Precision technology investments help smaller farms make savings With the growing availability of modestly priced yet highly accurate precision farming technology, including auto-steering/guidance systems, tractor/implement headland management and automated headland turning, small and mid-sized farms co...
The Construction Waste Challenge – How to Do It Green? Although the ongoing pandemic has affected the construction industry in the short term, long-term demand will not be affected so easily. By some forecasts, for instance, around 70% of the buildings and infrastructure that Australia will need b...
Wirtgen W-220-Fi and Mill Assist remove road surface to 46 cm depth in two passes In Illinois, USA, a Wirtgen W 220 Fi large milling machine is being used to remove an entire road surface in just two passes. Thanks to the Mill Assist machine control system, the milling operations are being carried out p...
Pioneering fluid analysis lab keeps construction machines up and running Fluid analysis reveals a lot about the health of a machine. Finning UK & Ireland, official distributor for Caterpillar® equipment, runs a purpose built fluid analysis laboratory near Leeds, which is a pioneering centre for anal...
Aebi Schmidt pushes ahead with autonomous solutions for airports In order to push ahead with future technologies that are ground breaking for autonomous operations at the airport, Aebi Schmidt has introduced a three step approach, which surrenders standard systems in favour of individual clearance conce...
ANKER Foundations launches new precast technology for wind turbines The Hamburg start-up company ANKER Foundations GmbH has developed a new type of technology for building foundations for wind turbines. The young company is using its technology to solve the problems associated with classic foundation co...
New book by Northampton University expert encourages teens to take up engineering An expert from the University of Northampton has co-authored a book to support a major national engineering vocational qualification for 14 to 16 year olds. Jonathan Adams, who is the Engineering Subject Leader at the Univ...
Metso Outotec launches improved Filter Optimizer to reduce energy consumption Metso Outotec is introducing the innovative Filter Optimizer to further boost the performance of its Larox® PF filter in the mining and chemical industry processes. The game-changing Filter Optimizer improves the PF filter per...
EMEC-Prototyping celebrates 10 year anniversary with new HQ and larger test lab EMEC-Prototyping’s history started 10 years ago with Powertools development for the company Bosch. Test benches and processes were developed for those projects, which is still today the main activity from the Dresden based c...
Southampton University process for turning carbon emissions into plastics Scientists from the University of Southampton have invented a hybrid catalyst platform that can efficiently and sustainably convert carbon dioxide into versatile plastic materials. The Viridi CO² platform, created by Dr Daniel St...
Sika expanding production in France Sika has started production of shotcrete admixtures at its main plant at Gournay-en-Bray, north west of Paris. The set accelerator marketed under the Sigunit® brand is used primarily in tunnel construction. The market potential in France and beyond is considerable – i...
Cadent the first utility company to join the UK’s Local Council Roads Innovation Group Cadent, the UK’s largest gas distribution network, has become the first utility company to join the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG). The company manages a network of more than 80,000 miles of pipes,...
Sterling Construction awarded $35m projects by the Nevada DoT Sterling Construction subsidiary Road and Highway Builders has been selected by the Nevada Department of Transportation to perform asphalt reconstruction on two separate portions of U.S. Route 95 in Nevada. The first project, worth $17.1 mill...
Sensata joins Charging Association to advance Car and truck Charging standards Sensata Technologies, a leading provider of sensor-rich solutions that create insights for customers, today announced it has joined Charging Interface Initiative e.V. Association as a core member and commits to the advancemen...
Terex Trucks TA400 Articulated Hauler gets tough in Australia Landfill operations can be tough, but that’s exactly when Terex Trucks’ articulated haulers excel. Civil and demolition company DECC recently bought a TA400 dump truck to work on a landfill site just outside Brisbane, Australia, and the team...
Kar-go Delivery Bot begins contactless delivery trials to care homes in the UK Kar-go, an autonomous delivery vehicle designed by British start-up, Academy of Robotics, becomes the first custom-built autonomous delivery vehicle to travel on the roads in the UK. Designed to offer a contact-free form of d...
GSSI looks at GPR technology for locating underground utilities Residential and commercial inspectors, plumbing and utility contractors, and electricians are finding the use of ground penetrating radar (GPR) provides a host of safety, efficiency and revenue benefits. Rather than relying solely on the na...
Volvo Group launches green finance framework Volvo Group launches a Green Finance Framework for the financing of investments and projects in the area of clean transportation. The framework is classified as Dark Green by the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO Shades of Gr...
Highways England announces M6 Motorway roadworks set to finish six months early Major roadworks on the M6 in Staffordshire are set to finish six months ahead of schedule thanks to the introduction of a contraflow system. The upgrade of the 17-mile stretch of motorway by Highways England was due to be co...
Metso Outotec wins iron ore pelletizing plant order in China Metso Outotec has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. Ltd on the delivery of new environmentally sound technology for Zenith’s (Zhong Tian) iron ore pelletizing plant to be built in Nantong, China....
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