Liebherr wins Innovation Award for their L586 XPower Wheel Loader at Samoter Liebherr will be presenting a total of four wheel loaders at Samoter. This includes the 32,600 kg L 586 XPower®, the largest wheel loader in the group. A winner of the Samoter Innovation Award in the wheel loader category is in...
Nicol of Skene takes on 3 Volvo reduced swing excavators Breaking with tradition, the Aberdeenshire-based civil engineering and groundworks contractor Nicol of Skene has added two new reduced swing Volvo ECR235Es and an ECR355E to its plant fleet for the first time. “A few years back we tried a reduced...
Terex Trucks showcasing TA300 and TA400 Articulated Haulers at CONEXPO Articulated hauler specialist Terex Trucks is bringing both the TA300 and TA400 to CONEXPO, North America’s largest construction trade show. As part of the Volvo family, the company will be sharing a booth in Las Vegas with other Vol...
Herrenknecht prestigious Golden Beaver awarded to Jack Brockway Jack Brockway, President of Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA, received the prestigious Golden Beaver Award 2020 in Los Angeles on Friday, January 17, 2020. The association of leading representatives of the U.S. construction industry hono...
UK can expect road charging, traffic free cities and not a self-driving car in sight? UK drivers should brace themselves for change: life on the roads is going to get harder and more expensive over the next decade, according to Highways magazine editor, Dominic Browne, in the first publication of 2020....
Ritchie Bros. holding auction in Las Vegas during CONEXPO CONAGG On March 12 – 13, 2020—during the week of CONEXPO, Ritchie Bros will sell thousands of items through an unreserved public auction at its site in Las Vegas, approximately 20 minutes from the trade show grounds. Every three years, tens of th...
MIT looking at cheaper solar cells by making them really thin Researchers at MIT and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have outlined a pathway to slash solar cell manufacturing costs by slimming down the silicon cells themselves. Costs of solar panels have plummeted over the last severa...
Hyundai Construction Europe signs up for the CESAR Scheme From 1st January 2020, Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe will fit CESAR to all its range of Hyundai excavators and wheeled loaders imported into the UK and Ireland, from its South Korean factory. The CEA’s (Construction Equipment Association’...
Siemens Mobility supplying signals for M5 junction improvement programme Siemens Mobility Limited has been awarded a contract by civil engineering contractor Alun Griffiths to supply, test and commission traffic signals as part of the remodelling of junction 25 of the M5 in Somerset. Somerset County Cou...
How one Trailer manufacturer evolved Heavy-Haul Trailers Heavy-haul trailers have come miles since the introduction of their design. After all, they’ve had to keep up with the ever-changing needs of the industry, from larger equipment weight and dimensions to new road regulations. What once required tim...
Hyundai pushing the boundaries in robotic exoskeleton suit technology for disabled An extraordinary moment a paraplegic sportsman walked over to his mum and hugged her for the first time in more than 10 years – with the help of a robotic exoskeleton. Jun-beom Park was confined to a wheelchair in 2...
Hyundai wins Medium Wheel Loader Technical Innovation Award at Samoter Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) scoops Samoter Technical Innovation Award, in the ‘Medium Wheel Loaders’ category, for the new HL960A wheel loader during the Samoter Innovation Award ceremony, held at the Hotel Due Torri...
World Bank invests US$66m for transport projects in Vanuatu The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$35.5 million credit and a US$30.5 million grant in support for a resilient transport project that will upgrade the vital 65-kilometer South Santo Road, on the second most-populated...
Mecalac showcase their compact innovations at the Executive Hire Show Mecalac Construction Equipment UK, a global leader in compact equipment design and manufacture, will showcase its latest product range at this year’s Executive Hire Show (5-6 February; Ricoh Arena, Coventry). Alongside displaying a se...
Rapid re-enter the Truck Mixer market with the launch of Rapid Tumbler Rapid International Ltd has re-entered the concrete truck mixer market with the launch of their sister company Rapid Tumbler – suppliers of premium lightweight truck mixers. Rapid Tumbler’s first product to market is the RTM89 8m3 ca...
Innovative TA3SH Power Swivel Site Dumper introduced by Mecalac Mecalac, a leading global designer, manufacturer and distributor of compact construction equipment for urban environments, introduces the TA3SH Power Swivel Site Dumper for increased versatility and safety on jobsites. The site dumper is pa...
Lower Thames Crossing consultation plans refined Britain’s most ambitious roads project in a generation, the Lower Thames Crossing, will begin its next phase of public consultation next week, Highways England has announced yesterday. The further consultation into the multi-billion pound Lower Thames Cro...
EIB funding €180m for new Heraklion airport in Greece The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €180 million loan to support construction of the New Heraklion International Airport on the Greek island of Crete. The new airport will replace the current airport serving Heraklion. During t...
JCB makes CESAR Emissions Compliance Verification standard on their equipment CESAR Emissions Compliance Verification (ECV) will be standard on every JCB EU Stage V and electric machine for the UK market from March 1, 2020. A second label, which can easily be scanned to verify the machine’s emissions co...
First CASE Certified Used construction machine hits the market CASE Construction Equipment dealer LDH Plant has registered the first CASE Certified Used machine. Following the successful launch of the CASE Certified Used programme at bauma 2019, CASE rolled out training to dealers across Europe to prepa...
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