Asphalt milling, paving & compaction

Equipment from Vögele and Hamm has been used to build a carriageway with reduced-temperature asphalt in Germany. The equipment was required for paving a road tunnel in Kahrlsruhe. Tough conditions were applied to paving in the road tunnel under the Kriegsstrasse road.

Italian manufacturer Massenza, which produces bitumen emulsion and concrete equipment for road construction markets around the world, has been hard at work over the past two years developing two new machines.

BOMAG is launching its new range of asphalt pavers, which benefit from the latest technology. The new generation of universal and highway class pavers from BOMAG are equipped with the company’s Advanced Pave system, a digital co-pilot for pavers

North Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona is one of the metropolitan area’s most recognisable landmarks and busiest hiking destinations.

Asphalt plants from Lintec are helping with the construction of runways in Russia and Cambodia

With a productivity of 400m/hour at a depth of 50mm, the Simex PL 45.20 attachment has proved invaluable for Anhui Shunying Traffic Engineering.

Massenza's Combimas 7000-4 combines chip spreader and spraying tank in one vehicle.

A major new UK bypass contract is being handled by Aggregate Industries.

Roads and highways have to be monitored and maintained regularly to ensure they are safe for use, and surface smoothness is a key factor for road quality. However, for racetracks (and airport runways) surface smoothness is even more important for safety and performance

The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research Centre (Empa) has been testing alternate layers of aggregate and string laid out by a robotic arm (photo courtesy Empa)