Flannery Plant Hire

Peter Haddock talks to Aaron Davis of Flannery Plant Hire

This is James Grant's story of how he used the Operator Skills Hub bootcamps to change his career from the 14 years in the British army to having tickets for multiple machines and using them on a regular basis.

At the new Kirklees College Operator Skills Hub with Flannery Plant Hire I spoke to Andy Rankin, the quality and development manager for the CPCS, who helps to get people into the industry and set the standard needed for the tests within the construction industry

Lucas recently went to the ‪Kirklees College‬ opening day of their very own mobile ‪Operator Skills Hub‬ with ‪Flannery Plant Hire‬ where he spoke to Leila Chisholme a young woman who recently joined the industry from a career change. Leila recently moved into the Flannery business, working on the hire desk, and is at the Kirklees college, looking at how they are opening up this skills hub to younger people.

New beginnings here with Flennery Plant Hire and Kirklees College as they open their brand new Skills Hub in Huddersfield to assist the Trans Pennie route upgrade along with other major projects within the area.

Andy Perry, Flannery Plant Hire trainer talks about the benefits of delivering Eco-operator training with the Blackwell Earthmoving Limited team on HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd.  

Peter Haddock reports from a recent roundtable with senior members of the earthworks and wider construction sector, representing companies and organisations including the Department for Transport, Costain, Blackwells, Flannery Plant Hire, Speedy Hire, Heidelberg and Plantforce

The JCB 245X from Flannery was put to work on the Costain Group PLC M6 motorway project.

Costain Group and Flannery Plant Hire introduce a UK first combined safety and productivity approach for a major National Highways project on the M6 Motorway.

With 40 battery-powered models by 2027 and 12 models by quarter one in 2025, LiuGong is going all in on its BEV range, and there are some surprising machines in the pipeline.

BIG Hydrogen news as Flannery Plant Hire mixes it with HVO, a drop-in replacement for Diesel in a UK first conversion of two ‘Site Ready’ Caterpillar Inc. 320 excavators. Both machines now work on a 60% HVO and 40% Hydrogen fuel mix and can also switch to HVO only operation.

Flannery Plant Hire revealed its BIG green LiuGong Europe machine Hillhead - International quarrying, construction + recycling show,

Lucas Haddock learns how to operate a Yanmar tracked dumper at the Operator Skills Hub, a JV between Balfour Beatty and Flannery Plant Hire

Peter Haddock caught up with technology specialist Eurig Price at the recent launch event with Flannery Plant Hire to find out more. 

Peter Haddock caught up with Pete Spillard on its stand with some safety dummies to find out more about the solution and its partnership with Flannery Plant Hire.

At the Plantworx Innovation Awards, Flannery Plant Hire and Leica Geosystems shared the industry training award category. Peter Haddock caught up with Chris Matthew and Neil Williams at the show to learn more.

Having completed testing in 'real world' applications onsite with Tier one contractor Kier over a number of months, Flannery yesterday officially launched its site ready solution at its Operator Skills Hub in Birmingham, which is a joint venture with Balfour Beatty.

How can data led insights support operators, enhance training and reduce carbon emissions?

For some time, I have been following the journey of Flannery Plant Hire as it embraces technologies like 3D machine control from the likes of Leica Geosystems and Trimble and invests in advanced laser safety solutions from xWatch Safety Solutions.

How can data led insights support operators, enhance training and reduce carbon emissions? Peter Haddock talks to Dominic Murphy, a Flannery Plant Hire operator and future trainer at the Operator Skills Hub.