Features

A decade of research has hit the roads in Scandinavia and the UK as Nynas launches Nypol RE, a lower-carbon PMB with a biogenic component

In this, the third in our series of top-level roundtable discussions led by World Highways, editor Mike Woof and roundtable host Nadira Tudor talk machine control technology with three world-class experts from Leica Geosystems (part of Hexagon), Topcon, and Trimble. There’s never been a more exciting time to be in construction as innovation makes us more productive, more efficient, more sustainable, and better connected. Autonomy means opportunity.

In Australia, the use of waste materials in roads, including higher proportions of RAP, is gaining pace. Meanwhile, the industry in the US is looking to invest in net zero technologies

An array of advanced technologies are now coming to market for the concrete plant segment. Manufacturers are developing new systems that offer rewards in output quality and productivity, while also benefiting from sophisticated systems that allow gains in material logistics

New equipment is providing major benefits for aggregate production, offering superior product quality as well as increased throughput, while also being able to better meet sustainability targets for customers

IRF will once again showcase its global convening power with major regional conferences in North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean in 2023.

A wide array of new items of compact utility equipment are coming to market, with low emissions and noise as key machine trends

Key advances are being seen in the asphalt plant market, with leading manufacturers developing new systems to produce materials more efficiently and with lower emissions, while using more recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) and also offering greater mobility

A key milestone of the Ten Step Project Tanzania, TanRAP – launched on 14 September 2022 – is an initiative headed by the Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT), which aims to build capacity and improve the safety of road infrastructure in the country in partnership with other leading stakeholders such as Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS), Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA), Tanzania Road Association (TARA), National Institute of Transport (NIT), Road Safety Ambassadors (RSA), Roads Fund Board (RFB), development banks, mobility clubs, road safety NGOs and industry.

Tanzania is kick-starting construction work on the missing link in East Africa's multinational road

Trials have been completed successfully using asphalt manufactured with recycled waste plastic in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Simon Tetley, of VNA Consulting and ARRB Systems, explains the process.

The recent E&E Event in Vienna suggests that decarbonisation, digitalisation and diversification are fast changing the road paving sector, reports Kristina Smith.

The use of waste materials in roads, including higher proportions of RAP, is gaining ground.

Domenic Ruccolo, CSO Wirtgen Group and Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing, and Product Support, Global Construction Equipment, John Deere, spoke with Mike Woof

Fayat Group president Jean-Claude Fayat discussed the firm’s business developments with Mike Woof