Concrete milling, paving & compaction

German firm Wirtgen is to begin marketing its concrete slipforming machines in the US, through its Wirtgen America operation. The move comes with the launch two new concrete slipformers developed just for the US market, the SP15 and SP25.

Riga International Airport in Latvia is seeing growth in aircraft numbers and passengers, prompting a need for investment and upgrades.

The authorities in Albania are planning to open a new tunnel that will form part of the Tirana-Elbasan highway. This new link is currently under construction and is due to be opened in early May 2012. The tunnel is 4.3km long and is around 66% complete.

By 2014, the Russian capital Moscow is planning to reconstruct nine outgoing highways from the city. Out of US$69.55 billion allocated for the city's transport development programme in 2012-2016 years, almost $19 billion will be spent on road construction and maintenance. In 2012, almost $10 billion will be invested under the programme, including $3.4 billion in reconstruction of roads. Currently, the Moscow Mayor's Office is looking for contractors, and is inviting bids for reconstruction of Entuziastov Sh

A major contractor In Turkey is using new Dynapac pavers to resurface the busy Istanbul-Ankara highway. Onur Insaat Taahhut bought 12 new Dynapac compactors and pavers at the end of last year and is using two of its new SD135C pavers on the D-100 highway. In all 12 Dynapac asphalt paving machines and vibratory compactors were added to its fleet of equipment, and has put two of the tracked pavers to work on the Ankara to Istanbul link. The machines, four SD135C medium-sized tracked pavers, four CC524HF artic

A low level of investment in improvements and upgrades to Germany’s highway network is causing concern in the country’s transport sector. Some states have revealed a backlog of works needing to be carried out, with road surfaces now reaching the end of their design life and bridges requiring replacement in different parts of the country. Transport groups say that continuing low road maintenance budgets will further exacerbate the problem.