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CONTENTS
CONSTRUCTION EUROPE
DECEMBER 2013-JANUARY 2014
EDITOR
Sandy Guthrie
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Helen Wright
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Paul Marsden BSc
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Laura Hatton, Cristián Peters, Murray Pollok,
D.Ann Shiffler, Chris Sleight, EuanYoudale
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Virginie Colaiuta
CECE REPORT
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Committee for European Construction
Equipment
FIEC REPORT
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European Construction Industry
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EQUIPMENT
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ON THE COVER
The S8 expressway
under construction
in Poland – see
Roadbuilding
feature, page 29
REGULARS
Roadbuilding
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GPS
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International Construction
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ROADBUILDING
29
Technology is becoming more and more
important to the roadbuilding sector,
helping boost efficiency as well as
reduce costs.
Helen Wright
takes a closer
look at some of the latest developments
in the sector
DEMOLITION
35
The World Demolition Awards 2013
were organised by
CE
sister magazine
Demolition & Recycling International
.
Editor
Lindsay Gale
takes a look at the
Contract of the Year, and the other
winners
GPS
42
With more and more hardware about to
be launched into orbit around the Earth,
there are increasing numbers of ways to
use the data this provides.
Sandy Guthrie
tunes in
INTERVIEW
49
A partial demerger at Finnish company
Metso is designed to allow the company
to concentrate more on core parts of
the business, according to CEO Matti
Kähkönen. He spoke about this to
Sandy Guthrie
