Road Structures

The authorities in the Russian city of St Petersburg are setting aside funds for road construction and repairs for 2012.

Contractor Marti Tunnelbau has carried out work on the A16 road construction project in the Swiss canton of Jura with help from its Liebherr LB28 and LB36 piling rigs.

A Herrenknecht S-574 Earth Pressure Balance Shield is being used on a major highway project in Italy.

Chinese contractor Shanghai Sheng Xin Construction Co is using an Atlas Copco XAS 67 compressor on a new road bridge project in Shanghai. The new bridge is at Dan Ba Road, one of the main arteries in this older part of the city.

Funding for a 3km cable-stayed bridge in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region will be boosted with financial backing from the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank).

Plans are being set out for a new bridge to link Thailand with Laos. Work on the fourth Thailand-Lao bridge will commence this month.

Bidding is strong for the 30 year concession deal covering the Goethals Bridge linking New York and New Jersey. The contract will include financing, construction and management of the bridge and changes to the road alignment in a deal worth US$1.3 billion.

Plans are now moving forward for the construction of a 3.2km bridge in Australia's New South Wales.

The tender process is being opened for a new bridge across the Bosporus in Turkey. Turkey's Ministry of Transport is running the tender for the project.

Sprayed waterproofing: 'hot topic' Sprayed waterproofing is a hot industry topic, and a paper presented at the recent North American Tunnelling Conference not only discussed this method for achieving a dry tunnel but also how it can reduce build costs and construction time.