Recycling

The construction project for an industrial park, which includes building the roads linking to the facility, will benefit from the use of a stabiliser from BoMAG.

Mongolia is planning ahead for a huge investment in road development. The country's network at present is in a poor condition, with few surfaced roads.

The Frankfurt/Hahn Airport is benefiting from an upgrade to its facilities as well as its road links that will help cope with increased traffic. The site was commissioned as a civilian airport in 1993 and is one of the fastest growing German airports as well as being the fourth largest cargo airport in Germany.

Increasing material costs mean that the US highway sector is looking to increase the use of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP). At the recent World of Asphalt conference and exhibition in Orlando, Florida, two presentations explained the latest developments.

Improved infrared asphalt repair technology is speeding pothole repairs in applications in North America.

A pavement recycling contractor in eastern New York State in the US is using an innovative and versatile Wirtgen machine to carry out very different road rehabilitation tasks. This unit is being used to lay foamed bitumen-recycling pavements as well as carrying out cold-milling.