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Women of Asphalt features 100 women counting down to World of Asphalt 2019
Women of Asphalt features 100 women counting down to World of Asphalt 2019 Beginning November 5, the Women of Asphalt coalition will be highlighting 100 women from within the asphalt industry over 100...
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Highways England bakes the perfect road
Highways England bakes the perfect road If you can bake a cake you could be half-way to engineering a new road to make journeys all the sweeter for the millions of people using it every day! As the co...
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RSTA technical course outlines how to Surface Dress a Road
RSTA technical course outlines how to Surface Dress a Road A two-day courses providing detailed technical introduction to the theory and practice of surface dressing will be held by the Road Surface T...
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RSTA offers technical introduction course on Slurry Surfacing
RSTA offers technical introduction course on Slurry Surfacing A one day course providing a detailed technical introduction to the theory and practice of slurry surfacing is to be held by the Road Surf...
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South African highways project at Hartbeespoort Dam set to relieve congestion
South African highways project at Hartbeespoort Dam set to relieve congestion Traffic flow in the Hartbeespoort Dam is set to improve as construction work on the R512-PWV3 is making good progress. The...
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Eurovia Specialist Treatments adds new Breining applicator to Micro Surfacing fleet
Eurovia Specialist Treatments adds new Breining applicator to Micro Surfacing fleet Eurovia Specialist Treatments has added a new Breining applicator to its Micro Surfacing fleet with an onboard compu...
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BAUMA Vermiet expands co-operation with Hamm and Wirtgen Hamburg
BAUMA Vermiet expands co-operation with Hamm and Wirtgen Hamburg BAUMA Vermiet and Handels GmbH has been active as a dealer for compact rollers from HAMM since the end of September 2018. The company f...
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The Future of Construction in America
The Future of Construction in America Exciting change will reward the aware contractor Hop in a car and drive anywhere and chances are the drive will be on roads and highways that need patching, resur...
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Slipform paving kerbs on AutoPilot
Slipform paving kerbs on AutoPilot Producing kerbs as if by magic: in Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico in the US state of Alabama, a Wirtgen slipform paver SP 15i operated fully automatically. When a...
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ADM Asphalt Plant extras deliver greater uptime and more customization options
ADM Asphalt Plant extras deliver greater uptime and more customization options Asphalt Drum Mixers, Inc. offers asphalt plant add-ons for greater customizability, uptime and efficiency. The components...
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Smart Machines herald a digital future for Road Construction Rollers
Smart Machines herald a digital future for Road Construction Rollers The “Quality Road Construction Baden-Württemberg 4.0” project needs machines that can communicate with one another digitally – and...
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Construction and environmental specialist Amand invests in Ammann Compactors
Construction and environmental specialist Amand invests in Ammann Compactors The Amand group of companies regularly rejuvenates its equipment fleet at intervals of three to five years. On each occasio...
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The Women of Asphalt Council renamed Women of Asphalt – WofA
The Women of Asphalt Council renamed Women of Asphalt – WofA The Women of Asphalt Council has been renamed as Women of Asphalt (WofA) and launched a newly redesigned website and its inaugural po...
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Eurovia paves the future with automated surfacing
Eurovia paves the future with automated surfacing Eurovia Contracting, experts at delivering highways and infrastructure schemes, is paving the future using an array of new technology including automa...
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A colourful future for asphalt
A colourful future for asphalt This past July, Shell Bitumen presented its Shell Mexphalte C binder for coloured asphalt tunnel at the Make the Future Live annual festival in London. Make the Future L...
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APA Pacific Coast Regional Council Blog highlights US Asphalt Pavement Industry
APA Pacific Coast Regional Council Blog highlights US Asphalt Pavement Industry The asphalt industry has a new resource for information from the West Coast and Pacific region: The PacCoast Smooth Ride...
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Australian asphalt experts impressed with Ammann factory in China
Australian asphalt experts impressed with Ammann factory in China A group of Australian asphalt experts visited Ammann China during a recent information gathering tour and came away impressed with the...
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NAPA publishes guide to preserving pavements with thinlays
NAPA publishes guide to preserving pavements with thinlays The best way to ensure long pavement life is to preserve pavements through maintenance and address distresses before they become pavement fai...
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British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience
British Road Industry welcomes MP’s calls for roads to have heatwave resilience The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed calls from MPs for government to examine the ability o...
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Structural Design Guide for Porous Asphalt is now available
Structural Design Guide for Porous Asphalt is now available Porous asphalt pavements are a green infrastructure solution that provides the performance, ease of construction, and functionality of tradi...
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We are at a tipping point for bitumen
We are at a tipping point for bitumen We live in rapidly changing times, especially for bitumen trading businesses. Refiners are concerned about the impact that the International Maritime Organisation...
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Swale construction improves 250 percent using Sidewinder Offset Paver trial
Swale construction improves 250% using Sidewinder Offset Paver trial Trials conducted during the construction of the North Norwich Distributor Road showed an increase in efficiency of 250% by using Si...
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Warm-Mix Asphalt use grows in USA while recycled materials hold steady
Warm-Mix Asphalt use grows in USA while recycled materials hold steady Asphalt pavement mixture producers continue to apply technologies and innovations to make long-lasting asphalt pavements more ene...
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Eurovia Surfacing adds new BOMAG roller to its fleet
Eurovia Surfacing adds new BOMAG roller to its fleet Eurovia Surfacing has added a new state-of-the-art roller that boasts some of the latest compaction technology to its fleet. The new BOMAG BW174AP...
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Road Technology Days shine the spotlight on Wirtgen, Vogele and Hamm
Road Technology Days shine the spotlight on Wirtgen, Vogele and Hamm The focus of this year’s Road Technology Days held by the WIRTGEN, VÖGELE and HAMM brands was on synergies, 3D applications and net...
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The deteriorating skid resistance of UK roads calls for greater use of High Friction Surfacing
The deteriorating skid resistance of UK roads calls for greater use of High Friction Surfacing With the skid resistance levels of over a quarter of the local road network reported to be questionable a...
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Ammann Asphalt Plant driving UAE road construction forward
Ammann Asphalt Plant driving UAE road construction forward The needs are straightforward for a new road in the United Arab Emirates. “We need to produce quality asphalt, and high volumes of it,” said...
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Turning Waste into profit with Ammann
Turning Waste into profit with Ammann An Ammann ABA UniBatch Asphalt-Mixing Plant can help businesses increase profits, and the numbers prove it, according to Siddharth Shah, director at RKC Infrabuil...
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Cat CW16 Pneumatic Compactor features two-wheel configuration and ballast choices
Cat CW16 Pneumatic Compactor features two-wheel configuration and ballast choices Designed for use on granular materials and all types of asphalt-mix designs, the new Cat CW16 pneumatic (rubber-tire)...
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Airports Association releases airfield pavements guide for Australia’s regional and remote airports
Airport Association releases airfield pavements guide for Australia’s regional and remote airports The Australian Airports Association has launched a new guide on airfield pavements for regional...
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Neal Manufacturing introduces the Asphalt Road Preservation Sealcoating Package
Neal Manufacturing introduces the Asphalt Road Preservation Sealcoating Package Neal Manufacturing, a division of Blastcrete Equipment LLC, a leader in asphalt pavement preservation equipment, offers...
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Super sized milling and paving equipment speeding up resurfacing on the M62 in Yorkshire
Super sized milling and paving equipment speeding up resurfacing on the M62 in Yorkshire A new type of resurfacing machine the first of its kind on England’s motorways – has been used to conside...
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Scientists invent Bio-Bitumen to pave roads using plastic and other mixed wastes
Scientists invent Bio-Bitumen to pave roads using plastic and other mixed wastes Scientists at Aston University have developed Bio-Bitumen, a new way to convert organic bin waste such as decomposed fo...
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More than 35 years of oscillation with HAMM solutions for asphalt construction and earthwork
More than 35 years of oscillation with HAMM solutions for asphalt construction and earthwork Over 35 years ago, HAMM became the first roller manufacturer to offer an oscillation drum for tandem roller...
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Intelligent Compaction and Infrared Scanning improving road construction in Missouri
Intelligent Compaction and Infrared Scanning improving road construction in Missouri The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) executed a year-long project throughout 2017 to demonstrate the u...
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New GRW 280i pneumatic tyre roller from HAMM delivers Easy Drive dynamics
New GRW 280i pneumatic tyre roller from HAMM delivers Easy Drive dynamics Hamm has been producing pneumatic tyre rollers with great success for over 50 years. Having revolutionised this machine type w...
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HAMM HD+ 90i PH tandem roller is an environmentally friendly hybrid
HAMM HD+ 90i PH tandem roller is an environmentally friendly hybrid HAMM has introduced the HD+ 90i PH tandem roller with hybrid power train, combining a conventional internal combustion engine with a...
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Record production and factory expansion marks HAMM’s 140th year
Record production and factory expansion marks HAMM’s 140th year HAMM, the oldest manufacturer of road building machines in the world, is celebrating the 140th anniversary of its foundation. Fitt...
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Volvo Construction Equipment unveils LC450H landfill compactor at WasteExpo
Volvo Construction Equipment unveils LC450H landfill compactor at WasteExpo Volvo Construction Equipment has long been committed to the waste and recycling industry with wheel loaders, excavators, hau...
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ADM promotes US Manufacturing Industry during I Make America event
ADM promotes US Manufacturing Industry during I Make America event Asphalt Drum Mixers, Inc. talked with its U.S. House representative about issues important to the manufacturing industry during an I...
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Eurovia Surfacing appointed to Highways England SE and Midlands Pavement Framework
Eurovia Surfacing appointed to Highways England SE and Midlands Pavement Framework Eurovia Surfacing has been appointed onto the Highways England Pavement Framework after being named lead minor lot co...
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ASI celebrates examples of their GSB pavement preservation used 39 years ago
ASI celebrates examples of their GSB pavement preservation used 39 years ago While many manufacturers of asphalt preservation products claim their products provide long-lasting benefits, few can offer...
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Line-X powerful protective coating earns European Certification
Line-X powerful protective coating earns European Certification LINE-X – a global leader in extreme performance protective coatings with proprietary technologies – has just reached a milestone by rece...
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Jewson places £8 million order for 500 JCB machines
Jewson places £8 million order for 500 JCB machines One of the UK’s leading builder’s merchants is investing heavily in its tool hire business with an order for 500 JCB machines worth more than £8 mil...
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Ammann APR Plate Compactor reduce unwanted vibration
Ammann APR Plate Compactor reduce unwanted vibration Ammann is introducing updated hand guides on it’s current APR Reversible Vibratory Plate Compactors, reducing unwanted vibration to its lowest leve...
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Ammann Australia expands
Ammann Australia expands Solid growth has led Ammann Australia to relocate its headquarters, warehouse and training centre to better serve its customers in the region. The facility was moved from Nara...
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Ammann trench roller features ACEecon Intelligent Compaction System
Ammann trench roller features ACEecon Intelligent Compaction System The system, ACEecon, eliminates guesswork by measuring compaction progress in real time. The information is communicated to the oper...
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Ammann brings telematics to small rollers for accurate networked fleet monitoring
Ammann brings telematics to small rollers for accurate networked fleet monitoring Since the beginning of the year, Ammann has made it possible to optimise maintenance as well as fleet control and rent...
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Ammann Asphalt Mixing Plant plays major role in Turkish Highway project
Ammann Asphalt Mixing Plant plays major role in Turkish Highway project An Ammann asphalt mixing plant production and ability to utilise fibres is playing a crucial role in the construction of the Nor...
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Wirtgen featuring exciting road construction solutions at Intermat 2018
Wirtgen featuring exciting road construction solutions at Intermat 2018 Exciting product innovations, some 30 exhibits, experienced application specialists and an extensive range of services: The Wirt...
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