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Power Curbers and its sister company Power Pavers are both benefiting from increased demand for machines - Mike Woof writes Both Power Pavers and Power Curbers are experiencing strong demand from customers for new machines. Both firms have long order books at present, with an improved US market having helped unlock pent up demand from contractors that had deferred decisions to buy new units for some time. And both Power Curbers and Power Pavers are also benefiting from strong overseas sales also, to mark

A contractor in Nigeria has used concrete paving equipment from Wirtgen to construct a road surface in the south-west of the country AG-Dangote Construction Company used an SP 500 model to repave the road connecting Itori with Ibese, In Nigeria’s Ogun State. For this project, the contractor, a joint venture between the Brazilian company Andrade Gutierrez Company and Nigeria’s Dangote Group, relied on the Wirtgen slipform paver in inset application.

Change is afoot at Miller Formless following its change of ownership, with investment in research and design a priority – Mike Woof writes Miller Formless is undergoing a process of change under its new ownership, with investment in the factory as well as in the product range. The recent tie-up between Guntert & Zimmerman and Miller Formless has brought additional global manufacturing capacity. Guntert & Zimmerman had established a manufacturing presence in India through an agreement with a local firm, a

The Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point project is creating a seventh land crossing, including highways and tunnels, between Shenzhen in China and Hong Kong There are already two control points on the eastern side of the New Territories between China and Hong Kong - at Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok – to access eastern Shenzhen and Guangdong. All cross-boundary traffic travelling from these points must use busy local roads in Hong Kong and Shenzhen before joining the major highway systems. The US

Organised by the International Road Federation (IRF Geneva) a day before the official opening of the 18th IRF World Meeting, a Transport Ministers Forum was held in Delhi, India on 13th November 2017. Highlighting how the rise in road accidents is increasing the burden on healthcare in low and middle-income countries including India, Union health minister J P Nadda said about 48% of hospital beds in surgical wards are occupied by road traffic injury patients in these countries. Nadda said road traffic de

The International Road Federation (IRF Geneva & IRF India) has received the prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award 2017 for its Enhanced First Aid Programme The prize was handed over to the IRF chairman, Kiran Kapila and Susanna Zammataro, IRF executive director at a special ceremony held at The Savoy in London on Tuesday 12th December in the presence of His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent. Since 2015, IRF has undertaken several initiatives to strengthen ‘’pre-hospital’’ trauma

The International Road Federation will host a gathering of mobility professionals and road, tunnel and bridge equipment manufacturers from around the world. These industry professionals will attend the IRF Global Road Conference & Expo, November 7-9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. According to IRF president & CEO C Patrick Sankey "The IRF Global Road Conference and R2T Global Expo combine to offer a new international meeting point where leading industry innovators, researchers, and stakeholders acquire

Form and functionality come together in Denmark’s latest Storstrom Bridge design. David Arminas reports. An Italian joint venture recently won the construction contract for what will be one of Denmark’s longest bridges, the replacement 4km-long road and rail Storstrom Bridge. The Danish Road Directorate - Vejdirektoratet - awarded the work to a joint venture of Condotte and Grandi Lavori Fincosit along with bridge design consultant Seteco Ingegneria as a subcontractor. Estimated cost is around €550 milli

New road connection linking Europe to Asia scoops IRF Global Road Achievement Award The Eurasia Tunnel was built to connect the Asian and European sides of Istanbul for the first time via a 3.4km twin-deck road tunnel going underneath the seabed. The 14.6km Eurasia Tunnel route was identified based on extensive feasibility studies conducted in 2005 for the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey. Its main aim was to relieve Istanbul’s transcontinental traffic pressure, reduce

Dynapac is now part of the Fayat Group and is a new sibling for fellow road machinery firm BOMAG - Mike Woof writes. The purchase of Dynapac from its previous owner, Atlas Copco, by the Fayat Group did generate some comment in the construction machinery sector. Dynapac, a long-standing player in the road machinery segment, is a rival to a firm that is already a key component in the Fayat Group, BOMAG. Both BOMAG and Dynapac make ranges of soil compactors, asphalt compactors, asphalt pavers and milling m

People in the Pearl River Delta are celebrating the Chinese New Year with the imminent opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. David Arminas reviews progress. China’s Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year, is celebrated with the usual enthusiasm and spectacular fireworks. But celebrations will be particularly joyous for many people in the southern Pearl River Delta. The soon-to-be-open Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) will slash travel time between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Zhuh

A sophisticated formwork solution has played an important part in the construction of a new road and rail tunnel in Qatar in the Middle East. The formwork system was supplied by ULMA, which supplied its equipment for the construction of the Lusail Boulevard Tunnel in Qatar. The new tunnel provides access to the new Lusail City Development, from the heart of Doha and will be a vital transport link for the planned 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament. The overall Lusail City Development, located 15km north of Do

Crucial piling work for the elevated approach to a bridge at Haiphong in Vietnam has been carried out by a Liebherr rig Highly productive and reliable, the Liebherr LB36-410 rig has been used to complete piles for the new bridge link. The machine has had success drilling through waterlogged ground and has helped to keep the project on schedule. Vietnamese ground engineering and foundations specialist contractor, Dua Fat Foundation Joint Stock Company has been using the Liebherr LB 36-410 rotary drillin

Stud placement just got a lot safer for road operatives in continental Europe thanks to a collaboration between the UK’s WJ Group and Belgium’s ACB. UK-based WJ Group and ACB formed their joint venture company, ACBWJ around 2006 to share product knowledge, marketing and research into thermoplastics and road markings. ACBWJ will officially launch WJ’s Guardian stud placement vehicle into the European market at the Intertraffic exhibition in Amsterdam from March 20-23.