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Protecting your construction technology

|Date: November 05, 2021

Protecting your construction technology

The UK population take out insurance to help cover their most expensive assets, cars, homes and lives. De ...

The UK population take out insurance to help cover their most expensive assets, cars, homes and lives. Despite operating machinery being far more costly than your average vehicle, the construction ind ...

November 05, 2021
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SITECH brings machine control to ground developments

|Date: September 03, 2021

SITECH brings machine control to ground developments

Specialist ground engineering contractor Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) was one of the first companies in ...

Specialist ground engineering contractor Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) was one of the first companies in Scotland to upgrade its fleet to machine control. Eleven years ago, SITECH UK and Ireland, a le ...

September 03, 2021
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SITECH opens new construction training facility

|Date: July 28, 2021

SITECH opens new construction training facility

Trimble connected construction specialist SITECH UK & Ireland has opened its new construction trainin ...

Trimble connected construction specialist SITECH UK & Ireland has opened its new construction training facility in Norton Canes, Staffordshire. The training facility provides construction professi ...

July 28, 2021
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SITECH | Investing in construction training

|Date: June 08, 2021

SITECH | Investing in construction training

Operator training can save on costs, increase productivity and maximise site safety, all for less than on ...

Operator training can save on costs, increase productivity and maximise site safety, all for less than one per cent of the cost of the equipment. So, how do you find out what training is available so ...

June 08, 2021
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Sitech brings machine control to Ground Developments

|Date: May 27, 2021

Sitech brings machine control to Ground Developments

Specialist ground engineering contractor Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) was one of the first companies in ...

Specialist ground engineering contractor Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) was one of the first companies in Scotland to upgrade its fleet to machine control. Eleven years ago, SITECH UK and Ireland, a le ...

May 27, 2021
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Introducing drones into construction

|Date: April 01, 2021

Introducing drones into construction

Most construction businesses have similar priorities — deliver high quality work to the client’s budget a ...

Most construction businesses have similar priorities — deliver high quality work to the client’s budget and deadline. Investing in technology can enable companies to complete jobs more quickly and acc ...

April 01, 2021
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SITECH | Developing operator skills with new training school

|Date: March 17, 2021

SITECH | Developing operator skills with new training school

SITECH UK & Ireland, a leading distributor of Trimble machine control technology for the heavy and ci ...

SITECH UK & Ireland, a leading distributor of Trimble machine control technology for the heavy and civil construction industries, is supporting Balfour Beatty and Flannery in their launch of a new ...

March 17, 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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How drones are changing construction

|Date: January 14, 2021

How drones are changing construction

The PwC’s membership network report, Skies without Limits, recently revealed that drone technology is exp ...

The PwC’s membership network report, Skies without Limits, recently revealed that drone technology is expected to uplift the UK’s construction industry by £8.6 bn by 2030. This growth was largely attr ...

January 14, 2021
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What does the construction site of the future look like?

|Date: January 14, 2021

What does the construction site of the future look like?

The construction site will be human-free by 2050. That’s what Balfour Beatty predicted in its Innovation ...

The construction site will be human-free by 2050. That’s what Balfour Beatty predicted in its Innovation 2050 report back in 2017. While 2050 is far in our future, technology is already changing how w ...

January 14, 2021
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