The use of GPS machine control on sub-base has improved final rideability on a major highway reconstruction project. Innovative construction techniques have helped to upgrade a 9.6km stretch of the 307km long I-96 highway in the US state of Michigan. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) project was initiated in the third quarter of 2009 and was completed in the fourth quarter of 2010. Interstate Highway Construction acted as general contractor on the project, which included widening the shoulder
Spencer is working on behalf of Fraser Crossing Constructors GP - a joint venture between Acciona and Aecon - on the suspension bridge near Vancouver, Canada.
With the European economy in crisis and continuing shifts in the world order, manufacturers must re-think their business strategies if they are to succeed. Seasoned survivor Pasquale di Iorio, CEO of construction testing equipment specialist CONTROLS Group shares his plans for the future - Kristina Smith met him in Italy Pasquale Di Iorio has been at the helm of construction testing equipment manufacturer CONTROLS Group since 1996. First impressions suggest that Di Iorio is a strong leader: confidently dete
Asphalt and bitumen industry attention is turning to the Eurasphalt and Eurobitume (E&E) Congress Congress being held next month in Istanbul, Turkey. Guy Woodford reports
Held every four years, the Eurasphalt and Eurobitume Congress is always a well-attended event that can be both commercially beneficial and thought-provoking for asphalt and bitumen industry companies and organisations.
Judging by a joint statement released by Eurobitume president Alberto Bardesi and European Asphalt Pavement Associatio
