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Clean bill of health?

|Date: April 04, 2024

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 ...

April 04, 2024
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Capital gains

|Date: April 04, 2024

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 ...

April 04, 2024
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Tech upgrade boosts economy

|Date: February 21, 2024

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 ...

February 21, 2024
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Transmission revamp

|Date: February 19, 2024

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 ...

February 19, 2024
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Going digital – it all adds up

|Date: February 14, 2024

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 ...

February 14, 2024
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Andrew Harvey

|Date: February 05, 2024

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 ...

February 05, 2024
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UK Construction equipment sales show strong growth in Q1

|Date: May 22, 2023

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. ...

May 22, 2023
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The Kingsheath construction fleet is expanding with major Doosan acquisitions

|Date: May 17, 2023

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 ...

May 17, 2023
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Topcon helps streamline nuclear power plant construction project

|Date: May 16, 2023

Topcon helps streamline nuclear power plant construction project

Topcon helps streamline nuclear power plant construction project In the UK we currently generate around 1 ...

Topcon helps streamline nuclear power plant construction project In the UK we currently generate around 15 to 20 per cent of our electricity from nuclear energy. To support the UK Government commitmen ...

May 16, 2023
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Builders’ Conference CEO responds to contracts awarded in January 2020

|Date: February 04, 2020

Builders’ Conference CEO responds to contracts awarded in January 2020

The UK construction sector has laughed in the face of Brexit, HS2 uncertainty and the suspension of the m ...

The UK construction sector has laughed in the face of Brexit, HS2 uncertainty and the suspension of the much-lauded Smart Motorways scheme to post an almost unbelievably positive set of new contract a ...

February 04, 2020
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