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21st Dec 2023
HDS Win Two Awards at TechFest!
We were delighted to win not one but two awards at the NCE/Construction News TechFest Awards last week! The categories were Best Use of Technology: Digital Engineering with our partners Breedon Group plc, Aggregate Industries UK, Tarmac, BEAR Scotland, Amey, and WSP. AND Product Innovation of the Year with our partners Eurovia UK It was a fantastic event and I’m very proud…
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Optrix Compaction System Released for the Asphalt Market
HDS is on a roll this morning! We’re delighted to reveal our Optrix compaction control system for asphalt materials. Optrix delivers real-time density information to roller drivers without the need for materials technicians. Fully retrofittable and easier to use than comparative systems on the market – Optrix is the future of highways compaction. Get in touch…
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Matt Wheatley Announced as Highway Data Systems USA General Manager
We are delighted to welcome Matthew Wheatley to the Highway Data Systems family! Matt has over 25 years’ experience in materials testing and is a dual UK/US citizen. He is an active member of the Texas Asphalt Pavement Association as well as ASTM International and will be running Highway Data Systems USA from Austin in Texas. Wishing you the best of luck across the…
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Can UK construction deliver the £27bn for roads and HS2 simultaneously? Not without a productivity overhaul.
The Government’s decisions to invest significantly in the nation’s infrastructure have gone down quite well generally. There is a dire need to improve the connectivity in the country and it is a clear way to improve the economy. However, I do not believe that it will be possible to deliver this leviathan infrastructure program without…
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Why Use the Rate of Spread App for Pre-Coated Chippings?
The 2019 chipping season might be underway but we in the asphalt industry are still measuring the rate of spread of pre-coated chippings the same way that we did in the 1970’s. If chipping trays have done us so well for so long, why change? I would argue that any technician who has been out…
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Why Are You Paying So Much for Highways Testing?
If you need to know what condition a road is in before you resurface it, or you have a potential dispute over textures or straight edge, the last thing you should be doing is paying through the nose for traffic management so that a technician can go out and do some standard testing! The Highway…