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A self-contained, ground penetrating radar system (GPR) is now available from US Radar. The system is said to be technologically-advanced and simple to use, with a touch screen operating system and a variety of antenna frequency options. The Seeker GPR can be used in numerous surface materials such as soil, clay, concrete and brick. It integrates a complete imaging system into a single unit and can be used in application such as underground construction, road and bridge building, structural and civil engine

The IronPlanet online marketplace for used heavy equipment will be updating INTERMAT visitors about its latest developments, including a smartphone application that allows users to search and bid wherever they are.

Highway Care is now offering its BikeGuard Motorcyclist Safety Barrier, a system intended to help tackle motorcyclist road casualty figures. Although motorcyclists make up 1% of traffic, they account for 19% of deaths on UK roads for example and this new system is designed as one component of the safety solution.

GERMAN COMPANY Rud is introducing its Barriertech system, which it says is capable of stopping rocks, slides and avalanches. "Barriertech can protect highways and rail tracks from stray boulders and 'catch' landslides and avalanches before they can overwhelm the terrain and structures in their path," says the company. "Whether natural occurrences or man-made, rock falls, landslides and avalanches can be sudden and catastrophic for people and property. "No wonder that across the world, much time, money and e

In the UK, highways maintenance specialist FM Conway, which places great importance on its green credentials, says that as part of this strategy it is to open what it thinks is the UK's most modern asphalt and recycling plant.

Allerton Steel, on behalf of R J McLeod, has fabricated the steelwork for a replacement bridge at Loch Ba on Rannoch Moor in the Highlands as part of its A82 upgrade scheme for Transport Scotland. R J McLeod is the civil contractor on the £2.2 million (E2.6 million) scheme which replaces the existing three-span reinforced concrete bridge.

Rock Fall (UK) has released its Tomcat range of total protection footwear, which has been designed for the safety of personnel working in quarry, mineral processing and extraction industries and similar working environments.

Five buoy-mounted automatic water quality monitors (AWQMs) have been installed by YSI Hydrodata engineers at the new Tyne Tunnel project in north-east England. The equipment on the second vehicle tunnel under the River Tyne, currently one of the UK's largest construction projects, aims to ensure that construction operations do not significantly affect river water quality. Unusually, the contractors have not taken ownership of the instrumentation, preferring instead to simply purchase the data and alarms. Th