Highways England has awarded a contract to deliver a central traffic signal control and management system for south-east England to Simulation Systems Limited (SSL)
Central to the contract, for England’s motorway and major A-roads, will be a Siemens Stratos system which is designed to be the UK’s first cloud-hosted, fully integrated traffic control and management solution.
The project will also include Hosted-SCOOT, a real time UTC and adaptive traffic control system. It is already used to manage and
Immersive Technologies says that demand is strong for its highly sophisticated virtual reality operating training technology.
The latest generation WorksiteVR Simulator from the firm is said to be both portable and affordable and is aimed straight at the construction training market. The virtual reality simulators are said to be easy to transport as they fit in two cases that can be checked in on a plane or transported between sites. This ease of portability is a key feature of the unit’s versatility.
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A novel variant of Hamm’s H i-series of soil compactors is now being offered for concrete road recycling applications. The H 25i VC model is a single-drum roller featuring a special drum that can be used to break up old concrete surfaces, with the broken material then being suitable for recycling in mobile crushing and screening equipment located nearby. The machine is offered with specially designed teeth that are said to break up worn concrete surfaces more effectively than special-purpose guillotine, fin
Compaction specialist Hamm is launching its hybrid-powered HD+ 90i PH tandem roller this spring after extensive customer on-site trials last year.
Hamm says that it is the first roller manufacturer to develop such a production-ready machine. He company has combined a conventional internal combustion engine with a hydraulic accumulator. The diesel engine covers the base load while the hydraulic accumulator meets peak loads.
