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Kohler is offering innovative hybrid power systems that can be used in an array of construction machine installations

Sophisticated technology has been used to help resurface a racetrack in Italy

Istanbul – the city on two continents – will be hosting the IRF World Congress in 2024. The venue of this prestigious event was unveiled at the closing of the two-day IRF Annual Conference hosted on 20th-21st October under the theme: “Innovation: Charting Pathways to a Sustainable Mobility”.

In this, the first in a series of top-level roundtable discussions led by World Highways, editor Mike Woof and editorial director Geoff Hadwick talk machine control technology with three world-class experts from Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, Topcon and Trimble. Find out what these key opinion leaders are thinking on six vitally important topics. Let them help you stay ahead of the game.

CAV, V2X, C-ITS, CCAM – the acronyms are differing, but they all have in common that they denominate the linking of road infrastructure and vehicles with the aim to improve traffic flow, reduce emissions and make traffic safer and our journeys more convenient.

The global Italian undercarriage manufacturer is forging ahead with a major lean manufacturing transformation that is already seeing results. David Arminas reports from the company’s 500,000m² plant in Copparo.

Shock figures from the AA reveal more than £11bn-worth of potholes need repairing across the UK and British digger maker JCB is on a mission to fix them.

Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.

The link between any major city and its airport is a crucial one. In Auckland, New Zealand, State Highway 20B connects the city of 1.6 million people with the rest of the nation and the international airport, one of only two roads leading there

The agency proposing the UK’s LagoonHull project says it’s development and construction costs could be between €1.2-2.4 billion.

El Salvador prioritises infrastructure for its 2022 budget.

The crawler excavator market is highly competitive and Doosan and Hitachi are keeping up the pressure with the introduction of high performing new models

Bomag is launching its new BM/65 series of cold planers

Bomag equipment was essential for constructing the Mandalika circuit, according to R3, the project’s asphalt technical consultant.

The first machines to complete a circuit of Indonesia’s new Mandalika International motorsport track were a series of Bomag pavers and rollers. They can claim a best-in-class finish when it comes to creating the ultimate surface for a competitive racing track.