How many workers does it take to get back under control a concrete buffer that won’t be tied down? Quite a lot, apparently, as this video shows. The real question is, which cement-head lost control of his buffer in the first place?
May 12, 2016
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How many workers does it take to get back under control a concrete buffer that won’t be tied down? Quite a lot, apparently, as this video shows. The real question is, which cement-head lost control of his buffer in the first place?
Concrete paving equipment from Wirtgen has been used to slipform a concrete road surface in south-west Nigeria
Anew concrete roadway connects the towns of Itori und Ibese in Nigeria’s Ogun State. The construction work has been carried out by AG-Dangote Construction Company and made use of the sophisticated technology offered by Wirtgen’s SP 500 slipform paver.
For this project, the contractor, a joint venture between the Brazilian company Andrade Gutierrez Company and the Dangote Group from Nigeria, rel
The question of how to finance and fund major road infrastructure projects in Australia – including the potential role of user-pays charging as a funding solution – was top of mind at the recent Roads Australia National Summit in Sydney. The two-day summit, organised by peak national body Roads Australia, is the largest and most influential annual gathering of industry decision-makers in the country. This year’s summit was held against a backdrop of concern over the future of a raft of major road projects t
Lower temperature mixes – a key advance in bitumen technology - Kristina Smith reports
Warm and cold mix asphalts were not on the original agenda for this year’s Eurasphalt & Eurobitume Congress, being held in Istanbul in June. But when the organisers took a look through the papers submitted for their sustainability-themed event, they realised that this is one of the industry’s hottest topics.
“We hadn’t quite anticipated the high level of research in this area,” says E&E’s technical programme committee c
Even conscientious professional people can get caught out by severe winter weather, as this video from Canada shows.
We at World Highways hope that all our valued readers in the globe’s chillier regions have taken the time this season to ensure their safety by winterising their vehicles.
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