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Bobcat Telehandlers | The 360º View

|Date: February 26, 2021

Bobcat Telehandlers | The 360º View

Bobcat has joined the rotary club with its new range of telehandlers. Last year was a memorable one for B ...

Bobcat has joined the rotary club with its new range of telehandlers. Last year was a memorable one for Bobcat for all the right reasons, with its Next is Now campaign heralding the biggest expansion ...

February 26, 2021
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Highways & Infrastructure | Streets Ahead

|Date: February 25, 2021

Highways & Infrastructure | Streets Ahead

A new solution from JCB could be the ace in the hole for the road repair sector. The government has made ...

A new solution from JCB could be the ace in the hole for the road repair sector. The government has made some significant commitments in infrastructure spending in recent times – not least HS2 – but t ...

February 25, 2021
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JCB | Zero to hero

|Date: February 24, 2021

JCB | Zero to hero

JCB is completing the circuit in its Road to Zero programme with a number of electric launches. Construct ...

JCB is completing the circuit in its Road to Zero programme with a number of electric launches. Construction Plant News Editor, Lee Jones reports. It was 75 years ago last year that JCB began its jour ...

February 24, 2021
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Hirer Focus | GR8 Expectations

|Date: February 23, 2021

Hirer Focus | GR8 Expectations

Construction Plant News talks to a plant hirer with a fleet of Kubota machines that continues to be in GR ...

Construction Plant News talks to a plant hirer with a fleet of Kubota machines that continues to be in GR8 demand. One man’s loss is another’s gain, and that’s certainly true of Covid-19’s impact on b ...

February 23, 2021
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Special Report | BAM in Antarctica

|Date: February 22, 2021

Special Report | BAM in Antarctica

Construction Plant News Editor, Lee Jones reports on the BAM machines that are building vital infrastruct ...

Construction Plant News Editor, Lee Jones reports on the BAM machines that are building vital infrastructure for the British Antarctic Survey in the frozen wilderness of the far south The seven-year, ...

February 22, 2021
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SITECH | The road to autonomous plant

|Date: February 15, 2021

SITECH | The road to autonomous plant

In July 2020, Elon Musk announced his plans for Tesla to achieve “level five” autonomy by 2021. This give ...

In July 2020, Elon Musk announced his plans for Tesla to achieve “level five” autonomy by 2021. This gives the company little time to convert all car models to self-driving. While not all companies ca ...

February 15, 2021
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Five ways to maintain your dump truck during winter

|Date: February 10, 2021

Five ways to maintain your dump truck during winter

Terex Trucks’ articulated haulers, the TA300 and TA400, are robust machines that are built to perform rel ...

Terex Trucks’ articulated haulers, the TA300 and TA400, are robust machines that are built to perform reliably in cold weather – slippery surfaces and icy slopes are not a problem for these tough dump ...

February 10, 2021
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New MCA Fusion Hire test upgrade puts focus on specialist safecheck technology

|Date: February 08, 2021

New MCA Fusion Hire test upgrade puts focus on specialist safecheck technology

One of the country’s leading suppliers of specialist hire equipment is rolling out a new investment progr ...

One of the country’s leading suppliers of specialist hire equipment is rolling out a new investment programme to upgrade its electrical testing facilities throughout its national branch network. MCA F ...

February 08, 2021
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Mobile Mini | Engineering a solution for remote working

|Date: February 05, 2021

Mobile Mini | Engineering a solution for remote working

Like many other industries, the construction and engineering sector has been hit by coronavirus restricti ...

Like many other industries, the construction and engineering sector has been hit by coronavirus restrictions aimed at safeguarding public health. However, while many sectors curated the option for the ...

February 05, 2021
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Engcon | Safety must be made a top priority!

|Date: January 27, 2021

Engcon | Safety must be made a top priority!

"Optimistically, I believed that all of us in the contract and construction industry considered safety as ...

"Optimistically, I believed that all of us in the contract and construction industry considered safety as the single most important issue. That safety surpasses profitability and efficiency" says Stig ...

January 27, 2021
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