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The Benninghoven plant was installed within a tight timeframe, despite tough conditions
March 21, 2023
New Benninghoven plant in Norway
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Biogenic asphalt has some of the traditional bitumen binder replaced with a naturally-derived binder, for instance tall oil pitch
July 11, 2022
Bitumen technology: crude moves and carbon savings for the industry
As bitumen suppliers look to replace Russian sources of crude oil, there’s a race to get biogenic asphalts to market – and bank those carbon-saving…
Bird’s eye view of the new premises of the SWARCO Global Glass Beads Technology Centre in Neufurth / Austria.
July 11, 2022
Swarco inaugurates new glass bead factory in lower Austria
Glass microspheres are a versatile product. They are used as reflectors to create nighttime visibility of road markings and traffic signs to improve…
Raman Ojha heads Shell’s new Roads and Construction division
July 8, 2022
Shell is pushing ahead with decarbonisation
Why is Shell interested in bricks and concrete? Kristina Smith met the head of its new Roads and Construction division, Raman Ojha to find out
Renderings show how the complex interchange design is built on reclaimed land – image © courtesy of Bentley
July 6, 2022
Mumbai’s new coastal transport link
Mumbai’s new coastal road presents an ambitious and challenging project that will help improve the lives of the city’s inhabitants - Mike Woof writes
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July 1, 2022
Bomag is on track – London to Glasgow in 2 hours and 40 minutes
British Railways has big plans. Trains on the first 220 km from London Euston Station to Birmingham could be travelling at a speed of 360 km/h (225…
June 27, 2022 2 minutes Read
Foiled by foliage from Biotecture
Richard Sabin, managing director of Biotecture*, details how living walls provide an innovative solution for reducing air pollution and improve air…
Excavation work is now underway on the SR318 project in Italy for the new Casacastalda Tunnel, and the new Picchiarella Tunnel on the route will also be driven using the same techniques
June 20, 2022
Italian highway bridge and tunnel link
A project in Central Italy is seeing the construction of new tunnel stretches, a bridge and a viaduct. The work is being carried out on State Road…
New Zealand contractor Stringfellow is making good use of Trimble technology across its machine fleet
June 3, 2022
Trimble machine control technology onsite
A construction firm in New Zealand is making good use of machine control technology from Trimble. The technology is helping to reduce costs and boost…
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June 1, 2022
Solid ground
The depth effect of heavy single drum rollers is remarkable and is significantly increased by the polygonal drum, available only from BOMAG.
The IMUs on the Generation 8 machines allow precision working without the need for GNSS systems or base stations
May 31, 2022
Efficient dozing with Liebherr
Liebherr’s latest Generation 8 dozers offer a higher level of machine control than ever before