Lighting tower leap for Atlas Copco 15 Feb: Atlas Copco has introduced its first-ever battery-powered LED light tower.
Travelodge digger rampage: police make arrest 14 Feb: Merseyside Police have arrested a man in connection with damage caused to a new Travelodge hotel in Liverpool last month.
Mecalac removes steering column from road rollers 14 Feb: Mecalac has developed a new series of tandem vibrating compaction rollers that are steered by joystick rather than wheel.
Cat adds attachment tracking 14 Feb: Caterpillar has introduced a tracking device for digger attachments.
Bobcat dealer changes in Yorkshire 14 Feb: Bobcat has appointed Grays Machinery, based in Bedale, as its new dealer for North and West Yorkshire.
Fleet transport investment for Murphy 13 Feb: J Murphy & Sons has bought 11 new trucks to support the transportation of its plant equipment to construction sites around the country.
Taylor's battery pack 12 Feb: Taylor Construction Plant (TCP) has developed a portable battery pack as a zero-emissions alternative to the traditional diesel-powered construction site generator
Lift fatality lands scaffold firm with £60k fine 8 Feb: Nearly seven years after 37-year-old Andrew Bowes was killed by dropped metalwork, the companies responsible have been handed fines.
Forestry Commission awards plant and maintenance contracts 7 Feb: The Forestry Commission has awarded a series of medium-term contracts for plant hire, crushing, screening and maintenance of its network of roads in Scotland.
JCB swerves biggest event of the year 7 Feb: Bauma is without doubt the most important date in the construction machinery industry’s calendar, but this year – Brexit year – JCB is giving it a miss.
Engcon introduces super-sized quick hitch 7 Feb: Tiltrotator manufacturer Engcon is bringing out its largest automatic hydraulic connector to date.
Volvo rigid hauler gets to work 7 Feb: A Devon quarry has taken delivery of the first Volvo rigid hauler to be sold in the UK.
Scottish plant specialist expands use of Trimble machine control 6 Feb: JKR Contractors is now Scotland’s largest operator of Trimble machine-controlled plant and credits the technology with helping the business expand and attract talent.
Allenbuild fined £600k after site worker run over 5 Feb: A construction company has been fined £600,000 after site worker was run over and killed by a dumper truck.
Plant fraudster ordered to repay £1m or stay in jail 4 Feb: A Leicestershire plant machinery salesman who was jailed for tax fraud has been ordered to repay nearly £1 million or face a further seven years behind bars.
Central Crane adds five-axle Liebherr 1 Feb: Hull-based Central Crane Hire has added a 200-tonne class Liebherr LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane to its hire fleet.
Nixon buys Elliott’s Loohire business 1 Feb: Nixon Hire has taken over Loohire, the portable toilet business of modular building specialist Elliott.
Volvo sees 27% rise in construction sales 31 Jan: Volvo Construction Equipment has reported its strongest year ever, with sales up by 27% to SEK84.2bn (£7.1bn).
Foundations go in for west London tower blocks 30 Jan: Central Piling is putting in foundations for the tallest residential building in West London.
Caterpillar sales grow 20% 29 Jan: Caterpillar’s sales and revenues grew 20% in 2018 to US$54.7bn (£43.2bn), the company has reported.
