Highway maintenance

Compaction equipment from Dynapac is playing a key role in maintaining an important highway link in Brazil. Brazilian contractor Egesa has a contract to maintain the highway connecting the giant Jirau hydroelectric project and the nearest town of Porto Velho in Brazil's Rondônia State. The firm is using a fleet of Dynapac compactors to maintain the 130km stretch of two-lane highway between Porto Velho and Jirau in north-western Brazil.

February 22, 2012 Read time: 2 mins

Compaction equipment from 206 Dynapac is playing a key role in maintaining an important highway link in Brazil. Brazilian contractor Egesa has a contract to maintain the highway connecting the giant Jirau hydroelectric project and the nearest town of Porto Velho in Brazil's Rondônia State. The firm is using a fleet of Dynapac compactors to maintain the 130km stretch of two-lane highway between Porto Velho and Jirau in north-western Brazil. The work is needed as the road is heavily used because of the construction of the huge hydroelectric project on the Madeira River at Jirau. Amongst the machines are a newly acquired Swedish-built CC424HF vibratory compactor and a Brazilian-built CP 274 pneumatic-tyred roller, which are being used in tandem to first compact and then seal the new asphalt surface that is being laid. The BR364 highway runs all the way from the State of Mato Grosso through to the Peruvian border. The contractor is laying an asphalt wearing course directly onto the road surface, the road itself being sound enough for the traffic but subject to exceptionally high wear. The two Dynapac machines, working in tandem, require about six passes to compact the asphalt to its necessary 95% compaction depth.

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Compaction in the field

Special applications require stringent quality control and with compaction machines a key part of the paving process, their contribution can be vital. A high quality finish has helped athletes breaking sporting records on the track at the Shanghai Stadium in China during this year's 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Built in 1997 the stadium has been the venue for numerous major sporting events prior to the Olympics, however its track was showing signs of wear and the local authorities decided that a full refurbis

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Safety upgrade for Canadian highway

New machines from Dynapac have played an important role in tackling a stretch of Canadian highway with safety issues. The machines have been used to meet experimental compaction standards specified by highway engineers, so as to withstand Canada's harsh winter conditions. Canadian contractors InterCite Construction and Pavex of St Felicien have used the new Dynapac machines for work on upgrading Route 175, one of Canada's most dangerous highways, located in the Province of Quebec. Route 175 is a 174km long

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Highway rebuild

A major contractor In Turkey is using new Dynapac pavers to resurface the busy Istanbul-Ankara highway. Onur Insaat Taahhut bought 12 new Dynapac compactors and pavers at the end of last year and is using two of its new SD135C pavers on the D-100 highway. In all 12 Dynapac asphalt paving machines and vibratory compactors were added to its fleet of equipment, and has put two of the tracked pavers to work on the Ankara to Istanbul link. The machines, four SD135C medium-sized tracked pavers, four CC524HF artic

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North African roads

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Versatile paving

Paving operations in Perth, Western Australia, are being aided by Dynapac's productive and versatile F6-4W, which is paving links for new suburbs to meet the latest surge in population. The machine is working for specialist contractor BGC Asphalt and is laying roads in the remaining sub-divisions of Ridge Wood in Brighton, to the north of Perth.