Boost for Romania’s road spending
A big boost for is being seen for Romania’s road spending.

Rwanda to upgrade Mahama camp road
The successful bidder for project will be responsible for the design and construction of the road from Rusozi to the camp, as well as maintenance for three years.

Event: PIARC World Road Congress in Prague
The theme ‘Together on the road again’ is apt given that the pandemic had “kept us apart for far too long”, notes PIARC, the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses, or World Road Association.

Vaisala PWD10 visibility sensors for Arizona
Vaisala provided its PWD10 visibility sensors and its Road Weather Station RWS200 system to make driving safer on a dangerously dusty and wind-blown highway.
Funding set for Mobile Bridge and Bayway
US federal money and state funding has been secured for a planned replacement toll bridge across Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico coast in the south-eastern state of Alabama.

AfPA issues call for abstracts for its 2023 event
The Australian Felxible Pavement Association International Conference 2023 will explore the challenges involved for attaining carbon zero projects.

Chinese road project tender underway
The tender process is underway for a major road project in China.

Roundtable: data mining and the intelligence it creates
In this, the third in our series of top-level roundtable discussions led by World Highways, editor Mike Woof and roundtable host Nadira Tudor talk machine control technology with three world-class experts from Leica Geosystems (part of Hexagon), Topcon, and Trimble...
Webuild to start on Pedemontana Lombarda
The new sections of the Pedemontana Lombarda motorway near Milan in northern Italy will deploy smart technology to help with maintenance of the infrastructure and traffic control.

Australian highway project is due to commence
A major Australian highway project is due to commence.

Croatia opens 17.5km section of Corridor 5c
The majority of the 5c, or Vc, route crosses Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a key priority for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Ukraine adopts international pricing standards
Despite the ongoing war, the country is moving ahead with contractual reforms for road works in line with western European norms, according to UNITE, the Ukrainian Infrastructure Association, a non-government agency.

Clean lifting crane
Liebherr’s innovative electric crane technology offers the ability to lift heavy loads without emissions. The firm’s new LR 1160.1 unplugged model is the latest in the range, featuring a load capacity of 160tonnes.

Key New Orleans bridge safety upgrade
Safety upgrades have been made to the key New Orleans bridge link.

How data mining and the intelligence it creates is helping sites run more effectively and efficiently
In this, the third in our series of top-level roundtable discussions led by World Highways, editor Mike Woof and roundtable host Nadira Tudor talk machine control technology with three world-class experts from Leica Geosystems (part of Hexagon), Topcon, and Trimble. There’s never been a more exciting time to be in construction as innovation makes us more productive, more efficient, more sustainable, and better connected. Autonomy means opportunity.

Efficient materials production onsite
The use of excavator-mounted equipment has been helping process demolition waste at a site in China.

iRAP creates Safer Journeys Lead for Africa
For the new role, the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), based in London, is looking for a person with a passion for safe mobility and a strong awareness of road infrastructure safety technical issues in Africa.

Waste to road construction
In Australia, the use of waste materials in roads, including higher proportions of RAP, is gaining pace. Meanwhile, the industry in the US is looking to invest in net zero technologies

Concrete plant innovations coming to market
An array of advanced technologies are now coming to market for the concrete plant segment. Manufacturers are developing new systems that offer rewards in output quality and productivity, while also benefiting from sophisticated systems that allow gains in material logistics

RetroTek: standards are key
Accurate retroreflectivity measurements of line markings across the full lane width has become even more important after the US adoption of minimum levels of retroreflectivity.
