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UK-based equipment hire specialist Speedy has launched a new catalogue, including an app, for 2016 with more than 2,800 products and services across over 25 categories. The app is available on iPhone, Android and Windows Phone. Features of the new app include a product search by keyword or code, complete product detail, including pricing and images as well as a local depot locator. Russell Down, Speedy’s chief executive, said that by reducing the catalogue by 96 pages and changing to a more sustainab

JCB has started full production of its new Hydradig after the machine made its international debut at the equipment trade fair bauma in Munich in April. JCB says it has already received hundreds of orders for the new 10tonne machine which is being manufactured at the JCB Heavy Products plant in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. Around 85 people have been recruited for the production process, including engineers, welders and assembly line employees. The JCB Hydradig was developed in complete secrecy o

Following substantial investment in its telehandler fleet, UK plant hire company A-Plant has nearly 1,600 machines from 4m to 18m, at an average age of under two years. A-Plant’s telehandlers have been purchased from JCB and other leading manufacturers to provide machines that meet Stage IIIB/Tier 4 emissions regulations. The telehandlers are also equipped with the latest in telematics technology. Director of purchasing and fleet management at A-Plant, Andrew Winlow, said A-Plant’s customers have adde

Amomatic, a Finnish asphalt plant manufacturer specialising in modular batch-type plants since the 1960s, has been commissioning three asphalt plants simultanesously. Amomatic, which exhibited at bauma in Munich in April, said all of these will be helping their clients meet their asphalt production needs during the spring. A client in northern Norway has selected Amomatic’s 120 CM - Container Model - asphalt plant and assembly works which are now in full swing. The plant was chosen because of combinatio

RMD Kwikform will be supplying tens of thousands of tonnes of its formwork and shoring for construction of Qatar’s tallest bridge on the Doha East Corridor project As well as the bridge, the Corridor contract comprises four interchanges at a total cost of US$612.5 million. Ashghal, Qatar's Public Works Authority, awarded the Corridor project to China Harbour Engineering Design and Construction. Built as a five-lane 11km bypass in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the project will also cater for a rail line

Ulma Construction said that it has designed the new SBU safety working platform to allow safe working with wall formwork at any height. The SBU is composed of modular scaffolding BRIO components that are certified under the European Standards EN 12810-1/2 and EN 12811-1/2/3, which provide for safe working spaces and structures. The modularity of BRIO scaffolding components allows the SBU galvanised metal platform to adapt seamlessly to diverse geometries. The corner platform offers full coverage even at

Sokkia is introducing a new field controller for use with construction and surveying applications, the SHC5000. The unit runs the firm’s MAGNET Field, Site and Layout software and is designed as a versatile and fast handheld computer for GNSS receivers and total stations. It is also said to offer the largest screen size in the Sokkia line. The display’s capacitive touch interface comes with finger, glove, small tip stylus and water capable options. Operators can also change the screen from portrait to l

A new partnership between MWay Communications, Saint-Gobain PAM UK and Stanton Bonna has resulted in an access cover installation that cuts time on site by 50%. The system also improves site safety and ensures high quality standards are met for reduced future maintenance. The innovative precast concrete motorway communications chamber slab was developed by MWay Communications. The system is now on the market through a joint venture between Saint-Gobain PAM UK and Stanton Bonna to precast the access chamb

The Twister, from German manufacturer Traffic-lines, represents an alternative method for removing road markings. Traffic-lines says that its environmentally friendly method uses nothing but water. The system attacks the relevant area with a high-pressure water jet and then immediately sucks the used water back up together with the removed material. It uses a highly efficient suction action which means that there is no water residue left on the cleaned-up road surface. Traffic-lines says the machine is uniq

Reflective Measurement Systems says that its RetroTek-M is the first dual-line mobile retroreflectometer to be certified to EN1436 standard The RetroTek-M is a mobile pavement retroreflectometer for measuring the coefficient of retroreflected luminance (RL) of road markings. “With its ability to simultaneously measure the lines on both sides of a lane to EN1436, the RetroTek-M is the most efficient and versatile mobile retroreflectometer system on the market,” said Joe Turley, chief executive of RMS.

French company Rondino Road has boosted the performance of the compay’s latest wood-steel road guardrail. Rondino says the GRP guardrail is the first wood-steel guardrail in the world with such high performance values - CE certified according EN1317, crash tested at LIER TRANSPOLIS - N2 level from W2 to W5, the GRP offers high safety solutions. Installation of the GRP guardrail is fast and easy with only steel beam, post, bolts, wood beam and wood mask being essential. The big advantage, according to Ron

The DB 80, from Austrian manufacturer Delta Bloc, is a vehicle restraint system with a “New Jersey” profile. In conjunction with the continuous tension bar, it prevents the breakthrough of cars, according to the Delta Bloc. A Jersey barrier or Jersey wall is a modular concrete or plastic barrier used to separate lanes of traffic. It is designed to minimise vehicle damage in cases of incidental contact while still preventing the crossover case of a head-on collision. Plastic water barriers of the same gen

The latest crash test for the end terminal T4, made by SMA – Safety Modular Absorber - has been carried out to the EN 1317-7 standard. It was done in addition to the complete set of crash tests performed according to part 7 of the EN 1317. The test TT 6.3.110 had already been executed on the critical impact point selected by the CSI TestLab. SMA Road Safety said it shows “the excellence of the SMA end terminal to absorb the impacts coming from the opposite traffic direction”. The critical impact point is at

DynaWall’s main application is for use during road construction where it can assist in traffic management by shifting traffic lane barriers. The system can move up to 1,000m of safety barriers within minutes without the need of heavy-duty equipment. The system’s manufacturer, Swiss company DynaRoads, does not make the barriers. But the system is designed to be flexible enough to be used with the majority of barrier types, says Cindy Duerst, who handles international sales. The method to move the wall – any