Environmental

10/04/2025

At Bauma, Peter Haddock caught up with Tom Leenaerts of e-power®, who introduced him to P-grid a hybrid system combining batteries, inverters, and a generator to cut costs and optimise power usage.

21/03/2025

Operator Trevor Quinn of COD Plant and Civil Engineering gives the Liugong 922FE excavator the double thumbs up.

24/02/2025

ProjecProject Coeus is a partnership between Perkins Engines, Loughborough University and Equipmake, a UK-based engineering specialist focused on the electrification of products.

21/02/2025

On the A417 project, Kier Group Senior Ecologist Natasha James and her team have been working to ensure wildlife is protected, trees planted and the whole project delivers not just a much needed new road, but maximises biodiversity and conservation of the surrounding area. 

06/01/2025

PPE - wash it, recycle it or throw it away? Each decision makes a carbon impact, and even changing the type of glove you use on a major project like HS2 can save 100 tonnes of Carbon.

13/12/2024

“We’re going to fit a dozer blade to our Liugong 870HE electric Wheel Loader as it has the pushing power. “And by combining it with 3D Machine Control from Leica Geosystems, we can meet customer grading needs.”

12/12/2024

During a recent visit to JCB, I spoke to Oliver Sands about the new 145XR reduced tail swing excavator. I also had a chat with Tilly Beene about what it’s like to be a part of the degree apprenticeship scheme at JCB.

04/12/2024

Irish manufacturer EXVO has entered the battery powered market with a new range of wheeled and soon to be launched tracked skid steers, both with removable batteries.

27/11/2024

The Biggest, Greenest Machine we have ever seen… In this video, Peter Haddock got to ride in and chat about the LiuGong Europe DR50C-E rigid dump truck with Kim Massey of the Rental Group in Norway at its Total Electric Solutions Day.

15/11/2024

What's the new EXVO EX245R electric Skid Steer like to operate? Peter Haddock spoke to Conor Traynor after he demonstrated the machine in a builders merchant yard.