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Barge-mounted Manitowoc MLC300 lists Illinois bridge into place

June 28, 2018

The reduced footprint and floating counterweight meant that it is much more efficient for contractors to barge-mount a crawler crane. The crane can be on smaller water-based barges because the machine automatically adjusts its centre of gravity for each lift. Kraemer North America recently used an MLC300 to help replace an 84-year-old truss bridge, the 756m Savanna-Sabula Bridge near Savanna, in the US state of Illinois. The Savanna–Sabula Bridge was a truss bridge and causeway crossing the Mississippi Ri

Caterpillar and Kennametal agree component supply deal

June 28, 2018

Caterpillar has reached an agreement with Kennametal covering cutting tools for milling and stabilisation/recycling tools. Following the agreement, Caterpillar customers will be able to source special order rotors and diamond and carbide earth cutting tools for mixing and road milling applications that are manufactured by Kennametal. Kennametal products and support are now available at Cat dealerships. “This partnership provides our customers, via our Cat dealer network, access to world-class machines, a

Milling control accuracy from Roadtec

June 28, 2018

Roadtec is introducing a highly sophisticated Auto Cut package for its latest milling machines. The new Auto Cut system is offered as standard on the firm’s current generation RX-600 Cold Planer and is said to help boost milling efficiency, as well as increasing productivity and utilisation. The system is said to allow milling machine operators to raise the milling machine, track over obstacles, lower back into the cut, and resume milling at same depth, without the need for reprogramming or additional dela

Caterpillar’s mini mills offer versatility

June 28, 2018

Caterpillar is introducing three new compact milling machines, the PM310, PM312 and PM313, said to combine high performance and versatility. The firm says that its PM300 Series suits use in small-to-medium job sites where compact dimensions, optimum manoeuvrability and high production capabilities are required. The PM300 Series can be configured with one of three drum widths and a choice of wheel or track undercarriage. An articulating right leg can be positioned outboard to provide additional stability du

Hydraulic soil stabilisation binder from Lafarge Cement

June 28, 2018

Lafarge Cement, part of Aggregate Industries, has launched TerraCem, a novel hydraulic road binder specially formulated for use in soil stabilisation. TerraCem has been designed as a rapid hardening hydraulic road binder to strengthen existing on-site material without the need to import aggregates. It is specifically engineered, using sustainable binder technology, to improve soils, strengthening weak substructure layers to create a working platform and offering reduced embodied carbon in comparison to trad

Advances in asphalt paving equipment coming to market

June 27, 2018

Some of the key manufacturers are improving asphalt paving technology with key developments to machines as well as the electronics and telematics systems fitted – Mike Woof writes. Several of the major asphalt paver manufacturers have unveiled new machines and systems that can optimise operations. Improved operating features for the BOMAG BF 800 C-2 paver are said to help increase its output and efficiency when working on-site. An important development is the new traffic light system, which helps improve co

Asphalt plant for Turkish highway project

June 27, 2018

An asphalt plant from Ammann is playing a key role in the construction of a new Turkish highway. An important factor in the selection of the plant for the construction of Turkey’s Northern Marmara Motorway was its ability to utilise fibres. A large portion of the motorway, which serves as a bypass of Istanbul, has been completed. Handling a good deal of the remaining work is Nalbantolu naat, a family-owned business founded in 1995. The company has completed a number of high-profile projects, including

Attitude is key to sustainability, says Volvo CE’s Thomas Bitter

June 27, 2018

Whether you are in the global Volvo Ocean Race or working on-site locally, sustainability is about attitude as much as technology. David Arminas reports. Technology, sustainability and safety. We ignore these often related themes at our peril. This was the key point made by Volvo Group chief executive Martin Lundstedt during his brief opening presentation at the start of the Building Tomorrow Conference in Spain last October. The conference took place within the harbour of Alicante that was bustling wit

Bumpy road for Australian drivers

June 27, 2018

It’s a bumpy road for speeders around Curtin University in Perth, western Australia. The university has installed two Actibump systems along a road that traverses the campus. Each day around around 2,000 vehicles use the street which has a speed limit of 40kph. However, about 70% of the vehicles on the road are speeding, according to Graham Arndt, director of operations and maintenance at Curtin University. The Actibump affects only drivers who are above the speed limit, a limit which is set using the sys

Professional Pavement Products’ LaneAlert 2x grabs ATSSA award

June 27, 2018

LaneAlert 2x, the latest safety system from Professional Pavement Products, has won the Most Innovative Product award from the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA). Professional Pavement’s LaneAlert 2x is a bi-directional marking that displays two distinct messages, Depending on which way the driver approaches, he or she will see only one message. Professional Pavement, headquartered in Jacksonville in the US state of Florida, makes safety products including road markings and also distribu