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A new route in Norway will provide a faster and greener highway connection between the capital city Oslo and the northern city of Trondheim

Produced in the UK for the European market, the Komatsu “Hybrid” range has gone from strength to strength, with the 1,000th unit produced in the summer of 2020 at the Komatsu UK factory near Newcastle.

After a pilot programme, California’s Caltrans is reviewing its highway design standards

How far has machine control technology come and what does the future hold?

The vote paves the way for the final adoption and publication in the Official Journal of the amended version of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628.

Research by a US university is using linked up driving and cycling simulators to help with safer urban road designs for both drivers and cyclists

The Indian Government continues to show high levels of aggressiveness for developing its road infrastructure.

As fuel tax revenue disappears in the pandemic, the city of Janesville, Wisconsin is seeing savings and performance benefits

A wind of trade protectionism referred to as “Covid nationalism” has started blowing on global trade markets in the wake of the coronavirus pandemics. Countries are now implementing border restrictions in an attempt to control the spread of the virus.

Construction of Poland’s longest road tunnel is progressing with an MK Formwork Carriage system from Spanish manufacturer Ulma.

Reducing carbon emissions from the energy intensive cement and concrete production sectors will help stop climate change

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looked at how much fuel – and, hence carbon – could be saved by making roads in the US stiffer. They concluded that by resurfacing 10% of roads every year for the next 50 years, 0.5% of total transport emissions, or 440 megatons, would be saved over that period.

Case CE, Hitachi, JCB and Wacker Neuson are amongst the equipment manufacturers convinced of the potential for electric construction machines

Arizona State University’s Schools of Engineering and FORTA Corporation, a Pennsylvania-based leader in the synthetic reinforcement fibres industry have announced a partnership to support further research into the resilience of pavements.

This is the year that the European Union will push ahead with its new DigiPLACE project, an initiative designed to develop a construction industry “fit for the digital age”. But what does that mean on the ground, in the real world?