Features

Duisburg double for lift specialist Sarens

June 5, 2024

Heavy lift specialist Sarens overcame challenging wind and water conditions during installation of two strategic road bridges - the Oberbürgermeister Karl Lehr Brücke and the Hafenkanalbrücke - in the German city of Duisburg.

Bitumen tech: innovation for decarbonisation

June 4, 2024

Kristina Smith examines four new products and processes, including bio-bitumen produced from algae, designed to lower the carbon footprint of asphalt mixes.

Climate resistant transport infrastructure

May 30, 2024

Building resilient transport infrastructure in developing countries: the key role of capacity building in addressing climate change challenges

On the road to the IRF Istanbul Congress, first stop: decarbonisation

May 30, 2024

As the world gears up for the highly anticipated IRF World Congress 2024 to be hosted in Istanbul on 15-18 October 2024, work on some of the core themes of the Congress is moving on steadily.

Under the overarching theme of “Connecting to Empower Mobility: Roads as Enablers of a Sustainable Future for All”, the Congress serves as a dynamic platform to explore innovative solutions and collaborative efforts.

Challenging Colombian tunnel completed

May 30, 2024

A tunnel stretch on Colombia’s Santa Fe - Cañasgordas highway is complete – Mauro Nogarin reports

Digital transformation with production system solutions from Wirtgen Group

May 24, 2024

Maximising a machine’s uptime, allocation of resources the most efficient way, completing projects on schedule and ensuring the quality of results are nowadays major factors that decide whether a company can run its business successfully or not. This is amplified by the fact that the labor-intensive construction sector is affected by a global shortage of skilled workforce like few other industries and has to meet far-reaching requirements for quality, documentation, and sustainability.

Road markings and microplastics

May 13, 2024

Recent regulations from the European Commission have exempted road markings from microplastic bans and restrictions, at least for the moment, explains the ERF.

Innovations in earthmoving

May 13, 2024

New innovations for the crawler excavator market will boost productivity as well as sustainability – Mike Woof writes

Road recycling in Denmark

May 13, 2024

A novel approach to road refurbishment has saved time, money and carbon emissions in Denmark, while delivering a quality road surface.

Electric machine options

April 30, 2024

One of the notable developments in the construction machine market has been the rapid expansion in the availability of compact electric machines and a wide array of new units is coming to market – Mike Woof reports

New technology solutions

April 30, 2024

Construction machinery manufacturers are introducing new systems that can boost machine efficiency and site safety – Mike Woof writes

Take the lead in milling

April 30, 2024

Being an early adopter of machine control systems has been a benefit for a US contractor.

Wirtgen Group spare parts service

April 4, 2024

Because Wirtgen Group offers the largest portfolio of mobile road construction machines on the market, it has extensive experience with the wear properties of machine parts and can deliver them wherever and whenever globally.

A Strong Customer Support Network: Vital to intelligent Machine Control Success

April 2, 2024

With the support of the Komatsu distributor TSEs, Komatsu customers are reassured to get all the benefits from the Komatsu intelligent machine control features.