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Guidance issued by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in June 2020[1] has highlighted the obligations of site managers and safety officers to continue testing and maintaining essential safety equipment during... Read Full Article

Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway has been awarded the Term Maintenance contract for the London Borough of Southwark. The contract value estimated in excess of £70 million, is for delivery of both planned and reactive works u... Read Full Article

The Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) is calling for local road maintenance to receive a fair share of the Government’s planned infrastructure investment earmarked to stimulate the economy. With £100 billion of spending ple... Read Full Article

JCB is today celebrating the news that its electric mini excavator has scooped one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for engineering innovation. The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering has today announced that JCB&rsqu... Read Full Article

The cement, steel and power industries are all energy-intensive, and still predominantly use fossil fuels in their processes releasing carbon dioxide which is damaging to the environment. At the same time these industries have to comply with i... Read Full Article

Molson Young Plant Sales secures distribution rights to Hydrema dumpers throughout Scotland, adding yet another market leading brand to their fast-growing product range...The addition of Hydrema completes Molson Young Plant Sales... Read Full Article

Specialist SME lender, Paragon has urged business owners to remain vigilant against the increased threat of purchase scams amidst the ongoing coronavirus.As a result of restrictions in place due to the pandemic, business owners have been ... Read Full Article

Time is running out for construction professionals nationwide to take advantage of Mecalac’s Buy Now... Pay Later finance package.For all new excavators, wheel loaders, site dumpers, compaction rollers and backhoe loaders o... Read Full Article

PREMAS® Preventive Maintenance Service is becoming an increasingly important milestone in the lifecycle of bulk materials conveying and storage eq... Read Full Article

Engcon, a world-leading manufacturer of tiltrotators has a global presence, along with a growing number of offices in local markets. To strengthen its position Engcon are now establishing a sales office in Australia, to support the increase in... Read Full Article

HCEE (Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe) announces the appointment of Christopher Thompson as the new Head of Sales, Material Handling for the European market.With extensive experience in the automotive and material handling business ... Read Full Article

more than 3,000 exhibitorsExhibition space: 300,000 m²Visitor registration expected to be open from mid-AugustThe 10th international trade fair for construction machinery, building material ma... Read Full Article

Mixing concrete for more than 1100 windmills of Europe’s biggest wind farm is no small task. Which is why Tecwill Oy, a Finnish expert for concrete batching plants, puts his trust in a twin-shaft batch mixer from BHS-Sonthofen. The mixer... Read Full Article

JCB has developed the construction industry’s first ever hydrogen powered excavator as it continues to lead the sector on zero and low carbon technologies, the company announced today. The 20-tonne 220X excavator powered ... Read Full Article

Mecalac, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of compact construction equipment for urban environments, introduces its... Read Full Article

Liebherr and Leica Geosystems announce the entry into a strategic partnership in the field of machine control solutions2D and 3D machine control solutions will in future be available as factory moun... Read Full Article

At the end of 2019, especially low-noise construction machines and units were needed for a night job site in Copenhagen’s pedestrian zone. When new cables were laid, nearly all the zero emission family by Wacker Neuson was used: from the... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment has recorded one of its largest deliveries for 2020 with an order for 125 units from the Angolan Ministry of Transport. Amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, the construction sector has begun to see an uptake in ac... Read Full Article

Designed for worksites with limited access and operating space, Yanmar’s ViO23-6 mini excavator is ideal for urban environments. With its zero-tail swing design, neither the counterweight or upper frame extend beyond the width of its tracks,... Read Full Article

Doosan Infracore has launched XiteCloud, its new smart construction solution, in South Korea. XiteCloud is the first step towards the commercialization of Concept-X, the company’s integrated unmanned and aut... Read Full Article