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A British man has set a speed record for the world's fastest item of furniture by driving a dinner table at 182km/h. The table comfortably beat the previous record of 147km/h set by a sofa in 2007. At its peak on one run the table hit 208km/h along the 500m drag strip although the vehicle's driver and builder said he felt he was travelling somewhat faster

An inexperienced driver in Tasmania is hiding his red face after wrecking his Toyota Hilux pick-up truck in a recent accident. The inattentive driver crashed into a moving train at an unguarded crossing equipped with warning lights and bells.

Road workers in the US state of North Carolina recently revealed that they should have paid more attention in class. While painting a warning on a resurfaced section of roadway alerting drivers to a nearby school, the workers instead wrote shcool.

As one of the leading engine part suppliers in the world, KM Products Europe works with major construction industry companies including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Cummins and Detroit Diesel.

Perkins has unveiled its first Tier 4 Final emissions compliant engines. The new 400F meets Tier 4 Final/Stage IIIB regulations and is said to be well-proven due to extensive testing.

Low emission engines, with cooled exhaust gas recirculation (CEGR) are now available in a further seven, C-series excavators. These include the CX130C, CX160C, CX180C, CX210C, CX210C Long Reach, CX470C and the CX470C ME.

It looks as if plans for a new road tunnel in Swedish capital Stockholm will have to be rethought.

At INTERMAT 2012, Italy-based Soilmec is showcasing its new spoil collecting and conveying system for its fleet of Cased Auger and Secant Pile rigs.

UK public services provider Amey, as part of the £2.7 billion (€3.1 billion) highways partnership with Birmingham City Council (central England) has placed its first major order for traffic signalling equipment with Siemens.

Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB is offering a new tipper truck body design that is said to be light in weight and durable.

Putzmeister’s best selling truck-mounted pump, the 42-5, has been redesigned to improve its operation, maintenance and integration on eight-wheeled truck chassis, to ensure its falls well below the maximum permissible gross vehicle weight of 32 tonnes for the 42m pump.

Plans to introduce the Cross-Border Enforcement Directive in Europe now look set to move ahead, despite news of the UK decision to delay its opting into the scheme.

Putzmeister has redeveloped its Pumi truck-mounted rotor pump to improve its performance.

Sandvik is introducing a line of new compact breakers that are aimed at carriers in the 1.9-12.5tonne weight range.

Nylacast will be exhibiting its health and safety feature enhanced Nylacast Bigfoot, said to be the construction industry leading crane outrigger pad, at Intermat 2012.

Caterpillar has made a significant step in its approach to the attachments market with the development of its own breaker range.

Speed of erection, safety, cost-efficiency and flexibility are among the attributes of modern formwork systems. Modern formwork and scaffolding systems are attractive in particular for their speed of erection, safety, cost-efficiency and flexibility.

ASECAP’s fourth annual Road Safety Event brought together industry experts to discuss best practice for tolled highway operators to further reduce road fatalities and injuries throughout the European Union.

John Deere Power Systems says that its new PowerTech 13.5litre engine meets the Tier 4 Interim/Stage IIIB emissions legislation, along with the firm's latest 6.8litre and 9litre variants launched earlier.

White lines on nearly a third of Britain’s single-carriageway A-roads are so worn out they do not meet recognised standards, according to the LifeLines Report from the Road Safety Marking Association (RSMA).