Asphalt milling, paving & compaction

MOBA and Highway Data Systems, HDS, team up in the United Kingdom

January 11, 2016

MOBA UK and Highway Data Systems (HDS) have formed a joint venture to provide road builders with sensing technology and HDS/MATest’s materials testing. MOBA’s hardware is used to capture data from a range of sensors on the paving machine. HDS delivers post-paving quality control testing using its vehicle mounted systems. MOBA is based in Limburg, Germany, and Highway Data Systems, has offices in Glasgow, Scotland, and in Hitchin, England.

Concern for Russia’s poor road quality

December 14, 2015

A new report highlights the poor conditions of Russia’s roads. The latest Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 shows that is in 123rd position worldwide in terms of road quality. The report is based on polls carried out from Russian businessmen and assessed the quality of local roads at 2.7 points on average on a scale from 1 - 7. However this ranking is an improvement on the previous report carried out in 2012, when Russia’s roads scored 136th worldwide for quality.

Ethiopia’s rapid road building

December 10, 2015

Ethiopia is undergoing a rapid economic growth and infrastructure construction programme. This is helping drive the country’s economy, with new roads, railways and dams amongst the major civils works currently under construction. The road expansion programme is one of the key targets for the infrastructure work and it is estimated that road network of the country will be expanded to 136,000km in all.

Improved Lanzhou airport road link in China

December 10, 2015

An upgraded road link will reduce travel time to and from Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport in China Work on the expressway connecting Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport to Lanzhou city centre is now underway. An important role in the resurfacing work is being played by the use of materials supplied by Shell Bitumen. The facility is the main airport for Gansu Province and it is of major economic importance to the region. The expressway runs some 70km from Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport to the centre of Lanzhou. Work on the

LiuGong has major plans for future corporate development

December 10, 2015

LiuGong unveiled new machines as well as its plans for the future at the BICES 2015 construction equipment show in Beijing recently. Trading conditions are tough in China at the moment, but LiuGong is performing better financially than many of its local rivals according to the firm. LiuGong’s vice-president, Dave Beatenbough said that the firm is particularly well known for its wheeled loaders, a product line for which the firm is a market leader in China. However, he explained that the company is actively

LiuGong’s new paver is aimed at emerging markets

December 8, 2015

LiuGong’s new CLG509A paver is aimed at use on projects for roads, parking lots and airports. The firm says that it is suitable for bituminous concrete, stabilising soil, lime-ash soil and all kinds of road materials while it can handle paving widths of up to 9m and has a maximum throughput of 700tonnes/ hour. It has four closed-loop working modes (paving or moving forward and backward), which the firm claims improve stability. The machine is also said to deliver high performance when paving on the straight

Asphalt paving trial for mat quality using MTVs

December 8, 2015

An asphalt paving trial at Rome Airport tested mat quality with and without the use of MTVs Rome’s airport Fiumicino or the Leonardo da Vinci Airport of Rome is one of Europe’s busiest airports and lies 25.6km southwest of the city, a 30-minute train ride away.