A road contractor in Germany is making use of a sophisticated logistics tool to run its operations more efficiently. The contractor, Wilhelm Schütz, is a medium-sized company with a long history in road construction and civil engineering. Based in Hesse, the firm has its own mixing plant to supply material to its road construction crews.
Breedon Group, a major independent construction materials group in the UK, has purchased new Doosan DL550-5 and DL450-5 wheeled loaders for two of the company’s operations in Scotland.
The DL550-5 unit is operating at Edzell Quarry near Brechin and the DL450 is working at Tom’s Forest Quarry in Kintore. The machines were supplied by Balgownie, the local authorised Doosan and Bobcat dealer in Inverurie. The DL550-5 and DL450-5 are powered by the Scania DC13 6-cylinder engine. They Provide generous torque at
FEHRL's fifth SERRP is set to drive road transport into the 21st century
The Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories (FEHRL) has published its fifth Strategic European Road Research Programme (SERPP V), which tackles the research and innovation challenges facing the European road and transport system now and in the future.
Formed in 1989, FEHRL is a registered international association comprising more than 40 national research/technical centres, and its new programme reflects the techni
