Features

For over 20 years, MB Crusher has offered a full line of innovative and patented jaw crusher and screener buckets and accessories for excavators, skid-steer loaders and backhoes of all sizes. Guy Woodford sat down with Alessia Valerio, MB's communications manager, at the recent 31st edition of SaMoTer in Verona to learn more about the company's latest developments and future growth plans

Robert Lisinge, chief, Energy, Infrastructure and Services Section at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) speaks to the IRF about the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement entered into force in 2019.

The Samuel De Champlain Bridge Corridor in Montreal, Canada is a complex project which includes one of the largest bridge projects in North America, the $4.2 billion signature cable-stayed Samuel De Champlain Bridge, as well as a new Île-des-Soeurs Bridge, reconstruction and widening of the federal portion of Autoroute 15, a 2,044m west approach, and a 762m east approach.

Managing a busy worksite can be time consuming and challenging, with many different and interdependent tasks and with numerous contractors, sub-contractors, sites and machines at play. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) makes it easier to connect the pieces of the puzzle with a new digital solution, Task Manager.

Milling machines from Wirtgen were used as part of the successful project to resurface a runway for Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany

The financial cost of road crashes in the US places a heavy burden

According to the National Asphalt Paving Association (NAPA), the use of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) is increasing in the US.

New developments will make utility machines more efficient and reliable, lowering running costs for users

The major players in the concrete slipforming market are offering an array of new and improved technologies for users

Since the 1920s, the diesel engine has dominated the earthmoving machinery sector as a means of motive power but that is now changing

The gathering of Europe’s toll professionals offers a chance for views to be exchanged by senior people on a number of big issues: and there’s currently an awful lot to think about

Transitioning to zero-carbon transport globally is essential to keep climate change in check. Yet seven years after the Paris Climate Agreement, transport emissions are still rising. In a new op-ed, Nina Elter argues that a radical shift in our approach to transportation sustainability is required. Every year, governments around the world invest more than US$700 billion in road infrastructure. While these investments yield significant economic and social returns, transport continues to generate large costs on societies, in the form of harmful emissions, traffic injuries and lost time due to congestion.

An innovative zero emissions cement trial is starting in the UK, with the aim of developing net zero cement for the global construction industry

The market for ruggedised demolition excavators has very specific requirements, with three new models now available – Mike Woof writes

This is a special year for the International Road Federation as it marks the 75th anniversary of its creation.