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Stabilised Pavements used its Wirtgen WR2500 Recycler with a multi-tooth rotating drum cutter for the Newham project

In situ savings

Recycled asphalt is not only environmentally friendly, it is also financially friendly as one UK council demonstrated on a recent road reconstruction project [1] Road reconstruc.. Read more..

Three BHS mobile containerised concrete mixing plants are in use in building the new Berlin airport

Airport's mobile solution

Three BHS mixing plants are producing concrete for the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport [1] %.. Read more..

Reusing resources

With the need to recycle high on the agenda, finding effective techniques to reuse concrete demolition waste has never been more important .. Read more..

Maximising returns

Many quarries have significantly more overburden than can readily be used for landscaping or for restoration purposes. But stockpiling material on site can block access to reserves.. Read more..

Time and tide

Coastal defence work is a race against the changing tides, requiring heavyweight engineering answers and on-site technical support, as well as high quality materials.. Read more..

By-product benefits

Growing environmental awareness and lack of new landfill space means that materials that were once considered waste are now being looked at in a new light..... Read more..

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form the United Arab Maghréb and the countries will soon be joined together by something more physical than their name. Work is currently underway to constr.. Read more..

Ready for takeoff

Introduction of better performing and more cost effective asphalt materials is gathering momentum in UK airport surfacing - and building a bank of invaluable knowledge within Colas. Jon Masters re.. Read more..

Communicating down the chain

Transferring technicaland environmental knowledge about concrete to the contractor, client and specifier is an important task for the sector, according to the BRMCA'S Martin Hardwick.. Read more..

Recycled benefits

Asphalt and concrete road recycling is on the increase, with rising oil prices making the process more economically viable, writes Alan Peterson.. Read more..