Time a key factor

Another factor was time, as less time on this type of work means direct cost savings. Planing work was due to be finished within a week; however, this was a week when people would be celebrating on the Thursday as it was Father's Day in Germany! Planing was only to be carried out during the day from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Usually, when a public holiday falls on a Thursday, the Friday is used either to make a long weekend or to take time off accrued through overtime. And who wants to start work on a construction site at 6.30 the morning after Father's Day? Precision and speed were essential. 

Beitz is a traditional company with over 25 years' experience in road construction. They chose large capacity BOMAG BM 2000/60 cold planers to carry out the milling work. Planing a 1.5-inch surface layer over a stretch measuring 4.6 miles requires high performance and speed, precision and total reliability.  Removal of 12 inches of binder and base layers in front of bridges is regular work even for smaller BOMAG cold planers, which cope easily with this type of application.