Pavement Milling Also called cold planing or asphalt milling and profiling, involves removing part of the existing paved asphalt surface with sufficient thickness to create a smooth pavement or full-depth removal of the road surface and courses underneath. Recycling This is the greatest benefit from mil...
The California Energy Commission is investing in a US$2 million study to see whether piezoelectric crystals can be used to produce electricity from the mechanical energy created by vehicles driving on roads. Thousands of piezoelectric crystals could be embedded in the road to convert mechanical energy f...
The SBS-1000 debuts in a new residential area in Canary Wharf Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has unveiled a ground-breaking innovation for its hire business; the Super Bracing Strut-1000 (SBS-1000). Currently making its debut in Canary Wharf, the SBS-1000, so called because of...
A new bridge across Sri Lanka’s Mahaweli River in Kandy was officially opened on the 6 January, 2017, by His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The Mabey Compact 200™– the world’s most widely used modular steel bridge – connects neighbouring...
Wales looks forward to a new bridge over the Menai Straits Thomas Telford’s original Menai Suspension Bridge opened in 1826 and Robert Stephenson’s Britannia Tubular Bridge followed in 1850 to carry rail traffic in two wrought-iron rectangular box spans. After a fire in 1970, which left only the limesto...
Concrete and asphalt from a single source as Wirtgen machines rehabilitate Germany’s A5 These days, highways surfaced exclusively with concrete or asphalt are something of a rarity in Germany, particularly in its more densely populated regions. Hybrid roads are built instead, depending on the stru...
Trinity, a giant bridge-building machine finishes work on the Mersey Gateway in England Trinity, one of the Mersey Gateway’s two giant bridge-building machines, has finished work in Widnes marking another important milestone for the project team. The bright orange movable scaffolding system (MSS), a now...
Capable of working around congested job sites in efficient fashion, the updated John Deere 75G and 85G excavators boast new customer-inspired features, including hand-controlled proportional auxiliary hydraulics and the ability to be equipped with a hydraulic coupler that allows the machines to use back...
Hong Kong tender for highway, tunnel and flyover projects issued The Highways Department of Hong Kong is inviting bids for work on the Central Kowloon Route – Yau Ma Tei East project, which includes construction of a 390 metre long tunnel between Yau Cheung Road and Shanghai Street, upgrades to pa...
Netherlands awards US$525 million contract for road and tunnel scheme The province of South Holland in the Netherlands has awarded a US$ 525M (€492m) contract for construction of the first part of the Rijnland Route to the Como15 international joint venture, which includes Mobilis, Croonwolter & dro...
The Beipanjiang Bridge on the Guanxing Highway near Xingbei Town (Xinbeizhen), Zhenfeng County, Guizhou Province, Southwest China is now the world’s highest bridge. The bridge opened to traffic on the 29th December 2016 after 3 years in construction, at a cost of approximately US$143 million. The 1,341...
Saudi Arabia funds Pakistan’s Swat Expressway to connect Chakdara with Kalam Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide US$ 50 million (Rs3.4 billion) in financial aid to Pakistan for the construction of the 113 km long, 3 lane, Swat Expressway, which will connect Chakdara with Kalam. The Swat Expressway is cur...
New terminal for Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania Prof Makame Mbarawa – the Tanzania Minister for Works, Transport and Communications recently stated that the construction of the new 60,000 square metre terminal at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) was well on course with...
Caterpillar will present its extensive line up of machines and technology and its unmatched customer support capabilities at this years CONEXPO-CON/AGG – 7 to 11 March 2017. With 40 machines on display in two different exhibit areas totalling 60,000 square feet, Caterpillar’s presence is among the...
Roads just don’t work in Antarctica, not only is it far too cold, the shifting ice and heavy snow cover make them impossible. For the scientists and their teams, snow mobiles, snowcats and other tracked vehicles are the only option, as even aircraft struggle. In 2012 a modular scientific research statio...
Acrobatics aren’t usually part of a tradesman’s job, but these Australian Concrete Curb Experts have found a unique way to make a perfectly smooth curb in no time at all. This video was posted to Facebook and shows two tradesmen using the human wheelbarrow technique, carrying one leg each of...
Ammann’s Rammers, Plates, Compactors and Plant featured at SaMoTer in Italy Ammann will be showcasing their product line at this year’s SaMoTer building machinery exhibition in Verona, Italy, from 22-25 February 2017. The family owned company has started in 1869 and Hans-Christian Schneider, the current...
Kenya issues Consultancy Tender for Sirari Corridor Accessibility and Road Safety Improvement Project Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) (Consultancy Services) – Tender No. KeNHA/1363/2016. The Government of the Republic of Kenya (GoK) has received financing from the African Development Bank...
In November 2016 Galliford Try, one of Britain’s leading housebuilding and construction companies completed a £14.8 million contract to refurbish the entire runway at East Midlands Airport. 48-hour Weekend Closures Typically, this type of work would be carried out during overnight closures of the runway...
Heathrow expansion on-track for delivery as Government publishes draft National Policy Statement Heathrow’s expansion programme has passed its first delivery milestone and is advancing on schedule as the Government published its draft National Policy Statement (“NPS”) on a third runway at the UK’s hub e...
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