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The innovative StreetPrint stamped asphalt and asphalt coating technology from Integrated Paving Concepts (IPC) is now being made available in key markets.

Local authorities in Canada are taking advantage of the latest technology to cut street lighting bills using optimisation systems. This helps reduce energy costs, extend the life of lighting and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Canadian firm Streetlight Intelligence says it is seeing increasing take up of its low energy lighting solution following its National Demonstration Programme for its Lumen IQ street light optimisation technology with cities and utility firms across Canada.

Sun Valley Lighting has developed an efficient, long-life lighting package for its successful turn-of-the-century streetlights. These can now be equipped with VLED optical modules for energy-efficient LED performance. The VLED modules use Philips/Lumileds Luxeon Rebel emitters and are said to deliver full-spectrum illumination while minimising light pollution and glare. The firm offers an array of traditional-styled luminaires with VLED modules, including the lantern-style Sigma fixture. The VLED module ref

The Colombian authorities are agreeing terms with the Colombian electricity transmission company Interconexion Electrica (ISA) for the Autopistas de la Montana highway project. The Bogota-Villavicencio highway was also awarded although other infrastructure projects are still awaiting approval.

Sandvik says that its new QE440 screen offers higher throughput and productivity than the machine it replaces. Aimed at the aggregate production market the QE440 offers 40% more screening area than its predecessor, the QE340, while featuring stockpiling conveyors that are wider, and higher. These can cope with the increased production capacity and can stack larger stockpiles. Punched plate, heavy duty mesh, rock fingers or grizzly bars can be fitted to the top deck while heavy duty mesh or fingers can be fi

The innovative 6002 and 6102 therma-hygrometers from UK firm ETI offer accurate measurements of air temperature and humidity. The units are designed and manufactured in the UK and are said to be easy to use. Both the therma-hygrometers display humidity and temperature simultaneously and incorporate a

Ennis Prismo Traffic Safety Solutions has developed a new cold plastic methyl methacrylate (MMA) technology for use in road marking. The cold applied MMA is a two-component acrylic marking for specific locations requiring greater durability. The product, available as an agglomerate marking for wet night reflective performance, is highly durable, and is threfore suited to areas with high traffic wear such as roundabouts, box junctions, give-way lines and heavily trafficked roads.

Leica Geosystems is expanding its Viva GNSS range with the addition of the new NetRover package. This comprises the GS08 receiver, a sophisticated RTK network rover and the new Leica Viva CS10 3.5G field controller. The field controller has a fully integrated high-speed 3.5G modem to connect to RTK reference networks and allow mobile broadband internet connectivity for field-to-office data transfer. In addition to 3.5G, the new field controller can also include Bluetooth, WiFi and TPS radio for further conn

The new Road Razor ECO milling machine tool from Kennametal offers increased life and cutting capabilities for the user. The innovative shape and increased hardness allow higher cutting speeds while boosting wear life.

Work is now underway on the new DFW Connector near Dallas, in the US state of Texas. This is of note as it is the largest investment of Recovery Act (ARRA) investment in a highway project so far.

French company ECT (Enviro Conseil Travaux) has opted to take advantage of the Caterpillar Certified Power Train (CPT) rebuild service for two of its Cat 740 Ejector articulated trucks. These are the first rebuilds worldwide for articulated trucks, and both were carried out by the French Cat dealer Bergerat Monnoyeur. What you get with CPT: Restores power train to like-new performance, Covers radiator, engine, transmission, torque converter, final drive and axle, Approximately 200 tests and inspections of p

Two Liebherr mobile cranes and four Atlas Copco compressors are playing an important role in upgrades to a highway in Brazilian city São Paolo.

Traficon is now offering a VIP board that can be used for analysing images from network cameras. The highly sophisticated VIP-IP package connects to IP network cameras that provide MPEG-4 or H.264 video compression and generates streaming video back out, with embedded detection information. It integrates automatic incident detection, traffic data collection, vehicle presence detection, digital recording of pre

A modular mobile jaw crusher is being offered by a new manufacturer to the market. Based in Britain, Crushers UK has designed its track-mounted, single toggle jaw Hercules 1830 machine to be easy to transport and make ready for use. The machine features a crusher opening measuring 800x500mm and can produce stone sizes from 25-100mm, with a maximum throughput of 100tonnes/hour.

The Holzmatttal Bridge for the A98 autobahn in southern Germany stretches 410m across the valley, and on this build the newly-developed Doka forming carriage TU is said to have demonstrated precisely how it drives progress with extremely short cycle times and speedy forming and stripping out operations. The underslung carriage also permits unobstructed access for site traffic.

The summit of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) taking place on Russky Island, close to Vladivostok, Russia, in 2012 has prompted a myriad of construction projects in the area. The massive construction site includes hotels and a conference centre, airport reconstruction, highway construction and reconstruction, an opera and ballet theatre, sea facade including port structures and infrastructure, and the Eastern Bosphorus Strait Bridge (see World report, World Highways November/December 2009), which w

Japan's Transport Ministry is working on plans to remove toll charges for passenger cars using 1,626km of the country's expressways. The move is be used as a trial to evaluate benefits to the economy as well as on transportation businesses and traffic congestion.

Work is due to start on the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) in the Philippines in March 2010. The new highway will cut travel time and help boost economic development in and around Luzon.

A Tsurumi pump is still providing good service after 22 years in the fleet of Dutch rental firm Verno, which focusese on the construction market. The LB250 submersible model, for which production stopped over a decade ago, is thought to be the longest-serving Tsurumi pump in Europe. However, Verno, says that the unit's long service record is a product of its versatility, robust design and build quality

Terex's RS446C reclaimer/stabiliser is said to offer significant efficiency savings over its nearest rivals in the 373kW power class while offering similar working output. The machine is said to save up to 30% on fuel costs. The maximum cutting depth on the new model is now 508mm, an increase of 25% from the firm's earlier model. The RS446C now features a two-stage engine drive and three-speed cutter transmission. The new drive maximises break-out forces and delivers a production rate of up to 47m/min, whil