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Putting Lima, Peru on the map as a major hub in South America via a $2 billion airport rebuild was serious business. This 270,000 square meter challenge at Jorge Chávez International would require 7,000 collaborators to work from the same page — avoiding errors and rework that could jeopardise their timeline and budget.

Develon has launched the DX235RTF-7 tunnelling excavator, an extension to the company’s line-up of special application machines.

The DX235RTF-7 is based on Develon’s well-established DX235LCR-7 reduced radius crawler excavator and is powered by a DL06V Stage V engine, providing 141kW of power. The DX235RTF-7 uses the successful compact design and minimum swing radius of the DX235LCR-7. However, the key part of the machine is the heavy duty tunnelling front, offering a new arm and boom design with special kinematics and a tilting function.

Cemex is expanding its truck mixer fleet in Mexico with the addition of electric mixers. The machines have been ought as part of the firm’s strategy to decarbonise its global fleet. This initiative is a key component of the company’s Future in Action program, which aims to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050.

The electric concrete mixers offer full-load capacity and can operate for a full day without needing to recharge. Cemex has already introduced similar mixers in Germany and Dubai and plans to expand into France, Spain, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

Cummins is working with Holtex and the University of Manchester on Project Unity. This will see the development of an advanced digital tool aimed at improving the design and durability of components used in hydrogen-fuelled powertrains.

With £2.4 million in funding from the UK Government, Cummins will head Project Unity from its Huddersfield, UK facility. 

Sit in on our latest roundtable discussion on sustainability in the construction and aggregates industries, brought to you by Global Highways and Aggregates Business. AB editor Guy Woodford has been talking to two world-class experts: Jeremy Harsin from Cummins and Michael Gomes from Topcon. Make your planning, your workflows, your contract tenders, and your sites as sustainable as possible. “Sustainability is really about profit, people and the planet,” say our experts. “Being able to drive that is the work that matters.”