11/03/2025 | Productivity
How do you build a road Episode 8 The Big Bridge and a lot of soft rockFor our next episode, Peter Haddock is joined again by Mark Sabbato Construction Manager for Kier Transportation on the National Highways A417 Missing Link road project.
Continue reading24/02/2025 | Environmental
Perkins Engines lights a spark for a Hydrogen and Alternative fuel futureProjecProject Coeus is a partnership between Perkins Engines, Loughborough University and Equipmake, a UK-based engineering specialist focused on the electrification of products.
Continue reading21/02/2025 | Environmental
How do you build a road Episode 7 Looking after the Wildlife and EnvironmentOn 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.
Continue reading17/02/2025 | People-Skills
Without a pipeline of surveyor talent how will projects be builtThat’s the message from John Fraser of Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon, when Peter Haddock talked to him underground at the Cornish Metals Inc. South Crofty Mine as part of our Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter (CSM) mini series.
Continue reading11/02/2025 | People-Skills
Why students choose the Camborne School of MinesOur graduates have great earning opportunities, multiple job offers and can travel the world… so apply now”, says Associate Professor, Matthew Eyre of the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter.
Continue reading10/02/2025 | Productivity
RMG Groundworks surveyor Alex Miles on digitalising construction“Once we’re ready to bring an AGTEK site model to life, we install it on our surveying equipment like our Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon ICG70 GPS rover and ICR80 robotic total station, as well as on the excavators that use the MC1 machine control solution, explained surveyor Alex Miles of RMG Groundworks Ltd when Peter Haddock met him onsite.
Continue reading24/01/2025 | Productivity
Keeping electric machines moving with the Rental GroupPeter Haddock visited its state-of-the-art electric machine workshop facility in Norway, where it looks after all of its growing electric fleet with specialist engineers and equipment
Continue reading23/01/2025 | Productivity
Operator Scooby talks about the benefits of 3D Machine ControlIn a recent visit to a site in Wales, Peter Haddock caught up again with operator Scooby, who he first met three years ago on a site with RMG Groundworks where he was using Leica Geosystems 3D Machine Control.
Continue reading13/01/2025 | Productivity
Develon Europe dozer expert on the DD130 7 with Leica Geosystems machine controlProduct specialist STEPHANE DIEU spoke to Peter Haddock about the DD130-7 Dozer and the importance of its new 3D machine control partnership at its recent press event.
Continue reading10/01/2025 | People-Skills
Flannery Plant Hire on the benefits of Eco operator trainingAndy 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.
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