The Plantworx Innovation Award winners were announced yesterday (6th April) at a ceremony held at 10-11 Cartlon Terrace House in central London, the former home of Prime Minister William Gladstone. Hosted by CEA (Construction Equipment Association)’s chief executive, Rob Oliver, 45 guests gathered to celebrate the winners of the 2017 …

Since 1994 – Whelan Plant Sales have been the sole importer and distributor for the Republic of Ireland for the full range of Hyundai Construction Equipment. Whelan Plant Sales is using the forthcoming CQMS 17 exhibition to show and demonstrate the latest range of Hyundai construction machinery on stand number 11 in Zone 3. …

The increasing digitalisation of business processes in road construction has effected considerable changes. With ever greater frequency building contractors are confronted with complex matters such as industry 4.0, Lean Management or Building Information Modelling (BIM). It is not often completely clear, what the meaning of these current catchwords is and how important it becomes …

CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017 got underway on Tuesday with a glimpse at some of the cutting-edge technologies sure to shape the industry for years to come. Keeping with the show’s 2017 theme (“Imagine What’s Next”), attendees gathered for a demonstration of the world’s first 3D-printed excavator, known as Project AME …

The PLANTWORX Construction Machinery Exhibition returns to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicestershire, from 6 -8 June 2017. The UK’s Largest Working Construction Equipment Show, hosted by the CEA (Construction Equipment Association), will be the biggest event to date where visitors can expect to see the very latest in construction machinery and …

The 30th triennial construction machinery show scheduled at Veronafiere 22-25 February SaMoTer will be held alongside sister-events Asphaltica (road paving, safety and infrastructures show) and –for the first time – Transpotec Logitec (transport and logistics event by Fiera Milano). Verona, 15 February 2017 – More than 450 companies from 23 …

Land-based Engineering – get used to the phrase. Within the context of apprenticeships for construction plant service and maintenance engineers it is vital that you do. The CEA’s Skills Council representative Philip Burgess reports. On December 16th, the Skills Funding Agency approved for use the two Trailblazer Apprenticeship Standards on …

Speakers including from Hyperloop One, Microsoft and NASA to shed light on the future of the construction industries MILWAUKEE (February 8, 2017) – CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the largest international gathering in the Western Hemisphere for the construction industries, revealed an exciting line-up of featured speakers for its Tech Talks forum. Speakers, whose …

30th edition of SaMoTer at Veronafiere 22-25 February 2017 in conjunction with Asphaltica and Transpotec Exhibitors at the international show include Bobcat, Dieci, Faresin Industries, Magni Telescopic Handlers, Manitou and Merlo. The Italian construction machinery market: SaMoTer Observatory-Prometeia data indicate growth in exports (+0.7%) and imports (+26%) from January to …

The next BIG event in the construction show calendar is the 3rd biennial PLANTWORX Construction Machinery exhibition, which is just five-months away, and will take place at its established home at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire on 6th, 7th and 8th June 2017. Hosted by the CEA (Construction Equipment Association), …