A broad-based group of Alberta construction experts has told the provincial government that the P3 model should be used on a limited basis to supplement the traditional procurement model. The Merit Contractors Association and the Alberta Construction Association produced a discussion paper examining the current policy and methods of delivering P3 projects in the province. Join discussion...

RICHMOND—One of the three companies jockeying to be the one selected by the state to build a limited access toll road from Petersburg to Suffolk has dropped out of the procurement process of the project. Itinere Infrastructure, a Spanish company based in Madrid, has withdrawn from the procurement process for the U.S. Route 460 Improvements Project, a plan to construct a 55-mile, four-lane divided highway from Interstate 295 in Prince George County to the U.S. Route 58 bypass in Suffolk. Join discussion...

The Public Establishment for Road Communications (PERC) announces its desire to pre-qualify a number of investment companies and establishments for carrying out the design, construction, operation & maintenance of a new freeway from Bab Al.Hawa (on Turkish borders) to Nassib (on Jordanian borders) and a new freeway from Tartoos to Attanf location (on Iraqi borders) based on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) system Join discussion...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the country’s longest elevated corridor, aimed at quick and continuous freight movement from the Chennai Port, at a function at Maduravoyal on Thursday. Join discussion...

Sirit Inc. ("Sirit") (CA:SI: news, chart, profile) , a global provider of radio frequency identification ("RFID") technology, today announced that its IDentity 5100 readers and transponders have been selected for deployment on the only automated toll road in Uruguay. Join discussion...