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Infrastructure investment means that the road tunnel construction sector is healthy due to demand for new links – Mike Woof reports
With many emergent nations investing heavily in infrastructure, the tunnelling sector is seeing extensive business at present. Tunnels provide key links in mountainous areas or in congested cities where building roads on the surface may not be practical. In Asia and Latin America, many key road connections are now being built underground to pass challenging terrain or provide
Major bridge maintenance and replacement projects across the world are extending the life of many impressive historic landmarks as Guy Woodford reports The Tamar Bridge, part of the main A38 trunk road linking Saltash in Cornwall with Plymouth in Devon, south west England, marked its 50th anniversary with a steel deck resurfacing project involving Stirling Lloyd's Eliminator bridge deck waterproofing system. Jointly owned by Plymouth City Council and Cornwall Council, the Tamar has a suspended length of 642
The upcoming Asphaltica exhibition in the Italian city of Padova will be a major launch venue for new asphalt road technologies. The sixth edition of Asphaltica, the only European event dedicated to asphalt, bitumen and road infrastructure, will take place from 21 - 23 November 2012 at the PadovaFiere exhibition centre.
Portable work zone messaging is now integral - not an add-on - when it comes to safety on large-scale highway projects. Andrew Williams* reports. Portable work zone ITS solutions have emerged in recent years as important flexible tools for managing major roadwork projects, from new-build to upgrades. They effectively ensure traffic disruption is kept to a minimum and lives can be saved.
As such, the technology forms a central component of a major €1.7 billion project in the southern English county of Cambr
