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The Route One team presents comprehensive coverage from the first day of INTERMAT, including news, views and all the latest products at one of the biggest shows in the construction industry.

You can find all kinds of things at INTERMAT from diggers to dancers; huge excavators to dinky dozers.

Dressta VP & Global Sales, Howard C. Dale explains how construction and technology are coming together through a partnership with Trimble

Volvo’s new H-Series vehicles offer outstanding fuel efficiency without compromising performance, with the operator having full control over the load for increased safety and productivity.

Chinese group explains why it is expanding into Europe, stressing the importance of the market to the long-term health of the industry – and Dressta, the Polish firm LiuGong acquired, talks about its own plans.

Company shows off its new 6-tonne capacity asphalt mixer in Paris, a product aimed at the growing market in recycling and characterised by low energy consumption and high quality output.

Specialist contractor Armac recently demolished a bridge over the UK’s busy M1 motorway. The work was carried out within a tight timeframe as this important route could only be closed for a short period at night over a weekend when traffic would be at its lightest so as to minimise disruption.

Explosives were used successfully in the US to demolish the Long Island Bridge. The structure formerly provided a connection to Squantum's Long Island, however it had fallen into disrepair and a decision was made to remove the structure. A section of the Long Island Bridge was demolished by a specialist contractor. This saw the implosion of a229m section of the structure connecting with the island.

New road safety videos made in France and Finland are giving strong messages on road safety. The new French video, launched in February, shows in bleak, close-up images the impact of road collisions on several individuals who suffered life changing injuries, and their families. It follows a number of increasingly shocking films released in recent months that have included a class of primary school children wiped out by a car, a fake ‘funeral’ for speeding motorists and a film released by police showing the moments leading up to a real, fatal motorcycle collision.