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Topcon’s new haul management software

January 4, 2016

Topcon Positioning is updating its DynaRoad mass haul management software. The new DynaRoad v5.4.1 package helps streamline workflows through additional features for planning, scheduling and project control. In addition to an updated interface and new map views, DynaRoad now offers greater interoperability to the MAGNET Office software suite. The firm says that this update allows users to complete projects faster and streamline information to maximise profit and reduce risk. The DynaRoad software provide

Protecting concrete structures to boost working life

January 4, 2016

A new startup business with its origins in a Purdue University innovation could help extend the lifetime of concrete structures. Paul Imbrock, founder and president of Environmental Concrete Products, said the company's Fluid iSoylator product can be used to protect new and existing concrete. He said hardened concrete sustains damage when fluids on the surface are absorbed into its network of pores, similar to those in a sponge. "When the fluid, which could be water that contains salts or other ions,

Smarter transport solutions from TomTom

January 4, 2016

TomTom is introducing two novel products that help deliver smart traffic solutions, RoadDNA and its HAD map. The Road DNA will help make automated driving a reality, according to the firm. Designed with vehicle data storage and processing limitations in mind, RoadDNA delivers highly accurate location information that can easily be integrated into the onboard system of a vehicle. This allows a vehicle to continuously know exactly where it is located on the road. It offers highly accurate vehicle localisa

First European sale of Kobelco’s SK210LC-10 Generation 10 excavator

January 4, 2016

A Dutch company is the first in Europe to take delivery of the latest specification excavator from Kobelco, the SK210LC-10 Generation 10. Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe, through its authorised dealer, Kemp Groep, delivered the machine to civil engineering and construction firm Kok Lexmond The new SK210LC-10 excavator is working in conjunction with an SK350LC-9 purchased by Kok Lexmond in July. The two acquisitions follow previous experience with Kobelco machinery before the establishment of Kobelco

Sandvik invests heavily in its Irish plant in Ballygawley

January 4, 2016

Sandvik has invested €2.27 million in a new powder coating facility for mobile crushers and screens at its factory in Ballygawley, Northern Ireland. The result is improved edge machine protection for the equipment and increased resistance to corrosion, as well as reducing the factory’s waste emissions. The new facility will enable the mobile crusher and screen manufacturing process to benefit from reduced assembly times using the “Kanban” manufacturing philosophy, as well as producing other operating

UK’s First Powerscreen Premiertrak 600 Goes to WH Malcolm Group

January 4, 2016

Malcolm Construction Services has taken delivery of the UK’s first Powerscreen Premiertrak 600 mobile jaw crusher. The purchase was from appointed Powerscreen distributor Blue Machinery Scotland and is working alongside other Powerscreen crushing and screening equipment, processing quarried Basalt at Malcolm’s Loanhead Quarry, Bieth near Glasgow. Blue Machinery has also purchased a new 1150 Maxtrak cone crusher to achieve type 1 sizes for drainage and concrete aggregate. The quick and easy to assemble

VIDEO: Chinese man tries on the idea of a driving shoe

January 4, 2016

The smartly dressed but casual man may be seen wearing a pair of so-called driving shoes, very fashionable in many parts of Europe, such as made by Gucci. But one man in China has taken the idea of a driving shoe literally. He actually has a driving shoe – a 3m long electric vehicle in the shape of a stylish men’s dress shoe. If he puts his foot to the floor - or sole - the brown shoe will do around 400km before needing a recharge. The battery-powered shoe was reportedly made by a local shoe factory with re

VIDEO: Starlings play foul in the streets of Rome

January 4, 2016

It’s that time of year again when city authorities in the Italian capital regularly close down some of the more clogged city streets. But it’s not cars that are the problem. It’s bird excrement, by the tonne, from starlings that migrate from northern Europe to live in Rome during the less brutal winter. Cleaners are out in force in the more affected areas where recent rainfall has made the streets dangerously slippery for motorcycle and mopeds. Meanwhile, sidewalks have become treacherous for pedestrians

Philippines moves provincial road maintenance to local units

January 4, 2016

The Philippines federal government has earmarked US$138 million for repairing provincial roads in 73 of the country’s 81 provinces. The Department of Budget and Management allocated the money under the KALSADA programme that devolves responsibility for road repair and maintain of provincial roads, alongside the planning of other local infrastructure, to local governments. Local governments are also expected to come up with their own Provincial Road Network Development Plans. Public Works Secretary

Bolivia sets out spending on national highways for 2016

January 4, 2016

Bolivian President Evo Morales has said the government will spend US$1.9 billion on national highways in 2016. Nearly $12 million will be spent in expanding the Rio Seco-San Roque road in El Alto from one to 10 lanes. Morales requested that the El Alto municipal government assist in the project development by providing sewage and lighting works, as well as providing better security for roads that are often off limits because of their use by smugglers, according to a report to El Deber.