Rototilt stand at bauma 2025

Rototilt hails ‘overwhelming response’ at bauma 2025

TILTROTATOR manufacturer Rototilt has hailed the 'strong interest' its booth has attracted this week at bauma 2025, with attendees keen to explore how technology can...

New guide offers dumper safety advice

THE Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG) has launched a good practice guide for the safe use of dumpers. The guidance stemmed from an industry...
AMPS adopts CESAR ECV

AMPS adopts CESAR ECV to help address equipment theft

AMPS (The Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Power Generating Systems) will adopt CESAR ECV, making it available to its members to help tackle...

Lomond invests in Tefra hitch attachment

LOMOND Plant has made a significant investment in Hill Engineering’s Tefra hitch attachment. The Falkirk-headquartered firm bought more than 250 new JCB machines in a £13...
Runway resurfacing work

Vast plant fleet helps runway work take off at Tingwall Airport

SHETLAND Islands Council is calling upon its 380+-strong plant fleet to complete £1.3 million of vital improvement works at Tingwall Airport near the village...

Blue sky thinking

BLUE Scotland has recently made a "game-changing" move to much larger premises in Stirling. The company has taken over a three-and-a-half acre site at Broadleys...
Dump truck

Hitachi and Dutch university collaborate on mining machinery research project

THE Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) are teaming up for a research project on the...

Volvo Motherwell announces Apprentice of the Year award winner

MANUFACTURER of Volvo rigid and Terex Trucks articulated haulers, Volvo Motherwell, has announced the winner of its Apprentice of the Year award. Ross Kerr said...
Genie appoints Cherrypicker Shop Ltd as authorised parts provider

Genie appoints new authorised parts provider for the UK

GENIE has appointed Cherrypicker Shop Ltd (CPS), based in Crook, County Durham, as a new authorised parts provider in the UK. The move is designed...

Martin Plant Hire upgrades tracking system

MARTIN Plant Hire has combined all its tracking systems through a single partner, in a bid to target improvements in driver behaviour, vehicle utilisation...
Datatag sponsorship of British Superbike Championship

Datatag gets on its bike to address tool theft

SECURITY marking and registration systems specialist Datatag has announced a continuation of its sponsorship of the British Superbike Championship (BSB). This year, Datatag will use...

Electric digger training to help Londoners access construction jobs

DESCRIBED as a 'world first', JCB has provided a mini excavator to a skills provider to allow for training on electric diggers. The manufacturer delivered...
Volvo EC500 excavator

Fraserburgh firm shines on £4.3 billion Eastern Green Link 2 project

THE whole team at David Smith Contractors has been praised by SSEN Transmission and BAM Nuttall after the Fraserburgh-based firm delivered crucial civil engineering...

Positive feedback for new site dumpers

MURPHY Plant has bought 25 cabbed JCB site dumpers to help improve the health and wellbeing of its machine operators. Part of J. Murphy &...
Dippy Ducks

UK’s youngest digger driver to take on PlantWorx

PLANTWORX 2025 is to welcome the UK's youngest digger driver - 13-year-old Finlay Gallagher. Now officially the youngest qualified CPCS backhoe loader operator in the...

Doosan mini digger auction raises funds to tackle prostate cancer

A Doosan mini digger has been auctioned off for €19,100 to raise funds to tackle prostate cancer. Maskinia, a Swedish-based Doosan dealer, announced the winning...
GT Series coupler

Miller UK launches extended warranty scheme for GT Series couplers

ATTACHMENTS specialist Miller UK has introduced an extended warranty scheme to give customers the opportunity to extend the warranty of their GT Series couplers...

Molson adds to attachments offering with Genesis deal

  MOLSON Group has been appointed sole UK distributor for the Genesis portfolio of attachments. The Genesis range for the demolition, scrap and recycling industries includes shear...
Transporters at New Cumnock Substation

Collett & Sons completes delivery of three transformers to New Cumnock Substation

HEAVY transport logistics specialist Collett & Sons Ltd has completed the delivery and installation of three transformers to New Cumnock Substation in East Ayrshire. Working...

Ritchie Bros. encourages customers to embrace online bidding

RITCHIE Bros. is encouraging customers to participate in its construction equipment auctions online or via its mobile application
Chris Sleight

CEA welcomes Off-Highway Research MD to its board

Off-Highway Research MD Chris Sleight has joined the board of the CEA (Construction Equipment Association). Described as one of the leading authorities on global construction...

Scottish Civil Engineering Awards deadline extended

THE deadline for the Scottish Civil Engineering Awards 2020 has been extended for six weeks in response to the Covid-19 situation. Teams now have until...
Ramsay & Jackson depot

Ramsay & Jackson opens door to a prosperous future

THREE-and-a-half years after a devastating fire destroyed Ramsay & Jackson’s Mauchline premises, the construction and agricultural equipment dealership opened its doors to hundreds of...

Sunbelt invests in solar lighting for rail projects

SUNBELT Rentals Rail has invested £400,000 in new solar lighting towers. An initial investment of 25 Prolectric ProLight Solar Lighting Towers have been purchased, which...
Construction equipment at Torness site

New GDL fleet additions to help deliver EGL1 project at Torness

GDL has revealed it will deploy a sizeable fleet of plant and equipment on the construction phase of a bulk earthworks and ground improvement contract...

Milestone for harbour project as 12th caisson arrives in Aberdeen

THE 12th caisson for Aberdeen Harbour’s expansion project has arrived in Aberdeen following a 48-hour journey from storage in the Cromarty Firth. The caisson forms...
Liebherr crawler excavator

Liebherr confirms new developments for G8 crawler excavators

LIEBHERR has announced a number of new settings and assistance systems for its generation 8 crawler excavators. The developments are designed to better meet market...

JCB Finance accredited to provide CBILS-backed HP facility

JCB Finance has announced it has been accredited by the British Business Bank to provide the government Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) –...
Steve Mulholland

Tower crane strikes highlight ‘growing strain’ across construction sector

STRIKE action by tower crane operators this week has highlighted the 'growing strain' across construction, the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has claimed. The trade body...

Doosan launches company’s largest ever excavator

DOOSAN has launched the largest excavator ever manufactured by the company. The DX800LC-7 Stage V compliant 80-tonne crawler excavator is described as having the 'highest hydraulic flow...