2022: The year in quotes

COMMENT NEW STARTS
It is the start of the year, a

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
PHOTO: DOOSAN Visit www.khl.com for your daily

STRONG SALES WHAT'S HAPPENING?
OEMs have been releasing their fourth quarter and

WHAT IT MEANS
These results reflect the overall health of the

INTERMAT RETURNS
The Intermat exhibition will be held in Paris,

ICONIC STADUIM UPDATE
PHOTOS: FCBARCELONA.COM The remodelling of the historic

US$5 TRILLION ECONOMIC AMBITION
India aims to become a US$5 trillion economy, but to do so must address infrastructure gaps. Catrin Jones looks at how the country is planning to meet its ambitious goals

POTENTIAL FOR WORLD-LEADING MARKET
India has invested heavily in infrastructure in recent years and that trend looks set to continue as the country looks at moving from a regional power to a global one, writes Scott Hazelton

TALL BUILDINGS, HIGH DEMANDS
To accommodate the world’s growing population cities are building taller buildings, but how does this fit with the global target of increasing the sustainability of infrastructure? Catrin Jones reports

WALKING THE WALK
Bauer Maschinen CEO, Dr. Ruediger Kaub, on the challenges – and opportunities – of electric power and automation

FROM THE EDITOR
I’d like to tell you about some important

McIntosh Power Plant, Florida
PHOTO: TOTAL WRECKING & ENVIRONMENTAL US demolition contractor

2022: The year in quotes
D&RI/JOE MATHER PHOTOGRAPHY Excerpts from inter views and

30 years of the RVA Group
A video interview with managing director and D&Ri

PP O’Connor’s starring role in football stand demolition
PHOTO: WREXHAM AFC While the film industr y

Site Report: Mainline Demolition and the Broun Avenue bridge
PHOTO: MAINLINE DEMOLITION Behind the scenes at the

Tomorrow’s thinking today
Construction and demolition are changing rapidly, leading to observers on both sides of the Atlantic analysing how this will translate into actual equipment manufacturing and deployment.

Demolition – the view from a trainee
Demolition companies are not just focused on the

The starting point
Quick couplers are just one example of excavator at tachments leading to an increasingly safe workplace. D&Ri looks at the latest developments.

In search of new markets
HYDRAULIC BREAKERS Rotair has unveiled a vision to

Lezama’s power plant challenge
How a Spanish demolition contractor drew on 25 years of experience to come up with two dif ferent methods for projects in the energy industry.

‘ Where the future begins’
The 90,000 sq m outdoor exhibition space at

President Panseri’s thoughts for 2023
Despite uncertainty in the demolition sector, EDA president Stefano Panseri is hopeful that the progress made in 2022 will continue.

ACHIEVING PEAK EFFICIENCY
Engine manufacturers have been steadily improving diesel technology, reducing emissions and also improving fuel economy, reports Julian Buckley

'BIGGEST EVER' SHOW
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THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
Drones are increasing accepted as part of the construction process and their applications for the sector are ever evolving, discovers

TECHNOLOGY'S VALUE PROPOSITION
Technology has the potential to help solve many of construction’s pain points, such as a lack of workers and the need to reduce emissions, ROB PAINTER, Trimble CEO, tells

WHY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ARE BUYING
Construction equipment manufacturers have been engaged in an arms race to buy up technology firms to make their machines more efficient, more environmentally sustainable and safer, reports

'FUTURE PROOF' AIRPORT
Where is it? Between Warsaw and Łódź, Poland