Ainscough 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 Developments has offloaded a £70m Glasgow development to a newly-formed company headed by a Wilson Bowden director.
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The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has stepped up its campaign against the requirement to fit diesel particulate filters.
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Plant 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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A final Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report on the causes behind the Battersea crane collapse is expected in September.
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is dismayed that the toll on the M25 Dartford Crossing is to be increased.
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An effective security strategy is essential if you want to keep the thieves at bay.
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Stopping plant theft doesn't have to be rocket science, as Ringway found out to their benefit.
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We look at some of the products available on the market to stop thieves making off with your kit.
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A-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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Criminals 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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Colin Sowman talks to Detective Constable Ian Elliott of the Metropolitan Police about the recently formed National Plant Intelligence unit.
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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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Recovering 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 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 Operations in Construction When Using Excavators has been published.
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Proposed space requirements could preclude training providers from becoming test centres.
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Hyundai has announced a £165m expansion plan for its production facilities in South Korea.
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2t Piletec cuts out the need to switch between breakers.
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Digger driver Michael Ernest Roys of Doncaster has been sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
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