Jason Bittner discusses effective strategies for implementing efficient asset management practices The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) established a performance-based highway programme aimed at improving how Federal transportation funds are allocated. The MAP-21 programme requires state departments of transport (DOT) to develop risk-based transportation asset management plans (TAMP) for roads and bridges. This move has also refocused attention on the need for asset management in t
Construction of the vehicle restraint system for the new Rheinbrücke A1 Leverkusen (bridge) in Germany was a challenge, according to REBLOC, maker of the system.
Global demand for asphalt is projected to expand 2.8%/year until 2019 and will reach 122.5 million tonnes. These gains will be driven by growth in China and other developing countries as they work to improve their transportation infrastructures. This report has been published by the US-based Freedonia Group.
XCMG has been highlighting many of its latest machines' new energy technologies, including the game-changing XCA60_EV, the world's first hybrid all-terrain crane developed for Europe.
The XCA60_EV allows for fully zero-emission lifting operating and dual-drive in jobsite transfer. The company said the XCA60_EV raises energy conservation and environmental protection to a new level.
