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Auction firm Ritchie Brothers has sold US$41 million worth of construction equipment at its recent auction in Dubai.

Discussions are being held between the ITD-SMCC consortium and the Thai Government of a key bridge project in the country.

Improvements are planned for the road linking the Mombasa International Airport with the Kisumu-Kakamega-Webuye-Kitale road.

Chinese firm BYD plans to introduce a 12m long electric bus.

Preparation work is due to start on the new six-lane highway between St Petersburg and Tosno.

Testing is now underway in Finland of a new technology package intended to help boost road safety and aid enforcement.

The Italian construction equipment association, UNACEA, continues to grow with the addition of new members.

Vahostav-SK will carry out work on a 16km section of the D1 highway near Martin and Vrutky in neighbouring Slovakia in a deal worth €137 million.

A huge investment in infrastructure is planned for Peru as part of its programme to boost connectivity internally and with its near neighbours.

Multi-purpose bridges are being proposed as suitable infrastructure options for Bangladesh as well as to link Argentina and Paraguay.

Aximum is a comparatively new organisation, but it incorporates many old-established companies in the route safety business. As Alan Peterson discovered, it is 'ready to pick up speed'. A few weeks ago the French-based Aximum Group added a fourth international subsidiary to its portfolio of businesses at the end of what has been a busy period for the fledgling company.

Work to the D3 highway connecting Czech capital Prague with Ceske Budejovice and the Austrian border is not seen as a key project that will be supported by the European Commission (EC) between 2014 and 2020.

Major structural problems have been identified in several bridges in Nepal.

New links will provide better transport connections between Thailand and Laos.

High-speed, versatile laser scanning can now be achieved using the latest technology from Leica Geosystems. The firm's sophisticated ScanStation C10 package features a new high-definition surveying (HDS) scanner that is said to increase surveying productivity and accuracy for both routine surveys and large, complex projects.

The cost of the new causeway project linking Qatar with Bahrain is expected to hit US$5 billion in all.

Plans are being worked on for a tunnel connecting the town of Rho with Milan's Linate airport.

The new ringroad around Novi Sad in Serbia is now open to traffic.

Work on a new road in Laos will take until 2012 to complete

Moldova's state road administration is opening the tender process for the selection of a consultant to manage a major road rehabilitation project.