17
november 2013
international
construction
ICEF
Equipment shortlists
International Construction
Economic Forum
November 20–22, 2013
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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CONFERENCE DIARY
Equipment
shortlists
A
dozen innovative construction machines and components
have been shortlisted for awards at this year’s International
Construction Economic Forum (ICEF). The quality
and quantity of entries from the industry were such that two
categories were established – one for components and on-board
systems, and one for complete machines.
In the Construction Equipment Design Innovation
category for components, there are three entries from
Caterpillar, relating to its road building equipment
– its fumes management system for asphalt pavers,
the Mobil Trac undercarriage for pavers and the
machine drive power control system for compactors.
Also shortlisted in this category is JCB’s Ecomax diesel
engine, Liebherr’s P-Boom for crawler cranes, Volvo Construction
Equipment’s on-board weighing system for articulated Dump
Trucks (ADTs) and Wirtgen’s Auto Pilot machine control system.
Shortlisted in the ICEF Construction Equipment Innovation
category is Alsina’s Alispercha safety harness for working at
height, a range of tunnel construction equipment from Atlas
Copco, Caterpillar’s 336E H hybrid excavator, Manitowoc’s
Grove GMK6400 mobile crane and Wacker Neuson’s EB100
electric hand-held breaker.
The winners in both categories will be
announced at a gala dinner on Thursday
21 November during ICEF. This event
will also see the winner of the prestigious
International Construction
Project of
the Year award announced, from
a shortlist of five entries.
iC
Speaker profile: Fernando Flórez
Chief engineer on the construction of the Vidin-Calafat Bridge
F
ernando Flórez Llanos, who was chief engineer
for FCC on the construction of the Vidin-Calafat
Bridge, will give a presentation on the scheme at
this ICEF. The bridge is one of five schemes short-listed
for the prestigious International Construction Project of
the Year award, the winner of which will be announced at
the conference.
Mr Flórez joined FCC in 2006 as a quality manager and
production manager. In March 2007 he was appointed
chief engineer on the Vidin – Calafat Bridge, which links
Bulgaria and Romania over the Danube. He held this
role until this year, and has since joined FCC Technical
Services’ site support management department.
The
€
275 million (US$ 360 million) bridge is not only the longest bridge over the Danube
at 2 km, but also the largest construction project ever in Bulgaria. It forms an integral part of
European Transport Corridor IV, which links Dresden (Germany), Thessaloniki (Greece) and
Istanbul (Turkey).
The bridge means that it is now possible to travel from South to North Europe without
exiting the EU, cutting 500 km off the journey from southern European ports in Greece
and Turkey. The bridge also reduces the travel time between Vidin, Bulgaria and Calafat,
Romania from three-hours to ten-minutes. It is estimated that the new bridge will serve
100,000 motorists in its first year.
The bridge was not only successfully completed, but uses innovative measures such as
the first usage of components designed to extend the life of the bridge and reduce future
maintenance costs.
ICEF prizes for equipment design
and componentry as well as finished
machines.
