http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Latest Construction equipment and contract newsenConstruction News PortalConstruction News Portalhttp://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7227.htmlFri, 3 Sep 2010 10:04:47 GMTISG has commenced work on a GBP2.3 million modernisation project with the University of Leeds at the Parkinson Building, the iconic city landmark whose tower features on the institution's logo. The contractor will strip out and install modern mechanica [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7223.htmlFri, 3 Sep 2010 10:02:50 GMTQuartix reports that more than 50 per cent of its overall sales are now derived from its high-specification pay-as-you-go vehicle tracking product. The company attributes the product's success to fleet managers' nervousness over the future viabili [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7255.htmlWed, 1 Sep 2010 11:21:56 GMTWhen a company goes under it can have serious repercussions for its suppliers and all the affiliated businesses. Whilst the construction industry is not alone in experiencing the grim reality of insolvency, in today's economic climate cash flow is de [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7271.htmlWed, 1 Sep 2010 11:20:13 GMTRitchie Bros. Auctioneers will sell a 2004 SBM STE160x130 closed circuit jaw/impact crushing plant along with hundreds of other equipment items and trucks during a three-day unreserved equipment auction in Dubai, UAE from September 27 29, 2010. Th [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7251.htmlTue, 31 Aug 2010 12:41:26 GMTCaterpillar's new TH514 Telehandler is ideal for general construction and industrial markets, as well as specialty markets including power plants and wind farm applications. The Cat TH514 telehandler is a robust and versatile machine with a load ca [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7240.htmlMon, 30 Aug 2010 19:45:12 GMTRedland has announced it has recently achieved certification to ISO 14001 for its Environmental Management System in all of its seven UK manufacturing sites. The immediate incentive to get the official certification is customer demand, as Andy Web [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7253.htmlFri, 27 Aug 2010 23:21:48 GMTDue to the restructuring of the Larry Behan Group in Ireland, Euro Auctions will hold an auction sale of industrial plant and commercial equipment on behalf of Larry Behan Quarries. Euro Auctions has been appointed to hold a disposal sale of the enti [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7254.htmlThu, 26 Aug 2010 23:24:42 GMTThe new Enterprise Lodge in Perivale, West London, replaces an existing facility on site, providing a modern, purpose built support centre for children and adults with learning disabilities in the borough. ISG Jackson has commenced work on the GBP1 mil [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7245.htmlThu, 26 Aug 2010 20:00:03 GMTIn 2008, the Government introduced front garden legislation that requires planning permission to lay traditional impermeable driveways that allow uncontrolled runoff of rainwater from front gardens onto roads. However, householders will not require p [...more]http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/Construction_article7252.htmlWed, 25 Aug 2010 09:02:54 GMTMansell, Balfour Beatty's UK construction services business, has been appointed as one of three contractors to a GBP220 million four-year framework for the London Borough of Hackney and Hackney Homes' Decent Homes programme. Mansell's share of the f [...more]