Houston crane collapse - PHOTO
Posted: 23 July 2008A 100m mobile crane collapsed during construction work at an oil refinery in Houston, US, last week, killing four workers and injuring seven others.
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Crane firms warned of work on soft ground
Posted: 23 July 2008Crane companies are being warned about the dangers of soft ground after a mobile crane overturned in the Wirral.
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Aqua Fortis offers non-entry service for cleaning concrete mixer drums
Posted: 23 July 2008Hydro-demolition and water-jetting specialist Aqua Fortis is offering non-entry service for cleaning concrete mixer drums.
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Quarrying and aggregates hit hard by the credit crunch
Posted: 23 July 2008The quarrying and aggregates sector is being hit hard by rising costs, planning difficulties and slow order books.
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Report on the extraction of Portland stone
Posted: 23 July 2008The distinctive island of Portland is home to one of the most well-known materials in the UK. James Stagg went to the peninsula to see the cutting-edge extraction of 150 million-year-old stone.
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Protesters chain themselves to crane
Posted: 22 July 2008Protesters have chained themselved to a mobile crane at a construction site in Newhaven, Sussex, where waste company Veolia is building a £146m incinerator.
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CECA advises members to up day-work rates
Posted: 22 July 2008The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has advised members to add 20% to its published day-works rates
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EIC defends stance on particulate filters
Posted: 22 July 2008Trade body reacts to CPA's campaign against fitting DPFs.
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Moxy revamps smaller ADTs
Posted: 21 July 2008Moxy has introduced Series lll versions of its MT26 and MT31 ADTs, with increased payloads and oil-immersed disc brakes all round.
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Plant news in brief - 23 July 2008
Posted: 21 July 2008UK Forks' parent company Vp has acquired the tools and telehandler fleet of UCS Plant, part of the Rand Group, for £0.9m. It...
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United Crane Operators' Association urges restrictions on luffing elevation
Posted: 21 July 2008Move would improve stability at minimum radius.
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Fuel duty rise scrapped
Posted: 16 July 2008Chancellor Alistair Darling has scrapped the duty increases on rebated oils, diesel and petrol due to take effect on 1 October.
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HSBC finance offers Cesar registration
Posted: 16 July 2008Construction businesses funding plant equipment worth more than £50,000 through HSBC Equipment Finance will now qualify for two free Cesar registrations...
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Zeus unveils three-part tyre filling product
Posted: 16 July 2008Anti-puncture tyre filling specialist Zeus has unveiled a new product called Triofill, which has a smaller environmental footprint that its two-part offering,...
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Komatsu labels to beat counterfeiters
Posted: 16 July 2008Komatsu is changing the labelling of its spare parts in order to combat an increase in counterfeit parts coming from countries like China.
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Plant more likely to be stolen than cars
Posted: 16 July 2008But Cesar-marking is proving effective in vehicle recovery.
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JCB job cuts could hit 700
Posted: 15 July 2008Job cuts at JCB are worse than initially feared, with up to an eighth of the workforce now facing redundancy.
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Speedy reports 36% Q1 increase in revenue
Posted: 15 July 2008Speedy Hire will report a 36% rise in first quarter (April - June 2008) revenue at its Annual General Meeting to be held this morning (Tuesday).
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JCB announces 500 job losses
Posted: 14 July 2008JCB is cutting around 500 jobs in response to a rapid decline in orders, which has resulted in a 20% reduction in its forecast production schedule for the remainder of this year.
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Fuel rise prompts CECA to raise day rates
Posted: 14 July 2008The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has advised members to add 20% to its published Dayworks Rates because of the rise price of fuel oil (red diesel) .
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