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NEWS
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Constructionmanagers, project engineers andproject
directors are indemand in theMiddleEast, asmajor
newprojects come on stream inQatar, Saudi Arabia
and theUAE.Meanwhile an agreement has been
reachedon theUS$1.6billionPanamaCanal
expansionproject dispute.
BUSINESS
10
Aecomhasmade aUS$4billionoffer forURS andhas
also snappedupHuntConstructionGroup. Elsewhere
in the sector, Arcadis haswon the latest roundof a
biddingwar to acquireUK engineering companyHyder
Consulting.
KHL.COM
13
Go to theVideozone to seeMichael Kneeland,
CEOof theworld’s biggest rental company,United
Rentals, interviewed at the recent International Rental
Exhibition (IRE).
ECONOMICOUTLOOK
15
The constructionoutlook for Europe is brightening,
but there is a contrast between strongermarkets in
the north and theweakness still present in southern
countries.
REGIONALREPORT
19
TheEuropean constructionmarket should return to
growth this year after six years of recession.However, it
will be a slow anduneven journey back tohealth.
WHEELED LOADERS
25
Different engine regulations indeveloped and emerging
marketsmeanwheeled loaders now vary a lot from
country to country.However, the drive to increase fuel
efficiency is common around theworld and technology
is changing as a result.
HIGH-RISE
34
CONSTRUCTION
As theworld’s 100th super-tall building tops out,
suppliers to the high-rise construction sector are raising
their game to ensure their technology keeps upwith
ambition.
PORTABLEPOWER
43
Generators and compressors are evolving into
streamlined, efficient, quietmachines, which
contractors can simple switchon and forget about.
EQUIPMENT
51
In-depth interviewswith theCEOs ofWackerNeuson
andPilosio, plus newproduct news fromKomatsu,
among others.
New techniques and
projects in the high-
rise construciton
sector feature
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