August 24, 2015
Many motorcyclists are well aware that car drivers do not look properly before manoeuvring, which is borne out by analysis of crash results. But one…
August 21, 2015
A quick-thinking excavator operator managed to come to the aid of an elephant in danger in Kenya. The fact that the animal was both large and strong…
August 21, 2015
A methane-powered bus has set a speed record of nearly 124km/h at a test track in the UK. The bus, from the southern city of Reading, was converted…
August 21, 2015
It seems that people will park in the smallest of places, despite the efforts of urban street designers and town planners to ensure an orderly…
August 21, 2015
Paver hire business MAC Surfacing, based at Tipton in the England’s West Midlands, has chosen two new Volvo wheeled P6870C pavers for its hire fleet…
August 21, 2015
The latest Bobcat S550H high flow skid-ster loader is ideal for surface pavement repair work, according to one user in northern England. Hemswell…
August 21, 2015
Swedish company Nibu Borr is using one of the newest developments in rock drills from Sandvik Construction, the RH460 hammer. This is the latest…
August 21, 2015
A brand new Dynapac SD2500CS tracked paver is building a bypass road around the town of Essen (Oldenburg) in northwest Germany. Traffic has to pass…
August 19, 2015
Hikvision is broadening its range of DarkFighter ultra-low-light CCTV cameras. There are six new models, including bullet, box, outdoor dome and PTZ…
August 19, 2015
A sophisticated system to evaluate in-vehicle safety has been developed by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) in the UK. The protocol is based…
August 19, 2015
A novel system is now available that allows a smartphone to be used to measure road defects. Developed by Grimmer Software, the RoadBump Android…
August 19, 2015
Evonik has developed a simple but effective concept to reduce the risk of wrong-way drivers. The company’s cold plastic, one-sided rumble strips…
August 19, 2015
A novel system for delineation is available from SignPost Solutions. The SPS 2Twenty unit uses elements from the firm’s successful SPS 3 Sixty…
August 19, 2015
A fleet of machines from Volvo Construction equipment is helping boost production at a quarry company in Texas. Family firm Conners Crushed Stone is…
August 19, 2015
Machines from CIFA are playing an important role in providing protection during a port expansion job. There is a considerable need for additional sea…
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