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SECTOR
OEMs
P35
EVENT
ICEF review
P14
EXHIBITION
WoC preview
P49
EQUIPMENT
Portable power
P41
SECTOR
Concrete
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international
construction
december 2013
international
construction
NEWS
6
Development banks and manufactures provide support
after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
BUSINESS
10
Finnish asphalt cartel ordered to pay damages, but state
also said to have benefitted.
KHL.COM
13
Videos from first International Construction Economic
Forum are now available on
.
ICEF
14
Some 200 delegates and speakers took part in inaugural
conference, awards ceremony and networking event.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
18
The outlook for construction in many North African
countries is tied to political developments.
REGIONAL REPORT
21
North Africa’s construction markets are open for
business despite political instability.
CONCRETE
25
CONSTRUCTION
New technology is coming to the sector at the same
time that robust global demand for cement is forecast.
OEM
35
Designing efficient construction machines starts with
component parts, a sector where changes are afoot.
PORTABLE POWER
41
Fresh thinking in the compressor, generator and lighting
tower sectors.
WORLD OF CONCRETE
49
Celebrating its 40-year history, World of Concrete in
Las Vegas, US, is set to kick off the 2014 exhibition
season with a range of new machines on show.
EQUIPMENT
56
An unassuming apartment block project on the
outskirts of Geneva is helping UK rental company
Groundforce introduce its hydraulic shoring technology
to the European market.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
58
CLASSIFIED
59
The concrete
construction
sector comes
under the spotlight
on p. 25.
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