Join the hunt online for the Best Giveaway of INTERMAT 2015: when it comes to free gifts, you might expect brochures, bags and biscuits – but find out which company was offering visitors something just a little more welcome
A new UK report suggests local authorities should think twice about automatically incorporating cycle lanes in road design. David Arminas reports
Environmental and social arguments for getting more people onto bicycles are well known. The theory is the more people cycling, the less traffic congestion and less air pollution from cars. Well-defined cycle lanes can encourage people who might otherwise be too nervous to take to a bicycle.
But just how effective are cycle lanes for increasing the safety of
The election of president Donald Trump had an immediate and positive effect on business, according to McLanahan’s CEO Sean McLanahan, speaking at a press conference at CONEXPO-CON/AGG. “The day after the election our phones started ringing,” said McLanahan. “Projects that had been mothballed are being put back online...our sales are up significantly since that time.” Sentiment from visitors at the show so far has been equally upbeat, added the CEO.
Governments need more than ever to plan long-term highway strategies or face an increasing backlog of increasingly expensive maintenance requirements.
“Insufficient maintenance has created a backlog and is affecting service levels,” said Jean-Francois Corte, secretary general of the World Road Association (PIARC), based in Paris.
How to stop this seemingly endless downward spiral is what attendees to the major Pavement Preservation & Recycling Summit in Paris will find out in February.
“What’s needed ri
Italian Company Mantovanibenne, which received a special mention in Samoter's Technical Innovation Competition, will display best-sellers from its demolition range including some of its biggest tools.
