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Bitumen plant manufacturer EmulBitume unveiled at the major Pavement Preservation and Recycling Summit (PPRS) in Paris the company’s first storable cold mix-mini plant specifically for pothole repair work. The semi-automated plant has been designed for small batches suitable for efficient pothole maintenance, making the plant an important product for today’s asset management companies, said EmulBitume. EmulBitume’s mini-plant eliminates the cost of handling large quantities of cold mix in bags becaus

GSSI is introducing the sophistictaed BridgeScan condition assessment system. This package is used for concrete inspection and utility mapping of bridges. Said to be both affordable and versatile, this ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment can be used to assess concrete condition on bridge decks, as well as parking structures. Using this unit offers accurate assessments of concrete condition, which improves repair cost estimation and saves time and money. With BridgeScan, identification of rebar

Redflex has won approval for its fixed speed enforcement technology in Holland. The REDFLEXspeed-radar system has undergone testing by the Dutch metrology institute, NMi, and verified to meet the country’s requirements. Under extensive testing the camera was found to perform accurately at speeds from 20km/h to 320km/h. The firm claims that this is the first fixed speed enforcement system to utilise dual radar detection, maximising detection rates and eliminating anomalies such as phantom signals, reflec

Yotta is now offering the latest version of its Horizons visualised asset management platform. Version 2.6 of the package is said to provide a better user experience with improved visualisation. The latest version of the cloud-based solution also offers improved transparency with upgraded reporting providing clear and auditable work trails. Users of Horizons 2.6 can now directly link documents and images in Horizons, improving access to detailed information about a specific asset through the use of phot

Atlas Copco is offering a versatile, twin-handled, walk-behind, vibrating screed for use in concrete applications. Compact, single-beam vibrating screed allows contractors to level concrete in a variety of applications, including garage floors and driveways as well as in confined areas. The BV30’s interchangeable blades, lightweight aluminum body and rigid screed blade provide maximum versatility, easy handling and stability. Atlas Copco exhibited the BV30 vibrating screed at World of Concrete, Feb. 3-5

Caterpillar’s hallmark has been to stake its brand value on the ability to improve on products already considered very good. So it was with some pride that the global group unveiled its new 313F L GC tracked excavator during a dealer and media demonstration conference in Malaga, southern Spain in early March. The 313’s close cousin is the 312E, a high-use machine designed to put in long hours to maximise the owner’s productivity over the machine’s life cycle. The machine’s owner likely gets paid by the h

Until recently the switch from self-steering axles to hydraulic steering required considerably more investment. But Nooteboom solved the problem with it’s latest generation MCOS semi low-loaders with hydraulic steering which are the optimal transport solution for the transport of medium-weight machinery up to 47tonnes. Nooteboom’s SMART programme has made this a much more attractive proposition. The MCOS programme comprises 3-axle and 4-axle hydraulically steered semi low-loaders, with either a fixed or

Caterpillar’s tools division has added three tools to its G300 series of demolition and sorting grapples. Caterpillar Work Tools, based in the Netherlands, now offers the G310 GC, G313 GC and G315 GC grapples for hydraulic excavators with operating weights between 10-19tonnes. The units are specifically for sorting out debris at source, loading and unloading containers or stripping a building before demolition. The G300 GC grapples are available with a fixed upper head or with a top plate for mountin

Trailer manufacturer Kögel, together with freight transport provider Siegfried Serrahn, have put forward the case for the introduction of a 1.3m trailer extension within the European Union. Their proposition is for a combined vehicle length of 17.8m as compared to the Long Truck Total combined length of 25.25m. They recently presented their case using a scale model to the European Commission’s General Director Mobility and Transport DG MOVE. Having a length of just 17.8m, the extended semi-trailer combinat

Sandvik Construction has announced that Baltem has been appointed distributor for Sandvik’s mobile crushers and screens in the Baltic. Baltem, operating in Estonia, Lithuania and Estonia, also is supplying full aftermarket care, spare parts and customer service. Baltem, based in Tallinn, Estonia, is a subsidiary of the Sumitomo Corporation and a supplier of Komatsu equipment. Sandvik Construction recently announced improvements to its mobile crushers and screens, including its top-end scalper range wi

Liebherr is offering its customers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and the UK the opportunity to hire construction machines using a smartphone and tablet app. The app – in English, German and French – provides a quick overview of the equipment available in the Liebherr hire park and of the Liebherr dealer network. Available earthmoving machines and tower cranes are shown in a product overview and technical data, a short description and images can then be called up. After selecting a machine,

Crane service provider Sarens has used a Terex Superlift 3800 lattice boom crawler crane to lift a pedestrian and bicycle steel bridge over the A4 Autoroute near Schiltigheim, in the Aisace region of France. The job was out of the ordinary, according to the Sarens Group, a transport and specialised rigging specialist based in Wolvertem, Belgium. “We didn’t have a special permit for a heavy-load transport with the required weight,” said Sarens project manager Joost Elsen.