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Sustainability is a huge topic across the construction and quarrying industry – not just in terms of what can be achieved tomorrow via carbon-free hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen internal combustion engines of machine fleets, but today, through the use of smart technology to make jobsites more efficient and sustainable by getting work done right first time, every time

Jacques-Emmanuel Saulnier (senior vice president Citizenship Engagement and General Delegate of the TotalEnergies Foundation) and Benacer Boulaajoul (director general, National Road Safety Agency Morocco & Steering Committee Chair, African Regional Road Safety Observatory – ARSO), together with IRF President Anouar Benazzouz, took centre stage at the IRF Annual Conference 2022 hosted in Marrakech for a very special announcement.

According to Benninghoven, reducing the carbon footprint in asphalt production is feasible by using the latest technology

IRF has announced the winners of the 2022 IRF Global Road Achievement Awards, a worldwide competition to publicise to the world the innovative, practical, creative, cost-saving and sustainable solutions the road industry provides to societies and economies.

Variable messaging signs from SWARCO Traffic have reached a 10-year milestone to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow in the English city of Reading.

The speed control project is recognized as a strategic road safety project of the Republic of Croatia and is included in one of the main documents of the Republic of Croatia, specifically in the National Road Safety Plan of the Republic of Croatia for the 2021 to 2030 period as adopted by the Government of the Republic of Croatia.

It is easy to say that the road sector never changes, but the latest E&E Event, held last month suggests this is not true - Kristina Smith reports from Vienna

A Lintec CSM4000 containerised asphalt plant in Cameroon has helped with the construction of the country’s first-ever expressway linking its two largest cities, Douala and Yaoundé. The new route replaces an older roadway in use for over three decades that no longer met traffic needs.

A notable development in the off-highway equipment sector is the development of new generation road reclamation tools

The 2022 IRF Global “Roads to Tomorrow” (R2T) Conference & Exhibition, a four-day global summit and technology showcase held in Washington DC opened on November 1 with a tribute to His excellency Eng Abdullah Al-Mogbel. After serving 12 years as the IRF chairman, he was appointed unanimously to the position of IRF Global chairman emeritus for life, the first such appointment in the history of IRF.

Major manufacturers are introducing sophisticated new single drum rollers for the soil compaction sector

An innovative tool to help optimise surface quality after compaction is now being considered by BOMAG. There is a need for this technology to fill a gap in road construction work, according to the firm

The panel of experts from Trimble and Dynapac discussed where the construction industry is on the path to autonomy at present, where it is heading, and Trimble’s overall corporate vision for the future. Trimble’s philosophy is that machine autonomy is about more than just controlling the machine. To move the industry forward, autonomy solutions must also turn real-time data into real-time information to optimise and coordinate the jobsite of the future according to Trimble. Providing full access to that data presents a challenge, but can be achieved.

The 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) was hosted this year on 6-18 November in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt with the aim to accelerate global climate action through emissions reduction, scaled-up adaptation efforts, and enhanced flows of appropriate finance able to ensure a ‘just transition’.

Paraguay’s Puente Héroes del Chaco will provide a vital transport link for the country once it is complete, Mauro Nogarin and Mike Woof report