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The experts at Doka created a virtual model based on building information modelling (BIM) for the construction of a reservoir in Viennaβs 23rd district so that wall formw...
Constructed over the Karakaya Dam Lake, the KΓΆmΓΌrhan Bridge will soon forge part of the Malatya-Elazig State highway in Eastern Turkey. Measuring 600 metres in length, th...
Herrenknecht’s Suse, Sibylle, Wanda and KΓ€thchen from Baden set a fast pace in Swabia All the machine-driven tunnels for the Stuttgart-Ulm rail project were quickly...
A 21 km motorway bypass is being constructed to relieve traffic in Stockholm: E4 Bypass Stockholm, or in Swedish βE4 FΓΆrbifart Stockholm.βΒ The bypass, scheduled for compl...
Local politicians, project staff and neighbours joined iwi to mark completion of the newest bridge on the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway today. The bridge was...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) today formally agreed to provide β¬140 million to support expansion and upgrading of the Port of Piraeus, the principal port of Greece....
An innovative bridge protection system, which can withstand the force of a 7,500kg truck travelling at 30mph, is now available to protect pedestrians from vehicle ramming...
The new Sydney Metro standalone railway will deliver 31 metro stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail, revolutionising the way Australiaβs biggest city tra...
Modular Construction is not a new concept, but has been used all around the world for decades. In the UK this method of construction has recently seen a resurgence in pop...
North West based specialist surfacing company, Miles Macadam, has completed works to surface Europeβs first multi-storey coach parking complex, which will accommodate vis...
The Champlain Bridge stretches for over 3km over the Saint Lawrence River and is one of the busiest routes in Canada, connecting Montreal and the South Shore. As the cond...
Construction on a vital second river crossing between Victoria and New South Wales at Echuca and Moama is a step closer, following the awarding of the contract to McConne...
A high-rise building needed new covers installed over its hanging sheds that were high up on the side of the building. An innovative solution was devised using ALEβs spec...
Within central Spain, the N-403 highway stretches for 178km from Adanero in the north to Toledo in the south. At the northern end, close to Γvila, it passes over the Burg...
Repair teams at M5 Oldbury swapped scaffolding and concrete repairs for the classroom in a series of special visits to help train the next generation of construction work...
The Hook of Holland in the Netherlands is close to the city of Rotterdam where 80% of people own a bicycle and over half a million cycle trips are made every day. In an a...
ALE performed the removal of a bridge over the Danube river in Novi Sad, Serbia as the height of the old bridge limited river traffic during high water levels and its cur...
From November 18th to 20th 2019, in Miami-USA, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association is organizing the fifth edition of its ITA Tunnelling and Un...
ALE performed a time-critical double bridge replacement in the UK for the Newcastle Metro and the Tyne and Wear Metro. The system serves 36 million passengers each year a...
The catastrophic failure of Genoaβs Morandi bridge in August has only served to highlight how ageing bridge structures must have a maintenance regime that can ensure the...
Due to it reaching the end of its natural lifespan, the Connecticut Department of Transport (DoT) needed to replace I-95 bridgework that had stood since 1958. At the same...
Choctaw Transportation is a marine construction and transportation company with over 60 years of experience. Located on the Mississippi River for convenience and sustaina...
Reconstruction of the Coastal Highway Route E39 is not only Norwayβs biggest ever infrastructure project β but the Rogfast road tunnel, of which it is part, will be the w...
The Dartford tunnel saw its longest ever free-flow load pass through it recently when it was used to transport an enormous 41-metre-long footbridge. The footbridge, desti...
The A85 motorway is one of the main thoroughfares connecting the cities of Anger and Vierzon in France. Along the route a total of six viaducts are expanded to improve th...
Temporary support towers and jacking systems used to proof test a Rubrica Painting Platform, which will be used to paint the 2.7km-long Queensferry Bridge Leading enginee...
The Washington State Department of Transport’s routine inspection of the northbound Nisqually River Bridge on Saturday, May 4, became anything but normal when their...
A magnificent bridge over the Okavango River in the Mohembo Village area which is being piled by Kellerβs Franki Africa for main contractor Itinera/Cimolai JV is a shinin...
ALE has lifted over 7,000 US tonnes using the worldβs largest capacity land based crane for an oil and gas project in Texas, USA. The unrivalled 354,000te/m load moment a...
A consortium consisting of STRABAG AG, subdivision Bavaria North, and Ed. ZΓΌblin AG, Subdivision Bridge Construction, will today begin near Allersberg with the upgrade of...
ALE Heavylift has used its skidding and heavy transportation expertise to successfully lengthen a cruise ship in Palermo, Italy. The cruise ship, Grimaldi Roma, originall...
Upon completion, a new, almost 65 km long motorway will connect the cities of KiΔevo and Ohrid in the south west of the North Macedonian Republic. On the first section be...
ALE has delivered an integrated solution to help complete a phase of a major offshore project in Mexico β the largest in terms of size and total value for the end client....
The Hamburg Port Authority (HAP), the agency responsible for the infrastructure of the Port of Hamburg, wants to improve the flow of traffic across the SΓΌderelbe River by...
ALE has used their offshore engineering expertise to complete their full scope of work on one of the biggest offshore windfarm projects in the world, Γrstedβs Hornsea Pro...
Better journeys on the A14 are one big step closer now that construction has been completed on the biggest bridge in the Highways England Β£1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Hu...
Assembly is underway on the first of the two massive tunnel boring machines (TBM) that will build the West Gate Tunnel. Premier Daniel Andrews joined the Minister for Tra...
Demonstrating their expertise in logistics, civils works and the complete turnkey solution, ALE has completed the transportation of heavy wind components through a challe...
ALEβs operational expertise and focus on safety has been demonstrated during the heavy transportation and lifting operations of an FPSO project in Singapore. ALE was task...
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