Superb grip and a perfectly smooth asphalt course awaited the drivers in the final race of the 2009 Formula 1 season. They went to the starting grid in Abu Dhabi for the first time on 1st November. The brand new 5.5 km "Yas Marina Circuit" was constructed with the intensive collaboration of numerous rollers from Hamm AG in Tirschenreuth.
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Perfect asphalt on the Grand Prix track in Abu Dhabi
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HD+ 140 in action
mehrThe latest addition to the successful HD series of articulated tandem rollers from Hamm are the rollers with the "plus" sign, the HD+ 120 and the HD+ 140 . They have been successfully taking over road construction sites in the USA and Europe since the end of 2008. One of the first jobs in Germany was the compaction of a compact asphalt pavement on the A61 Motorway employing the "hot-on-hot" process. In an operation that took five nights, the efficiency of an HD+ 140 VO was put to the test in style.
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Hot on hot: InLine Pave work
mehrThe stretch of the B178 near Bautzen fits elegantly into the natural landscape. The 5.5 km section was built exclusively using the InLine Pave process. The Wirtgen Group once again reasserted their position as an universal equipment provider and a trendsetter in roadbuilding technology...
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Night shifts on the skyway
mehrThe 48 km long Inner Ring Road, was opened for traffic in 1994. Now, after 14 years in operation, some sections needed maintenance. The Shanghai Chengji Municipal Company was awarded for this contract. As this is a highly frequented road, the work mainly had to be carried out during night time. Each night a section of approx. 1.200 sqm was to be repaired.
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Autostrada A1 Polen - Europe’s biggest job site
mehrRoads have been the main arteries of international trade since ancient times. We are generally familiar with the importance of the Silk Road,which ran from Turkey into eastern Asia. Its European counterpart, the Amber Road, led from St. Petersburg down the Baltic coast, through presentday Slovenia, to Venice. Poland is a pivotal hub for transport across Europe.
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Gigantic dimensions
mehrHAMM Vibratory Compactors compact an embankment dam at the foot of the Andes
They have been in operation for months now, in the valley of the Río Blanco: day in, day out, two untiring HAMM Vibratory Compactors 3412 have been moving up and down in their lanes, lending an impressive structure the stability it needs...
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Most important transit route in Austria
mehr10 HD rollers compact the A2 motorway („Südautobahn“)
Austria‘s A2 motorway – also known as the „southern motorway“ – has to cope with an enormous traffic load of 145,000 vehicles daily...
