Portuguese construction giant, Mota Engil, has confirmed entering into a “Build, Operate and Transfer – BOT” arrangement with the Malawi government under which it will construct the Nsanje Port with its own funds to the tune if 15 million Euros (K3 billion). Lisbon-based Mota Engil Chairman Antonio Mota disclosed in an interview with Daily Times that work on the site will start within weeks and will be completed by November this year. Join discussion...

The consortium is made up of two Peruvian companies, Cosmos and Translei, and Tertir Terminais, which is controlled by Portugal's largest construction firm, Mota-Engil Join discussion...

"In the future backlog evolution, we expect an increase above all in Portugal, on the back of concessions in which are involved and the high speed train programme," Rocha told Reuters on Wednesday. Join discussion...

SLOVAKIA, suffering from various impacts of the global economic downturn, sees public-private partnership (PPP) projects for highway construction as one of the tools to propel its slowing economy Join discussion...

Portugal will speed up highway construction in 2009, which will result in US$2.2 billion of private infrastructure spending to combat the economic crisis, Reuters reported. Join discussion...