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Dynamic speed bumps crossing the ocean from Sweden to Australia
Dynamic speed bumps crossing the ocean from Sweden to Australia The tech company Edeva from Sweden has developed a dynamic speed bump, called the Actibump, that has proven its efficiency through years of use in Sweden. The Actibump product has turned some heads in the international traffic safety bu...
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Hitachi unveils a first for the construction industry
Hitachi unveils a first for the construction industry Hitachi has developed an industry-leading innovation as part of its ConSite remote fleet monitoring system. The first of its kind in the construction industry, it extracts data from two unique sensors that monitor the quality of an excavator’s en...
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Concrete hydrodemolition technology used in Johannesburg bridge rehabilitation
Concrete hydrodemolition technology used in Johannesburg bridge rehabilitation Major structural repairs to the M1 North highway bridges over Oxford and Federation Roads in Johannesburg were recently completed. The removal of superfluous concrete in preparation was made possible through hydrodemoliti...
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Alaskan contractor Valley General benefits from technology for quick and quality work
Alaskan contractor Valley General benefits from technology for quick and quality work For most people the acronym, JSCCR, is a definite puzzler. What it stands for is Juniper, Spruce, Cranberry, Cottonwood, and Rose, which are the names of the roads in a heavily-wooded residential subdivision locate...
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Overcoming barriers to highways innovation
Overcoming barriers to highways innovation Removing barriers to adopting innovation and ensuring standards keep pace with technical developments is vital if we are to meet future infrastructure needs, says Tensar Highways Technical Manager Craig Andrews. More than £460bn is set to be spent on the UK...
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Cat Phones introduces 3 new additions to its range of rugged devices
Cat Phones introduces 3 new additions to its range of rugged devices Cat phones has introduced three new additions to its portfolio which see important updates to its rugged and resilient Cat Smartphone range and the first release of a rugged tablet. The launches build on Cat phones’ heritage of cre...
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Stress absorbing membrane delivers a stronger, safer and more reliable motorway
Stress absorbing membrane delivers a stronger, safer and more reliable motorway A Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer has delivered stronger, safer and more reliable running lanes for the M3 smart motorway project in Surrey. More than 130,000 vehicles use the M3 between Junctions 2 (Thorpe and the...
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Fastbrick Robotics wins national Innovation Awards in Australia
Fastbrick Robotics wins national Innovation Awards in Australia Australian robotic technology company Fastbrick Robotics Limited has received two National Innovation Awards at Australia’s premier innovation awards event. The iAwards were held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wedn...
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UK gives truck platooning trials the green light
UK gives truck platooning trials the green light The UK’s first Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) ‘platooning’ trial, jointly funded by Highways England and the Department for Transport, has been approved. Overseen by Highways England, TRL (the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory) will carry out...
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Connected cities need connected car parks
Connected cities need connected car parks A ‘connected city’, also known as a ‘smart city’, relies on an intelligent infrastructure which utilises the wealth of innovation and technologies created by Internet of Things (IoT) and applies them to urban needs. There is a plethora of new and emerging de...
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Bomag promotes digitalisation in road construction
Bomag promotes digitalisation in road construction Digitalisation, modern communication technologies, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) is improving and speeding up construction site planning, process control and operation flow on construction sites. Bomag has promoted this development with i...
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Colas and partners launch first autonomous road safety vehicle
Colas and partners launch first autonomous road safety vehicle Colas in partnership with US companies Royal Truck and Equipment (RT&E) and Micro Systems Inc. (MSI) have developed the world’s first Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle (AIPV) for use on the World’s highways to protect the lives of...
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Intelligent soil compaction with Bomag Economizer for single drum rollers
Intelligent soil compaction with Bomag Economizer for single drum rollers The Bomag Economizer measures the level of compaction and displays the result in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. At customer request, Bomag now equips any of its single drum roller models worldwide with the Economizer. Fo...
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Siemens builds eHighway for hybrid trucks in Germany
Siemens builds eHighway for hybrid trucks in Germany Siemens has been commissioned by the German state of Hesse to build an overhead contact line for electrified freight transport on a ten-kilometer stretch of autobahn. The line will supply electricity for the electric drive of a hybrid truck. Sieme...
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Atkins and INRIX sign BIG DATA global partnership for transportation infrastructure projects
Atkins and INRIX sign BIG DATA global partnership for transportation infrastructure projects Atkins, one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, has signed a global partnership agreement with INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transp...
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Look No Wires – Using wireless vehicle detection to reduce congestion
Look No Wires – Using wireless vehicle detection to reduce congestion Traffic flows better and congestion is reduced when signalised junctions use adaptive traffic control (ATC) systems such as SCOOT (Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique) and MOVA (Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuati...
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Cheshire’s new smart motorway safety barrier nears completion
Cheshire’s new smart motorway safety barrier nears completion Last 4-tonne concrete blocks lifted into place on M6 A new 20-mile-long concrete safety barrier on the M6 in Cheshire is nearing completion as part of a £274 million project to upgrade the route to a smart motorway. The Highways England s...
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‘First of its kind’ speed awareness solution installed across six locations on the A75 in Scotland
‘First of its kind’ speed awareness solution installed across six locations on the A75 in Scotland The A75 Gretna Green to Stranraer road is the main route through Scotland to the ferry port servicing Northern Ireland. Consequently, traffic volumes tend to increase when a ferry is scheduled to arriv...
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Trimble announces machine control solution for Sumitomo Excavators
Trimble announces machine control solution for Sumitomo Excavators Trimble and Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo) announced today that Trimble has been chosen as Sumitomo’s preferred technology provider for machine control solutions. Working closely with Trimble, Sumitomo will offe...
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ALE builds second 800 tonne MEGA JACK 800 to meet demand
ALE builds second 800 tonne MEGA JACK 800 to meet demand ALE HeavyLift has started to build a second Mega Jack 800 jacking system. The Mega Jack 800, an innovative 800 tonne jacking system is a multi-application solution that was launched in 2014 as part of ALE’s Innovation Series. Since then, it ha...
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Cold-in-place recycling additive system allows milling and paving a roadway in a single process
Cold-in-place recycling additive system allows milling and paving a roadway in a single process The Roadtec CIR Additive System is used in the cold-in-place recycling of asphalt pavement in the repair and rehabilitation of asphalt-paved roads. The system is used to transfer, measure, and inject eith...
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Australia is going Electric with The Queensland Electric Super Highway
Australia is going Electric with The Queensland Electric Super Highway The future of motoring in Queensland has been launched at Parliament House in Brisbane – and it is electric. Environment Minister and Acting Main Roads Minister Steven Miles officially kick-started the EV revolution in the State...
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Doka’s Concremote concrete sensor technology crowned “Commercial Innovation of the year”
Doka’s Concremote concrete sensor technology crowned “Commercial Innovation of the year” Doka UK was awarded for the innovative concrete- sensor technology Concremote with this year’s Construction News Award. Concremote allows construction firms to digitally monitor their con...
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Targeting night-time road safety will reduce fatal accidents
Targeting night-time road safety will reduce fatal accidents The 11th road safety performance index report was released last month. This report monitors progress on the European Union’s commitment to reduce road deaths by 50% between 2010 and 2020, and ranks all EU countries according to the percent...
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Radar measurement technology brings accuracy and productivity to cement plants
Radar measurement technology brings accuracy and productivity to cement plants New radar technology offers accurate continuous level measurement in cement plants not affected by internal structural objects and build-ups in silos. A variety of issues affect accurate continuous level measurement in ce...
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Trimble and Propeller Aero collaborate on unmanned aircraft for construction
Trimble and Propeller Aero collaborate on unmanned aircraft for construction Trimble has announced it is collaborating with Propeller Aero to distribute its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) analytics platform. Propeller, based in Sydney and Denver, is a leader in the advanced collection, visualization...
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Providing local parking can be a juggling act
Providing local parking can be a juggling act There is a juggling act that Local Authorities face when providing parking facilities. They are having to face up to a no-win situation. If they please their residents by reserving parking spaces they will risk upsetting visitors. If they provide visitor...
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Summer’s coming! Keep the holiday traffic flowing smoothly with Clearview
Summer’s coming! Keep the holiday traffic flowing smoothly with Clearview The summer holiday season is almost upon us and with it the inevitable increase in traffic on the roads. Clearview Intelligence has the solutions to keep the traffic moving, minimise congestion, and driver frustration. H...
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Hyperloop One makes history with world’s first successful Hyperloop full systems test
Hyperloop One makes history with world’s first successful Hyperloop full systems test Hyperloop One today announced the successful completion of the world’s first full systems Hyperloop test in a vacuum environment. This test was Phase 1 of a multi-Phase program and was privately conduct...
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First of its kind Machine Simulator Training at Hinkley Point C
First of its kind Machine Simulator Training at Hinkley Point C UK Plant Operators LTD have teamed up with Leica Geosystems and Kier Bam to test run a state of the art simulator based familiarisation course for Leica machine control and guidance at one of the largest construction projects in the UK....
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The VolvoCE LX1 electric hybrid wheel loader proves itself in real-world testing
The VolvoCE LX1 electric hybrid wheel loader proves itself in real-world testing Volvo Construction Equipment’s LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader has excelled during hundreds of hours of real-world testing, achieving around a 50% improvement in fuel efficiency compared to its conventional c...
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SafeZone permanent average Speed Enforcement System deployed across London
SafeZone permanent average Speed Enforcement System deployed across London Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has recently completed the deployment of the UK’s largest, and busiest, permanent average speed enforcement system across London using its proven and award-winning Sa...
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INRIX and APCOA partner to provide the most comprehensive parking data in Europe
INRIX and APCOA partner to provide the most comprehensive parking data in Europe INRIX the world leader in connected car services and movement analytics, and APCOA Parking Group, the largest European parking operator, today announced a major new partnership to exchange parking information. This new...
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INRIX powers the first on-street parking service in a connected car
INRIX powers the first on-street parking service in a connected car INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics has announced the availability of its On-Street Parking service for the new BMW 5 Series Sedan. INRIX delivers the industry’s first real-time on-street p...
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Parsons joins MIT Industrial Liaison Program
Parsons joins MIT Industrial Liaison Program Parsons announces that it has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), a program dedicated to creating and strengthening mutually beneficial relationships between MIT and corporations worldwide. Parsons...
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Scotland’s M8 closure journey times monitored by Clearview Intelligence
Scotland’s M8 closure journey times monitored by Clearview Intelligence As part of a significant upgrade to the Scottish motorway network Transport Scotland put in place a 10-week diversion on all M8/A8 approaches to the Baillieston interchange while they connected the newly built M8 motorway...
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Guide dogs learn to cross the road with a little help from AGD Systems
Guide dogs learn to cross the road with a little help from AGD Systems Guide dogs in training at Guide Dogs Cymru, Cardiff, are finding it a little easier to get to grips with pelican crossings, thanks to a donation from AGD Systems – the people who make the familiar ‘boxes’ that we press for ...
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Highways England opens new fourth lane on M3 smart motorway
Highways England opens new fourth lane on M3 smart motorway Main construction on a £174 million project to upgrade the M3 in Surrey and Hampshire to a smart motorway has been completed on time Highways England announced today (Saturday 1 July). Overnight on Friday 30 June, the last of the cones were...
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Human free construction sites by 2050? Balfour Beatty imagines our digital future
Human free construction sites by 2050? Balfour Beatty imagines our digital future Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has published a paper – Innovation 2050: A Digital Future for the Infrastructure Industry – where the construction site of 2050 will be in stark contr...
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PHCo’s lo-density hot oil circulating heaters reduce operating costs, eliminate coking and carbonization
PHCo’s lo-density hot oil circulating heaters reduce operating costs, eliminate coking and carbonization Process Heating Company’s (PHCo) lo-density hot oil circulating heater systems provide automatically controlled, even-temperature heat-transfer fluid. The systems offer unique benefit...
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The new Construction Simulator Deluxe edition for PC and Mac is out now!
The new Construction Simulator Deluxe edition for PC and Mac is out now! Astragon Entertainment and the weltenbauer developer team are going all out to delight construction simulation fans with the release of the Construction Simulator Deluxe Edition as well as the Construction Simulator 2015: Liebh...
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INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data
INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, today announced that its traffic data will be used by the United States Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and state and regional ag...
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Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance
Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance Speed bumps have long been the default solution for local authorities wishing to facilitate a reduction in speeding vehicles on certain sections of road, particularly in built-up areas. However, research by the Imperial College London has found that the lev...
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Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale
Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale Doka Ventures, a subsidiary of Austria’s Umdasch Group, is joining forces with inventor of deployable 3D construction printing Behrokh Khoshnevis. His company will start delivering the first series-ready...
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How to get your road users out of a jam by reducing congestion around roadworks
How to get your road users out of a jam by reducing congestion around roadworks Roadworks, tailbacks, traffic jams, delays… all words that we hate to hear when we are planning a getaway during the bank holiday weekend or school holidays. With the number of vehicles on the road continuing to rise, mo...
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8 Free Geographic Information System (GIS) Readers
8 Free Geographic Information System (GIS) Readers The construction industry has been using Geographic information Systems for many years and in many countries is mandatory on Government projects. GIS are basically data about a project’s location, combined with and including features such as b...
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Mabey achieves BIM Level 2 Certification for Design and Construction
Mabey achieves BIM Level 2 Certification for Design and Construction Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey today announces that its UK Hire business has achieved BIM Level 2 certification for Design and Construction. This certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI)...
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Geophysical Survey Systems introduces LineTrac™ XT to Detect AC Power and RF Energy in Conduits
Geophysical Survey Systems introduces LineTrac™ XT to Detect AC Power and RF Energy in Conduits GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces the availability of LineTrac™ XT, an accessory to the StructureScan Mini XT. The combination of the StructureS...
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HARDT Global Mobility creates partnership with BAM for Europe’s first Hyperloop test facility
HARDT Global Mobility creates partnership with BAM for Europe’s first Hyperloop test facility Bunnik, the Netherlands, 15 May 2017 – HARDT Global Mobility is forming a partnership with BAM. The aim of the Delft based start-up company is to create the first Hyperloop test facility in Europe in order...
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Balfour Beatty and West Sussex County Council trial drone technology for bridge inspections
Balfour Beatty and West Sussex County Council trial drone technology for bridge inspections West Sussex County Council, in partnership with Balfour Beatty Living Places, has begun trialling the use of drones to inspect bridges across the county. Trials have so far been held at Swan Bridge in Pulboro...
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Successful Deep Soil Mixing trials lead to multi-million project on the Mersey Gateway Crossing
Successful Deep Soil Mixing trials lead to multi-million project on the Mersey Gateway Crossing Deep Soil Mixing Ltd has commenced work on the prestigious new Mersey Gateway project between Widnes and Runcorn in Cheshire for Merseylink CCJV. The work being undertaken by Deep Soil Mixing Ltd is the i...
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Briggs and Stratton Vanguard™ Transportguard® technology reduces potential engine damage
Briggs and Stratton Vanguard™ Transportguard® technology reduces potential engine damage Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power developed and patented the Vanguard™ TransportGuard® engine feature to prevent damage caused by oil and fuel dilution during transportation. The innovation effectively redu...
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Elon Musk and his Boring Company will take cars underground
Elon Musk and his Boring Company will take cars underground Elon Musk who brought us the Tesla electric car, solar powered house tiles, the SpaceX rocket programme and the hyperloop high speed train has set up a tunnelling venture to create underground car tunnels under our cities. According to Elon...
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Hyundai Construction Equipment extends free use of Hi-Mate Remote Management System to five years
Hyundai Construction Equipment Extends Free Use of Hi-Mate Remote Management System to Five Years Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas, Inc., has announced that they have extended the period during which owners of Hyundai wheel loaders and their full-sized excavators may use its Hi-Mate remote ma...
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Balfour Beatty benefits from its successful CCTV Citywatch programme in Southampton
Balfour Beatty benefits from its successful CCTV Citywatch programme in Southampton Balfour Beatty Living Places has increased the scope of its service delivery for Southampton City Council with additional responsibility for the city’s CCTV systems. The increased service delivery builds on a strong...
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Virtual Reality is revolutionising Construction Operator Training
Virtual Reality is revolutionising Construction Operator Training Finding and keeping trained, skilled heavy equipment operators is one of the greatest challenges facing the construction industry. With tight schedules and increased project risk there is less and less room for human error and poor pe...
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Dubai rolls out Bridges Management and Maintenance System program
Dubai rolls out Bridges Management and Maintenance System program The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has launched Bridges Management and Maintenance System (BMMS) Program. The program manages all works related to the assessment of various road conditions and identifying the required ma...
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Can Biology give us the answers for a better transport system?
Can Biology give us the answers for a better transport system? Wanis Kabbaj works at the intersection of biology and transport. As the director of global strategy for healthcare logistics at UPS, his mission is to find ways for business to transport their temperature sensitive medicines and biotechn...
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Adelaide Airport rolls out Australasia’s first fully automated airport management system
Adelaide Airport rolls out Australasia’s first fully automated airport management system An agreement with Amadeus marks the continued expansion of Adelaide Airport’s. Adelaide’s vision is to achieve operational excellence and achieve high passenger satisfaction with this step-change in airpor...
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Iowa State engineers test heated pavement technology at Des Moines International Airport
Iowa State engineers test heated pavement technology at Des Moines International Airport Iowa State University’s Halil Ceylan picked up his smartphone, opened up an app and called up the remote controls for the first full-scale test slabs of electrically conductive concrete installed at an American...
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Parsons and MIT host infrastructure, smart cities, and transportation workshop
Parsons and MIT host infrastructure, smart cities, and transportation workshop In early March, Parsons and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosted the Infrastructure, Smart Cities, and Transportation workshop. The day-long event br...
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Mechanical Concrete Pothole Terminator promises tyre based pothole repairs
Mechanical Concrete Pothole Terminator promises tyre based pothole repairs Inventor and former West Virginia Secretary of Transportation – Samuel G. Bonasso and his partner – Jim Matuga have developed a long-term repair for potholes – the “Mechanical Concrete Pothole Terminator.” Accordi...
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European Investment Bank supports Volvo Group’s research for fuel efficiency and safety in trucks, buses, and construction equipment
European Investment Bank supports Volvo Group’s research for fuel efficiency and safety in trucks, buses, and construction equipment On Thursday, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Volvo Treasury AB Sweden, a subsidiary in the Volvo Group, have completed a EUR 600 million loan agreement. The fin...
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Construction Simulator 2 now available for Android, iPhone and iPad
Construction Simulator 2 now available for Android, iPhone and iPad Astragon Entertainment GmbH and weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbH have announced the newest release of their internationally popular Construction Simulator – Construction Simulator 2 for iPhone® and iPad® as well as smart...
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Siemens to present connected thinking at Traffex 2017
Siemens to present connected thinking at Traffex 2017 Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, will demonstrate the benefits of “connected thinking” by showcasing integrated solutions for sustainable, safe, clean, connected and efficient transport systems at Traffex 2017. According...
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Siemens to launch next generation ANPR camera at Traffex 2017
Siemens to launch next generation ANPR camera at Traffex 2017 Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, will launch Sicore ll, its next generation ANPR camera platform at Traffex 2017 at the NEC, Birmingham (4-6 April) on stand C10. Sicore ll is based on more than 30 years of experi...
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