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The NUVM1.5, a highly compact concrete batching solution that can produce 1.5m³ every three minutes, is offered in static, trailer-mounted or truck-mounted versions by UK company Nurock Mixers. The truck-mounted version can be fitted onto a standard vehicle with a 7.5tonne GVW and is fully computerised, with the ability to store up to 50 mix designs. Power for the static version comes from a Hatz diesel that meets the necessary Tier 3/Stage IIIA emission requirements, while the mobile version can be driv

Contractor Ringway has completed work on a tricky project to replace Stile Farm Bridge, which crosses the Great Stour River near Chilham in County Kent, south-east England. Built in the 1920s, the bridge was in a severe state of disrepair resulting in weight restrictions of just 3tonnes. The new structure has a 16m span and is constructed using pre-cast concrete, with pre-stressed steel-reinforced beams based on cast in-situ abutment, and enables the bridge to carry heavier traffic. As well as helping to ea

Toyo says that its hydrostatically driven submersible pumps provide performance benefits over rival electrically driven units. Features include robust construction and special metallurgies coupled with hydraulic motors that deliver high torque at low speed and which can handle tough applications. With the hydraulic piston motor featuring adjustable rotation speed, the capacity and the pressure supplied by the pump can be adapted to application and site requirements. The motors can cope with slurrie

A wide array of buckets is available from Danish company Viby to suit demolition and recycling applications as well as conventional digging and loading duties. The units are said to be strong and long lasting, and the well-proven separator bucket is already successful in the Danish market, with Viby hoping for wider success with this unit in the rest of Europe as well as further afield. A new high-tip bucket is aimed at duties in recycling applications and is also said to offer a long working life, fe

The Hungarian government has been investing heavily in extending and improving the country's motorway and trunk road network.

A sophisticated package for evaluating road condition is now available called e-Spott, from Pipe Hawk. This system is said to be a fast and reliable method of measuring the total bound layer thickness of asphalt laid in a highway reinstatement.

The new Barclays Cycle Superhighway scheme set up by Transport for London is benefiting from the latest system from Rediweld Traffic Products. Special RediPave Islands have now been installed, meeting a tight deadline and causing minimum traffic disruption. These splitter islands now define the cycle route and provide the cyclist with protection at a busy junction by Stockwell Tube. RediPave is a modular System made from recycled rubber and requiring no excavation.

Mastenbroek has developed a sophisticated GPS-controlled system for use in drainage trenching applications in partnership with Trimble Germany. The package is based on Trimble's Field Level II technology and is said to offer key benefits over existing laser-based technology. Surveying times can be slashed while drainage costs can be cut through more accurate deployment of gravel fill. An on-board computerised touch-screen display records every detail of the job, which can be downloaded for analysis and bill

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)/(HCME) has signed an agreement with Dominga (Domingos prekyba UAB), a new dealer in Lithuania, that will offer customers an extensive range of Hitachi construction machinery, including mini, medium and large excavators, wheel loaders and special application machines. Owned by Libra Holding and has two offices in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, and branches in the cities of Kaunas and Siauliai. Owned by Libra Holding and has two offices in the Lithuanian capital of

Leica Geosystems is offering its improved SpiderWeb v4.0 package as part of the new reference station software update. This improved suite of solutions also includes the GNSS Spider v4.0 and SpiderQC v4.0 packages.

UK-based Red Rhino Crusher has secured an order for 24 Mini Crushers from aid agency CHF International for use in clearing rubble from the Haiti earthquake. CHF has said that around 98% of the rubble from the earthquake in March has yet to be cleared and it will use the crushers to reprocess the material for the reconstruction work. CHF International's Sinan Al-Najjar said: "Recycling rubble is an essential solution for the reconstruction of Haiti that CHF International has pursued aggressively since the ea

The sophisticated RFX wireless weighing indicator system from Intercomp uses field-proven technology in a compact, hand-held unit. The indicator can be used with any Intercomp RFX scale system and use 2.4GHz wireless frequencies. The wireless indicator can works with up to six scales at once and can be used to control scales remotely from safe distances. Products can be combined to accommodate modular applications for a variety of scenarios. The indicator allows users to show the weights in cumulative total