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October 31, 2024 35 seconds Read
The 61st edition of the IRF World Road Statistics 2024 is available
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Asecap hopes the Lisbon meeting will be the first in a series of sustainability forums as ‘climate policy becomes the highest priority’
November 10, 2022
All change: get ready to rethink everything
How can we make our infrastructure ready for new sustainability challenges? What kind of investments are needed? And who will finance them? Tolling…
The I-69 improvement project is being carried out for MDOT, with Michigan Paving & Materials as prime contractor and Hoffman Bros as earthworks contractor
November 8, 2022
Connectivity is key for contractors
Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has planned its US$210 million I-69 Rebuild Project in Eaton and Calhoun Counties, work that will…
IRF Washington
November 4, 2022
Raising global safety standards for road work zones
The International Road Federation is at the forefront of global efforts to raise safe work zone management practices.
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November 1, 2022
E+ Screed Heating paves the way
The new E+ Screed Heating option by Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) allows customers to preheat screed on their pavers with less noise, less…
Bell has developed a special narrow version of its B30E ADT for use on-road
October 31, 2022
Haul truck developments
Several key manufacturers are offering improved designs for the ADT market, with new names also entering this segment
At the upper end of the scale, the new Vögele machines offer productive paving for highway works
October 27, 2022
Asphalt paving advances for global markets
New asphalt paver designs for global markets are now being made available
Valerann Lanternn
October 25, 2022
Efficient road traffic management for large-scale sporting events
Modern road networks require a significant amount of infrastructure to function, from the roads themselves to signage, as well as other assets that…
St Petersburg roadworks: total funding of the five-year road construction programme will be about US$224 billion © Alenmax | Dreamstime.com
October 14, 2022
Russia ploughs ahead with road expansion
Despite Western economic sanctions, Russia plans a record road building programme up to 2027, as Eugene Gerden reports
Komatsu and Honda have developed the PC01E-1 by successfully electrifying the PC01 conventional micro excavator
October 12, 2022
Komatsu’s electric micro
An electric version of Komatsu’s very mini excavator is among the latest developments in the utility sector that include a new Hitachi wheeled…
The lamps poles - which are casting long black shadows - are located only on the roundabout island and at a bicycle crossing (image courtesy NIF)
October 10, 2022
A roundabouts way of lighting
One of Europe’s first smart lighting systems specifically for roudabouts is operating in Hungary and making big energy savings for local government,…
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