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The Portland Cement Association (PCA) says the current crisis in credit markets will lead to reduced public spending on construction in the US up to and including 2010. This prolonged slump is reflected in the PCA’s latest forecasts for cement consumption. The PCA now expects c . . . more | |||||
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| Iraq’s Mosel Dam risks collapse Iraq’s largest dam is at risk of an imminent collapse that could send a 20 m high wave of water into Mosul, a city of 1.7 million people, according to the latest assessment by the US Army Co . . . more |
| Malaysia launches development plan Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, has launched a US$ 33.2 billion “economic plan” aimed at boosting growth and reducing poverty in the country’s rural east. The East Coast . . . more |
| Five killed at German construction site Five construction workers have been killed at a power plant under construction for utility company RWE near the German town of Grevenbroich. The five plunged more than 100 m to their deat . . . more |
| Gulf property deals pass US$ 1 trillion Oil rich Arabian Gulf countries have started work on more than US$ 1 trillion worth of real estate projects as they spend windfall energy-export revenues on malls, office towers and theme pa . . . more |
| Hyundai to build loader for Case Hyundai and Case have signed an supply agreement that will see the Korean manufacturer supply its HL780-7A wheeled loader to Case. The machine will be sold in North America, Europe, Africa a . . . more |
| Volvo CE says market grew +8% in Q3 Volvo Construction Equipment says that despite a slump in North America, the world market for earthmoving machinery grew +8% in the third quarter of the year. The company reported sales of S . . . more |
 High performance at PalfingerThe big news on Palfinger’s stand at the annual SAIE construction exhibition in Bologna, Italy, was the launch of the High Performance knuckle boom crane series. An elaborate display at . . . more |
| Crane sales & backlog rise at Terex Sales at Terex Cranes were US$ 527 million for the third quarter of the year – a US$ 98 million, or 23% increase on the same period in 2006. A statement from Terex said, “Global demand fo . . . more |
 Effer's new concept outriggersBilled as a world premiere, Italian knuckle boom manufacturer Effer presented its 100 tonne-metre model 1355-9S at the SAIE exhibition in Bologna, Italy. The model shown had nine hydraul . . . more |
 Fassi fills rangeFassi launched the latest addition to its 80 to 100 tonne-metre rated truck mounted crane range at the SAIE 2007 exhibition. Positioned between the F800BXP and the F110AXP, the new F950A . . . more |
 Pick and carry power at OrmigDwarfing Ormig’s 10 tonne capacity model 10 t.m.E industrial pick and carry crane at Italy's SAIE exhibition was the 60 tonne capacity model 60 t.m. It is the Italian manufacturer’s larg . . . more |
 Innovation at Copma 2000Copma 2000 presented five new truck mounted crane models at this year’s SAIE exhibition. They were the 280 A, 330, 140, 100 and 80. The 140 includes vertically raised stabilisers and is . . . more |
| Cramo buys Skanska's Danish rental division Cramo’s Danish subsidiary has acquired the internal rental division of Skanska Denmark. Around 90% of the division’s business is internal, and Cramo said the deal is likely to add around DKK . . . more |
| Williams Scotsman-Algeco merger The merger of Algeco and Williams Scotsman is expected to complete on Wednesday 31 October following a vote in favour of the deal by Williams Scotsman shareholders on Monday 29 October. A . . . more |
| GAM makes events rental acquisition GAM in Spain has acquired a small sound and lighting rental company, Prosec, that it will add to its existing events rental division, GAM Events. Prosec had annual revenues of just €1 mil . . . more |
| Ireland's Begley lands ARA honour The three new rental leaders to be inducted into the American Rental Association’s Rental Hall of Fame at The Rental Show in Las Vegas next February will be Bill Begley from the Republic of . . . more |
| Mateco buys rental company Straub Mateco in German has acquired fellow German access rental company Straub Mobilmietlift GmbH for an undisclosed price. Straub is based in Reutlingen - just south of Stuttgart, where Mateco is . . . more |
 Enel orders 600 Oil & Steel liftsItalian power company Enel has ordered 600 units of a new, 18 m working height truck-mounted platform, called the Scorpion 18, from Oil & Steel. The company declined to reveal contract value . . . more |
| Harsco's scaffold revenues soar Harsco Corp’s Access Services business grew its sales by 26% to US$351 million and operating profit by 36% to $48.1 million in the third quarter of the year, fueled by “strong results” in Ea . . . more |
| Bil-Jax names new engineer director Shahid Qureshi has been appointed as Bil-Jax’s director of engineering, assuming responsibility for all engineering functions. He brings more than 30 years of engineering and management expe . . . more |
| Haulotte forms Middle East company Haulotte Group will establish its first Middle East subsidiary in November when its new Dubai office in the United Arab Emirates opens for business. Haulotte Middle East FZE will be manag . . . more |
 Instant UpRight appoints PlanetAccess tower manufacturer Instant UpRight (formerly UpRight International) has appointed Planet Platforms as its master distributor for the UK, excluding Northern Ireland. Planet Platform . . . more |
| Environment Agency gets tough In a move that reinforces the serious nature it takes of waste crime, the UK’s Environment Agency has made use of a European Arrest Warrant for the very first time as part of its fight again . . . more |
 Olympic demolitionsThe UK’s Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is almost halfway through its demolition programme to clear London’s Olympic Park – a 2.5 square kilometre area that will require the demolition of . . . more |
 Follow the yellow brick roadUK contractor General Demolition has initiated a new recycling operation through the formation of a new business unit that will specialise in the reclamation and re-use of construction brick . . . more |
| Recycling target of 28% A new US$12.5 million (Euro 8.7 million) landfill currently being developed by MCM Management Corp is expected to recycle 28% of all materials it receives once it starts operation, as well a . . . more |
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