January 3, 2013
Since launching its Gyratory Compactor B041 in February 2012, Matest has improved on the machine’s design. Changes to worktop, door and lighting –…
January 3, 2013
ELE International is launching the Geotechnical Data Acquisition Unit (GDU), a multi-channel data logger which can co-ordinate test data from several…
January 3, 2013
More efficient construction operations should be the benefit of the new technology from Leica Geosystems. The firm is introducing its latest Leica…
January 3, 2013
UK-based Cooper Research Technology has expanded into the US with the acquisition of James Cox & Sons, of Colfax, California in September 2012,…
January 3, 2013
UK firm Carbolite has developed a new Asphalt Binder Analyser which it says simplifies and automates calculation of the asphalt binder content of hot…
January 3, 2013
IPC Global has launched the EN Standards Tester, a servo-hydraulic testing machine which allows users to carry out all the most popular EN12687 tests…
January 3, 2013
As the shift towards performance-based pavement design continues, testing equipment manufacturers are responding with new solutions for their…
January 3, 2013
The JCB JS220NLC tracked excavator (pictured) is being to work on the complex construction of a 1.2km link road in Rovereto, North East Italy.…
January 3, 2013
More than 100 of Kijlstra’s precast concrete headwalls are being used on a trunk road improvement in South West Wales. They were said to be chosen…
January 3, 2013
One of the first new Hitachi Zaxis-5 models in Germany is available as part of official German dealer Kiesel’s rental fleet. The ZX670LCH-5 is…
January 3, 2013
Contractors worked solidly throughout the night during one Saturday and early Sunday morning in November (2012) to dismantle the Pegwell Brake…
January 2, 2013
A strategic alliance has been established by Bentley and Trimble – Mike Woof and Guy Woodford report A major move in the construction software sector…
December 20, 2012
Slough Borough Council (SBC) in southern England has joined the growing number of UK local authorities to deploy the latest version of Comet, the…
December 20, 2012
Trimble has launched version 7.3 of the Trimble Quantm system for road and rail alignment planning. Version 7.3 introduces Trimble Quantm Enterprise…
December 20, 2012
Sokkia has unveiled what it describes as “redefinition of robotics” with its SX series of total stations. The SX series are said to be compact and…
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