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Construction exeuctives allegedly bought confidential information from Highways Department officials
President of Italian rental company E-MAC, Roberto Nicoletti, presented rental seminars to over 80 of the company’s largest clients to explain the role that rental can play during the economic downturn.
Funds include € 500 million from the EU stimulus package for projects that can start soon.
The HS400/V12 is a new mini crawler crane developed jointly by Hinowa and Penny Hydraulics in the UK
Following its 2008 announcement and termination of the acquisition of Fantuzzi and Noell, Terex has announced that the acquisition is again to go ahead
Sennebogen in Germany is launching a 90 tonne capacity lattice boom crawler crane
But IHS Global Insight sees growth in infrastructure sector and Asian markets.
United Rentals’ chief executive officer Michael Kneeland said the slowdown in the company’s North American markets that began in the final quarter of 2008 had continued into the first three months of this year, and that the bottom of the recession had yet to be reached.
Following the August 2008 acquisition of Moxy by Doosan Infracore, the Norwegian ADT manufacturer has undergone an “extremely successful reorganisation” according to John Potter, chief of manufacturing.
Beyond the legislative timetable, new models and concepts are shaping the hauling industry. Steve Skinner reports on developments within the sector and how flexibility in all its forms is influencing the future.
The Bechtel, Halcrow and Systra consortium has been chosen as project delivery partner for London's Crossrail project. According to Crossrail the UK£ 400 million (€ 439 million) contract brings the creation of thousands of jobs in the UK capital another step closer.
Manitou said it was pursuing negotiations with its bankers and also those of US subsidiary Gehl following breaches in banking covenants. The company said there was a possibility that Gehl would seek bankruptcy protection under US Chapter 11 laws.
The final deck section of the 1.02 km Stonecutters Bridge's central span is being welded into place after being lifted into position last week.
A study by the Chalmers University of Technology has provided validation of Husqvarna's claims for its ergonomic design effort in its hand tool design
US equipment supplier Metabo Corporation has introduced a new demolition hammer in the shape of the 12 kg (26.5 lb) MHE 96 SDS-Max
Wacker's new 115 V electric-hydraulic concrete reinforcement steel (rebar) cutters are available in professional and economy versions
There may be a continuing effort in the industry to make ever-greater use of machine-mounted attachments, but there will always be some situations where only hand carried tools will do the job. D&Ri reports on some of the latest power tools to come onto the market
A possible explosive conclusion to an industrial blowdown in the UK required careful project management and site preparation. The Prill Tower implosion required just 13 kg of explosives and fell in less than 10 seconds
H Cope & Sons is currently using one of the newest high reach excavators in the UK during the demolition of 6,000 square meters of cold stores and fish houses at the port
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