Terex moves crane production out of Italy

Terex Cranes has announced that it is relocating the manufacture of self-erecting tower cranes from its manufacturing plant in Italy to Montceau...

Interview: Staying Putz

Sany’s acquisition of Putzmeister may have taken the industry by surprise, but CMME catches up with the German manufacturer’s Middle East operation...

Qatar: All infrastructure projects will be underway in 2012

All 220 infrastructure projects will be underway by the end of the year, officials at Ashghal have revealed. Following the announcement that...

The road goes on: UAE clarifies exceptions to summer working hours

The UAE’s ministry of labour has clarified the types of work that will be exempt from the summer midday break rules that...

Volvo trials no driver truck and car technology on Spanish highways

First the wheels came off the Spanish economy and now hands have come off steering wheels of Volvo trucks and cars on...

Look, no hands! Volvo’s 120 kph highway self driving car and truck test

Saudis want to work as crane operators

Jamil Assafiri, deputy general manager, Saudi Cranes says that young people in the Kingdom view the construction industry as a viable industry...

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Al-Ghodwa helps Iraqi ministry to keep flowing

The Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources has deployed a fleet of JCB machines as it looks to develop crucial waterways in the...

Keeping operator skills sharp

It goes without saying that buying construction equipment can be an expensive exercise. It can be a maddening fact that despite the...