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Return to health for South American crane market
After a decade in the doldrums, mobile crane sales in South America are returning to more reasonable levels, thanks to a rebound in Brazil.
Video analysis: world’s biggest construction OEMs
Watch a video highlighting the main points of this year’s Yellow Table 
Rapid tech adoption and optimism at heart of global construction
KPMG survey reveals sector’s increased takeup of robotic process automation, virtual reality, project management information systems (PIMS), drones, smart sensors and AI
Mammoet moves 11 giant engines
Heavy engines transported using plug-and-play solution
Gantries and SPMT install giant gas scrubber
Complex transport and installation project in Chile
Six of the biggest bridge projects under construction and development
International Construction looks at six of the biggest bridge projects currently under development.
World’s most and least expensive cities to build in revealed
Latest Arcadis 2023 International Construction Costs survey reveals the ten most expensive cities in the world to build in 
Grove all terrains mining in Peru
Difficult lifts in confined spaces
Global construction equipment sales for 2022 revealed
Off-Highway Research reveals sales of global construction equipment in 2022 and looks ahead to potential sales in 2023 
International Construction launches daily industry newsletter
High-quality analysis and insight on the global industry
New 800 tonne Liebherr crane for Locar
Locar in Brazil has added a new 800 tonne Liebherr wheeled mobile telescopic crane to its rental fleet
‘Record’ carbon output for buildings and construction
CO2 produced by construction and buildings hit a record-high in 2021 
Mammoet adds Tadano crawler for Brazil
Mammoet expands its wind energy service fleet in Brazil with new 650 tonne capacity crawler crane
Largest ever crawler crane to Ecuador
A Tadano CC 2800-1 NT has been delivered to an Ecuadorian joint venture
World’s 10 most expensive cities to build in
North American cities feature heavily in list of most expensive cities in the world to build in 
Chile’s equipment market worth US$1 billion
A bounce-back from the Covid pandemic and sharply rising global commodity prices saw the Chilean equipment market double in size in 2021
G7 leaders reveal US$600bn infrastructure plan
Partnership for Global Infrastructure has been viewed as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative 
Grove truck crane with all-wheel steering
Grove announces 100 tonne capacity truck crane with steering on all four axles
Grove launches GHC85 mid-size telecrawler
The newest telescoping crawler crane features a capacity of 85 US tons and is the eighth model for the Americas
SPMT and gantry crane transport engines
Engineered Rigging developed a lifting plan to quickly transport three train engines to a Chilean port
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