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XCMG provides rescue capabilities to Chinese earthquake area

January 5, 2015

Within 24 hours after the 6.5 magnitude earthquake, XCMG was hard at work on site XCMG recently provided a fast emergency response to an earthquake-stricken area of China. The firm’s rescue team rushed to provide help following the 6.5-magnitude earthquake which hit Ludian County in Yunnan Province. Rescuers reported 398 deaths, 1,801 injured, and in excess of 10,000 buildings having collapsed.

Brazilian contractor uses novel methods for high quality road

January 5, 2015

Cold-in place recycling method provides fast road rebuild in Brazil In Brazil a road contractor has carried out a high quality road rebuilding job, using novel techniques. Contractor Brown Brown is located in Santa Teresinha in the state of Bahia and recently carried out a two-week job for the company to rehabilitate sections of highway BR-381. The highway is an important route in Brazil and runs from Sao Paulo to Belo Horizonte. Highway BR-381 or Rodovia Fernão Dias, as it is called, stretches some 576km

Special concrete paver for UK road job

January 5, 2015

A specially adapted Wirtgen SP25i concrete slipformer has been used on the M6 motorway near Cannock in the UK. The machine worked together with a Wirtgen ISF25i (independent side feeder) in order to pave a concrete slab under difficult conditions. With an overall length of 373km, the M6 is the longest and one of the most heavily congested motorways in the UK. The M6 connects the M1 motorway near Rugby with Carlisle near the Scottish border. But due to the steadily growing volume of traffic, the Highways

Mexico City infrastructure development plans

January 5, 2015

A series of major works is planned for Mexico City in 2015. The Mexican capital will benefit from a series of transportation project intended to deal with the city’s chronic congestion and pollution issues, as well as to improve international access. A second 13.3km long level will be added to the Mexico-Puebla highway and this is due for completion in July 2016. A second 7.7km level will also be added to the highway to Cuernavaca and this is due for completion in 2018. Construction will begin on a new airp

Rebuilding key Lithuania highway link

January 5, 2015

The Lithuanian Government is setting out plans to rebuild one of the country’s main highway links. The Vilnius-Utena highway rebuilding project is set to commence towards the end of 2015 and has an estimated cost of some €175 million. The project plans call for the work to be carried out under the public-private partnership (PPP) model and will involve reconstructing a 72.1km stretch of the Vilnius-Utena highway. The project will be submitted to parliament for approval in March 2015. If the approval is then

Road revamp project planned for Rwanda

January 5, 2015

Rwanda looks set to commence work on a major road revamp project. The project is for the construction of the 51km Base-Gicumbi-Rukomo road. Financing for the project is coming in the shape of a loan worth some US$74.7 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Rwandan Government will also provide another $4.6 million for the road project later. The project is part of Base-Nyagatare road project that will connect the Northern and the Eastern provinces, with work likely to start in April 2015. The

New system for patching roads from Bituchem

December 24, 2014

Bituchem’s FortSeal product has been applied to a countryside highway in Leicestershire to preserve and maintain the road surfacing. The FortSeal preservation product is undergoing a trial by Leicestershire County Council in the UK to assess its future potential in positively affecting the council’s road maintenance budget by prolonging the life of the county’s roads.

GE launches AMIx outdoor LED

December 23, 2014

GE Lighting has launched its LED light AMIx specifically aimed for petrol stations, high bays, parking garages and other areas needing outdoor industrial floodlighting. AMIx, a long-life canopy LED luminaire, can replace HID luminaires and has three mounting options and pre-cabling with a quick connector

Skyline’s smarter dynamic message signage

December 23, 2014

Skyline Products says that its sophisticated Active Traffic Demand Management (ATDM) systems will make traffic management simpler to control. The firm has long experience designing and manufacturing Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) for highway applications and says that ATDM offers the dynamic management, control, and influence of travel demand, traffic demand, and traffic flow for transportation facilities. There are three strategies within ATDM according to the company: Active Traffic Management (ATM), Active

IRF Supports Capacity Building for Performance-Based Road Contracts

December 23, 2014

For 10 days in October, more than 40 highway engineering professionals from 14 different countries congregated in Orlando, Florida, USA. With lecturers from The Netherlands, Finland, New Zealand, Canada and the US the group discussed the specifics about how to effectively write, implement and enforce performance-based contracts.