Environmental

01/11/2022

Peter Haddock caught up with Joe Hilton, its industry and electric product specialist, to find out more about the product's

21/10/2022

On 5th and 6th October, Europe’s best operators, including Bryan Williamson from the UK and Tommy Murphy of Ireland, gathered at the Caterpillar Demonstration and Learning Centre for a chance to win one of three places at the Global Operator Challenge live final in Las Vegas at ConExpo in March 2023.

17/10/2022

At a recent visit to the newly opened AccXel training school in Gloucestershire, which has received funding from the KW Bell Group, I caught up with Peter Bell. He is the Managing Director of one of the group's companies, Bell Contracting. Founded as a family business by Peter's father, Keith Bell, in October 1965, I wanted to understand how the business has grown and its approach to the future.

14/10/2022

Portacabin in a field or a five star hotel like training facility designed for learners and the wider construction community? – Peter Haddock pays a visit to the new £3m state-of-the-art AccXel construction and plant training centre of excellence in Gloucestershire, which is set to reshape the industry.

12/10/2022

As the UK's first all-electric telehandler to join the Flannery Plant Hire fleet from UK dealer GGR Group, the Faresin 6.26 has recently finished a 12 month shift with Tier 1 contractor Morgan Sindall.

15/06/2022

With so much talk about real-time insights from live job sites and the potential impact this technology can have in the real world, the penny finally dropped at this year's Futureworx show when Plantforce brought it all to life.

18/05/2022

Collaboration is one of those words that is often overused and misunderstood. It's defined in numerous ways, but essentially, it's about businesses working together to create or achieve the same thing.

13/04/2022

Where the excitement of the new, improved model has long been the 'big news' for the industry, as I recently discovered at the Futureworx event put on by the Construction Equipment Association, the smart talk has turned to the tech.

04/03/2022

Monitoring road usage to reduce pollution and congestion, whilst improving safety is all part of a solution that the Borough of Wandsworth and Richmond Council has worked on with Safety Shield Global.

18/02/2022

With every leader I talk to, there is one key issue on their mind. How do we get more people to consider a career in the earthworks sector? It's an issue that has been around for years, but as we see projects like HS2 ramping up this year and more people retiring, one thing is certain, we need to ditch the portacabin and create better learning environments.