Ainscough uses Liebherr crane to assemble wind turbine - PHOTO
Posted: 08 July 2008Ainscough used a 500t Liebherr LTM1500 mobile crane to enable Ecotricity to assemble Somerset’s first wind turbine at Shooters Bottom.
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Barratt unloads £70m Glasgow development to Capella
Posted: 07 July 2008Barratt Developments has offloaded a £70m Glasgow development to a newly-formed company headed by a Wilson Bowden director.
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Construction Plant-hire Association campaigns against DPFs
Posted: 07 July 2008The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has stepped up its campaign against the requirement to fit diesel particulate filters.
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Plant theft to appear on special TV episode of 'Police Camera Action'
Posted: 07 July 2008Plant theft is coming to television with a special episode of Police Camera Action next Monday (14 July) at 9pm on ITV1.
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Battersea crane collapse: HSE final report expected in September
Posted: 04 July 2008A final Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report on the causes behind the Battersea crane collapse is expected in September.
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Dartford Crossing toll should be scrapped, says FTA
Posted: 04 July 2008The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is dismayed that the toll on the M25 Dartford Crossing is to be increased.
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Effective security strategy stops plant thieves
Posted: 04 July 2008An effective security strategy is essential if you want to keep the thieves at bay.
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Ringway's approaches to stopping plant theft
Posted: 04 July 2008Stopping plant theft doesn't have to be rocket science, as Ringway found out to their benefit.
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Assessing the latest locks, bolts and immobilisers for plant
Posted: 04 July 2008We look at some of the products available on the market to stop thieves making off with your kit.
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A-Plant's A-Trak: an 'eye in the sky' for hire customers
Posted: 04 July 2008A-Plant believes beating plant theft is not just about stopping machines going missing and minimising insurance; it is about improving service too.
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Measures to take to protect plant machinery
Posted: 04 July 2008Criminals see plant theft as a low risk/high profit business, with security virtually non-existent on many plant items - but there are several measures you can take to help protect your machinery.
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Interview with the National Plant Intelligent Unit's Ian Elliott
Posted: 04 July 2008Colin Sowman talks to Detective Constable Ian Elliott of the Metropolitan Police about the recently formed National Plant Intelligence unit.
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Criminals looking to sophisticated methods to steal plant
Posted: 04 July 2008 Plant theft now is about where car crime was in the early '90s," according to Detective Constable Ian Elliott from the Met police stolen vehicle squad and...
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Marking makes plant easier to trace
Posted: 04 July 2008Recovering a machine won't help the owner if the police can't find out who it belongs to.
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Location and tracking systems offer efficiency as well as security
Posted: 04 July 2008Location and tracking systems offer more potential, more functionality and more variety than any other products in the field of plant security.
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New guidance on lifting with excavators
Posted: 02 July 2008New guidance on Lifting Operations in Construction When Using Excavators has been published.
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Rethink on CPCS testing spaces
Posted: 02 July 2008Proposed space requirements could preclude training providers from becoming test centres.
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Hyundai invests £165m in South Korean facilities
Posted: 02 July 2008Hyundai has announced a £165m expansion plan for its production facilities in South Korea.
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Shanco saves piles of time with Multibreaker
Posted: 02 July 20082t Piletec cuts out the need to switch between breakers.
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Digger driver jailed for manslaughter
Posted: 30 June 2008Digger driver Michael Ernest Roys of Doncaster has been sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
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