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Kinetic Roads: The Future Of Sustainable Transportation

The Constructor

Kinetic roads are a revolutionary new form of sustainable transportation, offering a cleaner and more efficient way of getting around while reducing our carbon footprint. Kinetic roads harness kinetic energy to power cars and other forms of transportation, allowing us to travel further with less energy expenditure.

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Autonomous Transport: Hype vs. Reality

Construction Equipment

Creating autonomous transport systems is hard enough but proving that the system is safe to customers and legislators is proving as great a challenge, says Dr. Luca Delgrossi, Head of Technology at Volvo Autonomous Solutions. Developing vehicles that can travel anywhere on their own is the jackpot…

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Transport ban for demolition firm after load overturns

Construction Enquirer

Specialist contractor Haywood Crushing Demolition Ltd has been banned from transporting machinery for a year after a 45-tonne jaw crusher machine came off a trailer. Chains used to secure the load were found to be inadequate while it traveled above permitted speeds without an escort vehicle.

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What is Hyperloop Technology and How Will it Affect Us?

The Constructor

The hyperloop technology is a transportation system where the passengers will sit in pods that will travel faster than the airplanes through.

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Understanding Risk on the Road

Construction Business Owner

Because of the construction industry’s variable nature — transporting various types of cargo, traveling unfamiliar routes, driving under challenging road conditions and using different vehicles — construction fleets are uniquely prone to vehicular accidents.

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Risk on the Road

Construction Business Owner

Because of the construction industry’s variable nature — transporting various types of cargo, traveling unfamiliar routes, driving under challenging road conditions and using different vehicles — construction fleets are uniquely prone to vehicular accidents.

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Aruna Miller: Maryland Lt. Governor, a Transportation Engineer, Bolsters Work Zone Safety After Baltimore Crash

ENR Construction

On March 22, 2023, two cars traveling at excessive speeds on the I-695 inner loop in Baltimore, Md., struck each other, with the impact sending one vehicle through an opening of a concrete work zone barrier on the center median shoulder.