Hyundai Construction Equipment paid a visit to Industrial Training Services, operator training site in Billericay Essex, to have a chat with Managing Director Alf Aldridge, to see how he was getting on with his latest Hyundai machine, a 14-tonne HX140LC, which has joined his training fleet! Alf and his team of eight instructors deliver CPCS and NPORS training for construction operators.
The construction industry has more than 733,000 employers and over 7 million employees. It is a top contributor to the U.S. economy, generating nearly $1.4 trillion worth of structures each year. And according to the United Nations Environment Program, buildings and their construction together account for more than 35% of global energy use and nearly 40% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions annually.
Konecranes has delivered Dubai based multinational logistics company DP World with 6 Konecranes reach stackers and 4 empty container handlers to their multipurpose terminal in Luanda, on the southwest African coast. The order was booked in May 2021 and the lift trucks were delivered in December.
Expanding its range of connected machinery, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) is now offering its Zaxis-7 excavators ranging from 10 to 50 tonnes with factory-fitted 2D and 3D machine control solutions from Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon.
Complete with its high-performance powertrain, closed-loop hydraulics and upgraded screening, the new Cat® D1 Mulcher is specially designed to optimize performance when clearing a mix of small- to medium-diameter materials. Design-matched with the rugged Cat HM518 Mulcher, the D1 Mulcher clears a 188.2 cm (72 in) wide strip on each pass, making it the right machine for right-of-way construction and maintenance, site development, tree management and firebreak clearing.
In recent years, Mini-Excavators (MEX) have developed into real Tool Carriers. This is thanks to the application of new technology and improved machine stability due to new designs and a better centre of gravity.
Certification facilitates easier system implementation and machine design in mobile hydraulic applications demanding higher levels of functional safety.
Mexican terminal operator Grupo CICE (Corporación Integral de Comercio Exterior S.A. de C.V.) has ordered an eco-efficient Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for their terminal in the Port of Veracruz on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico.
Lynch believes that the right training and familiarisation on all types of plant that the company supply is key to the company and the wider industry’s future. Ensuring that Lynch customers’ sites are safe, and personnel remains injury-free, is pivotal for everyone involved in construction projects.
Mosaics Ubasart is the first company in Spain to purchase a new Bobcat L85 compact wheel loader. Originally formed in 1950 in Moià (Barcelona) as a small manufacturer of mosaic tiles, Mosaics Ubasart today specializes in producing precast architectural concrete and glass reinforced concrete (GRC) panels.