There are always road to be built and repairs to be done: with its unique JPaver patent, the Japanese firm is looking to expand into the growing paver market
Stringless concrete paving systems are easy to use for contractors - Daniel C Brown. With just a few days of training, Hawkins Construction is now up and running with stringless concrete paving technology. This year Hawkins started using the stringless technology on two Interstate highway paving projects, with a total contract value of US$78 million. The projects were on I-80 between Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska and the first section was for a 9.25km, 18.3m wide stretch of 330mm thick concrete pavement.
Polish contractors Salini Poland and PBDiM Kobylarnia are building a 64km section of the A1 highway between
Toru (Northwest of Warsaw) and Kowale (just south of Gdansk on the Northern coast). This project will complete a key section of the highway and is being funded by the Polish road authority (GDDKiA). Worth some €107 million this is one of three schemes being undertaken by the consortium to complete the main A1 highway.
SEFIANI Enterprises is staying competitive against rivals firms in the asphalt and paving construction market in Morocco.
Construction Company SEFIANI Enterprises fitted one of its pavers with the Leica PaveSmart 3D machine control system at the end of October 2015. The aim of this was to improve project quality and to reduce operating costs for the 224km project for the LGV Ligne à Grande Vitesse Tanger–Kénitra.
“It is the first system we sold for an asphalt paving application in Morocco,” explained
In Azerbaijan an Astec batching plant is said to be giving a major contractor an advantage over its competition
The firm, Aztikintiyol, is one of the leading producers of aggregates and hot-mix asphalt in Azerbaijan and decided to expand its operations into the southern regions of the country. The need for asphalt in this area was growing as there is massive infrastructure development close to the border with neighbouring Iran taking place.
However a simple plant was not suitable as the firm required
