Jewson places £8 million order for 500 JCB machines One of the UK’s leading builder’s merchants is investing heavily in its tool hire business with an order for 500 JCB machines worth more than £8 million. Jewson is buying a fleet of JCB’s new flagship 15C-1mini excavators and JCB 8008 micro excavators,...
What would you do if a member of your team had a cardiac arrest? In England, only 8% of people survive a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). A major contributor behind this statistic is that only 30 – 40% of bystanders intervene upon seeing someone collapse. Mark Gilmore, managing director of Aero Health...
Volvo launches six skid steer and compact track loaders The new MC110D, MC115D and MC135D skid steer loaders, and MCT110D, MCT125D and MCT135D compact track loaders offer more strength, greater capacities, and improved safety and operator comfort. Volvo D-Series skid steer loaders and compact track load...
Hill Engineering’s new TEFRA coupler for mini Excavators set for Hillhead launch Hill Engineering has been designing and manufacturing pioneering excavator attachments since 1994. Up until now the company’s award-winning TEFRA quick couplers were designed to fit midi to heavy-line excavators rangi...
Association of Equipment Manufacturers wants more Millennials on the Jobsite Construction has often been considered one of the last industries to embrace technology. That is starting to change, however, as construction companies look for new ways to change the mindset of those working at the jobsite. En...
Keyline team uses pedal power to cycle Scotland in aid of Prostate Cancer UK A group of staff, suppliers and customers from heavy building materials supplier Keyline are gearing up to take on the challenge of cycling from its Dumfries branch to its Inverness depot in aid of Prostate Cancer UK. The route...
Volvo Construction launches new rigid hauler range Volvo Construction Equipment unveiled its new range of Volvo-branded rigid hauler to customers and dealers at the company’s Motherwell facility in Scotland. All eyes were on the new range of Volvo-branded rigid haulers this week when Volvo Construction...
ALE bespoke lifting system saves time and money on Thames Tideway Project ALE has completed the second phase of work on the Thames Tideway project in London, UK with the use of a time and cost-saving lifting system. The work was completed on behalf of FLO – the joint venture, comprised of Ferrovia...
Self-healing metal oxides developed by MIT could protect against corrosion An ultrathin layer of aluminum oxide, though solid, can flow like a liquid instead of cracking. Researchers have found that a solid oxide protective coating for metals can, when applied in sufficiently thin layers, deform as if i...
Innovations that will bring construction equipment costs down The cost of owning a machine is much more than just the initial purchase price. As soon as the engine is started, construction equipment operating costs start to mount up. So knowing the combined life cycle costs and equipping machines with t...
Ancient Maori comb fragments found during New Zealand road construction The teeth of a pre-European ceremonial wooden comb, a Maori heru, have been discovered during earthworks on the Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway. This find was made by the Fulton Hogan-HEB Joint Venture team while topsoil wa...
Galliford Try sets to work upgrading Rugby with signalisation and roadworks Galliford Try has secured a £3.7m contract to improve the Coton Arches roundabout in Rugby, Warwickshire. The scheme will involve signalising the roundabout and providing a connecting road through it to facilitate southbound mov...
HiQ and Ammann develop Q Point open digital platform for the construction industry Austrian construction process specialist hiQ solutions GmbH is joining forces with the Ammann Group’s Digital Products team to create Q Point: the brand name for the new, high-performance provider of a manufacturer-indepe...
Drax Power Station calls in Volvo Construction Equipment to handle Fly Ash A Volvo L120H and a L150H have been supplied to Rail Freight Services on a long term contract for Lytag, handling pulverized fuel ash (Fly Ash) at Drax power station near Selby in Yorkshire. Both machines are six months into a lo...
Ammann APR Plate Compactor reduce unwanted vibration Ammann is introducing updated hand guides on it’s current APR Reversible Vibratory Plate Compactors, reducing unwanted vibration to its lowest levels yet. A new mounting for the guide handle isolates vibration and prevents it from reaching the operato...
New York’s JC Smith awarded Minnich Manufacturing dealership Minnich Manufacturing, the leading manufacturer of concrete dowel pin drills, concrete vibrators and vibrator monitoring systems celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018, has added New York’s JC Smith Inc. to its dealer network. One of the lar...
Cape Verde to host first SINN Power wave energy project With the signed agreement between SINN Power and Fazenda de Camarão, SINN Power is all set to begin the company’s first commercial wave energy project on Cape Verde. For hundreds of years, huge waves have crashed onto the long, rocky shores of São...
Ammann Australia expands Solid growth has led Ammann Australia to relocate its headquarters, warehouse and training centre to better serve its customers in the region. The facility was moved from Narangba to a new location about 10 km north in Caboolture. The move took place in January 2018. “This move...
Safer roads to beat the holiday traffic The Easter break is traditionally a time when the UK population hit the roads to visit friends and family, or just take a hard-earned break from work. This year will likely be no different with drivers expected to complete nearly 19m separate leisure journeys by c...
STRABAG awarded tunnelling contract for Sirius Minerals Yorkshire Polyhalite Project Sirius Minerals Plc. has hired the European construction group STRABAG SE to build an approx. 13 km tunnel section for the underground transport system of the Woodsmith Mine near Whitby, England. The design-and-build co...
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