Concrete milling, paving & compaction

Chile planning road repairs

February 27, 2012

Chile's Ministry of Public Works (MOP) will re-open highway concessions worth over US$1 billion shortly.

Sichuan targets roads

February 27, 2012

In China, Sichuan Province is placing a high value on road upgrades and improvements.

Uganda sees new highway and bridge work

February 27, 2012

Uganda's Aswa Bridge and Mbarara-Katuna highway will be repaired in a deal worth US$160 million.

Cambodia's road repair action plan

February 24, 2012

A newly planned project aims to address road maintenance issues in Cambodia.

Indonesian road repair budget

February 24, 2012

The highway authorities in Indonesia are setting a budget of US$1.79 billion to maintain 34,000km of roads in the country during 2010.

Brazil's flood damage

February 23, 2012

Major repairs are required to roads and bridges in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State following the recent spate of flooding.

Pervious concrete improves storm water drainage

February 23, 2012

MINNESOTA CITIES including Minneapolis and Richfield have been testing pervious concrete on parking lots and other hard surfaces to improve storm water management. In Shoreview MN, the authorities went a stage further by opting to replace a storm drainage system with pervious concrete.

Productive and reliable concrete paving

February 22, 2012

A new Power Curbers 5700-C-MAX machine is being used on a slipforming project in Tampa, Florida in the USA. The project involves major upgrades to the road link, which is being widened from two lanes to four, with two lanes in either direction. The C-MAX package from Power Curbers allows the 5700 machine to pave wider and higher forms than before. This operation involves the construction of new concrete kerbs and

Pothole damage to be repaired

February 21, 2012

Councils in England will be given more than £100 million (€e117 million) of extra funding to spend on repairing potholes, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

Flood damage costing Queensland

February 20, 2012

The cost of repairing roads, highways and bridges damaged by the recent flooding in Queensland is expected to cost around US$2.47 billion (A$2.5 billion).