Volvo Construction Equipment is taking machine simulators to the next level. The company’s Technology function is busy developing a real-time, human in the loop system to simulate future technology and understand operator behavior. As technology gets ever more complex, it’s becoming more expensive to build prototype machines. Not only that; …

The 2013 World of Asphalt Show and Conference announces four industry groups to date are co-locating their annual conferences or other high-level meetings at the show, which will be held March 19-21, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. “World of Asphalt has a solid reputation as an industry gathering place and …

‘More live demonstrations, more plant and equipment, and more exhibitors than ever before’ –– that was how one excited visitor summed up Hillhead 2012, which took place from 19–21 June at Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, in Derbyshire. In total, 17,083 visitors attended Hillhead 2012, compared with 15,558 in 2010, …

An advanced load management system, combined with best-in-class stability and lifting capacity, make the Volvo PL3005D one of the industry’s safest and most productive pipelayers yet. The revolutionary excavator-based PL3005D pipelayer from Volvo offers an unbeatable combination of superior stability with a 50 ton lifting capacity, producing not only one …

Three scientists working independently each believe they have developed 3D building printing technologies which could transform the global construction industry. The three men have each found a way to use 3D printing technology on such a large scale that entire buildings can be printed out of machines. Two of the …

Exhibit space sales are already at a record pace for CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE 2014 – more than 30 percent ahead of the 2011 expositions at the same time in the show cycle. Organizers say many returning exhibitors are taking more space to bring more equipment to the shows and introduce …

From July the 17th through the 19th, at the Irotama Hotel Golf Marina Convention Center will be held the 9th Intersectoral Mining Congress CIMI. On this occasion the event will be attended by Gordon Zonailo, Vice President of Infrastructure Technology Process from Ausenco Sandwell (Canada), who will be presenting port …

The only event directed to the roofing cover segment in Latin America finished its debut edition with broad perspectives for exhibiters. The TeCobi Summit conference program guaranteed the event’s success and the presence of important names in the market The TeCobI Expo held this week at Expor Center Norte, in …

Exhibit space sales for the co-located 2013 World of Asphalt and AGG1 expositions are tracking more than 15 percent ahead of the 2012 show for the same time in the show cycle, with about 11 months to go until opening day. Leading companies will be displaying their newest equipment, products …

The way out of the recession? Targeted investments, shared strategies and attention to sustainability “The construction sector is one of the hardest hit by the economic crisis. In four years, shrinking demand – especially for new buildings – and the falling public investments in infrastructures have seriously penalised the construction …