An important road safety contract has been awarded in the UK. The Road Safety Foundation won the work to review how investments are prioritised to improve safety outcomes by Highways England (HE). This deal was awarded by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
Under the terms of the contract the Foundation is to review how HE ranks the location and type of scheme to deliver. This will focus on how these decisions are influenced by HE’s key performance indicators. It will also analyse how HE takes account of
Tradecc, a manufacture of concrete tunnel-ling sealing material, has launched PC Tunnelinject 2K 6822 LV, a very low viscous, fast reacting, two-component polyurethane injection resin.
A 60m pre-constructed pedestrian bridge weighing 150 tonnes as been wheeled into position over the A63 in the northern English city of Hull.
The covered and vaulted Princess Quays Bridge will be renamed when it opens in the spring enabling pedestrians and cyclists to cross over the busy dual carriageway.
The positioning operation meant that first the route was cleared of signage, guardrails and street lights. The bridge was then lowered onto two wheeled transporters – one at each end of the structur
Some of the main driving forces for purchasing new construction machinery in Italy are better efficiency and green credentials in terms of emissions and noise.
Intelligent machines are coming to play an increasingly central role in the sector, according to the new SaMoTer-Veronafiere survey, published ahead of the exhibition set for March. It found that 16% of users and 31% of hire firms believe green credentials are an important criterion when making purchasing decisions.
Moreover, almost 4% of users
Wirtgen has developed its high-performance W 380 CRi cold recycler to meet requirements for roads requiring structural rehabilitation. This innovative machine is said to highly productive, allowing it to carry out structural road rehabilitation more quickly and with greater cost-effectiveness and quality than previous equipment.
