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Two Volvo ABG7820 slope pavers are being used to refurbish a 2,000,000m3 reservoir in Hieflau Styria, Austria. The machines are paving an extra high bitumen content asphalt that is watertight and have been modified to cope with the 34° embankments. The pavers were supplied by the Swiss dealer Robert Aebi and the modifications include tiltadjustable operating platforms to boost operator safety and comfort on the slope. The pavers are being operated by Walo Bertschinger, a Swiss company with a specialist dam
February 28, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Two pavers are being winced down a slope to lay asphalt on the sides of a reservoir in Austria
Two 2394 Volvo ABG7820 slope pavers are being used to refurbish a 2,000,000m3 reservoir in Hieflau Styria, Austria. The machines are paving an extra high bitumen content asphalt that is watertight and have been modified to cope with the 34° embankments. The pavers were supplied by the Swiss dealer 3330 Robert Aebi and the modifications include tiltadjustable operating platforms to boost operator safety and comfort on the slope. The pavers are being operated by 3332 Walo Bertschinger, a Swiss company with a specialist dam and landfill construction division. Around 1,500-2,500 tonnes of asphalt is being paved each day while the reservoir's restoration contract is valued in the order of €25 million.

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