Come with us on a journey into the world of Case’s products – and you don’t even have to go anywhere! The company’s new glasses mean you can take a virtual tour of its many products as they are put through their paces on a virtual construction site.
Two new technologies for non-destructive testing offer key benefits, one suiting road surfaces, the other suiting concrete structures - Kristina Smith reports
Dynatest has developed a new way to measure and record the state of pavements, using a machine that travels at the same speed as traffic. The Rapid Pavement Tester (Raptor) has been seven years in the making and offers road owners the chance to have comprehensive surveys without the need to disrupt traffic.
“People have been wanting to do this for
Peab Asfalt of Sweden primarily handles major road and highway projects in the inland portion of the country, but the company was willing and able to take on a new challenge when an airport runway needed to be paved in its own backyard. The work was done in Jönköping, which has a relatively small airport but which is still crucial to the inland area of Sweden. Flights were typically rerouted during the project, with the exception of two per day in the late afternoon or evening. This enabled Peab Asfalt t
As World Highways celebrates its 25-year anniversary this month, we thought that it would be a good moment to take a step back and look at the exciting times we live and work in, and pick out a few of the game-changing new products, technologies and services that have brought about so much innovation in our industry over the past quarter of a century. Where will these new ways of thinking and working take us next?
The global highways market has been transformed in the lifetime of World Highways by high-v
Kids start to complain about the amount of time in a car after two 2 and 23 minutes of driving, according to research in the UK.
Around that time, the driver will hear from the back seat the first of a long list of complaints: “Are we nearly there yet?”
And by 2 hours and 37 minutes, angry rows have broken out.
These squabbles are almost inevitable, noted the study from the UK’s Highways England. Nearly 80% of families say kids quarrel during long-distance summer trips.
Many parents said this happens wi
