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Kleemann is using INTERMAT 2015 to unveil its new MCO9 Evo mobile cone crusher for use in the secondary and tertiary markets. Aimed at contractors, the MCO9 Evo has been designed to complement the bigger MC110 Evo crusher and uses the same direct drive.

CEMEX is using World of Concrete Europe 2015 to show off a clever range of solutions that include permeable concrete with water flowing through it, lightweight concrete that floats on air, insulating concrete over flames and a highly flexible concrete that uses steel fibres rather than rebar.

The Route One team presents comprehensive coverage from the first day of INTERMAT, including news, views and all the latest products at one of the biggest shows in the construction industry.

You can find all kinds of things at INTERMAT from diggers to dancers; huge excavators to dinky dozers.

Dressta VP & Global Sales, Howard C. Dale explains how construction and technology are coming together through a partnership with Trimble

Volvo’s new H-Series vehicles offer outstanding fuel efficiency without compromising performance, with the operator having full control over the load for increased safety and productivity.

Chinese group explains why it is expanding into Europe, stressing the importance of the market to the long-term health of the industry – and Dressta, the Polish firm LiuGong acquired, talks about its own plans.

Company shows off its new 6-tonne capacity asphalt mixer in Paris, a product aimed at the growing market in recycling and characterised by low energy consumption and high quality output.

Explosives were used successfully in the US to demolish the Long Island Bridge. The structure formerly provided a connection to Squantum's Long Island, however it had fallen into disrepair and a decision was made to remove the structure. A section of the Long Island Bridge was demolished by a specialist contractor. This saw the implosion of a229m section of the structure connecting with the island.

New road safety videos made in France and Finland are giving strong messages on road safety. The new French video, launched in February, shows in bleak, close-up images the impact of road collisions on several individuals who suffered life changing injuries, and their families. It follows a number of increasingly shocking films released in recent months that have included a class of primary school children wiped out by a car, a fake ‘funeral’ for speeding motorists and a film released by police showing the moments leading up to a real, fatal motorcycle collision.

Demolition work is proceeding to plan on the old Bay Bridge in California. The structure is being removed piece by piece in a tightly controlled demolition project being carried out by a number of specialist firms. Strict guidelines cover how the demolition workers can proceed, with regulations preventing debris from falling into the water for example. Safety of the demolition personnel is another of the key criteria.

Planned demolition work continues on the Chain of Rocks Bridge in the US. The second of three planned blasts has now been carried out, successfully dropping another section of the structure into the canal beneath. The bridge used to carry Interstate 270 but has been replaced with a new structure lying close at hand. The old bridge lies just to the north of the city of St Louis, with the eastern end of the structure on Chouteau Island in Illinois and the western end is in Missouri.  The final section of the bridge will be removed in due course.