Over 230,000 square feet and 390+ exhibitors displaying the latest in concrete construction, information technology, trucking, safety & traffic, infrastructure support & more.
A special customised cold planer has saved costs and time for a US contractor. In the US, New York State Highway 243 has benefited from an innovative use of novel milling technology. This 17.75km east–west state highway is located in the Southern Tier of New York and has been carrying traffic since the 1930 renumbering of state highways in the state. The NY 243 has been a utilitarian divided highway that begins at an intersection with NY 98 in the town of Freedom and proceeds south-eastward across mostly ru
German manufacturer LINTEC has supplied three of its highly sophisticated, containerised asphalt mixing plants for use on the important BR-163 highway project in Brazil. This is one of several major plant orders for the firm for use in road projects in Latin America. According to LINTEC, its activity in this market is helping contribute to the construction of high quality roads that will last.
A new Hitachi ZW220-6 wheeled loader has been delivered to Jysk Kloak Entreprise, a sewage and landscaping contractor in Tjæreborg on the coast of Denmark.
It is the latest addition to the company’s Hitachi fleet, which includes a ZX250LC-6 medium and three mini excavators , the ZX10U-2, ZX18-3 and ZX27-3. “We needed the most versatile model available for our requirements,” said company owner Jan Christensen.
Fitted with additional lights and a larger 4m³ bucket, the wheeled loader was supplied in Februa
Guy Woodford reports from Turkey on how Caterpillar is building machines for less regulated markets. Among Caterpillar machines for less regulated countries on show during the recent Caterpillar Construction Days (CCD) Antalya 2012 event in Turkey were the D6R, D7R and D8R track-type tractors. Steven Faucher, product and application specialist for Cat EAME (Europe, Africa and Middle East), said Cat Product Link, a telematics system allowing site managers to improve productivity, boost efficiencies and enabl
