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PTV's novel traffic analysis systemGerman traffic analysis consultant and software maker PTV, which produces the well-known Visum and Vissim strategic traffic analysis and micro-simulation tools, has launched a new assessment tool...
Yotta develops new tools for sophisticated GIS packageHighway technology and services company Yotta DCL has announced new features for Horizons. The web-based platform integrates GIS, pavement and asset management for highways authorities and agencies...
Efficient asset management deliversMaximising the economic benefit of infrastructure assets can be achieved through delivering better quality maintenance. Increasing utilisation of infrastructure follows on from those assets being in...
Superlative formwork's global appealThe latest formwork solutions are enabling some tough bridge-building projects to be delivered in South America and Europe, while the world's largest construction equipment show is seeing the merits...
State-of-the art road tunnels in construction and use of ITSA wealth of major road tunnel construction projects and significant cant ITS installations within existing key road tunnels have been recently completed or will soon be underway. Guy Woodford...
Vandals attack road fittings on key Nairobi road linkA wave of vandalism has hit a new superhighway from Nairobi as Shem Oirere reports. The newly opened 45km superhighway in Kenya's capital Nairobi is facing a new challenge that threatens to erode its...
Special formwork solution for tricky Orinoco projectTaking a road and rail link across one of the biggest rivers in South America, together with its swamps and flood plain, calls for a new crossing of superlative dimensions. Two 135.5m pylons for the...
Bitumen technology suppliers seek new ways to save money and work more efficientlyWhen World Highways decided to ask some of the industry's leading suppliers what the future holds for bitumen, we found out - not surprisingly in the current economic climate - that it's all about...
New innovations are being developed in diesel engines and drive technologiesInnovative new engine emissions control technology is coming to market - Mike Woof reports. The diesel engine sector has been one of the most active and innovative areas for technological development...
New driveline developments boost machine efficiencyAdvances in transmission technology will help to optimise machine performance writes Mike Woof. As construction machines have become more sophisticated, so have the transmission systems used in...