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 recent publication of the Connected Autonomous Plant (CAP) group report from Costain, funded by the Department for Transport, highlighted a £417bn potential boost to the UK economy by 2050.
“People shouldn’t fear autonomous machinery.” Said Chris Matthew, Commercial Director for Plantforce at Highways UK, when Peter Haddock spoke to him on the Leica Geosystems stand
Peter Haddock talks to Sam Mercer about how the business has created a digital first workflow for customers and is using the latest in simulator technology to train plant operators.
Peter Haddock dug a trench and he was exhausted afterwards!! Big thanks to expert trainer Gavin Elson of ETC training and consultancy who literally talked Peter through every step of operating this Plantforce Kobelco 14 tonne excavator.
Peter Haddock of Content With Media interviews Ted Powell a 21 year old uni student who went from sweeping the yard to a 'Fast Track' Plantforce Rentals apprenticeship in his year out.
Plantforce COO Samuel Mercer talks to Peter Haddock about its safety focused digital journey, backed by partnerships, people, training, technology and much more....
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.
Peter Haddock gets the key to a Plantforce Rentals Kobelco excavator, as an expert trainer and friend, Gavin Elson of Elson Training & Consultancy, talks him through how to operate the machine for the first time.
Peter Haddock talks to MachineMax customer success manager, Juliet Ransom at LP Training, where the business is working with leading plant hirer, Plantforce Rentals to set up a Connected Worksite demonstration.
Introducing the Plantforce 'Connected Worksite' beaming LIVE into the Futureworx 2022 event, with MachineMax providing 'Real-Time' equipment operating data from Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. excavators, a Caterpillar Inc. dozer and a Rokbak ADT.
Peter Haddock interviews Blue Dot Construction MD, Richard Dors about how the business is collaborating with Plantforce Rentals to deliver a major warehouse project, using Leica Geosystems 3D machine control and surveying equipment.
Peter Haddock interviews Ted Powell a 21 year old uni student who went from sweeping the yard to a 'Fast Track' Plantforce Rentals apprenticeship in his year out.