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Work commencing on new Myanmar bridge

December 4, 2018

Work is starting on a major new bridge project in Myanmar. Costing US$188.17 million, the Yangon-Dalla bridge will carry four lanes of traffic and provide a major transport link. Some $30.34 million is being provided by sources in Myanmar while the bulk of the funding, some $157.83 million, is being provided by South Korea. The project to construct the suspension bridge is expected to take until mid-2022 to complete.

Record bauma China 2018 exhibition

December 3, 2018

The bauma China 2018 exhibition held in Shanghai set records both for exhibitor numbers and visitor numbers.

Sandvik renewed and buoyant in China

November 30, 2018

Just five months after becoming Sandvik Mobile Crushers & Screens’ Chinese market dealer, Pota Environment (Shanghai) has already sold 20 units - and is forecasting a strong sales year in 2019. Three jaw-cone-screener plant trains have been bought by Xindadi, a Beijing-based aggregates processing company, who are using the nine machines to process gneiss into 0-8mm and 8-28mm final products for highways and other infrastructure works’ customers in and around China’s capital. “The customer is able to p

Yifan targets wider global appeal

November 30, 2018

Chinese aggregates processing equipment firm Yifan says its comprehensive product portfolio is in big demand not only in China, but also in other markets, including Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Headquartered in Zhengzhou, eastern China, Yifan offers a complete range of crushing, screening and washing plants to the aggregates sector. The company has manufacturing and assembly factories in Zhengzhou, Jiangxi and Shanghai, and offices in Beijing, and emphasises that its production process is bas

Russian roads benefiting from rebuilding programme

November 30, 2018

Russia’s Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor) set out an ambitious plan of road development projects for 2018 and is achieving its target. Compared with 2017, Rosavtodor increased its programme of road development for 2018 by 19.5%. Meanwhile Rosavtodor has planned to repair 8,400km of roads, with 97 of the planned works being completed ahead of schedule. Work to a further four sections of roads are also likely to be completed ahead of schedule in the Leningrad Region, Sverdlovsk Region (Urals), Novosibirsk Reg

Northern Spire wins award from UK’s Association for Project Management

November 30, 2018

The Northern Spire bridge in Sunderland, northern England, has beaten off stiff competition to win another national construction and engineering award. The Spire, which opened in August this year at a cost of €132 million, was named Project of the Year: Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure 2018 by the UK’s Association for Project Management. The award is the latest honour for Sunderland’s 105m-tall cable-stayed bridge which links Castletown on the north side of the River Wear with Pallion.

UltraScape is on the horizon for Auckland’s urban project

November 30, 2018

Instarmac’s New Zealand partner, Horizon International, has supplied UltraScape’s Mortar Paving System to Auckland Transport as part of a local improvement project. Franklin Road regularly surpasses 14,000 vehicles per day, including buses and heavy goods vehicles. This heavy and constant trafficking had caused the road surface to deteriorate. Auckland Transport announced their plans to carry out significant improvement works to Franklin Road to provide “an urban streetscape that will accommodate all

A bullish Strabag adjusts upwards its 2019 outlook

November 30, 2018

Strabag - in a bullish mood - has adjusted upwards its 2019 outlook as it publishes its nine-month figures for 2018. We now expect the output volume to clearly exceed €15 billion and the operating EBIT margin to attain at least last year’s level of 3.3%. These forecasts lead us to anticipate another record year,” said Thomas Birtel, chief executive Strabag. Output volume was just over €11.6 billion in the first nine months of the 2018 financial year. The company statement said that this upwards moveme

SDS develops SuDS material to tackle highway metals pollution

November 30, 2018

SDS says that its engineered treatment media Aqua-Xchange can be used in regulatory-compliant sustainable drainage systems - SuDS. Delivered to site in lightweight 1m³ bags, it can be deployed as stormwater treatment in highways drainage, as well as on other higher risk locations such as retail car parks, freight and logistics hubs. SDS claims that independent tests have shown its Aqua-Xchange removes 99% of dissolved copper and zinc, toxic metals identified by Highways England as priority pollutants

Maximum performance from Emulbitume’s mini cold mix plant

November 30, 2018

says that says that it has delivered and set up its first mini cold mix unit in Algeria. The fully automatic machine is a complete production system including production of cold mix and packing system for bags and buckets. A PLC – programmable logic controller - monitors the system and makes decisions based upon a custom programme to control output. Emulbitume assembled the unit and provided initial technical assistance including start-up for its customer, Souf Bitume, near Oued Souf. Em