Latest construction product news
Nobles Construction has beaten-off competition from 26 contractors across Europe to build the new All Saints Catholic Primary School in Bootle. The £4.7million project is set to be completed in Spring 2009 and will see the opening of one of the most environmentally compliant and technically advanced education centres in the country.
All Saints forms part of the government’s ‘Schools for the Future’ programme and will aid its commitment to reducing carbon emissions. The new green school will ... [more]
Facelift recently worked with offshore service company Oceanteam to help them survey a huge ‘A’ frame based on their multi-functional cable installation barge, the 92 metre CLB Explorer.
The barge is used for the laying of power cables on the seabed and also has a large cable burial plough on deck which is overboarded to the seabed to plough the cables to required depth for protection. The ‘A’ frame serves as the launch and recovery device for the plough.
Dave Burns, Equipment Superinte... [more]
Seymour Civil Engineering Ltd has taken delivery of two Volvo EW180C rubber ducks for its plant fleet. Although the Hartlepool based civil engineering company currently runs some Volvo B series crawler machines, the two nineteen tonne EW180C are the first Volvo wheeled excavators purchased for the fleet.
Says Fleet Manager Stephen Seymour; “We looked at the specification and tried out the performance especially with regard to the machine’s lifting capacity. This coupled to the overall packag... [more]
With a number of safety alerts already having been issued by the HSE in connection with quick hitches, and increasing concern in the construction industry, as well as with manufacturers and other organisations, it now appears certain that legislation will be tightened and new directives applied which could result in the banning of certain types of quick hitch.
The HSE's investigations have centred upon the failure, by the operator, to follow set operating procedures; more specifically the req... [more]
Compact Power recently introduced their newest model to the Boxer lineup, the 532DX mini-skid. The track-driven 532DX diesel unit is ideal for the landscaping, rental and construction markets and a wide range of other industries and applications.
Like the Boxer 526DX, the 532DX offers an integrated track system that retracts from a fully extended 43.5” (1105 mm) to a width of 35” (876 mm) and is easily controlled by a joystick on the control panel. The variable track design makes it simple fo... [more]
Caterpillar has announced the availability of the new AP300 wheel-type Asphalt Paver. The AP300 directly replaces the BB 730 Asphalt Paver. This new triple-axel wheel-type asphalt paver competes in the BB 730’s same 6000 to 8000 kg 1.7 m paving width class size. The Cat® AP300 provides a number of enhancements over the BB 730—featuring superior performance, high transfer speed, optimum maneuverability, easy transportability and job versatility to maximize productivity.
The new AP300 focuses o... [more]
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