Features

Peter Bigwood* makes the case for using remote-controlled demolition machines to demolish bridge decks

Dubai, one of the world’s iconic cities, has been designated to host the International Road Federation’s World Meeting & Exhibition on November 8th-11th, 2021.

A new highway section in Austin, Texas marks a major departure for the southern US city

Construction of Bolivia’s El Sillar highway, the country’s most complicated road project – Mauro Nogarin reports

An ongoing study is benchmarking progress towards adapting roads to new mobility, explains Christophe Nicodème*

On October 23rd, SuM4All launched - at the World Bank In Washington - the Global Roadmap of Action Toward Sustainable Mobility, (GRA).

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IRF spoke to Valerio Molinari from Ecogest SpA about maintenance as an effective means for increasing infrastructure resilience.

Major manufacturers have introduced key innovations in milling, recycling and stabilisation

Italian investment will help to build a major high-speed highway in Russia

Digitalisation and sustainability focused minds at the recent biennial CECE Summit in Brussels

IRF and the Global Alliance of Road Safety NGOs have hosted the first training of the LEARN project in Nairobi, Kenya.

New concrete construction technology is being unveiled at the upcoming World of Concrete exhibition in Las Vegas

This year’s BICES exhibition in Beijing showcased much machinery destined for export to emergent countries that are taking advantage of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Traffic signs and pavement markings have been in use for over 100 years to provide essential guidance and delineation of the travel path. In the ensuing years, the performance of these systems has been greatly expanded with the introduction of retroreflective optics to increase visibility at night and in wet night-time conditions.