Safety remains paramount but crosswalks can also be colourful and fun. The increasing popularity of colourful crosswalks is exercising the creativity of municipalities around Europe. An example is the use of DecoMark preformed thermoplastic markings in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The art collective Opperclaes, working with urbanism agency Street Makers, designed an artwork-style crosswalk on the Westblaak area of Rotterdam. The Westblaak is a busy street in the city centre and connects Churchill Square with the
Paul Ducker Systems (PDS), a sub-contractor to Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, has appointed Team Simoco to provide communication systems for the new A3 Hindhead road tunnel and the refurbishment of the A1 Hatfield road tunnel.
Specialising in supplying transportation infrastructure for tunnels and road networks, PDS also provides solutions to metro, rail and airport operators, and the Hindhead and Hatfield road tunnels, near London, are the latest contracts to be won by the company.
PDS has selecte
Austria to start A5 motorway construction in March
Construction companies will be able to bid for the first section of Austria’s A5 motorway project in the beginning of December.
Austrian motorway operator Asfinag said a tender will be issued for the $408.55 million project, but gave no specific date for publication.
The announcement follows the Austria’s Administrative Court’s recent rejection of a case against the Schrick to Poysbrunn section of the motorway.
Asfinag will call for tender bid
