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The first site dumper units featuring Terex Construction’s new Powershift transmission have rolled off the production line at its manufacturing facility in Coventry, UK. The 2016 TA9P models, also featuring Stop-Start engine control and Autoshift technology, will soon be added to GAP Group’s national equipment fleet. Available on all models across the Terex TA9 and TA10 site dumper portfolios, Powershift transmission allows smooth, efficient gear changes, helping operators to select the correct gear f

The Marco Polo Airport, which serves the Italian city of Venice, is in the midst of a major upgrade to boost capacity. The work is being handled by the SAVE Group and involves a €630 million expansion and renovation of the facilities. This will increase capacity with one major phase of the plan being the 2015-16 extension of the apron. This challenging task has been tackled by NORDPAVI, an Italian concrete contractor that specialises in airport work. The firm is based in Bolzano in Italy’s South Tyrol an

The growing market for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids world-wide will help reduce urban pollution in many areas, while also cutting reliance on oil for fuel. This switch away from reliance on oil for fuelling vehicles is undoubtedly a good thing and will help address pollution on a localised level and climate change right across the globe. However, it will also bring radical changes to the way that road development is funded.

Many manufacturers claim that their machines are “versatile” or “flexible”, even “fast reacting” when working on site. But life shouldn’t be all work and no play. Even excavators and their drivers need a day off for some fun and one New York state contractor, Fastracs, has for three years made the point.

Leica Geosystems is now offering a smart, versatile antenna for use in GNSS monitoring applications. The firm says that this high-quality device is customisable to fit a wide array of project requirements. The unit is sophisticated, while offering reliability and ease-of-use and combines both GNSS antenna and receiver. The new smart antenna can be used for monitoring installations in static, long-term projects. The unit can also enable dynamic monitoring with up to 10Hz data streaming and multi-freque

Flintec is offering its touch screen, FT-30M on-board vehicle weight indicator. The unit has a colour touchscreen display and is capable of displaying weights in either kg or lbs. It can be used for recording and printing container receipts. Data can be downloaded, viewed or printed via the multiple connections available, including USB and RS232. It runs a Windows-embedded operating system, which is said to allow for easy system updates and software modifications, if required. FT-30M is said to be easy t

Intercomp says that its HH400 Handheld Indicator offers additional capabilities over the previous TL-RFX Indicator. This now offers added features such as output to RFX enabled wireless printers, memory storage, and RS232 output. The unit can be used for monitoring and controlling CS and TL Series Crane and Tension Link Scales, as well as PT and LP Portable Wheel Load Scales from up to 90m away. With three display modes, it allows simultaneous viewing of data from up to four scales from a large, graphic

A new LED luminaire range from Indico is said to offer high efficiency lighting capability, combined with low power use. The luminaire range is made in Sweden and is offered with ratings of 35W, 60W, 90W and 120W. The firm says the units offer an efficient LED street-lighting solution that can replace older and less efficient HPS lamps. The luminaire can be opened without using any tools by a small, hatch on the side of the body. This automatically locks into position for ease of maintenance, while safet

Now part of the Wirtgen Group, Brazilian firm CIBER produces asphalt plants for the Latin American market and has developed a series of technological innovations for this sector. The firm is now introducing its new iNOVA 2000 plant design that it will offer for Latin America. The firm has developed the machine based on its experience of the sector, while also incorporating the latest advances in asphalt plant technology. The plant has benefited from the firm’s research into the needs of different asph

Standards are changing to allow higher percentages of RAP, and batch plant owners want to take advantage of the recycled material. But unsightly steam and dust can escape from the mixer. The best way to counter this is to meter the amount of RAP being added to a batch system rather than adding it all at once. This is where Astec’s Batch RAP system comes into play. “The trouble with running RAP in a batch plant is that if you just dump the RAP in fast, you have serious problems with steam,” according t

Atlas Copco’s CC1200 is aimed at the rental market, with power from a Tier 4 Final compliant Kubota diesel. Weighing 2.5tonnes, the machine is offered with a drum width of 1.2m and features including a foldable Rops system, spring-loaded scrapers and beacon lights. Meanwhile Hyundai is offering the HR25T-9 compactor to the US rental market. This 2.5tonne compactor has 1m wide drums and is made for Hyundai by German company Atlas Weyhausen, with power from a Tier 4 Final compliant Deutz diesel rated at 22

FAE has developed a new mulcher for use with excavators weighing from 20 to 25tonnes. This unit can be used for clearing construction sites. The UML/S/EX/VT shares features with the firm’s existing UML/EX and UMM/EX models. The firm claimed that the unit combines the compactness of the UML/EX with the robustness of the UMM/EX and completes its land-clearing product line. Features include bolted on counter-blades, a hydraulic opening system that is integrated into the frame and bolted on protection chains. T

Atlas Copco now offers seven models in its mobile HiLight tower range. The HiLight range comprises of the H5+, B5+, V5+ and E3+ LED light towers, plus the V4, H4 and E2 metal halide variants. Four of the models benefit from efficient LED solutions. Atlas Copco’s latest LED light towers feature a novel, fully directional optic lens that maximises practical light coverage while minimising dark spots. A top-of-the-range LED light tower can illuminate an area of up to 5,000m2 with an average brightness of 2

Italian firm Metalgalante claimed that its latest Carmix TrailerPump 15 concrete pumps can deliver concrete higher and further than previous models. The new TrailerPump is compact in size, measuring just over 4m long by 1.5m wide and 1.5m high. This makes it easy to manoeuvre onsite and allows it to be used in applications where access may be limited. The unit has a powerful twin-cylinder piston pump with a hydraulic control, which is said to ensure a capacity of up to 15m3/hour at a pressure of 70 bars

One of Google’s self-driving cars caused a costly crunch to its reputation when it cut up a city bus, causing a crash. However, a rather more ordinary car also was involved in a driverless vehicle incident in Manhattan Island in recent times. The automatic starting system for the Corvette sports car engaged for no apparent reason and turned over the powerful engine, with the vehicle racing away, out of control. It mounted a kerb and struck a pedestrian, leaving her injured.