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The new eastern bypass for Khabarovsk in Russia is being discussed by the local authorities. The 30km highway will feature four lanes and will connect the Chita - Khabarovsk (M-58) and Khabarovsk - Vladivostok (M-60) highways. It will also link with roads in the city at nine interchanges. The highway will have a speed limit of 140km/h. The project will be run on a public-private partnership basis and will cost US$540 million. The government will provide 20-25% of the finances required, with the rest coming

Zoomlion is celebrating a successful visit to INTERMAT after selling both the tower crane and the crawler crane that it brought to the show. The T320-16 tower crane has been sold to Germany rental company Streif Baulogistik, which operates a fleet of hundreds of cranes in Germany and Poland. The T320-16 combines Chinese and European know-how, as it features technology from Jost. Dutch end-user Crane House has brought the Zoomlion QUY 80 crawler crane. Zoomlion chief operating officer Delfino Corti said that

Italian firm Bonfiglioli is showcasing during INTERMAT a pre-series prototype of its 716C gearbox for milling machines and cold planers.

Rammer, which has remained a recognised name in hydraulic hammers and attachments although it was withdrawn in 2007, is set to make a return as Sandvik Construction announces a multi-brand strategy. Through the reintroduction of Sandvik-owned Rammer-branded products, the company says it will be able to serve a wider customer base by using differing breaker-focused distribution channels. The Rammer brand was withdrawn when the entire Breakers Lahti product line came under the Sandvik Mining and Construction

Element Six says that its D Power road pick has 40 times the life of a standard pick and gives smoother surfaces. The tip is made of what the company says is the hardest material on the planet – polycrystalline diamond. Milling time is reduced as fewer stoppages are needed for pick changes, according to Element Six.

JCB chief executive Alan Blake revealed record financial results for the UK machinery manufacturer during INTERMAT in Paris. Turnover in 2011 rose to US$4.37bn (€3.33bn), 37% up on 2010, with earnings before tax of €430m from sales of 69,100 machines. Speaking at the major construction industry show, Blake said: “The market has recovered by 80% since the last Intermat, mainly thanks to emerging markets. Russia is up 122%, India up 24% and Brazil is up 10%. However Western Europe has also improved, up 25% on

The latest data from Sri Lanka reveals a massive rise in road accidents and the deaths. Finding the root cause is not straightforward however and may be many complex causes for this scenario. Key factors have been identified by local experts however and these include reckless driving without adequate road discipline, the absence of an effective procedure for issuing driving licenses and a lack of any training procedures for drivers as well as other road users. Other key problems include deficiencies in the

Lectura Publisher is showing its plant data services as well as those of TER, the UK-based national register that fights against plant theft. Lectura collects and tracks technical data from equipment manufacturers as well as monitoring the latest new and used prices of each model. Information is available in printed multilingual books or online.

Model&Co, a Spanish manufacturer of foundation engineering equipment, used INTERMAT to launch a fully automatic concrete grout mixer. ith advanced electronics, the new mixer uses a touch-screen control panel for the input of concrete powder ratio and water volumes. It can deliver up to 170litres/min of hydrogenised grout at working pressures of up to 115bar. The mixer drum can also be rotated 95° from its vertical position, to simplify washing out.

Putzmeister’s new BSC 1409 D self-propelled concrete pump is designed for concreting drilled piles on unfinished surfaces and can deliver up to 85m3/hr at a pressure of up to 71bar. Powered by a 6-cylinder Deutz engine producing 129kW, the BSC 1409 D can travel at a maximum speed of 3.6km and does not need supports to be set up each time it moves.

In Albania the government is giving its approval for an €80 million (US$104.4 million) loan being provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The project is for the Fier bypass, which forms part of the Tirana-Vlora highway. The project has faced a series of delays since work commenced a number of years ago. However this new funding will help ensure the work is completed

Just two days after announcing that it had been awarded two AutoPass tolling contracts, valued at over US$5 million, by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Q-Free yesterday announced that the company has won a frame agreement for deliveries of tolling tags (OBUs) from the Spanish operator, Abertis. The value of the frame agreement is US$5.2 million, with a guaranteed volume of US$2.15 million. Putting this key business win into context, Øyvind Isaksen, Q-Free CEO explained it is very important for

A financial package worth US$793 million is being provided by Chinese firm CDB Leasing for a highway project expansion programme in China’s Henan province. Henan currently has 5,196km of highways in use. The plan is to expand the network to more than 6,600km in 2015.