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    WHC Hire

    Six-times winner of the health and safety gold medal award from RoSPA, WHC Hire is introducing 6 tonne an ...

    Six-times winner of the health and safety gold medal award from RoSPA, WHC Hire is introducing 6 tonne and 9 tonne cabbed dumpers from Thwaites well ahead of forthcoming safety legislation. “We knew i ...

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    60 not out!

    JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford has celebrated an unprecedented milestone with the firm - 60 years’ service. ...

    JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford has celebrated an unprecedented milestone with the firm - 60 years’ service. Having completed an engineering apprenticeship with Massey Ferguson in France, he first walked ...

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    Clean bill of health?

    By the time you read this the date for the government’s call for evidence on non-road mobile machinery (N ...

    By the time you read this the date for the government’s call for evidence on non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) and its decarbonisation options will have passed – it was the  26th  of  March for the rec ...

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    Capital gains

    Kevin Gardner, commercial manager at BPI Asset Disposal Solutions, looks at how to get the best deal for ...

    Kevin Gardner, commercial manager at BPI Asset Disposal Solutions, looks at how to get the best deal for equipment you no longer need. The construction industry is a key driver of economic growth and ...

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    Tech upgrade boosts economy

    In response to demand for more user-friendly telematics technology on construction machinery, Finning has ...

    In response to demand for more user-friendly telematics technology on construction machinery, Finning has upgraded Cat customers to a new software solution that delivers insights into fuel use and ope ...

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     Transmission revamp

    It’s time for construction fleets to consider whole life costs, says Nathan Wilson, account and area sale ...

    It’s time for construction fleets to consider whole life costs, says Nathan Wilson, account and area sales manager UK & Republic of Ireland for Allison Transmission. It’s no secret that tippers an ...

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    Going digital – it all adds up

    Big infrastructure projects have the potential for cost overruns but employing digital technology can hel ...

    Big infrastructure projects have the potential for cost overruns but employing digital technology can help keep budgets in line. CPN reports on how Finning helped digitise the earthworks process to pr ...

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    Andrew Harvey

    It is difficult to imagine improving the incredible views over Lake Windermere, in Cumbria’s Lake Distric ...

    It is difficult to imagine improving the incredible views over Lake Windermere, in Cumbria’s Lake District. Yet Kendal-based groundworks contractor Andrew Harvey does just that, providing a range of g ...

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    UK Construction equipment sales show strong growth in Q1

    UK Construction equipment sales show strong growth in Q1  Retail sales of construction and earthmoving eq ...

    UK Construction equipment sales show strong growth in Q1  Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in March were at very high levels at over 15% above sales in the same month last year. ...

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    The Kingsheath construction fleet is expanding with major Doosan acquisitions

    The Kingsheath construction fleet is expanding with major Doosan acquisitions Since it was formed in 2018 ...

    The Kingsheath construction fleet is expanding with major Doosan acquisitions Since it was formed in 2018, Kingsheath Construction Limited, based in Bredhurst in Kent, has gone from strength to streng ...

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