Tag: Switzerland

Roadbuilding
Wacker Nueson and Wirtgen enter roller alliance
Wacker Neuson SE and the Wirtgen Group have agreed to enter a strategic alliance for soil and asphalt compaction rollers. Starting in February 2015, Wacker Neuson will source rollers from the Hamm factory in Tirschenreuth, Germany, and distribute them from its own sales network. The company will focus initially on markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. […]
January 15, 2015
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Roadbuilding
How robot designed for Disney could extend lives of bridges
A new robot dubbed C2D2 developed by a team of Swiss researchers is able to move atop, underneath and across any surface, checking structural integrity as it roves, and could greatly extend the lives of bridges. Both de-icing salt and CO2 in the atmosphere corrode the reinforced concrete that most bridges are made of […]
September 4, 2014
C2D2 roves beneath a bridge, checking the surface for corrosion. | Credit: ZTH Zurich
Roadbuilding
Climbing Mont Blanc to test out surveying equipment
The highway and bridge construction industry uses surveying in building this infrastructure, but I bet most of you haven’t climbed a mountain to conduct surveying. This is a pretty neat video of surveyors climbing the Swiss Alps’ Mont Blanc in Heerbrugg, Switzerland, which is Europe’s highest peak, to try out a new measurement technology. However, […]
March 15, 2014
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Business
Majority of Swiss teens choose vocational school
Switzerland, vocational education, technical education, construction industry, universities, dropout rates
October 10, 2012
Switzerland
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