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Melbourne’s West Gate Russian highway project looks set to be hit by further cost projects being increases and delays planned Massive highway projects are being planned in Russia. One plan calls for a 1,500km highway © Worakit Sirijinda | Dreamstime.com Worakit © to connect a number of cities forming Russia’s ‘Golden Ring’. Another project calls for a highway between Sochi and Dzhubga. The ‘Golden Ring’ project will connect Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Gus- Khrustalny, Ryazan, Mikhaylov, Funding for Tula, Kaluga, Vyazma, Rzhev, Tver, and Uglich. It will include building a number of river crossings Australian works and upgrading stretches of the existing R-132 route. However, A major funding package will help England Highway. The financing additional $2.12 billion (A$3 the cost of the project and the pay for road works in New South for South Australia is being billion). This will bring the final construction timeline have yet to Wales and South Australia. provided by Australia’s Federal price tag to $4.73 billion (A$6.7 be announced. New South Wales is setting Government and is worth $441 billion). The spike in the cost has Meanwhile, the 120km out its spending plan for road million (A$625 million). been caused by unforeseen tolled highway linking Sochi with infrastructure. Financing worth Key works planned include circumstances, namely the. Dzhubga is due for completion US$1.9 billion (A$2.7 billion) has road improvements in Hanhdorf in discovery of contaminated soil and in 2035. The project will include been set aside for road the Adelaide Hills area, with a problems with moving utilities. building bypass stretches for improvements in the state by budget of $141 million (A$200 The volume of the contaminated Tuapse and Lazarevskoe. Australia’s Federal Government. million). Widening and upgrade soil is such that it cannot be Contracts have also been This funding package will work will also be carried out for moved to existing landfill areas, awarded for the building of form part of the $65.5 billion the Main South Road linking further increasing the problems the Moscow-Kazan highway (A$100 billion) programme to Aldinga with Sellicks Beach, and costs. project. This toll road project is boost transport infrastructure in costing $96 million (A$136 The project has already been an important one for Russia, as New South Wales in the coming 10 million). A further $70.5 million hit by other delays and issues that it will improve transport in a key years. (A$100 million) will be spent have put up its cost, with a economic area of the country. Key projects being planned improving the historic Strzelecki growing awareness of further The design of the highway will include the $214.5 million (A$419 Track, which crosses the Strzelecki problems to come. The project allow for maximum speeds of up million) for the Coffs Harbour Desert and stretches some 475km now looks likely to take a further to 130km/h. The construction of Bypass and $78.6 million (A$120 in all, connecting Lyndhurst with 10 months to complete, with the highway will face a number million) for improvements to the Innamincka. ttunnelling work having already of challenges along the 729km Western Sydney's Prospect However, there is serious been pushed back. route. Highway. They also include $235.9 concern in Australia over the Another problem is the legal The project has been split million (A$360 million) on the spiralling costs of a major wrangle between Transurban and into seven separate stretches. Newcastle Inner City Bypass, and transport project in Melbourne, construction firms working on the Stroytransgaz is to build the $366.9 million (A$560 million) for Victoria. The West Gate Tunnel project, John Holland and CPB section in Moscow Region and the Singleton Bypass on New project now looks likely to cost an Contractors. Vladimir Region in a deal worth close to US$796 million. Regional Construction Company has the $315.3 million package to build a section in Vladimir Region, while Concern at high US crashes VAD has the $893.2 package for a section in Vladimir Region. Preliminary data suggests an More research has to be carried Avtoban has a $1.5 billion increase in road deaths in the out to reveal the cause of the jump contract for a stretch in Vladimir US for the first six months of in fatalities linked to the use of Region and Nizhny Novgorod 2020 compared with the same motor vehicles. Region. Chinese firm CRCC has period in 2019. However, the NSC has the contract for an $875.2 million The estimates point to an previously pointed out that driver section in Nizhny Novgorod increase in fatalities linked to distraction is an increasing Region. Avtoban will also build the use of vehicles of 20%. This problem for US drivers. a stretch in Nizhny Novgorod increase in road deaths comes The use of smartphones at Region and the Chuvash Republic in spite of a 17% drop in the total the wheel is a particular issue worth just over $1 billion. distance driven, a fall caused by according to the NSC, and while The US has a worrying Transstroymekhanizatsia will the global pandemic. hands-free equipment may be rate of road crashes build a section in the Tartastan – image © courtesy The data comes from the legal, research shows it is not safe Republic worth $1.85 billion. of Mike Woof National Safety Council (NSC). to use.

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Thailand land Colombia road bridge proposal The project to construct a massive land bridge has been projects delivered proposed for Thailand. The land bridge would link the Andaman Colombia’s capital, Bogota, is Sea and the Gulf of Thailand and setting out a budget for road would feature both road and rail development works. A budget connections. of US$3.3 billion has been set The proposed land bridge for the works. would be some 100km in length A contract is due to be and would provide a transport awarded shortly for work to the connection between ports Avenida Ciudad de Cali route. on Thailand’s coast with the And construction activity is due Andaman Sea and the Gulf of to commence on the Avenida Thailand. 68 route in early 2021. Of the Building the land bridge budget, $2.2 billion will be used would improve transport to improve 146km of roads in and and develop the economy around the city. in Southern Thailand. The A series of important road Colombia’s capital Bogota is project would also provide an benefiting from new road projects have also been delivered development works alternative transport route to the successfully under the country’s | Dreamstime.com Lopez © David Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), current national transport currently being developed. development programme. One of Two troubled bridge due to the uneven surface of the Included in the project the most notable to be completed connections are to benefit from central section left by the builder. would be new and improved has been the construction of the additional work. A proposal has The 653m bridge has the longest port facilities for the Thailand’s Tunel de la Linea. This 8.6km been made for the redesign of the central span of any bridge in Andaman Sea coast and for the connection is the longest tunnel Chirajara Bridge while repairs and South America, at 400m, while Gulf of Thailand. in Latin America and forms a key resurfacing will be carried out on its deck is some 143m above stretch of the 47km Via Cruce de the Hisgaura Bridge. the deepest point of the gorge la Cordillera Central route. The The redesign for the Chirajara underneath. During the final Panama tunnel faced many challenges Bridge has been proposed by construction stages issues caused projects are now during its construction, including Colombia's national infrastructure the central stretch of the deck to restarting geological and financial issues. agency (ANI). The Chirajara Bridge become uneven. These pushed back the date of its is an important link in the road But inspection work Construction work is now opening until recently. connecting capital Bogota with concluded that the while the deck recommencing on a series Other important projects that Villavicencio in central Colombia. is uneven, it remains safe. of road projects in Panama. have been carried out include the ANI has proposed building the And the Charte Bridge takes However, work on a major bridge 12km Yati-La Bodega connection, new bridge with a cantilever the place of an earlier link, which project has been delayed. the Gramalote road in Norte structure, as opposed to the failed in 2016. The new 162m Improvements to the de Santander, upgrading the cable-stayed configuration that bridge cost $13.2 million to build Puente de Las Americas-Arraijan Monitos-San Bernardo stretch of collapsed. and is an important link in the road are costing US$500 the Viento-Lorica road and the La The cable-stayed Hisgaura road connecting Villavicencio and million and when this work is Cruz bridge in Risaralda. Bridge has been controversial Yopal. complete it will feature four lanes in either direction. Work is underway again on the the Gualaca-Chiriqui Grande road. Vietnam’s safer roads in 2020 The upgrades to this route will improve transport between Vietnam has seen a road pandemic, resulting in a Panama’s Chiriqui Province and Vietnam’s road safety levels improved for Bocas del Toro Province. safety improvement in 2020, 2020 - image © courtesy of Sophie Williams response to the situation that compared with 2019. was better than most nations, Widening and upgrading During the first nine months with a low fatality rate from the for the La Concepcion-Cuesta of this year, there were 10,354 virus. This lockdown will also de Piedra-Volcan road has also crashes, 7,609 serious injuries have affected traffic for the recommenced. This road project and 4,876 road deaths. Compared nine-month period, reducing is costing over $84 million. with the data for 2019, this movements. But the construction work showed a drop in road crashes But the National Traffic on the $1.42 billion fourth of 18.3%, a fall in serious injuries Safety Committee has not given bridge spanning the Panama from road crashes of 20.9% and a information on the traffic volumes Canal has now been delayed. reduction in road deaths of 13.84% during the nine-month period, It will get underway in the respectively. allowing a comparison with the December 2020-April 2021 The data has been provided by figures for 2019. period. The work on the new Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety However, Vietnam’s road bridge was intended originally Committee. safety levels have undoubtedly to start in the first quarter of It is of note that Vietnam was improved, a positive note amidst 2020. quick to lockdown due to the difficult times.

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Paraguay route Construction work is well Gerald Desmond Bridge underway in Paraguay for the bi-oceanic corridor project. So far, surfacing work has been opening in California completed for 106km of the 277km route. The project is costing US$445 million to carry The new Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach, Work on the US$1.5 billion project began in 2013. out and is being managed by California is now open for traffic. This cable-stayed With 15% of the waterborne cargo for the US the country’s Ministry of Public bridge provides an important transport route for one transported over the Gerald Desmond Bridge every Works and Communications of the busiest US ports, replacing a through-arch year, it serves as an essential part of the country’s (MOPC). Improving the route will bridge built in 1968. trade infrastructure, as well as providing a vital route help boost transport across the The new bridge is around 610m in length, with a for motorists travelling between the POLB and country. main span of around 305m and features two towers surrounding communities. The new span which will that are each 157m high, making it the second-tallest carry Ocean Boulevard traffic and connect Terminal cable-stayed bridge in the US. It features a 62.5m Island to downtown Long Beach and Interstate 710 Gabon highway clearance above the channel, an increase of around freeway. project underway 15m from the earlier bridge. The new bridge features emergency lanes on both WSP USA provided programme management and the inner and outer shoulders in each direction to Construction is commencing for construction management services for the Gerald reduce traffic delays and safety hazards from accidents the Transgabonaise highway in Desmond Bridge Replacement project on behalf of the and vehicle breakdowns, a reduction in the previous Gabon, Central Africa. The work POLB, overseeing and managing the design-build bridge’s steep grades to improve traffic flow, and a is being carried out by the Indian contract. The design-build project team, SFI, consisted dedicated bicycle path and pedestrian walkway that contractor, AFCONS. The client for of a joint venture between Shimmick Construction features scenic overlooks. Plans will be prepared the project is Société autoroutière Company, FCC Construccion, and Impregilo and shortly for the demolition of the existing bridge. du Gabon (SAG). included ARUP North America and Biggs Cardosa In all the Transgabonaise Associates as the lead designers. highway route measures some 828km between the capital Libreville, and the city of An important new bridge connection is opening to Franceville, in the east of the traffic in California country and close to the border with the Republic of the Congo. The route incorporates stretches of the N1, N2 and N3 highways. AFCONS has a contract to rebuild and upgrade an 81km stretch of the route, with this work expected to take 18 months to carry out. Further tenders for work to improve other stretches of the route are planned in due course. New Zealand highway link Construction work for the new highway in New Zealand to Vancouver crossing options improve transport between Peka Peka and Otaki is well The British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Vancouver and North Vancouver underway. According to the government has identified five Infrastructure. all contributed funding towards project team, the work is now potential crossings for the Possible routes for future the study. TransLink oversaw the back on track. The project calls proposed high-capacity rapid planning consideration include technical work. for the construction of a highway transit across the Burrard Inlet tunnel options: from Downtown featuring two lanes in either from Vancouver to the North Vancouver to Lonsdale via The technical feasibility study was led by engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald direction, as well as 9km of Shore. First Narrows; from Downtown connecting roads and a 1.3km The technical feasibility Vancouver to Lonsdale via railway stretch. However. the study, led by engineering Brockton Point; and Downtown project has been hit by a number consultancy Mott MacDonald Vancouver to West Vancouver of delays and will not meet the Canada, has come up with three via Lonsdale. They also include original deadline of early 2021 tunnel proposals and two bridge bridge options from Downtown that had been intended initially. proposals for cars and buses. Vancouver to Lonsdale via Second The price tag for the work also The plan will help inform Narrows, and Burnaby to Lonsdale increased from the original the long-term Transport 2050 via Second Narrows. US$212.5 million (NZ$330 planning, led by TransLink and the The ministry, the districts million) to $260.8 million (NZ$405 Mayors’ Council, according to a of North Vancouver and West million). statement by the BC Government's Vancouver and the cities of | Dreamstime.com Vismax ©

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Indonesian Mexico City’s new road deals A deal has been agreed in Indonesia for the 96.5km elevated highway Surakarta-Yogyakarta-New Yogyakarta International Mexico is setting out its Another elevated highway is Airport toll road. The Indonesian national infrastructure plan. being planned for Mexico City Government is awarding the Under this plan, transport, and - image © courtesy of Mike Woof package to the Jogjasolo Marga road transport in particular, is Makmur consortium. being prioritised. Under the terms of the In all, 25 major road projects arrangement, the firm will have are now being planned as part of the concession to build and this programme. Costing US$5.74 operate the toll road route. billion, the work will improve Building the link will cost an transport and trade across the estimated US$1.8 billion. The country. first stretches of the route should Key projects being addressed open in 2023 and the aim is to include the construction of the have the entire route ready for new Siervo de la Nacion highway, drivers by 2024. roads connecting to the new Santa The consortium comprises Lucia Airport and upgrades to the the state-owned toll road highways linking Ecuandureo with operator PT Jasa Marga as well La Piedad as well as Zitacuaro as PT Adhi Karya, PT Daya Mulia with Maravatio. Also being carried Turangga and PT Gama Group. out are the Lagos de Moreno road, Opening the toll road is hoped to the Mitla-Tehuantepec highway boost transport and tourism for and the San Luis Potosi highway Central Java and Yogyakarta. lining Ventura with El Peyote. The new airport is required was halted on grounds of cost. Meanwhile, concrete The proposed elevated as Mexico City’s current facility is The Santa Lucia facility is an specialist and producer Waskita highway to connect Mexico City no longer able to cope adequately existing military airbase and the Beton Precast (Waskita Beton), with the new Santa Lucia Airport with demand. Although accurate current administration believes has won a major contract to will be 15km in length. Estimates figures are hard to obtain, Mexico that converting this to a civilian supply materials for a key toll for the project have pegged the City is now thought to be the airport offers better value for road project. Waskita Beton will construction cost at just over world’s second largest city in money. supply materials for up to $264 $425 million. The cost will be split terms of population at more than Construction work on the million for East Java’s Krian- between the Mexico City budget 21 million. Another large airport airport site is scheduled for Legundi-Bunder-Manyar toll road and the Mexican Federal budget. site was planned but this project completion in 2022. project. Thailand is developing and Software partnership expanding its road links Construction firm Mott MacDonald is establishing a Thailand’s Ministry of road network. New roads will Phetchaburi's Cha-am district and partnership with ARES Software Transport is setting out plans connect the capital Bangkok to Nakhon Pathom. UK. The two companies say for the development and Thailand’s Southern Region, in Work on this 109km route that this tie-up will operate expansion of its road network. a bid to help reduce the chronic will cost an estimated US$2.41 on a global basis and will help The aim of the programme congestion that occurs at present. billion. Construction is starting clients improve the delivery is to boost the efficiency and Highway work will be carried shortly and will take until 2025 to performance of major projects. effectiveness of Thailand’s total out to improve transport between finish. The partnership combines Meanwhile, building the Mott MacDonald’s project planned Rama II route is expected programme and management to cost $915.2 million. The route advisory experience with ARES will be an elevated highway PRISM project management featuring three lanes in either software solution. The aim is to direction and should be ready for deliver projects more efficiently traffic in 2024, with the stretch by providing greater visibility between Bang Khunthian and throughout the development, Ekkachai due for completion in construction and operational 2022. phases. The two firms will In addition, plans are being combine their experience drawn up for a concrete bridge to of dealing with project data Thailand’s road system is to benefit from major span the Mae Klong River that will integrity and systems knowledge development works lie alongside the existing structure. to support clients and transform - image © courtesy of And a 37km highway is also projects and programmes. Sarah Biswell planned for Phetchaburi province.

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Czech Republic India road safety plan highway deal A consortium will handle a key A new plan is being highway project in the Czech established that will help to Republic. The €105.5 million boost road safety in India and contract for the D55 motorway cut the country’s casualty rate. in the Czech Republic has The programme is being been awarded to a consortium organised by iRAP and involves a comprising Austrian contractor novel 5-Star Global Connections STRABAG and the Czech subsidiary Initiative. This is being sponsored or French firm Eurovia. The by FedEx Express and is hoped to consortium partners have equal set up new partnerships across 50% shares in the contract. India. The programme will also The work is for the share results across the more than construction of an 8.5km section 100 countries that have their own of highway between Babice and RAP programmes. Staré Město and is expected to According to iRAP global India’s roads will benefit from a new safety take 42 months to complete. This programme manager, Judy programme, which will share knowledge globally stretch of the D55 highway is in Williams, "The initiative beautifully the Zlín Region, located in the connects FedEx’s mission South East of the Czech Republic of 'connecting people and a global Partner Management India with a focus on supporting and on the border with Slovakia. possibilities', iRAP’s vision for a System to store and track all of the government and industry The project features a number world free of high-risk roads and programme and partner partners across the country and of engineering challenges to IndiaRAP’s life-saving success. knowledge across more than 100 celebrating and promoting its its construction, not the least 5-Star Global Connections will be countries and 14,000 partners. success in conjunction with local of which is the need to build 18 a gamechanger for the charity’s The second is for the FedEx teams. bridges along the 8.5km stretch. impact and see first results development of a 5-Star Global And finally, there will be the delivered in the Pilot country of Connections Strategy that utilises development of a Celebrating India, where 17 deaths occur on the system and its data to connect Success Package that supports Command Alkon the roads every hour." people and resources for high projects across India that achieve The initiative includes impact local RAPs. Using the new the UN Global Targets for 3-Star acquisition four phases. The first is for the global system, piloting of the and better roads as a framework The Command Alkon-Trimble development of iRAP Connect, 5-Star Connections Strategy in for other countries to follow. transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vietnam bridge The acquisition will combine project commencing the best of Trimble construction logistics telematics solutions Design work is due to commence with Command Alkon's leading shortly on an important bridge project

© Wirestock | Dreamstime.com | Dreamstime.com Wirestock © fleet and workforce management in Vietnam. The early design works offerings. are now underway, with the detailed Trimble's construction design work to due to commence in logistics solutions provide ready- early 2021. The Nhon Trach bridge project will provide an improved mix and aggregates delivery transport connection between Ho Chi managers with tools to track, Minh City and Dong Nai province. The schedule, route and communicate 2.2km bridge will span the Dong Nai across the fleet for efficient River and carry three lanes of traffic in delivery of products. Fleets benefit either direction, forming part of the from automated real-time vehicle project to construct Ring Road No3 location and status, turn-by-turn and boosting transport around Ho navigation, monitoring and Chi Minh City. Ring Road No3 is being Ivory Coast road diagnostics as well as business built in four sections and connects the analytics and reporting. Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway with project underway Command Alkon has Ben Luc in the South West of the city. developed a suite of solutions Building the ring road is costing an Work is now underway on an important road project for Côte d'Ivoire. that span the heavy construction estimated US$2.39 billion, while the Costing some US$93 million, East Abidjan exit roadway will improve and quarrying industry's value bridge is costing $94.3 million. transport for the country’s capital city. chain and provide mission-critical Also in Vietnam three separate The project forms a part of the wider plan to improve urban technology for its customers. options are being considered for the transport in and around Abidjan. Financing is being supplied jointly the "As we work on the execution Can Tho-Ca Mau Expressway project. country’s government and by the African Development Bank (ADB). of Trimble's Connect and Scale The three proposals have been costed Building the route will take around 17 months and the project is 2025 strategy, we are continually at $2.61 billion, $2.44 billion and $1.98 expected to improve traffic flow and journey times to and from Abidjan. evaluating our portfolio of billion. The proposed routes will be for The new tolled expressway being built will feature three lanes in either businesses," said Rob Painter, lengths of 138km, 125km and 141km direction. president and CEO of Trimble. respectively.

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CEMEX says that its VIAMAIN product is a Accurate sustainable and long life product for trench measurements reinstatement A new system from Topcon Positioning allows greater accuracy when setting out points or performing as-built surveys. This new MAGNET Construct field software suits use with contractors and surveyors and is versatile and mobile, as it can be run on a Trench smartphone. The tool communicates with survey hardware and provides full data collection as reinstatement well as setting out workflows. With this product, users have the option to go beyond basic layout applications to product advanced positioning workflows. MAGNET Construct now A new product from CEMEX is VIAMAIN, a VIAMAIN mixes are fully compliant with the offers topographical and sustainable alternative to conventional materials requirements of the Specification for the Reinstatement stakeout functions used by aimed at use by utility contractors. The firm says that of Opening for Highways and mixes are available as a surveyors and site engineers. the product offers improved air void compliance and 20mm binder course and a 10mm and 6mm surface In addition to the new a reduction in defects through better workability course, all of which conform to BS EN 13108-1. feature list, MAGNET Construct and compaction. CEMEX has partnered with Shell Bitumen as the has an updated and Better durability means that VIAMAIN offers a leading bitumen supplier in the UK. configurable interface greater whole life carbon footprint compared to allowing operators to work conventional materials. This can be further reduced by CEMEX how they like while controlling the use of a Warm Mix version, VIAMAIN ECO. www.cemex.com GNSS and robotic total station instruments. MAGNET Construct allows users to work from the new Sophisticated georeferencing FC-6000A ruggedised Android controller or directly on a mobile device. It can be used Applanix is now offering the Trimble AP+ Air OEM For LiDAR integrators, the Trimble AP+ Air is as a dedicated solution or to solution for Direct Georeferencing of airborne compatible with the POSPac MMS LiDAR QC Tools complement an existing setup sensor data. for computing boresight as well as adjusting the as MAGNET job files are 100% The tool allows users to generate maps and 3D relative accuracy of the POSPac trajectory being used interchangeable and can be models without the use of ground control points. The to generate the point cloud. For integration with shared via the cloud. Trimble AP+ Air can be used for manned platforms as cameras, the solution is supported by the POSPac MMS Key benefits include the well as on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It can be Photogrammetry Tools for computing boresight and choice of either Android or iOS used with almost all airborne remote sensors, including performing camera IO quality control. operating system; an interface photogrammetric cameras, LiDAR, hyper and multi- with workflows to control both spectral cameras, and synthetic aperture radar. Applanix Corporation optical and GNSS instruments; Using advanced compact, low-power hardware, the www.applanix.com the ability to move quickly Trimble AP+ Air features dual embedded survey-grade from point to point and to GNSS chipsets, an onboard inertial measurement unit Trimble capture points productively (IMU), an external IMU, and the all-new Applanix IN- www.trimble.com with hybrid positioning. Fusion+ GNSS-aided inertial firmware. It is configurable Other advantages include to support the Direct Georeferencing accuracy demands field-office file transfer and of low-flying UAVs to high-altitude manned platforms. connectivity to both Autodesk The firm is part of the Trimble Group and has taken BIM360 and Bentley advanced features of Applanix Direct Georeferencing ProjectWise, and the ability to and Trimble GNSS technology and packaged these into import job site plans and a compact and versatile solution, according to Applanix. precise GNSS positioning The company adds that systems integrators can embed without a base station with a hardware solution that can be configured to meet access to global RTK networks different Direct Georeferencing needs of a specific with NTRIP credentials. sensor type. The Trimble AP+ Air is supported by the Applanix Applanix is now offering new POSPac MMS post-processing software, which features georeferencing technology Topcon Positioning CenterPoint RTX post-processing for centimetre-level that can be used for data www.topconpoistioning.com recovered from UAVs positioning without base stations.

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New business cases for the deployment of automated vehicles

dapting roadway proved effective and led many companies pedestrian usage areas and narrower “lanes” infrastructure to the to institute long-term and even permanent for automated goods movement. needs and opportunities remote work policies. Assuming this trend A surge in privately-owned vehicles of a rapidly automating continues, how will increased telework policies with automated features could lead to the vehicle fleet remains impact transit ridership and the need for pre- public’s better understanding of the value of a pressing issue for COVID levels of downtown office space? maintaining roadway infrastructure in a “good government agencies People living and working in downtown state of repair.” As people pay extra for the worldwide. IRF locations will still need mobility. However, automated features in their SAE J3016 Level 2 continues to promote a cross-industry dialogue remote work, social distance practices, and 3 vehicles, they will expect those features Aby inviting leading voices to share insights and and increased sanitisation protocols have to be available and reliable. confront viewpoints. essentially eliminated or severely cut shared We already know that one of the best ways Dr. Paul Carlson, the Chief Technology micro-mobility options (shared bicycles and to do this is to provide uniformity in pavement Officer of Road Infrastructure Inc., was invited scooters). In many cases, pedestrian and markings. In the US, the National Committee to comment on the possible impacts of the private bicycle use increased so much that on Uniform Traffic Control Devices recently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for deployment streets were closed to vehicular traffic. made recommendations that would support scenarios of these technologies. Dr.Carlson will What does this mean for the future of automated vehicles while also increasing safety be one of the panellists at IRF’s flagship “Roads automated vehicles and the roadway safety along many of the nation’s rural highways. to Tomorrow” (R2T) conference held virtually industry? These trends point to possible Meanwhile, the European Commission has this year on November 17-20. outcomes that might be considered “no-regret” acknowledged that the continuously growing “Prior to the pandemic, one of the hottest opportunities. For starters, there appear to uptake of automated driver assistance systems topics in our industry was the potential for be at least two business cases for automated rely on the quality and good detectability of automated vehicles to increase safety and vehicles that remain robust - automated goods road markings and has announced plans to mobility while decreasing congestion. At the movement and privately-owned vehicles with draft a common set of specifications which peak of the pandemic’s impact, we experienced automated driving features. could help those systems to operate more several new behaviours that could disrupt pre- If automated goods movement is realised, continuously and more reliably than under COVID trends, including defining successful and streets remain closed to vehicular traffic, current circumstances. business cases for the automated vehicle new street designs might be needed to In the months to come, it will be important industry. delineate automated goods movement from for road stakeholders in the US, Europe and Many people fortunate enough to maintain pedestrians and bicycles. The traditional elsewhere to follow these trends and engage in employment throughout the COVID-19 crisis cross-section of narrow sidewalks and wider the dialogue to be ready for whatever develops worked from home. Those initial practices paths for vehicles might give way to wider in the post-COVID era." ■

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“Vision Zero for Africa”: promoting a regional dialogue on road safety

On December 1st-3rd, 2020 IRF will host safer road infrastructure by taking into account The virtual conference is positioned to a virtual road safety conference designed the needs of motorised and non-motorised help agencies and other stakeholders align to help Sub-Saharan Africa’s road safety transport.” “…especially on the highest- their national infrastructure safety strategies stakeholders collectively define what risk roads, through a combination of proper with global road safety targets, and ensure “Vision Zero” means for road planning and planning and safety assessment, including these strategies receive commensurate building activities. through identification of crash-prone areas, funding. According to Michael G Dreznes, executive design, building and maintenance of roads, Topics covered during the event will vice president of the International Road signal systems and other infrastructure”. include systematic road risk assessment Federation, “The end of the first United Nations “Key to the successful implementation of across all user categories, using a combination Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 these commitments on the African continent is screening tools, as well as an overview of marks the start of new forms of international the acknowledgement that no level of death or available countermeasures, ranging from collaboration to avert the continuing and serious injury is acceptable.” Dreznes added, speed management to safer roadsides and growing epidemic of road traffic injuries, “Vision Zero” principles, which take human work zones. On this occasion, IRF will unveil responsible for 250,000 fatalities/year in Africa fallibility and vulnerability into account, must a benchmarking process to assist the region’s alone." therefore guide the design and management of countries self-diagnose their current road In February 2020, Ministers from over 100 road networks." infrastructure safety policies. countries reaffirmed the objective to cut road The conference is supported by numerous fatalities by at least 50% from 2020 to 2030, stakeholders, including road agencies and in line with the UN Sustainable Development organisations in South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Goals. On August 31st, 2020 the UN General “ Vision Zero must guide Ghana, Togo, Mali and Gambia. Assembly reaffirmed this goal in a resolution the design and management which further calls on countries to “ensure the • Additional information may be found at safety and protection of all road users through of our roads” www.irf.global.

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www.worldhighways.com OCTOBER 2020 World Highways 15 INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION NEWS Boosting transition to greener economy IRF director general, Susanna Zammataro spoke with Florent Menegaux, CEO of Michelin at the first IRF Executives Talks

Q: In the last few weeks, Michelin has Q: What is the strategic vision behind this? Q: What are your key learnings from this shown it is back at the top of the global A: We believe that growth should be based on a crisis? tyre companies ranking. This is good balance between three pillars: Profit / People / A: Being a global and diverse group is a news especially at a moment when all Planet. It’s our “All Sustainable” strategic vision: major asset. Thanks to our international sectors and industries are being shaken We believe that everything must be sustainable footprint, we were able to anticipate, define up by COVID-19. within the Michelin Group. the right protocols, and help our communities A: It is an honour and a pleasure. It is a great Profit: so that Michelin remains independent, everywhere in the world. Strategic extensions reward for our teams around the world, free to innovate, and resilient in the face of and acquisitions are key to our resilience as especially in these unprecedented times. Be crises such as the one the world is experiencing well. We are multidimensional and that’s a key sure that we don’t take anything for granted, today. advantage when the storm hits! and that we work hard to stay on top! People: to participate in the development of our employees, our customers, and the Q: Is it possible to reconcile a strong Q: But Michelin is more than just a tyre communities in which we operate. and quick recovery with the type of “all company… What is the scope of Michelin’s Planet: to make a positive impact on our sustainable” vision you are carrying activities today? planet and its inhabitants. forward as a group, and how? A: Michelin's strategic model is built on four It is thanks to the People / Profit / Planet A: This crisis should boost the transition areas of growth: balance that we can be truly sustainable. If you to a greener, more virtuous economy and Tyres: Michelin is the world leader in support some pillars over others, everything falls so our "All Sustainable" strategic vision is durable tyres, which reduce fuel consumption apart. more relevant than ever. The international while maintaining their performance over time. consortium Science Based Targets initiative

It is still our core business, and a major source Q: How have you been able to keep up with validated Michelin's CO2 reduction targets of expertise and skills. this vision during the lockdown period? at the end of May. This is an important step Mobility experiences: Maps, guides, and And now that we are starting to feel the towards achieving “carbon-neutrality” at associated digital services. Over the last few economic crisis generated by COVID-19, all Michelin sites in 2050. I also want to years we have enhanced our family of guides how did Michelin cope and is coping with salute the European Green Deal and the with major acquisitions such as Le Fooding this crisis? related strategies. It is a major step towards (2017), Tablet (2018) and Robert Parker Wine A: Two absolute priorities: to protect our sustainable growth, allowing competitiveness Advocate (2019). employees and communities, and to ensure and growth, while ensuring the ecological Services & solutions: Michelin is a major business continuity. As early as mid-March, transition. global player in fleet management. One million the Group temporarily suspended part of its If you take the bigger picture, our “All vehicles use Michelin-owned services and manufacturing operations in most of its sites sustainable” strategic vision guides our actions, solutions worldwide, to enhance drivers’ safety and implemented effective health and safety and permeates our activities at every level, at and reduce fuel consumption. protocols to protect our teams. Since June, every all the stages of the value chain, and during the High-tech materials: Thanks to its expertise Michelin plant is up and running. In order to full life cycle of our products. in tyres, Michelin has an exceptional know- ensure business continuity, we tracked supply how in high-tech materials and their industrial and demand on a weekly basis, reduced our Q: If you could give a recommendation to application. Hydrogen fuel cell, 3D printing, capex budget by around 30% (€500 million), decision-makers who are working right bio-sourced technical materials. Michelin is lowered the 2019 dividend payout by €330 now on their countries’ recovery plans, present in these industries of the future. We million, reduced Corporate overheads by €192 what would that recommendation be? have a major focus on developing hydrogen- million, secured €1.5 billion in confirmed lines A: Betting on collective intelligence and powered mobility solutions through SYMBIO, of credit (still undrawn), and performed financial ecosystemic approach must be a priority. This our joint venture with Faurecia. stress testing to make sure that Michelin crisis has allowed companies to reconnect can withstand any development as the crisis with citizens. It proves that concerted actions unfolds. between political decision-makers and economic actors are possible, necessary and • An extended version of this interview can be found at www.irfnet.ch efficient. This momentum must continue!■

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IRF will be hosting a three-hour online aimed at raising productivity, lifting growth, The IRF conference will be structured conference on 12th November to discuss and promoting job creation. We commit to around three main sessions: priorities for the road sector going forward. support an environmentally sustainable and Governments around the world are inclusive recovery. We will be guided by a 1. High-Level Panel debate on Recovery for announcing unprecedented stimulus packages sense of shared, long-term responsibility for the Road Sector to support economies devastated by effects of our planet and citizens consistent with the the COVID-19 crisis. This is the time to shape a 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, our 2. Safer roads to save lives better and more sustainable mobility for all. national and local development strategies, and In April 2020, the G20 Finance Ministers relevant international commitments.” 3. Fostering innovation to accelerate road communiqué set the tone for discussion around Indeed, transport and infrastructure sector transformation recovery plans: “We commit to redouble investments in transport will be a critical factor our efforts to promote quality infrastructure for the recovery. We have an opportunity to do investment and accelerate efforts to mobilise things better and to deliver a mobility that is • The conference is open to everyone and private sources of infrastructure financing, safe, efficient and inclusive. registration is free at: www.irfnet.ch

The 2020 edition of the IRF World Road Statistics is out!

IRF has just released the 2020 edition of the 2013-2018 for over 200 countries. A total of more This year's edition comes with at least three new World Road Statistics (WRS). WRS 2020 edition than 100 indicators split into 11 sections, such as exciting features: includes updated road and transport sector- Road Network, Road Traffic, Road Expenditures & • The WRS Book (available in print/pdf) in full related data and indicators for the period Revenues and other key data from the sector. colour and covering more indicators than ever before (100+ indicators in total). • The WRS Excel file, which has been modernised and now entails a new look and feel to make it more user-friendly (130+ indicators in total). • The IRF Data Warehouse – an online platform allowing data visualisation and comparisons between countries / indicators. This platform includes all the data covered in the Book and Excel, as well as additional indicators (180+ indicators in total). As this is a new release, it is exceptionally offered as an add-on for this year!

Learn more and order on the new WRS website: www.worldroadstatistics.org

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12-13: ITT Hub 5-8: M&T Expo 2021 NOVEMBER FEBRUARY Freight Transport Association São Paulo, Brazil Farnborough, UK Organiser: Messe München and Organiser: Binswood Media SOBRATEMA 8-10: IRF - Qatar University 23-26: bauma Conexpo Tel: +44 (0) 7930 391461 Tel: +55 1138 686340 Workshop: Role of Road Safety India 2020 Email: mel.holley@ Email: [email protected] Audits in improving Traffic Safety Gurugram/ New Delhi, India binswoodmedia.com https://www.mtexpo.com.br/en Qatar University Organiser: AEM and Messe https://www.itthub.co.uk Organiser: IRF Geneva München Tel: +41 22 306 0260 Tel: +49 8994 920251 26-28: IRF Session on Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SEPTEMBER “Digitalisation of Road www.irfnet.ch/event/international- https://www.bcindia.com/en Infrastructure” at the ITF 2021 traffic-safety-conference-2/ Summit 15-18: Geofluid 2021 Leipzig , Germany Piacenza, Italy 10-12: Hypermotion Frankfurt Organiser: IRF Geneva Organiser: Piacenza Expo Frankfurt, Germany MARCH Tel: +41 22 306 0260 Tel: +39 0523 602711 Organiser: Messe Frankfurt Email: [email protected] https://www.geofluid.it Tel: +49 6975 750 03-07: Asphaltica 2020 https://irfnet.ch/event/irf- Email: danilo.kirschner@ Verona, Italy session-on-digitalisation-of-road- 15-18: Construction messefrankfurt.com Organiser: Veronafiere S.p.A. infrastructure-at-the-itf-2021- Indonesia 2021 https://hypermotion-frankfurt. Tel: +39 0458 298338 summit/ Jakarta, Indonesia messefrankfurt.com/ Email: [email protected] Organiser: PT. Pamerindo Indonesia frankfurt/en.html http://www.asphaltica.it/en Tel: +49 3999 9050 Email: [email protected] IRF Global R2T 17-20: 03-07: SaMoTer 2020 JUNE https://ci.merebo.com Conference & Exhibition Verona, Italy Online Organiser: Veronafiere S.p.A. 08-10: TRAFIC 2021 Organiser: Washington-based Tel: +39 0458 298561 Madrid, Spain OCTOBER IRF Global Email: [email protected] Organiser: IFEMA Tel: +1 7035 351001 www.samoter.it/en Tel: +34 9022 21515 Email: [email protected] https://www.ifema.es/trafic 13-16: bauma CONEXPO https://www.irf.global/event/r2t20/ 23-26: Intertraffic AFRICA 2021 Amsterdam 2021 16-18: 7th Eurasphalt & Johannesburg, South Africa 24-27: bauma China 2020 Amsterdam, Netherlands Eurobitume Congress 2021 Organiser: AEM and Messe Shanghai, China Organiser: Rai Amsterdam Madrid, Spain München GmbH Organiser: Messe München Tel: +31 (0)2054 91212 Organiser: Eurobitume Tel: +49 8994 921480 Tel: +49 8994 920720 Email: [email protected] Tel: +34 9136 12600 Email: johannes.manger@ Email: newsline@ https://www.intertraffic.com/ Email: [email protected] messe-muenchen.de messe-muenchen.de en/amsterdam www.eecongress2021.org https://www.bcafrica.com/en/ https://www.bauma-china.com 22-24: Hillhead 2021 APRIL Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, Derbyshire, England NOVEMBER Organiser: The QMJ Group 19-14: INTERMAT Tel: +44 (0)1159 454377 Paris, France Email: [email protected] 7-11 18th IRF World Meeting Organiser: Comexposium https://www.hillhead.com/ & Exhibition, Dubai, UAE Email: laura.sanchez@ exhibitors/hillhead-2021 Organiser: Washington-based comexposium.com IRF Global https://paris-en. Tel: +1 703 535 1001 intermatconstruction.com Email: [email protected] https://worldmeetinghttps://worldmeeting.irf.global/.irf.global/

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NORWEGIAN HIGHWAY NORWAY’S NEW ‘GREEN’ ROUTE A new route in Norway will provide a faster and greener highway connection between the capital city Oslo and the northern city of Trondheim

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new highway stretch (NPRA) as the route passes through scenic years. The big idea is to establish a good road in Norway will help natural landscapes and as a result, posed connection through Østerdalen, but to do that cut journey times environmental challenges for the builders. involves moving a lot of soil and rock masses between the capital Although this new stretch is just 27km and handling different types of terrain.” city, Oslo, in the south long, it features 28 separate civil engineering But in addition to the geological challenges, of the country and the structures and has been built with two lanes in the builders also had to take into account nation’s third largest either direction. The project also features 7km numerous safety and environmental measures. city, Trondheim, in the of cycle lanes and facilities for pedestrians, a Meland explained, “Traffic safety is always the north. Driving the 495km route has typically new traffic station for the road administration most important aspect, but limiting the impact Ataken around 6 ¾ hours, but a new 27km and a number of wildlife crossings. on the environment and the local community is highway stretch will reduce journey times. Given the environmental sensitivity of crucial, too.” Named The Green Shortcut (Den Grønne the area, this has presented the builders with When the NPRA started the bidding process Snarvei), this new highway stretch offers an complex issues when it came to construction. for the contract, the organisation had to take alternative route that reduces the distance Planning for the project commenced around more than just the cost of the tenders being between the two cities by around 40km, a decade before any construction work got made into account. Those contractors entering compared with the existing E6. Using this underway as the NPRA was keen to involve the bidding were assessed for their experience stretch reduces the journey time by around 45 the local community and allay any concerns, as well as for their ability to plan the working minutes to some 6 hours, allowing fuel savings as well as address the environmental aspects and also schedule operations efficiently, so as for drivers also. from early on. By planning ahead, the firm was to minimise the disturbance to the area. Five The Riksvei 3/25 is one of Norway’s most able to work around numerous issues ahead of contractors submitted bids for the project but important national roads as it connects the time and well before any construction actually the NPRA selected Skanska to handle the work south of the country with the north. Improving commenced. at the end of May 2018. the road has proven a significant task for Arne Meland, project manager at the NPRA This section of national road, the the Norwegian Public Roads Administration said, “I’ve worked on this project for about 10 Rv 3/Rv 25, lies between Løten and Elverum, in © Noppasin Wongchum | Dreamstime.com Wongchum © Noppasin

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Hedmark county, around 100km to the north Because of the complexity of the work In fact, the highly sophisticated of Oslo. The project is of note as it is the first and the geological and environmental construction software also played an important PPP project being carried out in Norway for factors, building the link has involved the role in Skanska winning the package of work. over 10 years and is also one of the largest use of some of the latest construction By utilising this construction software during single road projects ever carried out in technology from Bentley Systems and the bidding phase, Skanska was able to Norway. Topcon Positioning, and software in optimise the alignment and reduce the quantity The PPP contract is worth around €558 particular playing a key role. The two firms of material needing to be moved during million, of which around €260 million, relates established a joint venture to set up the construction. The haulage distance for the to the construction contract. This deal was Digital Construction Works business in materials was also optimised. This delivered a included in Skanska’s Nordic order bookings 2019. According to the two companies, significant reduction in the estimated budget for the second quarter of 2018, with the Digital Construction Works provides expert required for this portion of the project of some concession package being for a 20-year assistance to engineers and contractors 20%. period. Construction commenced in the working on infrastructure projects. The This ability to reduce the cut and fill second quarter of 2018 and was originally partnership has also been a major step requirements as well as the haulage distances due to for completion in late 2020. However, forward in digitalisation of construction and were important as the scale of the operation using the software has brought forward the is intended to help deliver the increased was a key challenge that the contractor faced. completion date considerably. productivity required in construction. Even with the optimised design there was a

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need to remove some 4 million m3 of earth To further boost its green credentials, The software also helped in fine-tuning and rock along the alignment. For Skanska, Skanska has been using other more sustainable the design of the road, minimising the quantity this presented a logistical issue, with the construction processes during this project, such of material being excavated, whether earth material needing to be hauled away from the as sourcing low-carbon concrete, maximising or rock. As the firm has used the Topcon excavations and then either stockpiled for later the use of recycled materials and optimising technology previously, it was able to benefit use or relocated in a disposal area. At the same transport logistics so as to reduce traffic from having a technical team that already had time, the software allowed the contractor to movements in the area. experience of the Bentley and Topcon packages maintain both safety and quality standards Being able to use the Topcon software and was able to implement this efficiently from during operations. proved extremely valuable with regard to the start of the project. Discussing the movement and storage transporting all the excavated materials in the By providing a more streamlined flow of the excavated material with the local most efficient manner, as well as scheduling the with digital earthworks, Topcon claims that its farmers was crucial as the area has a strong vehicle movements along the full length of the software assists users in visualising the project agricultural sector. The firm had to ensure site. According to the Skanska team this helped data in a single view. An array of different that its construction operations had minimal in reducing transport costs significantly, as well design options can be assessed, such as how impact on the farming community in the area, as lowering fuel consumption for the equipment they affect project cost. The user can use the avoiding damage to any fertile land in use by used and also reducing tailpipe emissions from package to generate accurate earthworks the agricultural sector. the plant and vehicles. plans, while the software also allows location-

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1. The project has required the construction of a series of civil structures 2. The new road section is just 27km in length but cuts the north-south route by 40km 3. Planning for the civil structures has been optimised 4. Storage points for both excavated spoil and construction materials were planned in advance 5. Excavated rock has been processed and resused in construction 6. Using the software has allowed haulage distances to be minimised 7. Smart planning also helped address issues for construction ahead of time, reducing costs 8. The new four-lane highway section will reduce journey times between Oslo and Trondheim 9. Modern formwork solutions have been utilised to build the civil structures 10. The highway stretch lies around 100km to the north of Oslo 11. The project includes bridge construction 12. The construction team has been able to benefit from effective and efficient forward planning

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based construction planning and scheduling. This means that the user can manage traffic planning and site safety, as well as dealing with delays caused by late material deliveries or equipment breakdowns for example. The firm says that with all of this data being managed in one place, the user can work around any issues far more efficiently and deal with any problems quickly, minimising the impact on construction operations. For Skanska and the Green Shortcut, the use of the software package provided a number of benefits. The software was able to highlight cost and time savings for both the design and construction stages. Marcus The project team has operated within the strict environmental Wiksten, business development manager constraints of this sensitive area for Topcon software solutions, said: “The software includes optimisation technology. This means the Skanska team could coordinate and construction of the Riksvei 3/25 project. access to people who are highly skilled in the 120 excavators, trucks and dumptrucks on Niclas Törnroos, who was the project planning using that software. The key to success is the site and then recreate movement to reduce consultant from Topcon working for Skanska in harmony between software, key people and our transportation, while making sure everything the bidding stage of the project, said: “In the first own staff; Topcon has been very important to was where it needed to be.” stages of planning, Magnet was used to study this project.” Lucia Calzado Teruel, planner for Skanska, how changes to the road alignment could get Overall, the use of the Magnet package added that softwware has added significant the most effective use of soil and rock masses. has helped Skanska to reduce planning and benefits for overall project efficiency: “You get all Original thoughts were to move approximately 4 construction budgets on Riksvei 3/25 by 20%. the information on mass haul, line-of-balance million m3 of loose materials and replace it with The package has also helped the contractor and plans, Gantt charts and reports in one file. Before 2 million m3 of crushed stone back on top.” the State Highways Authority to meet the tough I started using Magnet, I needed different files However, Tom-Arne Gullord, project environmental requirements for the project. that didn’t work together. Magnet is much more engineer at Rv3/25, explained: “By using Magnet In addition to reducing the time needed for time efficient and ensures you deliver high- to optimise the mass hauls and scheduling, the construction of the project, the contractor quality work.” Skanska was able to reduce the mass that has also been able to achieve a 20% reduction By using the software, the contractor has needed to be moved, which in turn cut costs and in greenhouse gas emissions from the site. been able to model and simulate design options lessened the environmental impact.” Through the use of the software’s planning before construction, highlighting any issues such Meanwhile, Ketil Sand, project director at capabilities, Skanska has been able to cut as clash detection for example. This has proved Skanska, commented, “Topcon’s contribution is down transport trips and reduced the onsite extremely valuable throughout the design partially Magnet software and partially having operations required. Bentley Systems The area is environmentally www.bentley.com sensitive and includes many farms Topcon Positioning www.topconpositioning.com Ahead of schedule The project opened for traffic on July 30th Green gold 2020, having been originally scheduled to open in November 1st 2020. The region where the new are also three popular Perhaps not surprisingly Skanska removed some 4 million m3 of highway stretch has been museums in the area. The given the environmental earth and blasted and crushed constructed is forested and Norwegian Forest Museum is sensitivity of the area, the 460,000tonnes of rock, which was then used sometimes called the "Green said to be amongst the most natural wildlife is also a draw in the construction of the road. In addition, Gold". It is a centre for tourism popular museums in Norway for many tourists. the contractor imported 4 million tonnes of in Norway and forms part of a and attracts some 100,000 Animals that can be rock from three external quarries for road plan to transform industry in visitor/year, while the found in the area include construction. the country in a bid to reduce Glomdal Museum is a grouse, bears, wolves, Skanska used 230,000tonnes of asphalt, its environmental impact. well-established open-air wolverines, lynx and moose. of which 85% was supplied by a mobile plant Tourists using the Green museum that features more Mountain biking and established for the project by Skanska Shortcut have a choice of than 90 historic buildings and canoeing attract those Industrial Solutions (SIS), while the rest was several activities. For there is the Ådalsbruk motor seeking adventure, while supplied from an external plant. The firm did example, the Savalen Ski museum. Visitors can also tour fishing is a popular activity recycle all of the milled asphalt from existing Centre is just a short distance a distillery or play golf on an too and the area also attracts road surfaces being upgraded, although this from the road, and there there 18-hole course. hunters. was a small quantity.

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Road widening work in Nepal (photo: Ram Krishna Wagle, World Highways correspondent)

The GRSF: breaking down barriers Improving road safety can be expensive, especially for low- to middle-income countries. The Global Road Safety Facility has been working hard to alleviate the situation, as Gordon Feller explains

ny road death - long-term GDP per capita increase could be According to Soames Job, who heads up anywhere in the world achieved by halving road crash deaths and the road safety section at the World Bank and - is a tragic event and injuries. who is also in charge of the GRSF, this past often preventable One of the most effective tools in the World year “been extraordinarily successful”. Delivery through better road Bank’s toolbox is its own Global Road Safety of solutions has expanded to 78 countries, design, improved safety Facility (GRSF), a multi-donor fund specifically saving many thousands of lives by improving devices and safer for low- and middle-income countries that the road safety outcomes through grant funded driving habits. The other bank set up in 2006. research, technical assistance, advocacy, aspect of the tragedy is the economic cost to knowledge exchange, training and capacity Alocal communities, regions and nations. GRSF building. This is especially true for what are termed The GRSF occupies an influential position Soames noted that this has all been low- to middle-income countries. To improve on the global stage for road safety. One key made possible by an expanded set of donors the situation, the World Bank’s Global Road reason is that it possesses a strong evidence- and funders including UK Aid, Bloomberg Safety Facility (GRSF) has been helping fund based approach, one which is considered to be Philanthropies, CITA (International Motor major projects in these nations. quite strategic. One example which is cited by Vehicle Inspection Committee), Total The urgency for improving road safety was some GRSF admirers and partners: The GRSF Foundation and the government of Japan. highlighted by the World Bank in early 2018 recently released a series of well-documented “The global road safety crisis can only be in its special report The High Toll of Traffic Country Profiles reports. These have reshaped solved by countries committing to improving Injuries: Unacceptable and Preventable. Road the discussion about road safety inside each of safety for their citizens, though funding and traffic injuries are the single largest cause of the profiled countries. As a result, the GRSF has implementing well managed, evidence- death and long-term disability among people a lead role in those debates of explaining the based interventions for road safety,” he said. aged 15-29: people of prime working age pivotal relationship between travel speeds and “GRSF’s position to influence wider road safety that contribute the most to a nation’s gross road trauma rates. visions, discourse and programming within domestic product (GDP). GRSF provides funding, knowledge and the World Bank and beyond provides a unique The authors estimated that cutting traffic technical assistance designed to scale-up the opportunity to partner with various donors to deaths and injuries by half could add 7-22% efforts of low- to middle-income countries to deliver global road safety improvements.” to the GDP per capita over 24 years in certain build their scientific, technological, managerial During 2020, the GRSF is supporting World countries. Also, if traffic deaths and injuries and delivery capacities for road safety. GRSF Bank operations and global research in road were halved, these countries could see welfare distributes funding directly to governments' safety through 15 new grants in addition to benefits equivalent to 6-32% of GDP per capita. global, regional and country activities as well 33 grants already in implementation. With an The World Bank drove home the point as through World Bank-executed grants. Since additional $2.75 million in financial support, again only a few months later in 2018 with a its inception in 2006, GRSF has received total 2020 has seen the largest single package of compelling report entitled The Cost of Inaction: donor pledges of $74 million. It estimates grant funding ever provided by GRSF. The Can We Afford Not to Invest in Road Safety? that for each dollar that it receives for safety 2020 GRSF Call for Grant Proposals is a key It concluded that in in many countries a 22% projects, it leverages another $40. mechanism in selecting top-quality road safety

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Better barriers saves lives in Nepal (photo: Ram Krishna Wagle, World Highways correspondent) research initiatives. It awarded nine grants totalling $1.711 million. GRSF road safety projects tackle issues such as innovative use of so-called big data for road safety as well as the use of police, medical, health survey and census data to refine estimation of road deaths and disability. It also includes development of software for assessing the effectiveness of road safety interventions and the delivery of several guidance documents to address the road safety challenges related to planning, design, policy and communications. In 2020 the GRSF developed two major new projects. One was the first data report Saved in Nepal covering all 125 low- to middle-income countries with comprehensive road safety GRSF directly funded the Road Safety Barriers Safety Audit. These sites represented 76% of country profiles. for Open Roads in Nepal programme, the high-risk locations under the project. The data gives a precise assessment on completed in 2019. The World Bank conducted A post-installation evaluation of the the magnitude of road safety challenges faced an audit of various sections of the Nepalese barriers found that there were at least seven by these countries and helps policymakers road network to identify critical road safety hits along the barriers and the vehicles, understand the road safety framework in which risks and recommend solutions. carrying 270 passengers, were saved from their own national systems operate. In support of the GRSF in Nepal, the World veering off the road into steep valleys. The other project was the Guide for Bank’s Road Sector Development Project If similar rates of accidents continue in the Determining Readiness for Speed Cameras installed 73km of crash barriers in selected coming 20 years, around 3,456 lives could be and Other Automated Enforcement. It was areas based upon recommendations of a Road saved. developed with the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) to help a jurisdiction determine the level of readiness it has to launched the African Road Safety Observatory 12,600 of carriageway-km. As a result, move toward automated enforcement. (ARSO) in South Africa, with 40 countries improvements were made to around 1,500 Cameras enforcing speed limits are a common participating in the first General Assembly. carriageway-km of roads. If all of the identified application of automated speed enforcement. Also, the Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory and recommended countermeasures are The guide covers legal and operational (APRSO) was created. implemented, up to 7,000 lives in cities and elements that must be in place before Training programs offered by the GRSF more than 23,000 lives in the countries would automated enforcement can be effective. under these road safety observatories, be saved between now and 2030. will improve the understanding of the The GRSF’s work continues. Observatories challenges, as well as strengthen the skills and The GRSF has also been instrumental in commitment of all stakeholders, to support the Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) setting up a network of what it calls Road use of data collection and analysis tools on the www.worldbank.org/en/programs/global-road-safety-facility Safety Observatories to improve the quality ground. of data - critical to saving lives. The aim is to During the past five years, 10 international International Road Assessment establish a reliable road crash database and institutions, including the GRSF, have joined Programme (iRAP) foster knowledge transfer between countries forces under the Bloomberg Philanthropies www.irap.org in different regions to help them establish their Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS). own reliable data collection and management Throughout the entire program, the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for systems. Eventually, the countries will be International Road Assessment Programme Global Road Safety (BIGRS) able to monitor their road safety performance (iRAP) methodology was applied to the 10 www.bloomberg.org/program/public-health/road-safety efficiently and effectively. cities and five countries which were targeted To this extent, the GRSF created the Latin by BIGRS. CITA (International Motor Vehicle American Road Safety Observatory (OISEVI) in GRSF is working with iRAP to assess Inspection Committee) 2011. Using OISEVI as a template, GRSF also baseline safety in roads, completing around https://citainsp.org LL IT TAKES! All products and services on www.wackerneuson.com

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TASCAR will help enforce No barriers for Floodstop mandatory speed limits

UK flood barrier company Fluvial Innovations has struck a deal with Amritsar-based Frontier Polymers for the Indian company to manufacture Floodstop. From the Indian capital of New Delhi in the north to the state of Kerala in the south, flooded roads and damaged infrastructure are common at this time of year. The cost of flooding in Kerala alone was estimated to be more than US$4.6 billion in 2018. Floodstop is a cost-effective modular and reusable flood barrier that can be used as an alternative to sandbags, explained Simon Phelps, founder and director of Fluvial Innovations, based in the English county of Dorset. Siemens and WJ Each unit is self-filling with flood water. It is also constructed from a hard-wearing polymer plastic in UK partnership instead of the traditional jute or polypropylene which covers most sandbags. Also, each unit weighs when empty a fraction of standard sandbags. Siemens Mobility and WJ Group will our safety enforcement cameras and better “We feel this barrier system will be effective in work in partnership to deliver systems service our customers with industry leading combating the various dangers and impact of for temporary automatic speed cameras technology.” flooding,” said Yuvraj Singh Ahuja, director at at road works (TASCAR) in the UK. Deploying distance-over-time Frontier Polymers which was set up in 1989. The TASCAR solution will be deployed enforcement solutions at road works to enforce mandatory speed limits and will effectively controls traffic speed and improves Fluvial Innovations feature Siemens Mobility’s HOTA (Home traffic flow, especially where narrow lanes www.fluvial-innovations.co.uk Office Type Approval) approved SafeZone and contraflows impact on safety. Sicore system incorporating the company’s Sicore technology uses the latest camera sensors to Frontier Polymers II ANPR camera – automatic number plate provide evidentially secure identification in www.frontierpolymers.com recognition. all conditions, lending itself perfectly to this Sicore cameras provide high-quality automated TASCAR enforcement solution, image quality and number plate reading explained Wilke Reints, managing director of accuracy so the system can process up to Siemens Mobility’s Intelligent Traffic Systems Floodstop is a cost- 2,500 fast-moving vehicles per lane per hour. business in the UK. effective modular “This strategic partnership with Siemens and reusable flood Mobility will no doubt stimulate ideas for Siemens Mobility barrier (photo Fluvial further road safety improvements in line www.mobility.siemens.com Innovations) with our continual drive for innovation,” said Wayne Johnston, managing director of WJ Group WJ. “This is an opportunity for us to upgrade www.wj.uk

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A Highways Care cone-laying vehicle is being tested on English roads SWARCO delivers prism signs to Highways England

SWARCO Traffic has specified and installed 10 of its prism signs, managed by its cloud- based Zephyr solution, along the UK’s M6 motorway in northern England. The signs help to advise drivers of diversion routes and other traffic information and updates for Highways England along the M6 in county Cumbria. Highways England, which is responsible for management and the maintenance of England’s trunk roads, needed to upgrade the route’s existing signs with a system that was more reliable and durable. It turned to infrastructure support services group Amey and SWARCO to provide the solution. Chris Keatley, SWARCO’s traffic project manager, said the existing signs were in urgent need of upgrading. “They had to be taken down and repaired multiple times in the past few years. Every time they needed to redirect traffic or communicate key messages and information for motorists, it required Take care laying cones somebody to attend the site in person and perform the task manually, which requires A specially designed cone-laying vehicle Care, is being trialled on the Highways England significant resource, labour and cost,” he said. will be given further road testing along road network. Messages can be updated remotely at major English motorways this autumn, The second, developed by competitor the touch of a button from a desktop or according to Highways England. King Highway Products, is being tested in the mobile and, importantly, are equipped with a The cone-laying vehicle is designed to Netherlands and will shortly be trialled off-road de-icing feature to avoid seizing up during eliminate the need for roadworkers to do in the UK, noted Martin Bolt, head of lean and winter. the risky work of dropping cones onto the continuous improvement for Highways England “This scheme was the first phase of the pavement from the back of a truck in order to and who is overseeing the project. “By taking diversion route improvements and over the redirect traffic. the human element out of laying cones we are next few years we hope to replace all the An average 1m-high traffic cone weighs eliminating one of the greatest risks for road existing signs with SWARCO units,” said Paul around 10kg. A typical 4km road closure workers,” he said. Clark, Highways England’s project manager involves putting down – and later removing – If the tests prove successful the two for the northern counties of Cumbria and between 260-300 cones. Two workers will each companies will be able to take their vehicles to North Lancashire. handle between 5-6 tonnes of cones per shift. the marketplace. Prism signs use rotating planks of When additional equipment such as frames, King Highway Products builds specialist aluminium to display up to three messages, signs, lamps and sandbags are factored in, it is traffic management vehicles between 3.5-32 such as warning of diversion routes or road not unreasonable for them to lift between 8-10 tonnes, including impact protection vehicles. closures, semi-permanent pedestrian zones tonnes per shift. With traffic rushing past, the The company has partnerships with European or where preset messages are needed to bulk of this work is undertaken at night, making manufacturers including Verdegro and Nissen. alternate. it more risky. Highway Care, apart from specialist traffic The new cone laying vehicles must be able management vehicles, also manufactures and SWARCO to lay or collect at least 400 cones at a rate of supplies road safety systems including the www.swarco.com one every 10 seconds. SwiftGate automated taper system developed Highways England is the UK government- by Canadian firm Versilis. SwiftGate removes owned company responsible for modernising, the need for road workers to manually install maintaining and operating England’s traffic management furniture for road and lane motorways and major A-class roads. The closures. The SwiftGate pivots horizontally and agency has been using the vehicle along the A5 offers increased visibility using a high surface of and M54 motorway in the county of Shropshire. reflective material and LED lighting. Further testing will be on the M4 motorway in Both companies are based in the UK and the county of Berkshire, close to London. are working collaboratively on the cone-laying Highways England said that the automated project, noted Highways England. cone laying vehicles, which could be in full use by the end of the year, will be operated solely by Highway Care the driver. This will free up two workers to carry www.highwaycare.com out other tasks. The agency said that two vehicles have King Highway Products been developed. The first, created by Highway https://king.uk.com

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I T H HIGHWAY & SAFETY AN Y D SAFET TWI, Coventry combine fatigue research

The UK’s Coventry University and global a method for estimating the maturity of research organisation TWI have created a technologies during the acquisition phase of a Fatigue and Structural Integrity Innovation programme - the initial period of improvement. Centre for their joint programmes. TRLs enable consistent and uniform TWI, based in Cambridge, England is one of discussions of technical maturity across the world's largest independent membership- different types of technology. TRLs are based based research and technology organisations. It on a scale from 1 to 9 with 9 being the most has a staff of specialist consultants, engineers, mature technology. scientists, researchers and technicians The partnership between Coventry examining engineering, materials, structural University and TWI goes back several years. integrity management and joining techniques. The university has over 10 PhD research Coventry University, in the English city of students based at the National Structural Coventry, delivers over 300 undergraduate and Levels (TRLs) 1-6, with the aim of deepening Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) which was postgraduate courses annually. Its 11 research the application of fatigue and structural established by TWI in 2012 and is backed by centres address a range of issues, including integrity methods and systems. sponsors Lloyd’s Register Foundation and sustainability, innovative engineering and This will include working collaboratively BP. NSIRC students benefit from studying for disease prevention. with small- to medium-size businesses in their PhD in an industrial setting based at TWI The new centre will focus on robotics, the UK and Europe to access public funding Cambridge. digital twinning, artificial intelligence, from bodies such as Innovate UK and Horizon smart monitoring sensors, data clustering Europe to support research and development. TWI and advanced non-destructive testing and Horizon 2020 provides grants to research www.twi-global.com inspection techniques. and innovation projects through open and Specifically, the Fatigue and Structural competitive calls for proposals. • More information on TWI and the new Fatigue Integrity Innovation Centre will develop Technology readiness levels were and Structural Integrity Innovation Centre can be technologies in the Technology Readiness developed at NASA during the 1970s as found on the website of TWI

Up, up and away: Honeywell’s new Amey wins Severn drone unit takes off Bridge maintenance

Highways England has picked Amey for a 15-year specialist bridge inspection and maintenance contract for Avonmouth and Severn Bridges. The contract, worth around © Darius | Dreamstime.com Strazdas US$21 million a year and starting in Honeywell forms November, will see Amey also manage two major structures apart from the 1.6km-long M48 Severn Bridge which spans the Severn dedicated drone unit River Estuary - the second highest tidal range in the world at 14.5m. Amey will maintain Honeywell has set up a drone formed business. Products and vehicles, hybrid-electric the 1.4km-long M5 Avonmouth Bridge – an business unit to tap into the services to be developed unmanned cargo drones, elevated section of the M5 motorway – and increasing demand for include a fly-by-wire autopilot optionally piloted airplanes, the 5.2km-long M4 Prince of Wales Bridge, unmanned aerial systems and system that automatically delivery drones and part of the M4 motorway. Amey will be urban air mobility. ensures aircraft stability even everything in between,” said responsible for maintenance, daily structure The company says that its if the pilot is “hands off” for Mike Madsen, chief executive inspection checks and safety patrols as well Unmanned Aerial Systems unit extended periods of time. of Honeywell Aerospace. as responding to any incidents that impact will use Honeywell’s Detect-and-avoid algorithms “Honeywell has already the structural integrity of all the bridges. technology, software, services will automatically fly an contributed many The contract will involve the transfer of and certification expertise to aircraft around oncoming technological advancements around 60 engineering employees, all meet customers’ needs in traffic. Artificial intelligence to these markets and is well bringing to Amey a wealth of knowledge and these markets. It will have its software could track landing positioned to continue experience of the three structures. own engineering and sales zones for precise vertical growing our portfolio to meet “Amey will bring a innovative resources. landings every time. customer needs and help operational solutions and capabilities The new unit will also act “Urban air mobility and shape the future of regarding bridge infrastructure,” said Peter as a systems integrator for all unmanned aerial systems will autonomous aviation and Anderson, Amey’s managing director for other Honeywell products and play an increasing role in the urban transport,” said Madsen. transport infrastructure. services, explained Stéphane future of aerospace, with Fymat, vice president and potential applications in Honeywell Amey general manager of the newly all-electric urban air taxi www.honeywell.com www.amey.co.uk

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After pouring each 6.25m section, the carriage was easily advanced with a hydraulic system (photo courtesy Ulma)

Ulma in Poland’s S7 tunnel Construction of Poland’s longest road tunnel is progressing with an MK Formwork Carriage system from Spanish manufacturer Ulma

he S7 Expressway crosses ventilation room, as well as technical and The carriage boasts a high load-bearing Poland from Lubien´ to service installations. In order to build it, 1,922m capacity, working platforms, access stairways Rabka Zdrój, north to have been perforated for the left-hand tunnel and other integrated safety features. south, passing through and 1,919m for the right. Due to the excavation clearance, the the Voividato Malopolskie Excavation began on the north side of the characteristics of the project and the variety of region. Three sections are right-hand tube in March of 2017. Completion tasks that had to be performed simultaneously, under construction. of the entire tunnel is expected by mid-2021. the complete assembly of the carriage was One of these sections Ulma’s Engineering Team designed an MK carried out in sections, pre-assembled on the goes through Lubon´ Maly mountain, for which Formwork Carriage 15.5m wide and 10.7m outside and moved inside the tunnel tubes. Ta tunnel with two separate tubes is being built long to pour the mine tunnel. With a single After pouring each 6.25m section, the - a total length of over 4km. This phase has unit made from standard MK pieces, the carriage was easily advanced with a hydraulic proven to be the most time-consuming and carriage was adapted effortlessly to the tunnel’s system that facilitated formwork placement and costly of the entire Expressway project. There complex geometry. stripping, lowering, and levelling, as well as are two independent tubes, approximately For the roof, a special panel was designed advance. 2km each, designed for traffic to flow in a single to be load-bearing during the pour and permit direction. easy stripping without the need for hydraulic Ulma The tunnel will feature two emergency systems. TMK Formwork Panels provided an www.ulmaconstruction.com passageways between the tubes and a excellent finish, according to the manufacturer. Epiroc’s tunnel vision

Epiroc is now offering two additions to the Among the application-specific tunnel version of the Epiroc SB breaker. modifications are the exchangeable wear plate The new lightweight SB 202 Tunnel and the and the front shield dust cover that extends buff SB 552 Tunnel adds versatility on both lifetime by preventing bigger rocks from ends of the range, according to the damaging the body and keeping dust out; manufacturer. The lightweight versions are primarily important when working on overhead based on the SB 302 and SB 452 which were areas, explained Torsten Ahr, vice president of introduced in 2017. marketing at Epiroc, based in Stockholm, Both the lighter SB 202, weighing in at 200 Sweden. The tunnel version is also equipped The lighter SB 202 kg, and the powerful SB 552, with a service with integrated nozzles for water spraying, for and the powerful SB weight of 560kg, share the popular and robust health and safety. 552 share the robust qualities of their qualities of their earlier cousins. This also earlier cousins extends the scope of suitable carriers to Epiroc 2.5-15tonnes, previously 4.5-13tonnes. www.epiroc.com

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Low and powerful

The new low-profile MK-42 dump truck 4 versions are available. However, the Volvo outputs and minimising time spent on training. from GHH has up to a 45,000kg payload TAD1651 or 1671 is an option. The new MK-42 fits seamlessly into the and 19-24m³ dump volume – specifically The vehicle rests on Kessler axles with manufacturer's range of dump trucks. It has for tunneling and mining jobs. an oscillating articulation and front axle the perfect partner in GHH´s LF-14 loader Power and efficiency go hand in hand with suspension. Power is transmitted by a converter with three-pass loading, according to the the MK-42, helped along by the OM473 engine, and gearbox combination from the Dana 8000 manufacturer, based in Gelsenkirchen in the a member of the new BlueEfficiency Power series. state of North Rhine-Westphalia. generation from Mercedes-Benz. The MK-42 is made for harsh and tight Exclusively for Russia, GHH is producing GHH Fahrzeuge, part of the Schmidt environments. Dimensions are compact at the MK-A45, a special version of the MK-42. Kranz Group, manufactures articulated dump 3,062mm wide, 10,535 long and 2,719mm high. Global sales will start shortly as the prototype trucks for mining and tunnelling, so called Thanks to the large dumping angle of truck enters its final stage of rigorous testing. rock logistics, from 15-45tonnes. The MK-42’s 680, high efficiencies in productivity are fully streamlined profile recently won GHH a Red supported by improved cycle times. GHH Dot Design Award, one of Germany’s highest The ROPS/FOPS certified cab is spacious, www.GHH-Fahrzeuge.de awards for innovation. quiet, pressurised and air-conditioned. A The truck’s 460kW Mercedes OM473 strategically placed trainer seat provides for powerplant is Stage V-compliant, but Tier 3 and effective operator training maximising the

GHH’s new MK-42 dump truck: stage 5, 4 and 3 versions available Vinci for Lafonataine job

The Canadian province of Quebec The tunnel is part of the breakdown lanes on Highway 20 well rehabilitating 25km of has awarded a Vinci consortium a greater Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine into active vehicle lanes - much of pavement on the A25, A20and an renovation contract for the 1.4km Bridge–Tunnel complex that runs them converted into reserved bus interchange. tunnel section of Montreal’s over and under the Saint Lawrence lanes. The consortium will be The tunnel was opened in 1967 Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine River to connect the Montreal responsible for maintaining traffic – the year that marked 100 years of Bridge–Tunnel complex. borough of Mercier–Hochelaga- control measures. Canada as a country. It took four Under the US$883.34 million Maisonneuve with the south shore According to Vinci, the years to construct but the past half design, build, finance contract, of the river at Longueuil. Named consortium’s financing package century of salt-water seepage into Renoveau La Fontaine - comprising after Lower Canada political includes a bank loan from a the concrete has eroded the of Eurovia Infra, Dodin Campenon reformer Louis-Hippolyte syndicate of five Canadian banks structure’s base, according to Bernard and Pomerleau – will start Lafontaine, the seven section and a Japanese bank. media reports. Replacing the design work with construction to 1.4km immersed tube structure Tunnel work will include tunnel with another tunnel or a start in 2022. The town of carries the Autoroute 25 installation of fire protection bridge was studied, but the idea Boucherville will allocate around expressway and passes beneath facings, landscaping and was dropped because of the US$830,000 while Montreal city is the main shipping channel. The architectural finishes, modernising estimated price tag of around investing US$2.25 million and the bridge-tunnel has about 120,000 all electrical, electromechanical US$2.6 billion. federal government is putting in daily crossings, of which 13% are and supervisory infrastructure, as Each tunnel section is 110m around US$321 million. trucks. well as deploying new technologies long, 37m wide and 8m high. The In December 2018, Quebec’s The renovated tunnel is to increase operator and user tunnel was built with sections Transport Ministry shortlisted expected to have about 40 years of safety - fire safety equipment and prefabricated in dry dock and then Renoveau La Fontaine along with life. Also, concrete slabs of smoke evacuation systems. sunk 24m below the surface of the the consortium Relais St-Laurent Highway 25 on the Montreal side of Associated road works include water. The adjoining bridge section which comprised SNC-Lavalin the tunnel will be replaced. On the access roads, widening the A20 is 400m long and at 1.8km in total Grands Projets, EBC and SNC- south side, a third lane of traffic motorway with the addition of a the structure is the longest Lavalin Capital. will be added by turning the safety new bus and car-sharing lane, as bridge-tunnel in Canada.

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Countless posibilities No matter if open or mining construction, if monolithic or dissolved – the VARIOKIT engineering kit always adapts to the building geometry.

Few parts 3 core components for the most diverse areas of application Formwork guarantee a quick and easy handling and thus save installation time. Scaffolding Engineering Save planning Short shuttering and striking operations help to implement www.peri.com the planned cycle as well as time and cost requirements. BRIDGE & TUNNEL FORMWORK

On track with Fortrac

Soil and slope reinforcement control category A3. The system is systems from Huesker low maintenance and resistant to Synthetics now offer four external influences such as fire, UV facing types that also improve radiation and vandalism. the visual aspect of bridge For those who prefer embankments. traditional walls, Fortrac Block The core element of every can be used to create architectural reinforced soil system is a soil finishes from a classic to a rustic block reinforced in this case with look. The system is particularly Fortrac geogrid layers. These effective on tiered walls and absorb tensile forces and improve curved lines. By using high- the mechanical properties of quality PVA geogrids, the system the composite material. They can be installed directly in water are characterised not only by containing sulphate and in good elongation stiffness and alkaline, cohesive soils. tensile strength but, due to the Fortrac Panel is mainly used flexibility of Fortrac grids, by close Apart from structural support, Fortrac Nature, Gabion, Block and Panel facings offer where short construction times interaction with surrounding soil cosmetic appeal and alternatives to traditional mass - interaction flexibility. In insitu concrete walls are comparison to rigid geogrids, they only cosmetic, but also provide embankments or retaining walls required. By eliminating the need are much easier, faster and less protective or structural supporting in water. for complicated foundations, expensive to install. functions. The vegetated facing, Fortrac incorporating a simple reinforced The modular installation In addition to retaining and Nature, blends into the landscape soil solution and using precast of Fortrac Systems means that gravity walls, such as bridge and offers protection to small birds concrete units, the system is four front (facing) solutions are abutments and slope stabilisation, and insects. The Fortrac Gabion quickly constructed. available: Fortrac Nature, Fortrac they can be used on steep face design, is particularly suitable Block, Fortrac Panel and Fortrac slopes and earth-pressure relief to projects that lower noise levels Huesker Gabion. The facings are not applications such as overhanging - sound absorbing up to noise www.huesker.co.uk/fortrac AmeySRM awarded Paschal has the angle bridge replacement Formwork manufacturer Paschal says that an obtuse 150° angle can be tied. Panel Highways England and Amey Sir Robert it has further expanded the application connections mounted around corners can be McAlpine (AmeySRM) have signed a contract range of its lightweight multi-waler by simply, easily and rapidly stiffened, according for construction of a new A533 Expressway developing a hinge piece. to the company, based in Steinach, southern Bridge replacement. Under the €23 million The multi-waler is compatible with all Germany. US$29.4 million) contract work will start in Paschal formwork systems for stiffening a Two multi-walers can be joined with a spring 2021 for completion in summer 2022. bracing of panels, for filler pieces and for stop force-fitted connection via the hinged part The existing 70m-span bridge carries the ends as well as a wall stop bar. with bolts and a security pin - stiffening panels A533 Expressway over the M56 motorway in The multi-waler for stiffening horizontal around corners couldn't be easier, says Paschal. the north-west of England. But it has reached and vertical panel joints was itself shown at the The 1.4m-long multi-waler can be the end of its life, according to AmeySRM, a bauma trade fair in Munich in 2019. The handy connected to the formwork panels using a cooperation between contractors Amey and multi-waler hinged part was added shortly LOGO clamping piece or, alternatively, using Sir Robert McAlpine. afterwards. hook headed bolts and a plate with ball-and- The two-span replacement will be The addition of a hinge allows practical socket joint or a waler support DW 15. constructed adjacent to the existing bridge connecting of element for both acute- and and have much improved cycling and obtuse-angled concrete structures. Angled Paschal pedestrian facilities, noted Robert Allen, structures ranging from an acute 60° to www.paschal.com framework partnership director for AmeySRM. “This scheme is one of a number of comprehensive upgrades our collaborative approach as AmeySRM is delivering across the north-west, creating better journeys for those using the network,” said Allen. To ensure that the works cause minimal disruption, the main concrete bridge deck will be assembled off-site in a nearby compound then transported and lowered into its final position using a self-propelled modular transporter. Once the new bridge is open to traffic, the existing structure will be Paschal’s multi-waler hinge demolished and the area fully reinstated. fits onto an acute-angled formwork structure

36 World Highways OCTOBER 2020 www.worldhighways.com PILING Paris-Prague connection A piling rig from Liebherr has been playing an important role on a new bridge project for the route connecting Paris and Prague

he LB 45 model has replaced A Liebherr rig has been the earlier LB 36 model in carrying out piling work for the Liebherr range and has a bridge project in Germany been used by contractor Hochtief. This new machine is so-named because of its nominal torque of 450kNm, a significant increase over the 410kNm that could be delivered by the Tearlier LB 36. This LB 45 has been utilised for the rebuilding of the Neckartal Bridge at Heilbronn. The rig has been used for installing the foundation piles for the bridge. The Paris to Prague route passes through southern Germany, running between the French and the Czech borders. As part of the European Route 50, the A6 Autobahn route provides an important link connecting Paris and Prague. The upgrading work for the route has included the rebuilding of the Neckartal However, the piling rig was too heavy to bucket. The company handled 170tonnes of Bridge at Heilbronn between the junctions use the pontoon bridge. So once the piling steel reinforcements and 2,000m³ of concrete Untereisesheim and Neckarsulm. Hochtief work had been completed on the island, the in the process. On average, the piles are 11.5m Infrastructure installed the foundation piles bridge had to be used in the pontoon format deep and have a diameter of 1.5m. Depending using the new LB 45 piling rig from Liebherr. once more so that the LB 45 could be moved on the density of the rock and the drilling Foundation piles were required on the back to the bank. But, according to the depth, Hochtief required around two hours for Neckar Island, which lies about 100m from the contractor, the piling rig’s ease of movement each pile. Including concreting, 2.5 piles could riverbank, and the piling rig was transported proved to be an advantage when operating and be installed/day. to this site by pontoon. Once the machine had for its relocation onsite. The bridge is due to open for traffic in mid- been located on the island, Hochtief built a During the six months required for the 2022. pontoon bridge using the pontoon elements to piling work, Hochtief installed 106 foundation allow site traffic access to the working area on piles. The firm configured the rig with the Kelly Liebherr the island. drilling method, with auger and rock drilling www.liebherr.com Piling productively

A project in Frankfurt, Germany been driven using the Soilmec low emission diesel rated at 470kW has benefited from the use of a SR-125 HIT to depths ranging from that meets the Tier 4 Final piling rig supplied by Soilmec. The 36-40m, and with diameters of requirements. SR-125 HIT unit has been employed 1.5m and 2m. In addition, the Soilmec in an application requiring it to The SR-125 HIT is a multi- engineers developed technical drive segmental casing in purpose drilling rig designed to be solutions to ensure that this model challenging site conditions. efficient and powerful, offering has a low operating noise. To The project has proved to be performance and versatility. Its reduce working noise, the machine less than straightforward, with new mast and new rotary system has radiators equipped with fan piles being drilled in a difficult and are said to an optimum weight-to- speed controls as well as overburden soil that stretches over performance ratio. The operator’s sound-absorbing and heat- pre-existing foundations. Silty cab was designed to offer resistant materials fitted in the clay, sand and several rock layers maximum comfort and ease of use engine area. Also reducing noise is are the main geological to increase productivity. the specially designed air flow and components. The segmental casing To ensure safety, the machines use of plastic components that technology, where piles are driven benefit from video cameras so the provide additional muffling. directly by the rotary head, have operator has a full 360° view of the Soilmec’s powerful also been utilised. area around the rig, 10 lux lighting Soilmec SR-125 rig is now in use in Frankfurt, Germany The foundation piles have for night operation, as well as a www.soilmec.com

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Reducing carbon emissions from Lowering the energy intensive cement and concrete production sectors will carbon help stop climate change – with reporting by Liam McLoughlin, emissions Guy Woodford, Mike Woof

CEMEX is working on a project for cement production using solar energy

ey moves are being made improve its air quality. As of December 31st, technologies. The technology will be tested for in the battle to reduce the 2019, CEMEX has reduced dust emissions by the first time in the cement industry at a CEMEX effects of climate change. approximately 90%, sulphur emissions (SOx) by facility by deploying an industrial-scale pilot The cement and concrete almost 60%, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by close during the first quarter of 2021. The partners production sector, which to 50%. say the technology has the capacity to capture

is highly energy intensive, The company has signed an agreement up to 100,000tonnes of CO2/year at a cost

is seeing significant steps with Carbon Clean to develop an efficient lower than US$30/tonne of CO2 captured. being made by some of carbon capture solution by 2021. UK- Furthermore, CEMEX says that it expects the biggest players in the market. headquartered Carbon Clean provides low-cost its European operations to reach the target KCEMEX, Heidelberg Cement and modular carbon dioxide capture and separation of a 35% reduction in carbon emissions from LafargeHolcim have all announced technology, aimed at developing a carbon cementitious materials by the end of 2020,

developments that will help to lower CO2 capture solution for the cement industry that a decade ahead of CEMEX´s 2030 global

emissions from this industry, which will assist lies below the line of US$30/tonne cost of CO2 commitment outlined in its Climate Action in the battle to limit, and even halt, climate captured. strategy announced earlier in 2020. The change. CEMEX and LafargeHolcim have The partners say the aim is to develop company has launched its Vertua carbon- pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. technology that allows for the economically neutral concrete in the UK and France, which

For its part, CEMEX says that it has invested viable capture of CO2 emissions in the cement will be gradually available in other countries over US$280 million since 2013 in technology industry at industrial scale. where CEMEX operates. to measure, control, and mitigate the gas and As part of the agreement, both companies CEMEX and Synhelion meanwhile have particle emissions in its operations. Through will further develop and adapt Carbon Clean’s announced that they developed a technology to this continuous investment, the company has third generation modularised carbon capture decarbonise the cement manufacturing process introduced international standards consistent technology for the cement industry. Carbon based on solar energy. Synhelion, based in with the world's strictest emissions regulations Clean uses an integrated modular system Switzerland, is a pioneer in sustainable solar throughout its operations. that works using rotating packed beds (RPBs) fuels and process heat. As a result, by the end of 2019, CEMEX to intensify the carbon capture process. The radical approach is based on replacing achieved significant emissions reductions when This technology could provide a significant the use of fossil fuels in cement plants with measured against its 2005 baseline, the year reduction in both capital cost and equipment solar heat, and capturing 100% of the carbon when the company initiated its investments to size compared to conventional capture emissions, to be used as feedstock for fuel

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production, enabling cement manufacturing to LafargeHolcim adds that it will increase the Energy Ventures (BEV) will be used to tackle achieve net-zero level. This is made possible by use of recycled materials in its products and the carbon footprint of concrete. the unprecedented temperature levels of solar processes while recovering materials at the end CarbonCure is to use the investment heat provided by Synhelion’s technology and its of their life cycle. In 2019, the company recycled to accelerate its product roadmap and pioneering process to turn CO2 into synthetic 48 million tonnes of waste. geographical expansion in a bid to remove 500 drop-in fuels, such as kerosene, diesel, and The company says it will develop and deploy million tonnes of CO2/year from the concrete gasoline. advanced technologies, preparing the next step industry by 2030. The investment is expected This solution offers a comprehensive of its net zero journey. This includes piloting to help Amazon and other companies meet approach to decarbonise the cement industry. over 20 Carbon Capture Usage and Storage The Climate Pledge, a commitment to net zero Following the research collaboration completed (CCUS) projects across Europe and North carbon by 2040. in spring 2020, CEMEX and Synhelion will America. Other companies involved in the phase in implementation of the technology. A In addition, Canadian clean technology investment include Microsoft, BDC Capital, pilot installation will be incorporated into an company CarbonCure has announced an 2150, Thistledown Capital, Taronga Ventures existing CEMEX cement plant by the end of investment co-led by Amazon and Breakthrough and GreenSoil Investments. ❯❯ 2022 and extended to a fully solar-driven plant. Meanwhile, HeidelbergCement has plans for the Brevik cement production facility in Norway through its Norecem subsidiary. Brevik is to implement an industrial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. Giv Brantenberg, general manager CONSTRUCTION HeidelbergCement Northern Europe and chairman of the board of Norcem, said: "We OPENING have been developing this project since the first desktop studies in 2005 and have interacted NEW ROADS... well over many years with the Norwegian EVERYWHERE authorities and our supportive partners." The Norwegian Government shortlisted

Brevik for an industrial-scale CO2 capture trial at the beginning of 2018. On 5th September 2019, a memorandum of understanding on the capture and storage of CO2 was signed by HeidelbergCement and the state-owned Norwegian energy Group Equinor. The Norwegian Government is expected to provide the bulk of the project funding. The company has joined the SBTi “Business Ambition for 1.5°C,” and says it is signing the pledge with intermediate targets for 2030, validated by SBTi. It adds that this commitment builds on its green construction solutions including ECOPact concrete and Susteno circular cement. For its 2030 goals, LafargeHolcim is further lowering its target for CO2 intensity in cement to 475kg net CO2/tonne of cementitious material. Europe is on track to become the first region to reach this net zero ambition, building on its €148.51 million investment roadmap launched in 2019. LafargeHolcim is also partnering with SBTi to develop a roadmap for aligning climate targets to a 1.5°C future in the cement sector. By 2030, LafargeHolcim says it will: accelerate the use of low-carbon and carbon- neutral products such as ECOPact and Susteno; Recycle 100 million tons of waste and by products for energy and raw materials; Scale up the use of calcined clay and develop novel cements with new binders; Double waste- derived fuels in production to reach 37%; Reach

475kg net CO2/tonne of cementitious material;

Operate its first net zero CO2 cement production facility. In addition to its pledge to reduce scope 1 and scope 2 emissions, LafargeHolcim will FAE GROUP S.p.A. expand its actions to include scope 3 emissions. Zona Produttiva 18 | 38013 Fondo (TN) Italy The company says this will cut transportation Tel. +39 0463 840000 | [email protected] | www.fae-group.com and fuel-related emissions by 20%.

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❯❯ Blue Planet has developed a carbon capture and utilisation system to permanently remove carbon dioxide that it says is economically viable and can be deployed at Gigaton (GT) scale. In strength, performance and cost,

Blue Planet claims that its CO2-sequestered aggregate is equivalent to that of standard quarried aggregates. The startup says it will capture carbon dioxide emissions from bioenergy, natural gas and coal-fired power plants, steel mills, cement plants and refineries, as well as directly from the atmosphere. The process converts captured

CO2 to carbonate for mineralisation as a synthetic limestone (CaCO3). HeidelbergCement will use its The synthetic limestone is claimed to be Norcem Brevik cement plant in Norway to trial industrial-scale able to replace extracted limestone in concrete, carbon capture technologies permanently sequestering the captured CO2. Blue Planet says the rock market represents one of the largest potential sinks component's carbon footprint, making the financed, owned and operated without

for CO2 at over 50 GT every year, making Blue concrete a net carbon storage sink. The process subsidies. Planet's solution to reducing global carbon also creates upcycled concrete aggregate as Blue Planet's first plant is being constructed levels scalable and economically viable. a by-product, reducing the need for further in Pittsburgh, California, adjacent to a natural The company's proprietary process creates extraction processes. gas-fired power plant and the Sacramento Delta, synthetic limestone sand and gravel that can Blue Planet says that most carbon for barged material transport of raw materials be used to make carbon-neutral and carbon- reduction schemes are not permanent and and finished goods. Blue Planet concrete has negative concrete, with the same structural instead allow the captured carbon dioxide already been incorporated at Terminal 1 at San integrity of conventional concrete. to re-enter the atmosphere at some point. Francisco International Airport (SFO), which By offsetting the carbon footprint of The production and distribution of synthetic the company says establishes a model for the cement in concrete, Blue Planet says aggregate for concrete is said to make the cost-neutral public procurement of low carbon its aggregate compensates for the cement operations profitable, and the plants can be building materials for carbon mitigation.

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Liebherr is now offering an efficient compact concrete plant

Liebherr’s new concrete machines

Liebherr has introduced innovative new relocate to construction sites. special Futuricum chassis and benefit from an concrete equipment for production and Operation is said to be easy and can be energy recovery system to boost efficiency from transport. The firm has developed a new controlled through a laptop. The platforms are braking. This last feature increases range as compact plant as well as an efficient, low also said to offer good access for cleaning and well as lowering maintenance needs. emission mixer truck for the industry. servicing. The plant’s proven ring-pan mixing ZF worked with Liebherr to develop the The new LCM 1.0 concrete mixing plant system allows an output of up to 60m³ of fresh compact drum drive, which powers the drum meets the need for a compact unit that is concrete. Different aggregate silos with storage directly and is said to combine simplicity with easy to transport and that allows concrete volumes of 40-100m³ are available. The plant high efficiency, reducing the power drain on the production on a budget. According to can be equipped with up to three cement silos battery system. Liebherr, demand is growing for a smaller, with capacities of 100tonnes. Options include Because the drum drive and traction reliable mixing plant as more and more moisture measurement, ice scale, cladding and drive are electric, the Futuricum truck is said contractors want to produce their own concrete a control container. to be simpler in layout, without hydraulic themselves. The focus is on low cost, as well as Liebherr has worked with Designwerk to components, further reducing maintenance reliability and simple operation. develop fully-electric truck mixers featuring needs. However, the design of the electric The LCM 1.0 offers reliable mixing at 10m³ and 12m³ capacity drums and available drives also ensures that there has been no low cost, as well as being easy to transport, on five-axle chassis. Because they have electric need for costly electronic controls, reducing the install and operate, along with galvanised drives, the ETM 1005 and 1205 truck mixers can pricetag of the units. components for long working life. In addition to operate without exhaust emissions and have stationary use, pre-assembled sub-assemblies large batteries, so that charging is only required Liebherr and steel foundations make the plant easy to at night. The machines are mounted on the www.liebherr.com Concrete pump simulation

A new unit from CM Labs ensures operators are proficient The Concrete Pump training skills, according to CM Labs. The Simulations allows users to train before working onsite. pack incorporates CM Labs’ Smart system is able to measure time to on concrete pumps without having The simulator allows Training Technology. This is said to pour, and reporting on events such to use a machine. The firm’s range operators to develop skills such as simulate the backlash of the as contacts between equipment of Vortex training simulators has deploying outriggers, creating boom, the way the hydraulics and structures, assessing operator been widened with the concrete slabs, and pouring respond and the stability. The skill. This unit will also help introduction of its Concrete Pump footings and foundations. The system is said to reproduce the contractors given that the industry Simulator. system allows novice operators to tension, sway and deflection felt is moving towards certification for The training curriculum was gain real-world experience faster when using a real concrete pump. concrete pump operators. developed in collaboration with but within a controlled and safe This new simulator allows the American Concrete Pumping environment, according to the tailored, cost-effective training CM Labs Simulations Association (ACPA). The system ACPA. that builds transferable operator www.cm-labs.com www.worldhighways.com OCTOBER 2020 World Highways 41 CONCRETE PRODUCTION & PAVING

Metalgalante innovates Efficient Italian firm Metalgalante is increasing its The use of large cement bags minimises delivery product range with the new Carsilos, as dust production and reduces the running well as offering its proven Carmix Bagger costs for bag disposal. The Carmix Bagger Pan-United Corporation in Singapore is in additional markets worldwide. also reduces the costs connected with raw offering an efficient technology and According to Metalgalante, its concrete materials, as cement bags can be loaded digitalisation to minimise physical machines can help to boost productivity and directly inside. interactions and improve productivity onsite. performance. The firm specialises in self- In addition, Metalgalante’s Carmix 3500 The firm’s innovations are the novel PanU loading truck mixers and mobile concrete TC mobile concrete batching plant has been generation self-compacting concrete (PanU batching plants and also offers a range of silos awarded the necessary certification for use NewGen SCC), its artificial intelligence mixing for use on construction sites. The Carsilos in public works in the US. This development (AiM) in-transit concrete management system, units are horizontal cement silos equipped follows the introduction of the Carmix range to and its artificial intelligence for ready-mix with screw conveyors and electronic weighing the US market. concrete (AiR) operations optimisation systems. Available in three versions of 16, 26 The firm launched its CARMIX CONCRETE platform. and 36m3, the Carsilos units are claimed to service for the US market in early 2020. This The PanU uses a specialised rheologic boost onsite productivity. service allows for the fast supply of quality concrete that flows easily to reach hard-to-fill The main structures are self-erecting, so concrete to sites that are difficult to reach by corners. Unlike regular concrete, which there is no need for lifting equipment during large batching plants. The concrete supply requires several personnel to vibrate and installation. The units also feature electronic service is based on the use of a package of compact the material into place, the PanU load cell weighing systems, with sophisticated Metalgalante machines such as the Carmix NewGen SCC requires a single worker to guide process controls and displays. The vibration 3500 TC and Carsilos units. the concrete pumping pipe. The firm also systems help to regulate the flow of cement, claims that the PanU NewGen SCC can improve while a screw conveyor transports material to Metalgalante productivity by 75% and reduce casting time the required height. The units have electronic www.carmix.com by 40%. control panels that include all the necessary The company has also equipped its The compact Carmix Bagger safety systems. is an efficient mini-silo concrete mixer trucks with the AiM in-transit Meanwhile, the 3m3 Carmix Bagger is said according to Metalgalante concrete management system. This calibrates to be an efficient mini-silo that offers ease of concrete consistency during the journey from transport. This machine features load cells that the batching plant to site. If changes in weigh the quantities of materials used. concrete consistency are detected, the system A screw conveyor carries raw material will remotely adjust the concrete mix, into the mixer and the hydraulic motor maintaining the specification at delivery. means that the unit can be used at sites This system eliminates the need for where electricity is not available. quality assessors and product technicians The unit’s mini-silo combines with onsite to test concrete quality. The system also Carmix mobile concrete batching plants increases product quality and consistency, to boost productivity and optimise onsite and minimises the risks of delays. logistics. The Carmix Bagger can also be carried The AiR system provides digitalisation of with a forklift and offers low shipping costs due concrete operations across the supply chain. to its compact dimensions. This is said to allow the automation of back-end processes such as delivery orders and invoices. Pan-United issues electronic delivery orders and electronic customer invoices that make it easier for customer personnel to work from home, and saves time and costs by eliminating the need for collating The Carsilos units from Metalgalante are said to and dispatching documents. boost versaility onsite The AiR platform digitalises the supply chain, increases resource efficiency and optimises manpower usage by assigning the lowest-cost or nearest tipper or concrete mixer trucks to the site.

Pan-United Corporation now offers a novel self-compacting concrete

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Rapid supply deal

A producer of precast concrete Rapid International collaborated with 60tonnes. Maintenance access is said to be components in the UK, Stanton Bonna, Stanton Bonna to develop a tower batching good, allowing servicing and cleaning of the is now benefiting from the purchase of a plant system to meet the required increase in weigh hopper and aggregate rotary conveyor. new concrete batching plant from R efficiency and concrete volume, while featuring To ensure production output in poor Stanton Bonna opted for a new static a compact footprint. weather, Stanton Bonna opted for composite plant for its facility in Derbyshire to supply The plant, which includes two Rapid cladding, lined doors and the provision to inject concrete. Part of CONSOLIS, Europe’s largest planetary mixers, produces 80m3/hour. hot air into the bottom of the aggregate storage precast concrete producer, Stanton Bonna Featuring an integral Rapid Jetwash high- bins. manufactures manhole systems, storm water pressure mixer washout system, cleaning management, flexible headwalls and flow is also said to be easy. The new plant has Rapid International control systems. But a new manufacturing six aggregate bins, each with capacities of www.rapidinternational.com method was required for greater capacity, efficiency and reliability. The firm’s Winget large diameter (LDP) batching plant with Winget pan mixers, was a tower-type plant erected in the 1950s. Due to its age and condition, the plant was unreliable and the company faced breakdowns, high maintenance costs, difficulty sourcing spare parts and reduced mixing speeds. THE LIGHTEST The increased production required a significant increase in concrete volume, 47-METER PUMP IN THE WORLD, K47H which could not be met by the current LDP WITH CARBON TECHNOLOGY. plant. So the company opted to purchase a new concrete batching plant and distribution system.

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Curb Roller Manufacturing claims that its versatile Hydra- Screed HS3000 model makes concrete flatwork and shapework tasks productive. The hydraulically powered machine reduces labour and can be used with varying lengths of pipe, custom V-flume, crowned roller screed and other profiles. The Hydra-Screed HS3000 is a two-operator machine and can move more than 150mm of concrete along the pour, while allowing operators to remain standing. Eliminating much of the labour required to screed and shape concrete, the HS3000 is said to halve the time contractors need to do flatwork and flumes, while allowing continuous pouring. The Hydra-Screed system is customisable to different job specifications, accommodating pour widths from 900mm-9m of 150mm OD 10-gauge pipe or a custom-designed drum for concrete shaping. The hydraulic power of the Hydra-Screed boosts the versatility of conventional machines, allowing the operation of larger drums for shaped pours. Because of its capabilities, the Hydra-Screed suits large applications such as parking lots or streets. The HS3000 allows pervious paving and the use of low slump concrete, as well as slope paving. The absence of a vibration source is said to eliminate concrete slumping down the slope and ensures more aggregate stays near the top. In addition to large projects or custom work, the Hydra-Screed can be used for patch and repair work. Curb Roller Manufacturing’s optional Hydra-Pack offers a portable power source for the Hydra-Screed. It also comes standard with the necessary accessories to use hydraulic power from equipment such as skid loaders and mini excavators. The hydraulic hoses of the Hydra-Screed are enclosed in a nylon casing for convenience and added safety from leaks. The Hydra-Screed HS3000 features a pivoting, adjustable handle and two-way variable speed control. As moisture and slump levels vary between truck loads, variable speed flexibility allows the spin speed to be adjusted on the fly for varying material conditions. With removable drive ends, crews can quickly change out different lengths of pipe.The smooth design allows simple cleaning and maintenance. Because the Hydra-Screed uses a spinning pipe, operators can drag the pipe over an abrasive surface to clean the unit. Curb Roller Manufacturing www.curbroller.com

Versatility is claimed for the Hydra-Screed HS3000 from Curb Roller Manufacturing

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An Ammann plant has been playing a key role in the rebuilding of the busy N2 route in Switzerland

Onsite recycling Equipment from Ammann has played a key role in renovating a section of the N2 highway in Switzerland

he highway is a key Planners calculated that 55,000tonnes of addition, the plants could only produce north-south connection gravel, 119tonnes of RAP from the construction material from that specific site for the N2 from Basel to Chiasso. site, a further 21,000tones of RAP from other project. After completion, the tender called South of the well-known sites and 256tonnes of asphalt would be for the plants to be dismantled and the site Gotthard Road tunnel, the required for the work. restored to its original condition. 10km, four-lane section These material quantities would require The new asphalt pavement structure is of highway is currently 25,000 truck journeys. Worse still, the nearest being laid with three asphalt layers: a 3cm benefiting from a complete asphalt plant was around 70km from the site SDA 8-12 (semi-dense rolled asphalt) wearing upgrade that will be completed in 2022. The and the trucks would have to use either the course with 0% RAP; an 8cm AC B 22 H Ttotal cost of the project is €236 million (CHF250 highway or local roads. This would have made (binder course) with 50% RAP; and an 8cm million). the existing peak time congestion problem AC T 22 H (base course) with 50% finishing The existing road base consists of material worse and resulted in delays with material asphalt. These lie on top of: an 11cm AC F 22 excavated during the driving of the Gotthard supplies, as well as increasing road wear (bitumen-bound foundation layer) with 90% tunnel and this has proved a technical and posing a safety hazard. Clearly, another finishing asphalt; an 11cm AC F 22 (bitumen- challenge. The aggregate has a fine-grain solution had to be found. bound foundation layer) with 90% finishing content of more than 8% and as a result, is not To tackle the problem, a site alongside asphalt; and a 5cm thick seal on a 33cm frost frost-resistant. In addition, the existing asphalt the highway was selected for use in asphalt protection layer. structure required reinforcement to handle the preparation and production. The site was on an In total, around 250,000 tonnes of asphalt high stresses imposed by large traffic volumes old military airfield and the idea was to install is being produced for this project. The team and the high number of large trucks using the an asphalt crushing plant, an asphalt mixing is using very high percentages of recycled route. plant and a gravel washing plant with sludge materials without having to use rejuvenation The Swiss authorities have ensured that the press. agents or suffer quality losses. This project project meets sustainability targets. The aim of In addition, temporary access was planned also shows that bituminous-bound foundation the Federal Roads Office (Astra), the project’s between the highway and the construction site layers can be produced with almost 100% owner and builder, is to ensure that existing to reduce transport routes. asphalt. materials can be processed onsite and reused The project work for the temporary The production site was established in the new mix. And the use and transport installations was put out to tender with the in spring 2018, with the installation of the of materials was a key consideration during condition that required recycling percentages plants beginning the following August. The project planning. for the asphalt pavement would be met. In asphalt mixing plant was ready for operation ❯❯

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❯❯ after four months. It could supply mix for The Ammann plant has the construction site in May 2019, after the been erected on the site of approval of the test pavements. a former military airfield In 2019, about 80% of the pavement in the central portion of the motorway section was laid and the work showed good quality across all the layers. Adjustments are being made when milling the existing asphalt layers and when crushing the milled material to ensure that the grain curve of the recycled asphalt is not too fine. Additionally, the quality of the binder to be added to the AC B and H pavements is very important and requires attention. The penetration of this polymer-modified binder must not vary too much and must never fall below the lower value of 90 1/10 mm. During 2020, the pavements have been laid on the two lanes and the hard shoulder in a south-north direction. In 2021 the work will be carried out in a north-south direction so that the rehabilitation can be completed by the end of the year. Residual work, such as the erection of noise barriers, will be carried out in 2022. that optimises the material flow and at the moisture. The aggregates are stored in Ammann supplied the asphalt mixing same time minimises wear and tear within 15m³-capacity hoppers. Two silos (120m³ plant, which is expected to produce a total the recycling system. In the RAH100 system, and 60m³) store the self-filler, while another of 250,000tonnes of asphalt onsite once the recycled asphalt is heated by a counter- (55m³) houses lime hydrate. The four bitumen the project is complete. The project team current process. This allows the aggregrate and tanks hold 80m³. Mixing is carried out in a selected an ABP HRT mixing plant for the bitumen to be heated indirectly and protected 4tonne mixer, while the loading silo holds work as this unit suited the need for asphalt from overheating. Using this system, RAP 300tonnes in four chambers. production containing a high percentage of addition rates of 100% are possible. recycled asphalt. An integrated, parallel drum The plant is able to produce Ammann system directly above the mixer is installed 240-310tonnes/hour of asphalt, depending on www.ammann.com

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New asphalt plant contender

The asphalt plant market is now seeing a new contender in the shape of road machinery firm Strassmayr. The firm is well-established in the market for equipment aimed at use in road construction and repair but is now expanding its offering with the addition of asphalt plant technology. The first two Strassmayr asphalt batching plants were constructed in the firm’s factory in Central Europe at the beginning of 2020. The asphalt plants Strassmayr offer also include the metal bases that allow fast installation and start-up times. The plants are said to be fully protected from bad weather and vandalism as they feature external cladding. The cabling and piping systems are all pre-installed during manufacture, which reduces the time needed to commission each plant by up to two weeks. Strassmayr offers its new MaxBatch in different sizes with capacities of 100, 140 and 180tonnes/hour at present. However, the company says that it plans to further extend the range with the introduction of models capable of producing up to 260tonnes/hour. The machines are based along modular lines, which allows the plants to be expanded or The Strassmayr plants upgraded with additional components as are designed for low dust and noise levels required by the customer. All models are

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supplied with an array of cold aggregate bins set up; drying drum; hot mineral bins featuring five or six compartments; twin-shaft pugmill mixer; and a ready mix silo located below the mixer. The size of the pugmill mixer depends on the model, while different capacities are available for the ready-mix silo. It is also possible to install a side-skip system for higher capacities of hot mix. There is a wide range of optional equipment available for Strassmayr's asphalt plants, such as containerised thermal oil heating systems, RAP attachments, SMA/Viatop dosing systems, pigment dosing systems, different solutions for hot storage silos and various foreign filler systems. The company has also ensured that the plants have been designed for low emissions of hazardous gases and the units are fitted with an eco-friendly pollution control system. The design of the machines is said to ensure minimum sound and dust levels. Customers can also specify the plants with the necessary equipment to produce warm mix with foamed bitumen, or use up to 35% cold RAP in the feed for the mix design. A wide range of options is Strassmayr available from Strassmayr for the asphalt plants www.strassmayr.com

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De-icing winter roads A new additive from Iterchimica aims to help minimise icing on asphalt surfaces in winter conditions - *Shahin Eskandarsefat

inter penetrate the pores of road surfaces and To this end, in addition to the traditional maintenance therefore are not disturbed by vehicle traffic [2]. de-icing routines in recent years, other operations Sodium chloride NaCl (ordinary rock salt), innovations such as self-de-icing asphalt of roads are CaCl2 calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, pavements have shown promising results. crucial to and acetates such as calcium magnesium The idea is to add de-icers to the asphalt mix ensure that acetate (CMA) or potassium acetate are some during the production. This type of additive a reasonable of the materials for road de-icing purposes is a convenient solution for areas of high risk level of the [3]. However, the growing use of de-icers has of accidents such as busy intersections, hilly safety of passengers is achieved. In particular, raised concerns about their effects on motor streets or icy zones. By reducing the adherence Wsnow and ice can cause severe problems vehicles, transportation infrastructure, and the between ice and road surface these pavements for high-speed roads and airports. The road environment. Generally, several disadvantages provide safer driving conditions alongside less authorities define de-icing strategies to be are attributed to both solid and liquid surface winter maintenance costs. From another point applied during the cold seasons. Generally de-icing treatments. They have adverse effects of view, since this type of additive reduces the speaking, de-icing is defined as the process on the environment, buildings, and plants while freezing point of the pavement, the number of of removing ice and snow by depressing the melting the snow. Chloride salt can cause a the freeze/thaw cycles will be reduced, making freezing point of water to fall below zero [1]. strong corrosive action on pavement structure the road less susceptible to damage and giving Accordingly, several routine practices are [4&5]. the road longer life. The present paper is a applied, including mechanical methods and The melting snow and ice carry de-icing synthesis of the-state-of-the-practice of an anti- liquid and solid de-icing agents. Mechanical chemicals onto vegetation and into soils along icing pavement additive. methods involve the use of brushes, blowers the roadside where they eventually enter local and shovels to remove and to clean the surface waterways. Elevated salt levels in soils can An innovative anti-icing of the road pavement from accumulation of inhibit the ability of vegetation to absorb both pavement additive snow or ice. Liquid agents and solid agents are water and nutrients, which can slow plant A de-icing additive for asphalt mixtures is generally different types of salts, which can be growth and ultimately affect animal habitats [6]. available that avoids the issues of conventional used depending on the type of the pavement Related to environmental impacts, it has been products, however. The additive Winterpave and road. Comparing the solid and liquid de- shown that the salt used for de-icing may attract is provided by Iterchimica in Italy. Winterpave icing materials, it can be noticed that the rock wildlife to roadways, increasing the likelihood lowers the freezing point of the water on the salt placed on the pavement surface can be of wildlife-vehicle collisions. In addition to pavement. When the temperature drops and the removed by vehicle traffic. the environmental impacts and damages of snow falls, Winterpave prevents snow and ice For example, studies show that traffic from the pavement itself, the de-icing materials from sticking to the road. It also interferes with as few as five cars can knock off 80% of solid contribute to the corrosion of metals used in the formation of ice crystals on the road surface ice-melting material, such as sand or rock vehicles. All these impacts have been attested by and prevents their adhesion, which facilitates salt. In contrast, liquid ice-fighting materials several research works and field practices [7]. their removal. Consequently, it provides more

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time for the intervention of salt spreaders and snow-clearing equipment. Winterpave is mixed directly with asphalt during production and can be used by both batch and continuous asphalt plant. The mix design is formulated to replace 4-5% of the aggregate weight, usually replacing lower gradation materials, filler or sand. At a batch plant, Winterpave in low melt bags is added before bitumen. Similarly, in a continuous plant it must be added into the outer drum before the liquid binder. Once that Winterpave is added, the rest of the production procedure is the same, using traditional equipment. Winterpave is installed in the wearing course of the pavement.

Anti-icing asphalt mix design Technically, the anti-icing asphalt mix design involves the replacing of some of the sand portion (4-5%) of the aggregates with de- icing additives. In most cases, the volumetric properties and the optimum bitumen content of the mixture would remain the same. The Anti-icing asphalt pavement (on the right) investigations show that the tensile properties, compared to the same without anti-icing (on the left) in Brianza, Italy water sensitivity, Marshall stability and flow, which are the fundamental parameters of any asphalt mixture during performance mix design, Full monitoring of the trial sections was of pavement damage, more sustainable also comply with most of the specifications’ carried out in February 2020 at the temperature solutions have been introduced recently. requirements. of below -3°C. While the reference mixture Self-de-icing additive for the construction of without additive was fully covered with snow, self-de-icing asphalt pavements is one of the Test tracks and field investigations the section containing the additive was almost promising solutions that have been introduced. Winterpave anti-icing additive has been clear, highlighting the effectiveness of this This technology provides safer road surfaces by trialled and used in many test tracks and technology. delaying the ice formation and, in many cases, paving projects. The additive has been applied In addition to the road paving applications, reduces the anti-icing spreading frequency, that successfully in different types of asphalt the technology has proved to be a very means less transportation under cold weather mixtures, including porous asphalt and SMA. convenient solution for cycling paths. The first conditions. The performance of a Winterpave- cycling path with anti-icing pavement was containing asphalt pavement lane has been installed in 2015 in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands, *Shahin Eskandarsefat, senior researcher, compared in trials the a lane to the same where its performance is still being monitored Iterchimica asphalt but without additive. The project during the low-temperature seasons. The four- took place in 2010 in Verano Brianza, Italy. year record shows the successful performance References: It consisted of a 4.5cm dense-graded asphalt of the project so far. [1] P. Keikhaei Dehdezi & I. Widyatmoko, De- concrete containing 5% of the anti-icing icing/Anti-icing agents and their effects on airfield additive. The pavement featuring Winterpave Conclusions asphalt pavements. Asphalt Professional, 2015, performed as intended during the snowfall. Road pavement preservation of the cold- PP. 28-32. https://www.instituteofasphalt.org/ South Korea installed a section of anti- climate regions has always been a challenge for [2] Snow Magazine, available online 27.07.2020 icing asphalt pavement containing Winterpave the road authorities. Nowadays, the traditional https://www.snowmagazineonline.com/article/ in 2019. The section located in Dasan 2-dong, strategies including surface de-icing materials leap-to-liquids/ Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do consisted of a (either solid or liquid) are no longer considered [3] Pavement interactive, Pavement Condition and 100m-long trial compared with the same asphalt a sustainable solution. Bearing in mind Winter De-icing Treatments concrete but without the anti-icing additive. environmental harm and technical deficiencies [4] W.B. Yu, X. Yi, M. Guo, et al, State of the art and practice of pavement anti‐icing and de‐icing techniques. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 2014, 6(1): 14–21. DOI: 10.3724/ SP.J.1226.2014.00014. [5] X. Shi, L. Fay, Z. Yang, T. A. Nguyen, and Y. Liu, Corrosion of de-icers to metals in transportation infrastructure: introduction and recent developments, Corros. Reviews, in press, 2009. [6] The environmental literacy council, available online 27.07.2020: https://enviroliteracy.org/ [7] P. C. Casey, C. W. Alwan, C. F. Kline, G. K. Landgraf, K. R. Linsenmayer, impacts of using salt and salt brine for roadway deicing. Idaho Transportation Department Research Program, Anti-icing asphalt pavement Available online 28/07/2020: https://www. ( right) compared with the same without anti-icing ( left) ctcandassociates.com/work-samples/saltimpacts. pdf , 2014.

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Bitumen technology Lignin, a natural polymer from softwood has been used to replace some of the advances bitumen in a road in Sweden From softwood in Sweden to rubber and rubble in Australia - Kristina Smith reports on new technologies which could shape tomorrow’s asphalt mixes

EAB Asphalt has laid a short reacts to anything, how it smells,” explained Although PEAB has successfully replaced section of road in Northern Mats Wendel, innovation advisor for PEAB up to 25% of the bitumen with lignin in Sweden with asphalt Asfalt, with is part of the PEAB construction laboratory tests, the researchers decided to go containing lignin, an organic and civil engineering group. Wendel reports for a more modest 10% replacement for the polymer found in plants that there was no difference in the production field trial. “That kept us within the national and some algae. The lignin and workability of the asphalt, although it did specification, which is based on the European used in this trial has been smell slightly different, with some observers one,” said Wendel. “We thought it was a good extracted from softwood. noticing the scent of wood. thing to stay safe for our first trial.” Replacing some of the bitumen in a mix with Pa renewable material such as lignin would reduce consumption of bitumen and lessen the environmental impacts of road construction. The trial is part of a bigger European- funded research programme, Rewofuel, to investigate the use of biofuel in sectors such as aviation and automotive. The €19.8 million programme kicked off in June 2018 and will run until the middle of 2021. PEAB laid the 50m-long section of binding layer asphalt in early July on a municipal street in Sundsvall, which is around 400km north of Stockholm. Up to 10,000 vehicles/day use the road in an area which experiences severe weather conditions in winter, requiring studded tyres to deal with the snow and ice. “This first field trial was important for us The road featuring lignin was laid because it allowed us to see the effects of the in Northern Sweden by PEAB lignin during normal production, whether it

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Swedish chemical and cleantech company say that the performance is just as good as a International and national carbon reduction Sekab produced the lignin used in the asphalt standard mix asphalt. commitments mean that highway authorities in trial. One of the biggest technical challenges PEAB Asfalt has been aggressively pursuing Sweden are also keen to try new technologies for the researchers was how to mix the lignin, carbon reduction goals across its business, and get involved in trials, said Wendel: “Road which is in powder form, into the bitumen. working over the past five years to introduce owners know that they have to be part of the The next step will be to carry out more biofuels at its asphalt plants in order to lower change.” trial paving sections, including laying carbon emissions by almost 50%. “This year surface courses which can be monitored for we will be using renewable fuels at all our PEAB Asfalt performance over time. Although studies stationary plants,” said Wendel. “If you can www.peabasfalt.se suggest that asphalt containing lignin could reduce carbon emissions by half using existing perform better than asphalt with bitumen technology and still be competitive, then you Rewofuel.eu only, Wendel says that currently they can only can move on to start working on the other half.” www.sekab.com

Rubber and rubble make perfect partners

Researchers at Melbourne’s RMIT researcher Dr Mohammad energy absorption capability, good concrete aggregate (RCA) after University in Australia have Boroujeni. thermal and acoustic insulation, compaction. discovered that base layers “Our studies showed that the and high impact resistance. Future studies for the RMIT containing recycled concrete mixture of RCA and Boroujeni and his team at the researchers will look at using RCA aggregate (RCA) and recycled tyre rubber could provide a better RMIT School of Engineering and rubber in the wearing course. rubber perform better than those response to a high-temperature experimented with different And they will also be looking at made from virgin aggregate or environment, such as during a proportions of fine and coarse how the RCA-rubber blend from rubble alone. bushfire event, as well as crumb rubber. performs with the addition of “Based on our extensive freeze-thaw cycles, compared to They found that the optimum other waste materials including experimental testing, we observed the RCA-only sample.” proportions were 0.5% fine crumb crushed glass, fly ash and waste that the RCA-rubber combination Previous work at RMIT had rubber with 99.5% RCA.Although plastics. outperformed the virgin aggregate also established that the there is no binder in the mix, the or RCA-only sample in different RCA-rubber mixture provides good researchers found that the rubber Melbourne RMIT University conditions,” explained lead water and acid resistance, good adhered to the rubble or recycled www.rmit.edu.au

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Aggregate Industries: new asphalts and new approach

Aggregate Industries has an alternative to high friction launched a range of specialist surfacing; and ProLay Light, asphalts, which it will warranty which contains lytag to produce for up to 10 years – if it can a lightweight mix for applications design and install them too. such as bridge decks where weight Dubbed the ProLay System, is important. Every product in the this is Aggregate Industries’ range can be mixed at around bid to build long-term, 40°C lower temperature than a collaborative contractual standard mix, deploying Aggregate relationships with road Industries’ SuperLow technology authorities. to reduce carbon emissions. The six new ProLay System “With this range of products, products are: ProLay Ultra and the installation and service 942, designed to increase fuel that we offer, we want to be able efficiency; ProLay Curve, for high to work with our customers to stress applications; ProLay Single, look at the issues they are facing for thick lifts and self-regulating on their projects, whether noise, A blend of fine crumb rubber and construction rubble makes a layers; ProLay Silent, an ultra- skid resistance or durability,” high-performing road base, according to researchers at RMIT low noise solution; ProLay Grip, said Paddy Murphy, managing

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director of contracting at Aggregate Industries, Murphy. “In 2016, we reinvigorated it and have and we have a continual programme to keep “particularly local authority roads which have gone live with it in the last two years.” that fleet new and modern and, at the same evolved over time, rather than been engineered Although some of the ProLay materials may time, upskill the workforce to stay up-to-speed from the start.” incur more capital cost, Aggregate Industries’ with technology.” Aggregate Industries wants to replicate the proposition is that they will last longer, leading Murphy hopes that local authorities will way it works with national highway authority to a lower lifetime cost. However, to ensure look to employ a programme-based approach Highways England at a local authority level, by longevity, the installation is vital, says Murphy. to road renewals and construction, looking at bringing its specialist expertise in at the design “The installation of the product has as multiple projects rather than single ones. “We stage and then ensuring quality by installing the much impact as the product itself,” he said. “If are trying to understand the problems that product itself. Its ProLay System incorporates you don’t install it properly, that can have a clients are facing. That’s very difficult to do on automated inspection and testing, deploying huge negative impact.” a scheme-by-scheme basis,” said Murphy. “It’s smart technology to record data including Aggregate Industries currently has six much better and you get longer term value, the components of the mix, temperatures, crews, based around the UK, who could carry if you work collaboratively over a number of compaction, position and levels. out installations. The company would ramp years and schemes.” “Our first iteration of automated testing that up if demand required it, said Murphy. was six or seven years ago. We invested half- “We have probably got the youngest fleet of Aggregate Industries a-million pounds, but it was too early,” said equipment in the UK, less than three years old www.aggregate.com Roadmender’s rubber pothole fix

After six years and £6 million of investment, UK company Roadmender believes it has found a sustainable and effective way of filling potholes: asphalt pellets containing rubber-modified bitumen which, when heated up, turn into a flowable liquid that will fill whatever hole or crack it is applied to. Roadmender has carried out trials with six local authorities since October 2019, mainly in the north of England where the company is based. CEO Harry Pearl is expecting certification for its Elastomac product under Pavement Testing Services’ (PTS) Product Acceptance Scheme (PAS) shortly. Elastomac pellets are heated up on site and the resultant liquid is poured into whatever shape of defect is there, leading to a significant reduction in the amount of material needed. Normally a repair would require a rectangular hole to be cut so that the filling material can be compressed down vertical sides. A thin sealing layer can then be applied beyond the edge of the defect to make the repair waterproof. “The materials we use to repair roads were never intended for repair, they were designed for building them,” said Pearl. Pearl believes that further savings will be Before (left) and after: possible in many situations, where the only road damage repaired with current repair option is to remove and replace Elastomac pellets containing rubber-modified bitumen 40-50mm of asphalt over significant areas of and high-PSV aggregate road. Instead cracks and holes could be filled with Elastomac, reducing huge amounts of waste and lorry movements. Elastomac is a better solution than other “We could transform a temporary repair into Elastomac contains around nine lorry similar repair methods such as two-part a permanent repair at a fraction of the cost and tyres/tonne of material. The rubber is blended epoxy resins because it can be used on a far faster,” said Pearl. “Normally if you had to dig with the asphalt in a wet process with around large scale and because of its environmental out the cold mix and then put in hot-mix material, 60% 68 PSV aggregate – to provide good skid credentials. “The first six people we have it would take two to three hours. This would take resistance - and other additives. shown it to have been very, very enthusiastic 20 minutes.” Roadmender started making rubber- about it,” said Pearl. Two of Roadmender’s Elastomac trials are modified bitumen pellets around six years ago, As well as being used to repair local with a Tier 1 contractor which works for national under license from Billian which owns the government-maintained roads, Pearl hopes authority Highways England. So Pearl is hopeful patent for the process. Around four years ago, that Elastomac could be useful on the UK’s that local successes could lead to national ones. the company started looking at mastic asphalt main road network, as a sealing layer over a and three years ago it began work on what cold-lay repair, either at the time of the repair Roadmender would become Elastomac. Pearl believes that or at a later date. www.roadmenderasphalt.com

www.worldhighways.com OCTOBER 2020 World Highways 57 DEMOLITION Long reach from Liebherr Liebherr is introducing the new R 940 Demolition long reach excavator, which replaces the R 944 C model

his machine comes in position of the demolition tool, boosting addition to the existing R stability. The system provides the operator 950 and R 960 models and real-time information on the tilt angle of the like its siblings, features machine and the tool position. If a critical value the Liebherr Demolition is exceeded, the LDC automatically triggers Control (LDC) system. electronic range information and warns the This package is said to operator about movements that could affect improve operating safety stability. when working with an attachment at height or The machine also has a 30° tiltable cab to Textended reach. provide a good view of the working area. It has Power comes from a Liebherr engine, a hydraulically adjustable undercarriage with which meets the Stage V emissions variable track gauge, while the counterweight requirement and produces 200kW. Emissions can be removed for ease of transport. control equipment includes a diesel oxidation The machine also has a cab air filtration catalyst (DOC), SCR system and particulate system and a spray system for reducing dust in filter, but the engine does not have an EGR the working area as options. The machine can valve, reducing fuel consumption. The engine also be equipped with an air compressor for Efficient and safe is also available in a Tier 4 Final version, as cleaning the radiator and cab. demolition at height well as lower tier power units for less regulated is claimed for the new Liebherr R 940 markets. Liebherr Demolition excavator The LDC system shows the driver the www.liebherr.com

Doosan is offering a new range of hydraulic breakers for use with compact machines Versatile tools Rotar is now offering a wide range of hydraulic attachments and tools that it claims are suited for high reach demolition work. According to the company, the tools are popular amongst users for high reach demolition applications as the units are tough and reliable even in harsh working conditions. Rotar says that its attachments have been designed to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding high reach demolition market. Key-features include low tool weights New breakers from Doosan low and optimised centres of gravity, as well as power and reliable hydraulics. Rotar says Doosan is launching its new HB-series hydraulic The 100kg HB03 breaker is suitable for the that its tools handle high pump flows reliably breakers for the European market. The range Doosan DX17z 1.7tonne and DX19 1.9tonne and also maintain system backpressures, includes five HB-series breakers, which are said mini excavators. The 150kg HB04 model suits while keeping oil temperatures low. These to feature high performance and a simplified the DX27z 2.7tonne and DX35z 3.5tonne mini features are said to ensure maximum tool design. The units are optimised for use on excavators. The 300kg HB06 breaker is designed performance at the stick end. Doosan mini excavators and excavators for use on the 6tonne Doosan DX57W-5 wheeled The firm also offers a wide range of fully weighing from 1.2tonnes to 15tonnes. excavator and DX62R-3 and DX63-3 mini integrated quick couplers that it claims The service life is extended through the use excavators. provide the tools with extra benefits on of a sophisticated heat treatment process and The 390kg HB08 breaker suits use with the weight and centre of gravity. These are quality proven materials for key components. Doosan DX85-3 8tonne midi excavator. The available for Oilquick, Steelwrist, Rototilt, The breakers use an inward valve system with a 900kg HB15 hydraulic breaker is designed for Lehnhoff and CW units. simple structure and fewer inner parts. A use with the Doosan DX140LC-5, DX140LCR-5 The firm offers a wide range of tools for urethane damper reduces vibration, protecting and DX160LC-5 crawler excavators and the high reach applications including demolition the carrier and improving operator comfort. The Doosan DX140W-5, DX160W-5 and DX165W-5 grapples, concrete cutters, pulverisers, combi front head supports the breaker and assemblies wheeled excavators. shears and scrap shears. with bushing, which buffers the shock from the tool. There is also a low noise housing for Doosan Equipment Rotar International working in urban zones. www.eu.doosanequipment.com www.rotar.com

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AGGREGATE PRODUCTION Crushing efficiency The aggregates sectorr is benefiting from the introduction of new high production technologyy Metso is offering the high output HP900 cone crusher

rogress has been rapid in the aggregates production market, with key manufacturers introducing more efficient technology. High output and high efficiency can be achieved with the latest developments available to customers. PAn array of options and systems are now available that can help quarrying firms optimisee productivity. More efficient crushing and screening can make major savings in costs, reducing wastage and ensuring firms benefit from better quality product. The tool is based on proprietarproprietaryy Metso The HP900 is delivered ppre-assembled,re-assembled, Optimising plant design is key for softwaresoftare and cacannb beeu usedsed to dodownloadnload a prewiredi d andd ffactoryt ttested.td TTheh equipmenti t iis throughput and Metso is introducing important detailed report of the designed plant. The packaged with a rubber-pad mounted subframe technology aimed at boosting crushing system allows the user to predict power and guards allowing quick and safe setup with efficiency, including a new system for designing consumption of the system and to see the a compact footprint, reducing installation time plant layout, plus a new cone crusher. The footprint of the circuit. A designer can select by 50%. My Plant Planner system is available on different types of crushers, screens and The crusher has the firm’s proven and the firm’s website and is an online tool for conveyors to optimise the circuit and identify reliable tramp iron release system, minimising designing efficient crushing and screening bottlenecks to understand where extra capacity production stoppages and protecting plants. This system features a novel drag and is needed. Factors such as capacity, load, and components, while good service access to drop 3D crushing and screening plant tool that power draw are updated in real time as the the head, shaft, eccentric and other major allows aggregate sector customers to design circuit is designed and the parameters updated. components make disassembly safe and easy. productive and efficient plants through real- The crusher features Metso's IC70C automation time insights. Cone crushing system to ensure optimum operating The tool means that customers can design The Nordberg HP900 Series cone crusher suits parameters. Information can be tracked using and simulate different crushing and screening customers in the aggregate production market a single screen and features help and trouble- circuit configurations and operating conditions and is designed to offer increased performance shooting options. to see how they affect process performance. and reduced capital expenditure. The model is Meanwhile, Terex says that its MC320 cone A user can either design and simulate a new an upgrade of the proven HP800 cone crusher module benefits from having the TG320 or crushing and screening plant in 3D or test how and there is around 80% parts commonality optional TGS320 cone on the same universal upgrading current equipment can improve between the two. base structure as the MC and MV Series modular performance. Features of the HP900 include improved lines. The all-electric, pre-engineered solution kinematics, raised pivot point and a power can be easily transported in standard containers increase, boosting capacity by 15%, as well as a and can be bolted together onsite quickly with new lubrication system. basic tools and minimal wiring, and installed with or without full concrete foundations. The TG320 is a 225kW bushing cone with large feed opening, adjustable eccentric throw and multiple liners, which is designed to optimise production in all applications. High output is claimed for the The 1800/1500 rpm motor and crusher are MC320 cone module mounted on a rubber isolated frame, common from Terex MPS between modular, portable and static platforms. The MC320 comes with standard AIC crusher controls. Additional options include an overflow chute and off plant conveyor starter kit. Metso www.metso.com Terex MPS www.terexmps.com

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McCloskey says that its new SF50 feeder stacker is highly versatile and mobile, and offers efficient stockpiling. Both productive and portable, the SF50 can be used for handling and stockpiling a wide range of materials including aggregates, demolition waste, sand and gravel. The materials can be fed into the hopper using wheeled loaders and excavators, combining the efficiency of a high-capacity hopper with a stacking conveyor. Variable speed prevents Versatility and build-ups, optimising material flow. mobility are claimed for the SF50 unit The machine is track-mounted for onsite from McCloskey mobility but can be moved from one site to another on a low loader, or loaded in a standard container. Customers are offered power options, including dual power, diesel/ Superior Industries has hydraulic, electric/hydraulic, diesel electric and developed its TeleStacker Conveyor range to suit diesel with genset. duties in remote locations The SF50 has a 15.2m main conveyor with a 1m-wide belt; a hydraulic folding heading system for transport; adjustable discharge height up to 6,5m; 3.5m tracks; fuel-efficient hydraulics; power from a 55kW Caterpillar diesel; and capacity of up to 500tonnes/hour. A range of options are offered including a hydraulic/manual tipping grid; two-deck vibrating grid with remote tipping; remote functionality; a range of hopper liners; a head scraper upgrade; full skirting on the main conveyor; and a range of belt types. Superior Industries is introducing a are claimed for the units, along with durability the firm offers customers an array of options new range of TeleStacker Conveyor models and reliability. to better suit the TeleStacker Conveyor to the featuring onboard power. The TeleStacker Conveyors are designed application. These self-contained, radial, telescoping with 914mm belt widths and fully-extended conveyors are equipped with a 96kW Cat 4.4 operating lengths of 34, 40 and 46m. Other McCloskey Tier 4 Final engine and are aimed at duties standard features include XTP swing axles; www.mccloskeyinternational.com such as remote quarrying sites, where access to hydraulic drives for the main and stinger permanent electrical power transmission may conveyors; Superior-brand idlers and pullers; as Superior Industries not be practical. Versatility and high throughput well as an onboard counterweight. In addition, www.superior-ind.com Modular jaw crusher

Featuring the proven JW55 jaw crusher, the Terex MPS is said to be designed for large quarries or contractors wanting a stationary-type design without the complexity of a conventional plant. The unit is modular in design with the JW55 jaw crusher, a sloped hopper, a 52x20 feeder, and a straight line conveyor mounted on a galvanised and painted steel structure. The MJ55 is equipped with hydraulic CCS jaw adjustment controls, can be transported in standard containers plus a flat rack for the crusher and can be assembled quickly onsite with basic tools. The three configurations offered for the feed hopper allow for different machines being used to load the MJ55. The structure is equipped with large walkways, repositionable stairs and guard rails to provide safe access during operation and servicing. It also has three plant emergency stops placed around the platform for easy access while the machine is operating. An A new modular jaw array of options is available and these include feet that allow the crusher is available basic unit to be installed on compacted gravel base, a cross plant from Terex MPS magnet, switchgear panel and off plant conveyor starter kit. Terex MPS www.terexmps.com

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Versatility and performance are claimed for Komatsu’s latest Versatile wheeled wheeled excavator excavator Komatsu Europe is now offering its highly Diesel Oxidation Catalyst versatile PW158-11 wheeled excavator. This (KDOC), as well as other all-new short-tail excavator is said to offer aftertreatment components the versatility of the latest Komatsu PW-11 to minimise emissions. The range, including advanced safety features, new integrated Selective productivity, factory-installed quick couplers Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and high lifting capacity. system further reduces NOx This compact machine suits duties in narrow, emissions by 80%. urban jobsites with the lifting performance Other key features usually offered only by bigger machines, include a boom suspension according to the firm. system (ECSS) that improves It has a tail swing radius of only 1900mm comfort on bumpy roads, joystick steering (JSS) The KOMTRAX telematics and the Komatsu but can lift more than 5tonnes over the front as an option and a high-resolution TFT-LCD Care maintenance package are also fitted and or rear without a stabiliser, and it can carry out monitor. They also include Komatsu’s standard offer fleet management and support, protect the heavy work in narrow jobsites. Depending on KomVision system for better safety with its machines against misuse and maximise efficiency specification, operating weight ranges from multiple cameras, and the Komatsu equipment and uptime. 15.08-18.24tonnes. management monitoring system (EMMS) with Power comes from a Komatsu Stage IV diagnostic features for performance monitoring Komatsu engine delivering 90kW and featuring a Komatsu and troubleshooting capabilities. www.komatsu.com

Zero tail swing

The new ET42 and EZ50 tracked mini excavators digging power for faster work cycles, as well as from Wacker Neuson offer zero tail swing high breakout forces. designs for use in confined spaces. The hydraulics are load-sensing for The machines compete in the 4tonne and efficiency, adjusting automatically to load and 5tonne classes respectively and benefit from joystick movement. Four additional control proven features as well as the latest technology, circuits allow the use of a variety of attachments, according to the firm. including powertilt with gripper. The new Active High performance, compact dimensions and Working Signal (AWS) ensures safety for powerful drives boost the versatility and personnel in the working area. A rear camera capabilities of the models. including a display is also an option, while LED Efficient cooling and hydraulics also allow lights are fitted for night working. operation in very high ambient temperatures Extra capabilities are (+45°C) without suffering a loss of performance. Wacker Neuson claimed for the new zero tail swing mini excavators The excavators also offer high lifting and www.wackerneuson.com from Wacker Neuson Extra capabilities for compact loader

Mecalac claims extra capabilities either side means that it takes up An automatically engaging Meanwhile, it has a 20% smaller for the latest AS1600 swing just one lane of traffic, for example, rear axle allows operators to pivot footprint than regular loaders. loader variant of its compact on a road job, rather than the two the bucket up to 90° in either Bucket capacities range from 1.6- wheeled loader. necessary for conventional loaders. direction without reducing stability. 2.5m3. The user can pivot the bucket The loader features three 90° to either side, while the machine steering options: two-wheel; Mecalac retains both its stability and lifting four-wheel; and crab-steer. This www.mecalac.com ability. The machine has a rigid boosts capabilities on cramped frame and four-wheel steering or congested jobsites. Operators Mecalac’s AS1600 swing and is said to be able to operate can drive, pivot and manoeuvre, loader features a rigid and unload in rough terrain. The increasing productivity and frame and four-wheel steering for productivity AS1600 requires just half the space safety and easing trench and stability while driving, of conventional loaders for loading backfilling. After loading operating and unloading trucks or discharging materials into material, operators can back trenches. up, rotating the bucket in The machine weighs in at the process. Materials can 10.92tonnes and suits duties in road be discharged over the side repair jobs. Its ability to swivel a while the machine reverses along fully loaded bucket through 90° on the trench.

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JCB’s new electric power packs can provide reliable battery power onsite Access onsite Genis is now offering versatile new access units for global markets. The Genie GR, QS and GRC vertical mast lift machine specifications and performance have been updated worldwide to adopt one global slab scissor lift specification. The company’s vertical mast lifts sold globally are now equipped with the Genie Smart Link dual zone controller as well as the firm’s load Electric power pack sense system. The company is now adopting a A new development from JCB is its range Packaged in a robust steel canopy, the JCB single global vertical mast lift of power packs, designed to support its power pack can be recharged from a mains specification machine in compliance growing line of fully electric machinery. supply, or an onsite generator. They can be with the worldwide standards; These new items of equipment offer zero- positioned within emissions-sensitive areas, specifications and performance will emissions and electrical back-up to remote and such as undergound car parks or tunnelling be changing in all regions. urban construction projects. The JCB power projects, to provide a zero-emission recharge To optimise productivity across pack range is being made available with a facility for machinery like JCB’s E-TECH 19C-1E Genie vertical mast lift models, choice of four or eight automotive-quality, fully electric mini excavator. outdoor operation will maintenance-free lithium-ion batteries. There The power packs can also be used to deliver be possible on most is no requirement for daily checks, suiting them back-up electricity onsite, for lighting and Genie vertical mast for use by rental companies and contractors. security during the night, when site generators lifts. When the Outdoor The batteries’ depth of discharge is set to may be turned off. zone is selected, prolong life, and even after 2,000 full charge With compact 1.2m3 dimensions, the JCB outdoor operation is permitted while and discharge cycles the batteries still have over power packs are supplied with fork pockets on maximum platform height operation 85% of capacity. The power packs will deliver each side of the steel canopy for handling. The and occupancy will be restricted. power outputs of 5kVA to 15kVA, in both single units can also be pallet mounted or stacked. and three-phase supply. With 50Hz or 60Hz Genie frequency, the JCB power packs are suitable for JCB www.genielift.com customers in Europe and North America. www.jcb.com Onsite Clean site power maintenance

Chicago Pneumatic Power Technique (CP) is An internal 1,455litre fuel tank runs for 34 American Eagle has widened its offering of now offering its updated CPG 250 and CPG hours at 75% load on the CPG 250 and 26 hours LubeMate lubrication systems with the 330 generators. at 75% load on the CPG 330. introduction of six aluminum lube skids. The new These have been upgraded with a more With integrated fuel water separator aluminum lube skids include the V90, V120 and powerful John Deere 6090 engine. Other benefits and filter, the system is designed to provide V160 models, which are 30% lighter than steel are said to include ease of serviceability and use uncontaminated diesel to the engine for reliable counterparts. Aluminum construction means the as well as economical operation. The CPG models operation. units are light and are corrosion resistant for lower are now equipped with a 9litre John Deere diesel maintenance and longer life. The aluminum skids that meets Tier 4 Final requirements. The CPG 250 Chicago Pneumatic come standard with 5:1 new oil pumps and an oil has a rated prime power of 250kVA/200kW and www.cp.com reel with quick coupler. operates at 216kW. With a rated prime power of The firm is also offering its new electrically- 330kVA/264kW, the CPG 330 runs at 291kW. Efficient site power from driven 30P-E compressor. The 30P-E reciprocating Chicago Pneumatic An AREP alternator excitation compressor is driven by a 48V electric motor and system allows for efficient starting. controller in lieu of a traditional hydraulic system. This provides startup power with This allows the compressor to be fitted to trucks 300% overcurrent starting capabilities built on an electric hybrid chassis platform. coupled to the engine’s ability to cope Weighing just 102kg, the 30P-E comes with: a with a 100% load step. Built with heavy-duty crankshaft for smooth operation and powder-coated steel, the CPG units are long life; stainless steel reed valves for heat corrosion resistant and offer a foam resistance and longevity; flip-top lid for service and layering system inside the doors. access; and canister air filters for fast replacement. Two configurations are available: the standard dual axle trailer or an optional American Eagle skid mounted unit with forklift pockets. www.americaneagleacc.com

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Complete streets Complete Streets programmes have been with us for a while. However, COVID-19 and resultant efforts in numerous cities to reopen restaurants and other businesses while maintaining safe distancing have accelerated interest in designing streets so that they can safely and equitably accommodate all users - *Wes Guckert reports

ithout a doubt, To that end, an effective Complete Streets can be used on the weekends to house craft fairs Complete program must turn the traditional approach to and farmers' markets. Streets transportation planning and design on its ear It is equally important to recognise that initiatives by recognising that the role of streets is to build streets need to be consistent with the vision a can be hugely communities, and not the other way round. community has for itself. Streets whose focus beneficial – By emphasising a sense of place, streets can ultimately is on bringing people together and particularly in become destinations worth visiting, where it connecting communities should be designed responding to is safe for walking and cycling and people can or completely reconfigured with an eye toward the restrictions imposed by the pandemic and connect with each other, while allowing for reducing overall dependency on cars. Doing so Wan alarming rise in pedestrian fatalities. But in both local and through traffic. will create safe opportunities for kids to walk to order to succeed, Complete Streets programs It is essential to remember that streets school, residents to go for a walk or a bike ride, need to do more than simply ensure that were once regarded as public spaces where and residents and visitors alike to congregate. streets are safe while balancing the needs of communities came together. Rather than being The speed on such streets should also reflect different transportation modes. They must also the sole domain of cars, trucks, and buses, city this fact. There are a number of design tools for “pedestrianise” certain streets to give priority streets and parking lots can be reimagined as slowing traffic and achieving desired speeds. to walkers and cyclists, while demanding shared, multipurpose spaces. Wide, well-lit Potential improvements that immediately send accountability from jurisdictions and provisions sidewalks can offer gathering places, such as a message that a particular street is designed that account for the needs of the collective outdoor cafes and public art exhibits. Streets as a place for people, and not as a thoroughfare community. can be adapted to offer bike lanes. Parking lots for cars, include roundabouts, narrow travel

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lanes, centre turn lanes, bike lanes, pedestrian community, while improvements such as Another downside to be considered crossing/waiting areas, upgraded transit stops, sidewalk networks and bike paths will is the time lag between the point where a and upgraded sidewalks and crosswalks. increase nearby property values. Complete Streets initiative is approved and By taking this kind of approach upfront, The use of traffic-calming measures the point at which construction is completed. cities anywhere will be in a much better to slow traffic and pedestrian-oriented An elaborate cycle track in Cleveland, for position to develop a policy that defines how development (such as sidewalks, crosswalks, example, has been in the planning stages for a Complete Streets initiative will benefit all and medians) will reduce the number of a decade and will not be completely installed users. Typically, such a policy should include crashes, improving public safety. until 2022. In contrast, establishing a parking- at least four modes of transportation (two of Complete Streets improves the likelihood protected bike lane can be done quickly and which must be walking and biking) in order that school children will walk or bike to at minimal cost in certain locales. to create a complete, connected network. school. In addition, residents in walkable While cost and time are clearly of It also should: account for the surrounding neighborhoods are 65% more likely to walk, concern, particularly at a time when many community’s current (and expected) land use improving their overall health. cities’ fiscal budgets have been hit hard by and transportation needs; establish specific Complete Streets improves the lives of the pandemic, Complete Streets represents a performance standards that are applicable seniors and disabled citizens by providing proven, effective means not only for making to any new, ongoing, or retrofit projects; kerb ramps and audible/tactile signals for streets safer for all users. This approach and set time frames and specific steps for disabled pedestrians, longer crossing times can also help for transforming them into implementation. and shorter crossing distances for all, and destinations where community members can Finally, a Complete Streets policy requires ample benches for resting. truly connect with each other. coordination among all government agencies While the benefits are numerous, involved in any way with transportation and Complete Streets is not a cure-all for every *Wes Guckert, PTP, is president & CEO of land use in order to be successful and assure urban area. Most significantly, Complete The Traffic Group, a leading Service Disabled accountability. If that can happen, though, Streets can represent an expensive Veteran-Owned Small Business traffic the benefits are many and well-worth the undertaking if extensive upgrades are needed. engineering and transportation planning firm investment in time and effort. Some cities, however, lend themselves to serving clients nationally and internationally. He For the local economy, Complete Streets fairly inexpensive retrofits. These might be as is also a Fellow of ITE and Instructor at Harvard will increase foot and bicycle traffic for local simple as setting up some street furniture to University. For more information: businesses, leading to increased sales. That, create an instant public space or painting a www.trafficgroup.com or on Twitter in turn, will attract new businesses to the pedestrian crosswalk. @TheTrafficGroup.

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Australian rental firm MiniQuip now has an extensive fleet of compaction machines Attachment from Ammann extra In Italy, a company specialising in construction attachments has expanded its scope of operations with the addition of a unit from Finnish firm Allu. The company, Martintoni has been using hydraulic breakers from Rammit for many years. But more recently however, Martintoni has expanded its material processing and handling operations with an Allu attachment for the screening and processing of soils and recycled materials. Rammit has been supplying leading brands in the construction industry in Italy for some time, including excavators, breakers, hydraulic attachments and tools. More recently, the firm added the full range of Allu Transformers to its portfolio. Ammann addition Martintoni specialises in earthmoving and recycling. It has two mobile crushers and screens for crushing and screening recycled An Australian equipment rental firm has which brand of compaction units to purchase and primary aggregates. The company also boosted its hire fleet with the addition of units before selecting the machines. But as MiniQuip operates a recycling centre for dealing with from Ammann. The company, MiniQuip Hire, already buys other machines from Porter construction rubble and demolition material. has increased its fleet with the purchase of Equipment this added to the incentive to select When Martintoni decided to expand its Ammann compaction equipment. the Ammann units. MiniQuip Hire’s new Ammann operations in material handling and This move boosts MiniQuip’s operations, fleet includes ACR 70 D rammers; APR 2620, APH processing, it looked to Rammit for adding to its fleet of mini excavators, excavators, 6530, through to the larger APH 110-95 825kg assistance. multi-terrain loaders, tipper trucks and reversible vibratory plate compactors; as well as Rammit supplied a new Allu Transformer attachments, taking the company into a new the remotely-controlled APH 1000 TC hydrostatic with the novel TS blade structure. The Allu rental market segment. Western Australia- plate compactors. attachment was then fitted to Martintoni’s based MiniQuip bought the units through the The company also purchased 1.5tonne new Liebherr 556 Xpower wheeled loader. Australian Ammann dealer, Porter Equipment. and 2.6tonne ARX tandem drum rollers, which The DS 4-23 TS16-32 model with screening Expanding the rental machine range is went straight out of the depot gate and into the blades was demonstrated working on topsoil already providing extra business for MiniQuip hands of clients the same day MiniQuip Hire took and other materials that would normally be Hire from its depot in Bibra Lake, 20km from delivery of them from Porter Equipment. sent directly to landfill. Perth’s CBD (Central Business District) and 12km Since its delivery the unit has been used from central Fremantle. The company says it Ammann regularly for screening soil from excavations. used an extensive review process to determine www.ammann.com Most of the excavated material contains a high percentage of roots and branches and other contaminants which the bucket, set with a spacing of 16mm, is able to screen Efficient waste handling effectively. The Allu Transformer is loaded to its maximum capacity of 3.5 m3 and is able Units from MB Crusher are proving highly achieve the daily production of over 1,000m3, useful in materials handling and waste processing sticky material in 20-30 seconds. recycling applications. In Poland, a company has been using an MB- Allu HDS320 shafts screener on a JCB JS175 excavator www.allu.net to screen wet soil for use in reinforcing river- banks. The soil tended to turn into mud initially, but by using the RQ50 shaft kit and the MB shafts screener, the customer was able to ensure that the material was fit for purpose. Meanwhile, in Germany a customer has been using an MB-HDS323 on a 926 Liebherr to handle waste materials from a number of jobsites. The material features soil mixed with debris, which Attachments from MB was handled by the MB shafts screener, equipped Crusher are proving with an RQ20 shaft kit. By replacing the RQ20 kit valuable for handling difficult or waste materials Italian company with the RE8 kit onsite, the customer processed Martinoni now has the soil itself and improved its quality. What was an Allu Transformer previously regarded as waste is now a product unit in its fleet for MB Crusher processing materials ready to be reused and sold. www.mbcrusher.com

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Our Skidmarks page is highly rated by readers. Your input could help make this page even more entertaining. If you come across any amusing road-related stories or pictures email [email protected] Photo of me at the month A traffic officer on the job, come rain or shine WHEN PUSH COMES PAY ATTENTION NOW - image © courtesy of Ram Krishna Wagle TO SHOVE A Tesla driver in the US placed In the UK, two construction somewhat too much reliance on workers became irate at the way a the capabilities of the driver passenger car was parked. The assistance technology in his DRINK, DRINK, DRINK BITING two men felt that the vehicle vehicle recently. The owner was New laws mean that pubs can A driver in Australia was blocked their working area and contentedly watching a film on turn parking areas into temporary actually pleased to see the cops decided to take action. The pair his phone as the car made its beer gardens during the who pulled him over for used a backhoe loader and a way along a highway. The car, pandemic in the UK. Hopefully speeding, After his truck shot long piece of wood to push the however, failed to spot two the drinkers will also leave their past them at 123km/h. The man car away from the kerb. The car police cars parked at the side of vehicles at home and not be explained to the officers that he had been parked beside a the road with their warning tempted into a DUI offence! was rushing to hospital, fearing dropped kerb marked with lights flashing. The Tesla rammed Also in the UK, police in the city of that he had been bitten by a double yellow painted lines, into one of the cars, shoving it Manchester stopped a vehicle as snake. To prove he was telling showing parking is not allowed. into the other, but luckily nobody they suspected that the driver the truth, the man showed the Passers-by cheered in a video of was seriously hurt in the may have been drinking, officers the dead snake lying at the incident as the two men incident. The driver received following a call from a member of his feet. He explained that he pushed the car into the middle of charges for the offence relating the public. The man’s driving on had been driving along the the road. The piece of wood did to the use of a phone while the M6 motorway suggested that highway at 100km/h when he slip twice but luckily, the man driving and for showing he was under the influence and realised that there was a deadly holding it (while the other drove insufficient care behind the the officers’ suspicions turned out brown snake in his pick-up the backhoe loader) was not wheel. to be correct as he was cradling truck, and that it was wrapping hurt. Meanwhile, a police car an open bottle of beer between itself around his leg. Using a drove past and its occupants MOTORCYCLE CHASE his legs as he drove; in the knife and his seatbelt, the man completely ignored the incident, Frightening video footage from footwell of the vehicle were a was able to kill the snake, one despite the fact that the car had California recorded recently further 14 bottles of beer. He of the most dangerous in been parked illegally and was shows a hit-and-run driver failed a roadside breath test and Australia. The officers called a now sticking into the road. How fleeing in his SUV after colliding was arrested for drink-driving. paramedic who rushed to the the owner of the car, a Ford, with a motorcycle. The car, with scene and was able to confirm responded on returning and the motorcycle still wedged BUMPER TO BUMPER that the man had not been finding the vehicle sitting at right firmly in its front, roared off at Video footage in the UK recently bitten by the snake. The driver angles to where it had been left, speed after the impact. The SUV showed an unusual encounter added later that he had never and with its rear almost blocking driver had crashed into the bike between two vehicles in a been more pleased than to see the road, is unknown. leaving the rider lying in the Manchester side street. A BMW the policemen stopping him for road. Meanwhile, the incident and a van came head to head in speeding. DON’T JUMP! was filmed by the passenger of the narrow street, with cars A driver in Detroit got into big another vehicle driving alongside parked on either side. One driver COWED trouble after jumping a bridge in as the SUV roared away, trailing got out of his vehicle and spoke Road users in the English his car, as the bridge was in the sparks underneath as the rear angrily to the other, before county of Norfolk recently faced process of raising. The bridge end of the motorcycle scraped getting back behind the wheel. an unusual hazard in the shape spans the Rouge River and began along the highway surface. The But rather than simply backing up of an escaped cow. Several rising up, but rather than California Highway Patrol was their vehicles, the two drivers drivers and a cyclist drew to a stopping, the man simply floored contacted by the person filming decided instead to attempt to halt as the animal charged the accelerator. The drawbridge the incident and officers pursued shove each other out of the way. along a road, with three police operator looked on aghast and the SUV. The driver subsequently Tyres spun and rubber burned as vehicles and the farmer in triggered the emergency stop crashed the SUV and then fled on the two vehicles pushed against pursuit. The cow, rather system but was unable to foot, before being caught and each other, bumper to bumper. annoyed by its pursuers, prevent the driver from making charged for the hit-and-run Eventually, the driver of the BMW narrowly avoided throwing the the foolhardy jump. As the car offence. Fortunately, the relented and reversed, allowing cyclist from his bicycle as it landed its four tyres burst, and motorcyclist was not seriously the van to pass. No incident was charged past him. The farmer the man was unable to escape hurt. Exactly why or how the SUV reported to the police however, was then able to redirect the from the police, who were driver rammed into the so it is unclear if the two drivers animal away from the road quickly called to the scene. The motorcycle has not been knew each other and were using his vehicle, eventually officers discovered certain items revealed, although the indulging in some kind of macho cornering it in a field and in the vehicle suggesting that the motorcyclist said that he competition, or if they were catching it. The incident is driver had been under the believed this may have been simply too embarrassed at their apparently not Normal for influence at the time of the jump. intentional. own childish behaviour. Norfolk.

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