Bentley Systems remains bullish with a healthy financial performance and continued investment in research and development, reports Mike Woof. The State Geological Institute of Dionyz Stur in Slovakia won an award in the Bentley Systems Be Inspired event's geotechnical category for an innovative project to log and analyse an area of the country's geology. As a leading player in the construction software sector, Bentley Systems is benefiting from growth in infrastructure investment worldwide. And despite the
An improved range of diesel engines has been developed by Kohler and its Italian business, Lombardini. The new diesels utilise the KOHLER Flex package, an integrated suite of engine systems. The firm is offering a single engine platform for world market, while being able to meet the new Stage V requirements.
The new engine platform is designed to meet needs from customers for greater application flexibility, as well as compliance with the various emissions limits. Meanwhile the engines also offer high perf
French company ECT (Enviro Conseil Travaux) has opted to take advantage of the Caterpillar Certified Power Train (CPT) rebuild service for two of its Cat 740 Ejector articulated trucks. These are the first rebuilds worldwide for articulated trucks, and both were carried out by the French Cat dealer Bergerat Monnoyeur. What you get with CPT: Restores power train to like-new performance, Covers radiator, engine, transmission, torque converter, final drive and axle, Approximately 200 tests and inspections of p
Improved surface quality and improved machine design are key trends in the asphalt paving sector, Mike Woof reports There is a big difference in asphalt paving techniques in North America and Europe. In North America, the need to construct long stretches of highway quickly resulted in wide pavers offering high throughput capacity, with compaction equipment then being used to achieve the required density of the various courses. In Europe's highway construction projects, distances tend to be shorter and contr
