July 26, 2016 Consortium inks US$1.9bn Ecuador highway PPP contract Ecuador's transport and public works ministry MTOP signed a public-private partnership (PPP) contract for the widening and modernization of the 95km Río Siete-Huaquillas highway...
July 26, 2016 Hyundai asks Chile for additional Chacao bridge funds Consortium Puente Chacao has requested an additional US$72mn from Chile's public works ministry (MOP) to build the country's first suspension bridge linking Chiloé island with...
July 26, 2016 Mexico City-Toluca railways hits 35% completion mark Mexico's transport and communications ministry (SCT) said that construction of the Mexico City-Toluca railway line is 35% complete.Engineers will carry out operational tests...
July 25, 2016 US$1.3bn invested to date in Mexico City's new airport GACM, the concessionaire for Mexico City's future international airport, has invested 25bn pesos (US$1.3bn) to build the new airport since 2014.The figure represents 14.8% of...
July 25, 2016 Peru cement maker Pacasmayo's Q2 earnings drop Peru's Cementos Pacasmayo saw its second quarter profit drop 29% as sales costs, revenues and production all rose.Net income was 31.3mn soles (US$9.5mn) compared with 44.3mn...
July 25, 2016 Rio's top 5 Olympic public transport projects The five most expensive public transportation projects for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics require some 22.6bn reais (US$6.89bn) in investment.1. METRO LINE 4Taking the gold medal...
July 22, 2016 Deal clinched to cut freight trains in Monterrey The government of Mexico's Nuevo León state, railway firm Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM) and Mexican rail operator Ferromex signed an agreement to improve operations in...
July 22, 2016 Bridge of sighs: Chile now footing maintenance bill for Cau Cau project Chile's public works ministry MOP has reportedly spent more than 1mn pesos (US$1,500) a day to keep the leaves of the botched Cau Cau bascule bridge raised while plans advance...
July 22, 2016 Colombia's US$298mn Bucaramanga-Pamplona highway project advances Colombian vice president Germán Vargas Lleras said the Bucaramanga-Pamplona 4G highway project had entered the pre-construction phase.The three-year 133km initiative is being...
July 21, 2016 LatAm development bank approves US$1.9bn water, infra loans Latin American development bank CAF has approved US$1.87bn in loans for infrastructure and water projects in seven countries in the region.Financing for projects in Argentina...
January 4, 2021 5 Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2021 Both the immediate and long-term future of the manufacturing industry will be defined by the development of a number of ever-evolving and prominent trends. These trends are...
January 11, 2021 5 Predictions for an Unpredictable 2021 What’s in store for the construction industry? How will OEMs and rental companies adapt to better serve their customers? How are customer needs changing? And in the face of a...
January 7, 2021 AEM Subsidiary HAI Welcomes Todd Snell as Vice President and COO Hargrove & Associates, Inc. (HAI) announces the addition of Todd Snell as the company’s new Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective as of Jan. 1.A familiar face...
January 14, 2021 AEM Members Recognized for Design and Engineering Excellence with 2021 CES 2021 Innovation Awards AEM member companies John Deere and Robert Bosch LLC were among several companies recently recognized as Consumer Electronics Show (CES)2021 Innovation Award winners.Each year,...