A new tunnel formwork system from Pilosio reduces the time needed for assembly. Made from standard components, this can be used for a wide range of geometries.
North of the Austrian capital Vienna, one of the region's biggest transport infrastructure projects for decades is currently under construction, the A5 Nordautobahn. This will give the Greater Vienna region its first-ever high-capacity link to the Czech motorway and arterial road network, greatly easing congestion on the old main road. In the first phase of construction, 22.7km of motorway are to be built. Work on the second section, all the way through to the Czech border, is to start in 2010. The A5 Norda
Advances in asphalt plant design offer major gains in product throughput and quality, while also allowing for warm asphalt and increased recycling
The asphalt sector is constantly looking for ways to optimise production, lower costs and improve product quality and consistency. Competition is fierce in the asphalt plant market, with several of the key companies working hard to develop new and more efficient technologies, as well as equipment that is more versatile and more mobile. Advances have been made
RMD Kwikform, the global manufacturer of formwork, falsework and ground shoring solutions, has launched Tetrashor, a lightweight modular propping system. It can be used in dead shoring, façade retention, propping and needling, supporting precast concrete bridge beams and structural steelwork frames and restraining tall single and double-sided formwork.
To improve access from the east to São Paulo city centre, main contractor Construbase Engenharia is building a road complex comprising three viaducts and access ramps. The greatest challenge in Brazil's largest city is the showpiece Padre Adelino viaduct, a 122m long single-arch, single-span, cable-stayed concrete bridge moulded in situ with a parabola-shaped arch and a single-cell post-tensioned cantilever caisson
