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				CLIENT SIDE Olympic designers look for sustainable asphalts Design of paving material specifications is under way for the London 2012 Olympic Games, to a philosophy that puts recycling and popus asphalt central to the Olympic Park plans.
				RINGWAY Quiet surfacing draws public praise Complaints from local residents about road noise on a busy urban road in Kent have been replaced by compliments following resurfacing with Ringway's Ultraphone recycled asphalt.
				CEMEX Elevating the pace of asphalt surfacing Minimising disruption to traffic is a high priority for the Highways Agency and its contractors, so CEMEX's new time saving asphalt product is proving a winner.
				NYNAS BITUMEN Asphalt surfacing a winner at Race of Champions The task was a tough one: to build in five days on Wembley's turf a race track durable enough for F1 cars. Contractor FM Conway, asphalt supplier Tarmac and Nyguard HR binder rose to the challenge.
				ASPHALT STANDARDS All change please, for asphalt standards Series 900 of the Specification for Highway Works has been revised in response to Harmonised European Standards in asphalt and further developments, as explained in this Modern Asphalts guide to the changes.
				LAFARGE AGGREGATES Seeing is believing A whole variety of innovative asphalt solutions can now be viewed by potenial clients in one place - Lafarge's new visitor centre.
				SHELL BITUMEN Raising the standards bar in mastic asphalt Shell Bitumen's S Grade binders allow lower production and application temperatures in asphalt mixes, benefiting also the mastic sector.
				VELOCITY More options on offer Several useful additions have extended the services offered by Velocity, including a compact, 7.5t version of the truck mounted Jetpatcher machine.
				PETROPLUS BITUMEN Adopting a broad view to add maximum value A new name supplying bitumen to the UK roads sector - Petroplus - is doing a lot to add value to the supply chain