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Italian consulting company Italferr created a digital twin for designing the new Genoa bridge and won accolades at Bentley Systems: Bentley Year in Infrastructure Awards

Efficient aggregate production technology is now coming to market, offering lower cost/tonne production

Material transfer vehicles offer a buffer between asphalt trucks and pavers, optimising flow, and new models coming to market offer improved performance

The new Victory Boogie Woogie Tunnel will be the most sustainable tunnel in the Netherlands.

Simex is offering a wide range of hydraulic attachments for materials recycling duties.

More power but less fuel consumption is a key environmental feature of Soilmec’s SR-75 piling rig, the latest addition to the company’s Blue Tech line. Alongside increased transportability, the SR-75 decreases fuel consumption with its Tier 4 final engine to provide cutting-edge rig control and remote monitoring with DMS (distributed monitoring system).

Tyre particles or brake dust washing from a road surface can cause contamination of water courses without careful measures.

The IRF is using online training, which allows the road construction sector to improve skills for personnel.

In these difficult times, contractors still have a duty to maintain safety for lone workers.

A series of webinars run by STAC and the IRF will address the issues raised by Covid-19.

Other options exist for road surfacing and repair work that can prove cost-effective in the right application

Despite the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy – one of the world’s hardest hit nations –the Genoa Bridge replacement continues, with more deck sections in position

As governments around the world assess the best way to jump-start their economies, attention will inevitably turn to the role of road infrastructure development, and the associated financing mechanisms.

The European Commission’s Green Deal recognises that sustainable road infrastructure will keep Europe’s highways at the core of the continent's economy

Two of the leaders in the milling machine market are now offering upgraded planers