Plant firms keen to recruit ex-servicemen
PLANT employers could turn to the Army in their quest to find experienced workers.
Lt Col. Nick Mifsud, Commanding Officer of 71 Engineer Regiment, visited...
Crane selfie craze is “dicing with death”
MEDIA coverage of ’urban explorers’ who photograph themselves on top of high buildings and structures is encouraging people to risk their lives on British...
Hospital demolition requires ‘soft touch’
A FORMER children's hospital is undergoing complete regeneration thanks to assistance from Downwell Demolition.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in Tower Hamlets, East...
Lord Bamford champions industry in maiden speech
JCB Chairman Lord Bamford used his maiden speech in the House of Lords to champion the cause of engineering and British manufacturing.
He said,...
Hire firm in Three Peak trek
A team from Generator Power Ltd climbed the highest mountains of Scotland, England and Wales, commonly known as the Three Peaks Challenge, to raise...
Glasgow firm at heart of HS2 project
A Glasgow-based independent property, construction and infrastructure consultancy is providing crucial cost and data management advice at the cutting edge of the HS2 rail...
Runners muck-in for charity
2700 people took part in this year’s JCB Mud Run – raising just over £50,000 for the NSPCC.
Participation in the event, which involves crawling,...
MPA hopeful after boost in sales volumes
THE latest MPA data indicates yet further improvement in sales of mineral products in the first half of 2014.
Compared to Q2 last year, crushed...
Blue Group takes on Hartl distributorship
BLUE Group has been appointed UK distributors for the high quality and versatile range of specialist screening and crushing excavator buckets manufactured by Hartl...
New President for ALLU Finland
OLA Ulmala has been appointed new president of ALLU Finland Ltd.
Mr. Ulmala has years of experience in earth moving and mining sectors. Officially he starts...
HSE appoints new Chief Executive
DR Richard Judge has been appointed chief executive of Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator. He will start at the Health and Safety Executive in...
A-Plant in £15million access investment
A-PLANT has announced a £15 million expansion of its fleet of powered and low level access machines.
The hirer has placed significant orders with six...
GAP paves the way with Land Engineering
GAP Group has signed a deal with Land Engineering to become their primary preferred supplier of non-operated plant.
The agreement stipulates that GAP will be...
AB2000’s expansion plans gather pace
TO support the firm's ambitious expansion to Inverness and Aberdeen and in the Central Belt, AB2000 has bought six E-series Articulated Dump Trucks from...
Advance deal is top for Kat
KATTRAK has sold two new 10 tonne track dumpers to Advance Construction.
The Bergmann 4010 machines will replace their current dumpers and are due to...
Aberdeenshire firm at the double
ROY Cowie LBS Ltd of Banchory, Aberdeenshire has bought two Volvo compact excavators after using ScotPlant as a barometer for current market leading equipment.
The machines will...
Seddons’ green credentials recognised
SEDDONS Plant & Engineers Ltd has received a special invitation to visit The Houses of Parliament later this year to collect a prestigious environmental award...
London to clamp down on old construction machinery
IN a world first, the oldest, most polluting bulldozers, diggers and other building site machinery are to be targeted under new plans by London Mayor Boris...
BAA calls for ‘idiotic’ EU directive to be postponed
THE British Aggregates Association has asked the Department for Transport to postpone a new EU directive before lives are lost.
The Large Goods Vehicle Driver...
Sky’s the limit for Speedy
SPEEDY has bought over 1000 of Skyjack's new aerial work platforms, which include DC electric scissor lifts, electric vertical masts and diesel-powered rough terrain scissor lifts.
Deliveries are already...
Lyon’s new den
A huge €250 million football stadium is taking shape in Lyon, France, thanks to eleven Potain tower cranes that surround the 56,000 m2 job site.
The cranes...
Hamm on a roll with GAP Plant Hire
GAP Group has extended its three-year supply agreement with Hamm for the sole supply of ride-on rollers. The manufacturer will now supply its 80cm,...
Daltons in 30 tonne excavator swoop
EDINBURGH-based Daltons Demolitions Limited has bought a new full demolition specification Doosan DX300LC-3 30-tonne crawler excavator from Scotia Plant Ltd.
The machine has been supplied with a...
Vp buys Balfour Beatty’s rail plant business
EQUIPMENT rental specialist Vp has acquired the business and assets of the trackside plant and equipment (TP&E) rental activity of Balfour Beatty Rail for £5.5 million.
The...
Hope invests £3.6m in Mercedes-Benz trucks
HOPE Construction Materials has added 36 new Mercedes-Benz trucks to its concrete mixer fleet.
The Arocs 3236 8x4 B11 4-axle mixer trucks, each equipped with a...
HAV-meter reduces risk of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
SVANTEK claims to have produced the world’s first personal hand arm vibration exposure meter designed to help construction firms assess workers levels of exposure to...
Boom time for plant industry highlighted by £35 million deal
A clear sign that the UK plant market is booming again came today when it was announced JCB has secured an order for more...
Firms fined after workers hurt in scaffold fall
A house builder and a scaffolding firm have been fined after two bricklayers were hurt falling from an unsafe scaffold.
A court heard the two men were...
Pontchâteau plant produces 20,000th Bobcat telehandler
THE Pontchâteau plant in Loire Atlantique in France has just manufactured its 20,000th Bobcat telehandler.
The plant produces all the Bobcat telehandlers for the world market,...
Aberdeen contractors snap up 52 tonne excavator
ABERDEEN-based David Smith Contractors Ltd has purchased a new Doosan DX530LC-3 52 tonne crawler excavator from Balgownie Ltd, based at Inverurie.
The Stage IIIB compliant...
