valid. The Antimonopoly
Office concluded the companies
had engaged in a cartel agreement.
EUROPE
Construction
growth again
Construction output was up
+5.5% year-on-year across the
EuropeanUnion (EU) in February,
according to the latest data from
Eurostat.The figures continued the
strong start to the year reported in
January, andmarked a break in the
long-standing trend of falling year-
on-year construction output that
dominated 2013.
The
strongest
year-on-year
increases inFebruarywereregistered
in Slovenia (+33.1%), Hungary
(+28.3%), Spain (+23.9%), Poland
(+14.4%) andGermany (+14.1%).
The largest decreases were seen
in Romania (-14.7%), Portugal
(-11.5%) and Italy (-7.9%).
In terms of sectors, building
construction increased +5.9%
in the EU in February this year
compared with February 2013.
Civil engineering output was up
+3.9%.
Comparedwith January this year,
construction output in February
also showed growth – increasing
+0.1% in the EU28.
The highest month-on-month
increases were registered in Poland
(+17.4%), Hungary (+8.2%) and
Spain (+3.0%), while the strongest
decreases were seen in Slovenia
(-4.9%), Italy (-3.7%) and UK
(-2.8%).
IRAQ
US$217
million for
highway
The Islamic Development Bank
(IDB) has approved a US$
217 million loan to support
construction of a 1,300 km road
running across Iraq.
The new trade corridor will
eventually connect Iraq to its
neighbouring countries when
completed. Expressway No 1 is
planned to begin from the city of
Umm ul Qasr in the southern Iraqi
Province of Basra on the Kuwaiti
borders.
It will pass through the Iraqi
cities of Naseriyah, Diwaniyah,
Hillah,
Baghdad,
Fallujah,
Ramadi and Rutbah and connect
to areas near the country’s
borders with Syria and Jordan.
The IDB said the total cost of the
project was estimated at US$ 1
billion, of which its covered 22%,
or around 258 km.
Other major financiers are the
World Bank (financing 32% of
the project), the Iraqi government
(29%) and other partners (17%).
The IDB said the project financing
was amajor breakthrough in its co-
operation with Iraq, coming in the
framework of its US$ 500 million
reconstruction programme for the
country, adopted in 2003.
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