Improving road safety in the EU has resulted in a drop in the fatality rate. Official figures just released show that the number of people killed on Europe's roads fell by 8% in 2013. This follows on from the drop in fatalities of between 2011 and 2012. These provisional figures released by the European Commission provide grounds for optimism and Antonio Avenoso, executive director of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) said, “We welcome the reduction in the number of road deaths in Europe last yea
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) yesterday launched a solicitation under its Technology Partnerships programme that aims to help highway industry innovations make the leap from promising prototypes to market-ready products. Each grant award will range from US$250,000 to $1,000,000 for up to two years of performance, to fund the critical final steps in developing technologies with potential to improve highway quality and safety or reduce construction congestion. The programme also promotes partne
Doka, an Austrian formwork solutions company, has commissioned a new powder-coating plant in St. Martin, close to the company’s corporate headquarters in Amstetten
