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High technology is offered by the Ammann plant for asphalt production

March 21, 2022

Sophisticated asphalt plant from Ammann

March 17, 2022

Doka goes underground in Stockholm

Sweden’s first circular design road tunnel is under construction in Stockholm’s Skärholmen district (image courtesy Doka)

March 15, 2022

Accurate milling and paving with Wirtgen

Vögele material feeders and pavers were used to pave in echelon, with compaction using Hamm rollers for the Silverstone job

March 11, 2022

IRF Road Scholar Programme: an exciting week of professional growth

Alexander Molano Santiago, IRF Fellow Class of 2021

March 9, 2022

Road recycling train from Wirtgen in Nigeria

The Wirtgen recycler has been used to produce construction materials onsite

March 7, 2022

Leading private sector companies partner to improve road safety in Morocco

March 4, 2022

Special mixes produced for a race track in Indonesia

High-quality mixes were supplied by the plant for the track surface

March 2, 2022

A new transportation project for Northern Southeast Asia

International links between Lao PDR and its neighbours, such as the bridge spanning the Mekong River and connecting with Thailand, are crucial for transport © Songdech Kothmongkol | Dreamstime.com

February 18, 2022

Road rehabilitation with a recycling train in Portugal

A Streumaster spreader unit was fitted to a John Deere tractor

February 16, 2022

Advances in bitumen technology: new applications

This month, we look at four very different pavement technologies in four very different applications

Stabilised Pavements recycled the base course and binder course of this stretch pf the A1 in North East England, adding graphene to the remixed material in a bid to improve the performance of the pavement

February 14, 2022

Advances in wheeled loaders coming to market

Manufacturers are introducing new wheeled loaders that offer performance advantages over earlier generation machines

The new DL200-7 is the latest in the new wheeled loader range from Doosan

February 7, 2022

LagoonHull still on the cards

A proposed major river development in Hull would include an immersed road tunnel to connect traffic arriving from Europe with the UK’s motorway network.

The causeway section will also be part of a new flood defence system for the city centre (image courtesy Lagoon Hull)

February 2, 2022

Paving a new racing circuit

The use of reduced temperature asphalt in a road construction project in Germany has helped to lower emissions

The pavers worked in echelon to ensure an effective hot-to-hot paving bond

January 31, 2022

Improved excavators from major firms

Caterpillar is aiming its GX excavators at customers in the rental segment for emergent markets

January 25, 2022

Fuel cell technology innovation

Rolls-Royce is working with cellcentric to develop innovative fuel cells systems for emissions-free power generation, while the firm has also developed an innovative low friction system for engines.