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The new Hitachi Zaxis-7 range of medium excavators puts owners and operators firmly in control. The new ZX160-7 and ZX180-7 Stage-V compliant models offer an enhanced ope...
Increasing focus of government authorities on renovating and maintenance of existing public infrastructure is expected to drive the construction equipment rental market e...
Mead Construction, based in Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire in the UK, has purchased the company’s first Doosan crawler excavator, a new DX300LC-7 30 tonne Stage V model...
Weather experts predict a dangerous and active hurricane season, a time when usage of portable generators peaks. And Tropical Storm Elsa is already here. Unfortunately, t...
Finning UK & Ireland, exclusive distributor of Cat® products, has supplied Wigan-based Breheny Groundwork Contractors with three new next generation Cat 313 GCs, as p...
Professional drivers and equipment operators are exposed to multiple risks to their health, none more so than the sheer length of time they spend sitting. Sitting has bee...
Rhinowash has today announced the extension of its relationship with the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), who are based on the frontline of the NHS and despatch immediat...
Buckhurst Plant Hire invests in Spartan Equipment Sales & Rentals From July 2021 Buckhurst Plant Hire will add Spartan Equipment Sales & Rentals to their growing...
The Hytera 4G LTE Intelligent Communications Solution for Mining offers an integrated platform capable of supporting a wide range of audio, video, data and M2M/IoT applic...
Former Siemens Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) launches its new brand Yunex Traffic and starts operating as a new company of Siemens Mobility as of July 1st. It will be...
Hüffermann Krandienst GmbH has purchased 70 Liebherr tower cranes in one go to set up its new rental fleet. A symbolic handover recently took place during a visit to Lieb...
On the occasion of its 100th anniversary on May 13, Komatsu Ltd. announced a fully electric (non-hydraulic drive) and exclusively remote-controlled mini excavator powered...
Storm surges are becoming more frequent. The coast in the seaside resort of Lubmin was exposed to several storm surges in a short time. In case of an additional storm sur...
Forth, based in the UK, has developed the rescue robot for Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria. In the event of an incident the robot can be sent in remotely and operated...
Doosan has launched the first of the company’s new generation medium-sized Stage V compliant excavators – the new DX225LC-7 23 tonne crawler model. The DX225LC-7 is...
Graphene, a material only one atom thick, could be used to prolong the life of roads across the country. If successful, Highways England trials using this high-tech produ...
Every day in the United States, 11 workers are seriously injured or die from a 100% preventable injury—heat stress. The World Bank estimates that annual US heat-induced l...
With the UK preparing for a new normal we can look back over the last 12 months to see what effect the pandemic had on Britain’s transportation to provide a barometer for...
Leading construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has welcomed the news that firms looking to bid for UK government contracts worth more than £5m will need to...
The new Hitachi ZX130-7 and ZX135US-7 Stage-V compliant models provide owners with opportunities to increase profits and reduce costs. Their enhanced comfort and safety f...
The new Cat® 308 CR Fixed Boom hydraulic mini excavator delivers maximum power and performance to efficiently complete work in a wide range of applications. Its fixed boo...
With a working relationship reaching as far back as the 80s, Stevens Equipment Rental reaffirms its commitment to SMT GB by placing an order for 37 additional new Volvo m...
One of Germany’s largest wood processing companies, GELO Holzwerke, therefore decided last year to make a far-reaching investment in a new small-diameter wood sawmi...
Createc, a pioneering UK robotics and computer vision company that provides solutions to the civil nuclear, defence, rail, marine, and security sectors from its bases i...
Paving temperatures in real time on the smartphone, automatically generated paving and logistics concepts and other supplementary functions: JOSEPH VÖGELE AG is now using...
A section of the M3 motorway in Hampshire is becoming the first stretch of motorway to use a resurfacing material which contains the highest proportion of recycled asphal...
Canteras de Santullán, a family-owned, independent quarrying company, has purchased new Doosan equipment for the company’s operations based in Bilbo (Bizkaia) in Spain. T...
As part of ongoing plans to expand its concrete offering across the West Midlands, Aggregate Industries has opened a new ready mix concrete plant in Coleshill, Warwickshi...
This time the traditional German miners‘ greeting “Glückauf” (“Good luck”) is the motto for the 16 t telescopic crane from SENNEBOGEN, because in Europe’s largest r...
Today Michigan’s Genesee County and biochemical enzyme manufacturer Substrata announced the successful construction of an unpaved road treated with Perma-Zyme in Flushing...
Trimble and Doosan Infracore North America announced today that Doosan will offer the Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Excavators as an optional factory-ins...
June 21 – 27 marks Love your Lungs Week, a British Lung Foundation initiative to promote better lung health. Alex Minett, Head of Product & Markets at CHAS, loo...
The problem with excavated earth and rocks is, from an economic, regulatory, and an environmental perspective. However, there is a solution and is within reach. Although...
Noise can have a negative effect on the everyday worker’s health. It can lead to all sorts of complications, including permanent hearing loss. Furthermore, the workflow o...
A winning combination of fixed costs, product reliability and good honest customer service means highways services specialist Electrical Testing has now resolved to switc...
Hunan Yan Run construction engineering Ltd. has in recent years found a successful niche specializing in real estate groundworks. This is combined with the production and...
JCB employees are embarking on a major fundraising drive for children’s charity the NSPCC with the launch of a £70,000 appeal. The JCB NSPCC Platinum Jubilee Appeal start...
Coinford Plant kick started the year with an extensive order of 95 excavators, supplied by HCMUK throughout 2021. Coinford Director Lee Burlton said: “Our latest purchase...
SIS consortium, formed by Fininc and Sacyr, has won the contract for the operation rights of the Italian highways A21 Turin-Alexandria-Piacenza and A5 Turin-Ivrea-Quincin...
Over a year after the start of the global pandemic, thanks to the positive progress made in some regions, the first large-scale events are starting to be held. One of the...
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