David Arminas recently returned to Seattle for an inside look at some of the features of the now-complete SR99 tunnel that was a World Highways key project report in November 2017.
Turkish customs officials, under the TAREKS inspection regime, are taking a harder look at non-EU-made construction equipment. But it appears that some European manufacturers are being caught up in the importation log jam, reports David Arminas.
Wirtgen is introducing an innovative concept for road construction in the shape of its new WRC 240(i) rock crusher. The machine has been developed from the firm’s proven soil stabiliser technology and is designed to break coarse rocks in-situ, as found in hand-packed pavement layers.
A fleet of Liebherr ADTs is helping with the construction of a major project at Lake Reschen in Northern Italy, close to the country’s borders with Austria and Switzerland.
The “vast lakes of data” collected daily by global highway operators are going to waste meaning opportunities to improve services and boost revenue are continually lost. This must change, reports Geoff Hadwick from the ASECAP Days 2023 conference in Istanbul.
Michael Gomes, vice president of sustainability and corporate social responsibility at Topcon, talks to Mike Woof, editor of World Highways magazine, about the use of technology to deliver sustainability in road construction.
When it comes to vehicle restraint systems, just how safe it safe? Attendees to the 3rd International Conference on Road Safety, put on by the ERF - European Union Road Federation – found out, reports David Arminas.
Recent regulations from the European Commission have exempted road markings from microplastic bans and restrictions, at least for the moment, explains to the ERF.
The project in the City of Westminster – part of the London urban area - achieved a total embodied and operational carbon saving of 78% – equal to around 100 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
