A Trabant-based tank tour now tempts tourists travelling to German capital Berlin. A firm offers visitors a guided trip around Berlin in a replica of a tank, which is based on the chassis of the East German-made Trabant car. The replica tank is intended as a joke given the diminutive size of the vehicle and it sports a mock-up of a weapon on its roof. Some locals have found the joke somewhat less than amusing however. The firm runs a total fleet of some 50 Trabants in all, which it uses to provide tourists
With the introduction of EU regulations in 2012 controlling the disposal of dry and wet waste from road sweepings and gully waste and it is not acceptable to send this material to landfill. Many local authorities have had to find an alternative solution.
R&W Civil Engineering in the southern UK country of Hampshire, is a specialist in highway construction, maintenance and other transport related services. It, along with other contractors started transporting waste material to the nearest processing stati
An innovative solution to providing vital, low-impact surface water control for one of Britain’s largest local authority road schemes is said to have been recently achieved using Hydro International’s (HI) Hydro Vortex Drop Shaft ow control technology. The new 7km bypass built by Costain at Church Village, near Pontypridd, South Wales, required careful planning to minimise its effect on the countryside and the local environment. Rhondda Cynon Taff Council needed to bypass Church Village to reduce traf c
Deere & Company plans to build two new factories in Brazil to meet growing market demand for its construction equipment products in Brazil and other South American countries. The total investment is approximately US$180 million with Deere investing approximately $124 million of the total.
