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Apprenticeships continue to rise in the consciousness of the nation and are widely regarded as crucial to redressing the engineering skills gap. For many young people they are a great way into work and offer a fantastic career without the worry of a student loan and debt. More and more …

Technology is helping contractors gather data at the jobsite to make more informed decisions, improving productivity, safety and the bottom line. So which technologies are deemed some of the hottest on the jobsite now? Industry insiders point to drones, lasers and wearables, to name a few. The Association of Equipment …

Industry veteran Volvo Construction Equipment first held live demonstrations for customers in 1958. Today the company takes great pride in its ability to showcase practically the entire range of Volvo machines at the state-of-the-art Customer Center in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Located in the town where Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) began …

THE BIG 5 AND DUBAI SOUTH BUSINESS PARK LAUNCH FREE SEMINAR FOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS Dubai South, the 145 sq km urban city development emerging in the emirate of Dubai, in partnership with The Big 5, Middle East’s leading construction event, announces the launch of the “How to Do Business in …

THE current spell of gloriously hot weather saw unprecedented crowds descend on Hillhead 2018, which took place over three days last week at Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, in Derbyshire. According to the official figures, a record-breaking 19,687 unique visitors attended this year’s event, surpassing the show’s previous highest attendance …

Well-known exhibitors ramp up their trade fair presence Kaeser Kompressoren SE and Tata Hitachi make their debut India’s construction machinery market continues to grow The construction machinery market in India is booming. Infrastructure and construction projects are benefiting from long-term support thanks to reforms passed by the Indian government. These …

The Hatz GB sales and engineering teams have returned back to their Hinckley headquarters from a sunny and very busy Hillhead 2018. They displayed a variety of their advanced diesel engines including their new 3-cylinder 3H50TIC and 4-cylinder 4H50TIC engines. The 3H50TIC is a new liquid-cooled three-cylinder diesel engine available …

Caterpillar, the worldwide leading mining machinery brand, has confirmed to be the exhibitor of the 4th China International Aggregates, Quarrying Tailings & Construction Waste Disposal Exhibition (Aggregate China 2018) on August 18-20, 2018 at China Import and Export Fair Complex. Welcome to their BOOTH No. T5 to negotiate. Caterpillar is …

The week leading up to the recent Hillhead exhibition was a very busy one for the Plantworx team as was the show! The Plantworx stand, located in the Pavilion, was hot and not just because of the scorching temperatures outside, but also due to the amount of companies that visited …

Operations at a sand and aggregate plant in Oman have been boosted by the arrival of a new SDLG L958F wheel loader, part of the reliable Chinese brand’s latest F-series machines. The Naeem Dhofar Trading Company is a specialist in sand and aggregate production. Since spring 2015, it has been …