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UK maintenance company Ringway says that it has invested in Readi Barriers to help improve the management of road closures and reduce the number of incidents with the travelling public. Several automatic Readi Barrier systems have been trialled as an alternative way of enforcing road closures at sites in the English counties of North Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, Cheshire West, the East Midlands and Cambridgeshire.

The new G9190 & G9220 VHP models are equipped with the firm’s automatic variable horsepower system. This is said to provide an automatic mode for transmission, allowing operators to shift between manual and automatic transmission. The system is also said to provide operators with greater control over the grading process while optimising fuel efficiency. In addition, the machines are fitted with a piston pump hydraulic system that is said to deliver the optimum oil flow to the hydraulic functions, regardless

Siqura is offering the TrafficPTZ Ultimo, a Pan Tilt Zoom camera that is said to be optimised to meet traffic and infrastructure demands. A nove feature is the embedded processing, which allows third party application software such as analytics to run on it. The unit is claimed to be an all-IP camera with a robust design that features fast and accurate positioning. It also has no backlash, a large zoom lens and is easy to install. The camera responds automatically to information from roadside sensors such a

A new Metso Nordberg NP20 crusher is delivering increased capacity and reduced maintenance needs for an aggregate producer in Canada. The new Metso Nordberg NP20TM series impact crushers were developed in tight collaboration with Hewitt Equipment and Demix Agrégats ensure increased capacity and ease of maintenance according to the firm. Earlier this year, Metso delivered two new NP20TM impact crushers to Demix Agrégats' plant in Laval, Canada. Metso and Hewitt Equipment, the distributor for Metso crushing

TransCalm is a stand-alone bolt-down speed hump designed to persuade drivers to comply with the limit in 32kph zones and described as a ‘responsive speed control’ by its manufacturer Mallatite. The TransCalm is constructed from a rubber compound containing a pneumatic cylinder, fitted with a patented valve that operates at a preset safe speed. The valve is open for drivers under normal safe use, allowing the cylinder to deflate to around 45mm, reducing the firmness of the unit. If the safe speed is exceede

Tensar’s flexible and reactive approach to optimising pavement design has delivered cost savings on a project to expand a science and technology park in England. The US$6.7 million NETPark Phase 3A Infrastructure project in county Durham will see construction of a spine road and side roads. The road will open up 10.5ha of development land at the North East Technology Park. The ambitious expansion plans will create additional space for research and development companies which need room to prototype and scale

A variety of issues affect accurate continuous level measurement inside cement plants. The most critical concerns are dust, heavy build-ups, low-reflective media and uneven surfaces in conical and/or air-injected silos with internal objects. Now, new frequency-modulated continuous-wave – FMCW - radar technology, combined with high signal dynamics, offers a way to accurately and reliably measure product levels.

Trelleborg has unveiled its innovative cast-in profile sealing system at the recent 2017 Rapid Excavation & Tunnelling Conference (RETC). The firm says that its latest cast-in profile sealing systems are designed to help ensure that tunnelling projects keep to project timescales and budgets. The design of the units also helps to shorten the production process of concrete tunnel gaskets according to the firm.

Global Traffic Technologies (GTT) is helping to make journeys for cyclists safer, smoother, and faster by using existing infrastructure. The firm offers its Canoga 9004 system to detect and react to bikes at intersections. This allows the traffic detection system to recognise both motor vehicles and bicycles. The Canoga card reacts quickly enough to give cyclists a green light without needing to slow down or wait at the intersection; or worse yet, navigate a red light.

Hyundai Heavy Industries, in collaboration with the construction machinery manufacturers Italian dealer Hitex, recently supplied two machines for Earthquake clean-up duties in Italy. The machines - a R60CR-9A crawler excavator and a HL757-9A wheeled loader were handed over to the Il Corpo Nazionale dei Vigile del Fuoco for four-months at no cost. It was August 24, 2016, when an early morning violent 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook central Italy and claimed 297 lives. The epicentre was located near Accumoli,

Wacker Neuson has now improved the performance of its electric drive wheeled loader, the WL20e. This battery-powered wheeled loader has a bucket capacity of 0.2m3 and is now available with a high-quality AGM battery. This low maintenance battery features the latest Absorbent Glass Mat technology, with the electrolyte bound in a fleece made of glass fibres. This makes it a leak-proof system and in addition, the new technology is said to be less sensitive to temperature and develops little heat when chargin

The first of a new-style smart motorway emergency stop area is being trialled on the M3 in England. The redesigned emergency area has a highly visible orange road surface and better signs to improve its visibility, according to Highways England, the wholly government-owned company responsible for modernising, maintaining and operating England’s motorways and major A roads.

Fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) has long been used for road pavements and is now a common material for civil engineering applications such as precast tunnel segments and sprayed concrete linings. However, testing FRC is challenging because the fibres – which are usually steel or macro-synthetic – rupture suddenly, causing the specimen to lose its bearing capacity. During this critical phase any sudden release of elastic energy by the frame of the testing machine may cause the premature rupture of the specim