Materials

July 9, 2012
Turning aggregates production into a truly industrial process and providing customers with accurately fine-tuned aggregates mixes is the secret…
July 9, 2012
Imaginative formwork, often using modular components, is helping to shape some challenging bridges worldwide. Patrick Smith reports Traffic volumes…
July 9, 2012
Two technologies combined to give a heavily used bridge a new surface that should last for years The Avonmouth Bridge carries the M5 motorway over…
July 4, 2012
Work is progressing apace on the biggest infrastructure project in Europe, the Transylvania Motorway or Autostrada Transilvania (A3) in Romania, with…
July 4, 2012
The multi-span reinforced concrete viaduct at Torano, about 100km east of the Italian capital Rome, is a major structure on the main E80/A24/A25…
July 4, 2012
Mike Woof reviews the latest compaction market developments In the run-up to the upcoming World of Asphalt event in Orlando, Florida in March, the…
July 4, 2012
With new roads to be built and existing ones to be maintained, one company is predicting a big increase in asphalt production Asphalt plant…
July 4, 2012
Hyper-mobility is constantly demanded by customers who favour continuous plants, especially in France. However, compromises must always be sought in…
July 4, 2012
Hot-mix asphalt (HMA) is produced at specialised facilities where various mixtures of aggregate are heated and dried, combined with liquid asphalt…
July 4, 2012
Mike Woof discusses some novel developments relating to bitumen In the developed countries of Western Europe there is an increasing shift away from…
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