South America: building the next decade

South America is pulling itself out of the global economic crisis. David Arminas looks at what opportunities and challenges are on offer for road designers and contractors as well as construction equipment manufacturers Road designers and construction equipment makers face some of the planet's most daunting geophysical challenges in South America, a continent totalling more than 17.8 million km2 and home to nearly 400 million people. Most of the eastern side of South America lies in the tropics wi