From graders to graffiti, there is something for everyone at INTERMAT 2015. And if you need a break from the hustle of excavators and loaders, and the bustle of big construction deals, then what could be more relaxing than a little light music?
Oops! Just a little too much pressure on the accelerator sent this €1 million (US$1.1 million) sports car spinning off onto a side trip into a couple parked cars in Budapest.
He quickly decided to remove the registration plates and cover the vehicle.
So what exactly did the poor man crash? LaFerrari is a limited production hybrid consisting of petrol engine and KERS, kinetic energy recovery system, as used in Formula One cars. It was unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show and around 500 of the less than
Financial troubles for Brisbane's new Airport Link overshadow its construction success – Adrian Greeman writes. Political argument and legal dispute is likely to rage for some time yet over the bankruptcy of Australian road operator BrisConnect, which went into receivership this February with A$3 billion in debt. Toll paying users for its new Airport Link have been less than half the predicted numbers since it opened in July last summer. But if its nancial engineering is being questioned, the same is not t
Contractor New Hampshire Rock Reduction is using hydraulic hammers from Indeco for rock breaking and excavation duties. The firm says that it selected these units so as to optimise productivity and has used the breakers in quarrying as well as site development applications.
Located in the northeast corner of the US, New Hampshire is one of the country’s smallest states. Noted for a rocky terrain, New Hampshire’s geology includes a heavy presence of metamorphic, especially igneous, rock formations, which yi
With the dust now settled after the INTERMAT 2012 exhibition, it is clear that this event proved a success. For INTERMAT 2012, attendance figures grew throughout the week, with many firms reporting very busy booths. Of note is the fact that INTERMAT received a high percentage of international visitors, with over 34% of attendees coming from countries other than France. Attracting some 200,000 visitors in all, 145,082 were identified as proper trade visitors and this represented an increase of 15.8% over the
