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The role of anti-stripping agents in asphalt performance
November 25, 2016
Anti-stripping agents are often overlooked when boosting the performance of asphalt, according to Italian road chemicals producer Iterchimica
Interest grows in Kaugummiasphalt cold mix from Macismo
November 25, 2016
Asphalt supplier BPH says Czech highway officials have been meeting with autobahn managers from Germany’s Leipzig region to discuss cold path repair methods on concrete surfaces. BPH, founded in 2013 in Königsbrück near Dresden in the states of Saxony, produces and sells Kaugummiasphalt and Macphalt, both products based on the Macfix Technology from Macismo.
Eurobitume’s Asphalt Advantages campaign celebrates 2nd anniversary
November 25, 2016
The Asphalt Advantages online campaign, launched in October 2014 by Eurobitume and the European Asphalt Pavement Association (EAPA), is celebrating its second anniversary by encouraging advocates to get on board.
Amey trials gully sensors in UK to help prevent road flooding
November 25, 2016
Engineering and public services provider Amey is installing state-of-the-art sensors into gullies on UK highways in a trial aimed at preventing the flooding of roads.
Sennebogen cranes help Moscow road building
November 21, 2016
Numerous large infrastructure projects are currently underway in Russia’s capital Moscow, which are being built to help reduce the city’s chronic congestion problem
Vietnam tunnel construction project
November 21, 2016
A new tunnel link in Vietnam will help boost road safety for drivers. This new twin tube tunnel connection will replace, the Ca Mountain Pass, a steep and dangerous mountain route in Vietnam
bargain hunting, live onsite auction day in Donington, UK
November 14, 2016
It’s live onsite auction day in Donington, UK and it’s noisy. It’s also raining in early morning but that doesn’t put off the gathering crowd Buyers are milling around parked machinery. They kick tyres and slam doors. Some are behind the wheel, gingerly nudging vehicles frontwards and backwards or raising and lowering booms. Their partners stand a few metres away scrutinising the machine’s movements.
New drive developments for the market
November 14, 2016
In recent years developments in engine technology have played a key role with regard to improved machine performance. Diesel engine makers have had to meet a challenging schedule in terms of delivering new low emission engine technology and meet tough regulatory requirements for the US and Europe. Along with the cleaner emissions have come improved fuel economy and increased power density, allowing customers to meet the power needs of their machines with smaller and more economical engines. At the same time
How bitumen technology is helping roads do more
November 14, 2016
From lightening tunnels to keeping racing cars on tracks to preventing ice from forming, bitumen technology is helping roads do more - Kristina Smith reports If you think bitumen is just bitumen, useful for sticking lumps of aggregate together, it’s time to think again. The ever-widening and ever-more-sophisticated range of technologies and additives available means that we can ask our road surfaces to do more than ever.
ERIC2016 in Leeds, UK: asset management rethink
November 9, 2016
From 18th October to 20th October 2016, the European Union Road Federation (ERF), in partnership with the Road Safety markings Association (RSMA) will present the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress (ERIC2016) in the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK