Ultimately, eight years of planning all came down to eight hours and about 700 ft—the distance traveled by a nearly 400-ft-long, 4.3-million-lb railroad truss on four self-propelled modular transporters, or SPMTs, during the last Saturday of August in Chicago.
A booming economy fueled by growing tourism numbers and commodity trade volumes has spurred a flurry of airport construction in Africa, with at least four major projects currently under way.
With its two airports nearing capacity, Istanbul is set to build a third. Turkey's transport minister, Binali Yildirim, recently announced that the airport project, estimated to cost $5.6 billion, will be tendered next month, with bids expected by December.
The contractor building the locks for the Panama Canal’s Third Lane Expansion has filed a claim against the Panama Canal Authority, asking to increase the price of the $3.18-billion contract by more than 18%.
Holes drilled at a 30-degree angle rather than vertically, plus inadequate decking, contributed to the Aug. 21 subway station project excavation blast that broke several store windows on the east side of Manhattan in New York City, according to preliminary investigation results.
Major European contractors have flocked to London for a piece of the 21-kilometer Crossrail tunnel project now advancing at more than 40 sites across the city.
Gridlock in Brazil’s urban centers is an onerous fact of daily life, and nowhere are traffic arteries more clogged than in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
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