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				CLIENT SIDE Suffolk seeks to manage the asset A good asset management based approach to highway maintenance is more important than ever as budget pressures mount on local authorities says Suffolk County Council, which is also making good use of surface treatments.
				RSTA Giving better value than ever Road Surface Treatments Association chief executive Howard Robinson welsomes the widening of MA+ST's coverage or the roads sector to reflect the growing use of surface treatments and related pavement solutions. The RSTA and MA+ST both have a role to play in spreading knowledge about all the solutions available to clients.
				SHELL BITUMEN Reflective cracking arrested on concrete roundabout Polymer modified binder Shell Cariphalte Dense Mixture (DM) is proving its worth when specified in Lafarge's AxoShield - which acts as a stress absorbent interlayer, used for the repair of cracked and crazed surfacing.
				TOTAL BITUMEN Substantially longer life at an affordable cost Surface dressing is a cost effective way of maintaining your highway pavements and making sure they are safe for road users, says Total Bitumen which is promoting its Emulsis range.
				EUROVIA ROADSTONE Contaminants recycled with care Tar bound asphalt arisings can be safely recycled back into carriageways using Eurovia Roadstone's Foambase road renewal technique.
				NYNAS Welsh contractor invests in cold mix recycling Making best use of secondary material in highway applications has taken a big step forward in North Wales, where roads have been maintained using recycled asphalt.
				VELOCITY Capital injection boosts Velocity's global expansion Fulfilling Velocity's potential as a world leading supplier of low carbon, high quality pothole repair technology has come a step closer with the major involvement of Pearson Engineering.
				PETROPLUS BITUMEN Sustainable process gathers pace after a good start Use of a low energy method of asphalt manufacture is agathering momentum as a growing list of highway authorities get sight of the resulting lower temperature materials.
				COLAS In situ recycling: neutralising tar safety and at low cost Three recent projects carried out by Colas have shown in situ recycling to be a very cost effective option for reconstruction of roads containing tar bound material.