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Following the delivery of an 80 tonne capacity Kobelco crawler crane earlier this year, UK-based Kier Plant has taken delivery of a second unit, a 70 tonne capacity Kobelco CKE700 

Christmas Greetings using a high reach demolition excavator

The ADB approves a US$ 200 million loan for major improvements to a key section of road in Jharkhand, India.

The UK construction and demolition industries could be saving over £8.2 million (US$13.6 million) each year by diverting more of the waste plasterboard they generate away from landfill and back into the production of useful materials. The introduction of a new Quality Protocol by the Waste Protocols Project - a joint Environment Agency and WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) initiative - could help the demolition industry realise some of these savings. Here joint project executives Mervyn Jones (WRAP) and Martin Brocklehurst (Environment Agency) explain how…

UK contractor Keltbray took the accolades for the 2009 Demolition Awards Contract of the Year

The ESTA 2010 awards event is coming up fast. Entries are being sought for the lifting and transport Awards of Excellence 2010

SMH, a distributor and manufacturer of lift truck replacement parts and accessories, has appointed Ed Cobb as its Midwest regional manager of business development.

Manchester based spider platform specialists Higher Access received a surprise visit from one of the UK's oldest vehicle mounted platforms.

The Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow has had help from LTECH in arranging the artworks on display.    

With low fossil fuel reserves and an increasing reliance on imported natural gas the Chilean government is expanding its hydro-electric power (HEP) generating capabilities. One of the largest projects currently under construction is the US$ 350 million, 158 MW La Confluencia. Richard High reports.

Australia's construction industry continues to decline according to AIG and HIA survey.

Spider, a division of SafeWorks LLC, recently hired two new operations managers for its Las Vegas and New York locations.

Netherlands power rental company Bredenoord has won a Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award for its range of alternative fuel generators.

US-based Bisso Marine has added the D/B Bisso 350 derrick barge to its expanding fleet

Ditch Witch introduced its latest trenching and trenchless machines at its ninth customer day held at in Barcelona, Spain. Becca Wilkins reports.

Rental specialist Owen Pugh & Company has taken delivery of the first Terex 380.3 A3 loader crane in the UK

The IDB, the JBIC and four commercial banks agree a US$ 940 million loan to finance part of São Paulo's Beltway.

Cramo in Denmark has won an extension until the end of 2017 of its rental agreement with the Herlev hospital, securing work valued at around €11 million. As part of the deal Herlev has bought 45 Cramo site hits previously rented to the hospital.

Egypt's Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has won a 50/50 joint venture water treatment pipeline contract with Hassan Allam Sons worth US$ 393 million.

Liebherr Container Cranes has delivered a Super Post Panamax container crane to the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand