The 28th Samoter in 2011 – the three-yearly International Earth Moving, Site and Building Machinery Exhibition – sees Ipaf and Macchine Cantieri magazine organise a demo area of 500 square in the test park dedicated to live demonstrations of the latest innovations. This site will exhibit operating systems such as …

Inaugural Convention Wednesday 2 March – 10.30/12.30 Sustainable Design & Construction: Explorations of Trends and Best Practices A high profile inaugural convention focusing on the topic of sustainability, that will involve a round table discussing international and national best practice with two “sessions” – one conducted by American architect Stephanie …

Volvo Construction Equipment is organising a Press Conference at the 28th Samoter, the three-yearly International Earth moving, Site and Building Machinery Exhibition in 2011. The Press Conference is scheduled 2 March 2011 at 15.00-16.45 on the Volvo stand in Hall 7 C3\C4 – D3\D7. The President of Volvo Construction Equipment …

Data confirm the crisis in the sector, although there are timid signs of a recovery. China continues to explode China while North America and Europe are losing ground. Production and investments in the building industry halved in Italy. Barcelona last 22 October during the annual convention organised by CECE (Committee …

Bouygues Construction, a subsidiary of the Bouygues Group, is a French construction company specialising in building, civil works and electrical contracting and maintenance. Established in Paris, 1952, as part of Enterprise Francis Bouygues, the company boasts an impressive portfolio of 52,600 employees and seven divisions. Today, Bouygues Construction is a …

The 2010 event will once again feature an impressive and interesting program and act as a value-added feature of the annual ConBuild Vietnam series The Infrastructure Vietnam program of Conferences, seminars and technical workshops are regular informative industry discussion platforms held during ConBuild Vietnam. ConBuild Vietnam 2010, the 4th International …

Zaragoza Exhibition Centre and SMOPYC Take Their Places at the Leading Excavation and Earth-Movement Industry Forum Attended by Spain’s Main Associations, the Industry Gathering Took Place at the Exhibition Centre in the Capital of Aragon Zaragoza, 27 October 2010. Zaragoza Exhibition Centre and its trade fair SMOPYC (The International Public …

For the first time this decade, in 2009 the construction industry in Russia, which was severely affected by the global economic downturn, shrank in comparison with the preceding year. In the current year, a recovery has begun, prompted by the numerous projects supported or directly funded by the government. In …

The forthcoming year 2011 can be a breakthrough year for the construction industry in terms of construction output. Provided that the winter weather conditions are relatively favourable, the 2011 average annual growth rate can be up to 10%, driven by large civil engineering projects and major improvement in the building …

After a difficult 2009, when there was a reduction of more than 20% in the consumption of cement in the region, the cement markets in the countries of the former Soviet Union are expected to witness growth again. In the longer term, per capita cement consumption in the CIS countries …