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Get ready for winter road maintenance

October 3, 2016

The winter maintenance market heats up this summer. Bobcat has expanded its winter range of loaders with the addition of the S450 skid-steer and T450 compact tracked machines.

Reducing road deaths and injuries

October 3, 2016

The International Transport Forum is releasing a new report intended to help cut crashes worldwide. The report has been compiled by international experts and analyses the experience of Safe System countries and offers guidance for countries seeking to reduce road deaths. The report highlights need for a new approach to cutting the casualty toll and is called Zero Road Deaths and Serious Injuries: Leading a Paradigm Shift in Road Safety. It has a number of core recommendations. The conventional approach

New Slovakia highway under construction

October 3, 2016

A section of Slovakia’s D3 highway between Skalite and Svrcinovec should be complete by May 2017. This stretch of the D3 highway is in the north of Slovakia and will improve transport links to the neighbouring countries of the Czech Republic and Poland. The section of highway was previously expected to be complete during 2016 but a series of delays have been caused by various geological issues. The topography of the area is challenging and the section will include two tunnels and over 20 bridges as a result

Colombia sourcing funds for road development

October 3, 2016

Colombia is considering additional funding for its 4G road infrastructure development programme. Private financing sources are being considered as a possible source to help pay for the third phase of the 4G road development programme. A 60km dual carriageway connecting the cities of Popayan and Pasto and a road from Cututa to Ocana may be offered as tolled routes to attract private financing. Colombia's national infrastructure agency (ANI) is discussing further funding for its 4G programme from the Latin Am

JCB provides tight turns thanks to its 3CX compact backhoe loader

September 30, 2016

UK equipment hire specialist MAC Surfacing has taken delivery of two new JCB 3CX compact models. They join several JCB 2CX Streetmasters in the West Midlands-based company’s hire fleet.

Eurovia revolutionising surfacing dressing with Etnyre chipper

September 30, 2016

Eurovia Specialist Treatments, part of Eurovia UK, are strengthening their armoury with the introduction of a customised Etnyre chipper spreader from the US. A Eurovia team worked with Etnyre to develop the operating parameters, enhanced health, safety and environmental compliance of the model. The self-propelled high-performance surface dressing chipper has a Cummins low-emission 194kW Tier IV engine.

New Doosan DL450-5 Wheel Loader is Lynchpin Machine at Tulloch

September 30, 2016

Tulloch Developments, a large civil and marine engineering contractor in Shetland, off the north coast of Scotland, has purchased a new Doosan DL450-5 wheeled loader. The machine arrived from the Scottish mainland’s Inverurie-based Balgownie, an authorised Doosan and Bobcat dealer.

Yanmar mini excavator B-7 Sigma works in a tight spot

September 30, 2016

A compact excavator B7 Sigma by Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe has produced a big effort in the small German town of Dorfhain, near Dresden. The machine, acquired from the Yanmar dealer SK Baumaschinen, has as a special feature the Sigma boom that enabled it to work very precisely on a driveway located on a difficult slope and with limited swing area.

Record breaking ABM bridge beams installed near Raith, Scotland

September 30, 2016

One of the largest mobile cranes in the UK, a 1,500tonne capacity unit, recently positioned nine 90tonne 42m pre-stressed bridge beams by ABM Precast Solutions. The massive W-beams were hoisted into place at Junction 5, the Raith Interchange, on Scotland’s M74 motorway – part of the M8-M73-M74 motorway improvements project.

Vietnam’s high fatal crash rate

September 30, 2016

Vietnam is taking steps to address its high rate of road crashes, as well as the rate of serious injuries and deaths amongst road users. The rate of crashes in capital Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is of particular concern, with the authorities keen to reduce the human toll. So far in 2016, HCMC has seen 2,919 reported road crashes. There were 607 road deaths in HCMC during this period as well as 2,377 serious injuries. This represents an 8.8% increase from the same period in 2015. Poor driving and insufficient e