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VIDEO: Excavation revelation
A Tesmec ‘Rock Hawg’ mechanical rock excavator made short work of digging a new haul road ramp at Lafarge’s Whitwell quarry i ...more
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FIEC predicts –5,2% fall in EU construction
House building and privately funded non-residential construction to bear the brunt of the decline, with growth in civil engin ...more
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Strabag secures record order
Austrian contractor leads PPP consortium on € 1,6 billion motorway project in Poland. ...more
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Court cuts German cement cartel fines
Fines almost halved as problems are found with Cartel Office's assumptions. ...more
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Surprise opportunities
Large mature countries are more attractive construction markets than fast-growing emerging economies, according to new study. ...more
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Italcementi abandons Ciments Français takeover
CEO blames US bondholders and their “unjustifiable claims.” ...more
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Junjin launches new truck-mount
Korean access equipment manufacturer, JunjinCSM has introduced a 36m working height, truck-mounted aerial work platform, call ...more
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Access Link teams up with PartnerLift
Access Link, a group of independent access rental companies from the UK and Ireland, has extended its depot network into main ...more
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German rentals growing for Alimak Hek
The German rental market for Alimak Hek's mast climbing equipment is growing against a backdrop of construction downturn in t ...more
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Positive vibe at Vertikal Days
If it is true that the sun shines upon the righteous, then the UK access industry must have been positively virtuous to deser ...more
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Blade buys 70 m Wumag
UK rental company, Blade Access took delivery of its 12th truck mounted platform at the Vertikal Days exhibition last week: a ...more
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Nifty lets developments speak for themselves
UK manufacturer Niftylift chose the Vertikal Days exhibition to casually unveil five new developments. At the sun-soaked exh ...more
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Liebherr lifting Experience
Ten Liebherr 130 EC-B 6 flat top tower cranes are helping to build Abu Dhabi's Ferrari Experience project ...more
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Q-Plant US$4 million Kobelco investment
UK-based crawler crane rental specialist Q-Plant Hire has invested some £2.5 million (US$ 4 million) in six Kobelco cranes. T ...more
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World Crane and Transport Summit update
Mammoet CEO Roderik van Seumeren is the latest top industry figure to agree to speak at the World Crane and Transport Summit ...more
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SC&RA submits letter to NYT regarding tower crane database proposal
The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association submitted a letter to the editor of the New York Times in the US in response t ...more
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Cargotec re-brand and merger
Cargotec will launch a new look aimed at strengthening the group and its Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor divisions ...more
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Expansion at Link-Belt
Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company will break ground within weeks on a new assembly bay at its world headquarters and m ...more
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Sandvik screen
Sandvik Mining and Construction is to launch a new screen in September this year. ...more
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Quick Coupler Clarification
There is still some confusion concerning the use of semi-automatic quick couplers across Europe. To help clarify the situatio ...more
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Demolition Summit website goes live
The website for the Demolition Summit in Amsterdam on 5 - 6 November is now online ...more
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Rusch 34 m gets DNV certification
Det Norske Veritas approved certification of the Rusch 34 m modified Cat 5130 ...more
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TV channel seeks demolition challenges
TV channel National Geographic is looking for unusual, challenging or technically innovative demolition/deconstruction projec ...more
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Doosan adds high reach
Doosan has added to its range of high reach demolition rigs with the launch of the 44 tonne DX340 LC demolition specified exc ...more
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Aggreko wins 100 MW Saudia Arabia power contract
Aggreko has won a contract to supply 100 MW of power to the Saudi Electric Company (SEC) to help overcome seasonal power shor ...more
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Lavendon "resilient" despite weak markets
Revenues at the Lavendon Group fell 13% of a constant currency basis for the first five months of the year, with the UK, Belg ...more
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Abu Dhabi rental company takes delivery of 60 new compressors
Aldar Laing O’Rourke Plant, a new rental division created by the Aldar-Laigh O’Rourke Joint Venture, has taken delivery of 60 ...more
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GAP extends contract with Scottish Water
GAP Group in the UK has won a three year extension to its current Scottish Water rental contract that was due to expire in No ...more
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Power rentals on the up in southern Africa
The power rental market in sub-Saharan Africa is forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of 9.5% to 2014, according to a r ...more
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Have your say in the first ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey
International Rental News (IRN) and the European Rental Association (ERA) have jointly launched the European ERA/IRN RentalTr ...more
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