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Plant: Mixing session

26 January 2012

Cleaning up a development site with an unusual wartime legacy has involved some heavy duty specialist equipment, as Margo Cole reports.

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Crossrail tunnels: Delivery driver

26 January 2012 | By

Crossrail’s first tunnel boring machine, is now being built on site ready to start work in March. Claire Symes reports from west London.

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The Shard: A view from the top

16-Dec-2011 | By

London’s latest iconic landmark, the Shard, set another new record in September, as the UK’s highest crane was raised into place. When fully extended the crane will sit a whopping 317m above ground level — and 7m taller than the Shard’s eventual highest point.

News from NCE magazine

Speedy starts nuclear crane components contract

26 January 2012 | By NCE Editorial

Speedy’s £2M, three year deal to supply crane components to Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) sites went live at the start of this month.

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Eco friendly site huts launched

26 January 2012 | By NCE Editorial

Specialist supplier Garic has launched what it claims to be the “greenest” site hut on the market. The Eco Armadillo unit is powered by solar PV cells backed up by a bespoke 12V generator.

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Plant demo days are poised for 2012 repeat

26 January 2012 | By NCE Editorial

The Construction Equipment Technology Alliance (CETA) has announced that it will be holding a second event on 3 and 4 October 2012 following the success of its inaugural demonstration days at Uttoxeter in June 2011.

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JCB wins order for 500 small excavators

17 February 2011 | By NCE Editorial

JCB has landed an order for 505 compact excavators from builders’ merchant Travis Perkins. The order is for 371 JCB 8014 mini excavators and 134 micro excavators.

More Plant news

JCB chief predicts growth in UK market this year

6-Feb-2012 | By

JCB chief executive Alan Blake has predicted more growth for the UK-based construction equipment manufacturer over the next 12 months following a successful year in 2011.

Pile guide first for Brazilian offshore project

1-Feb-2012

Installation of piles for the Waimea offshore oil and gas development in Brazil’s Campos Basin has become the first to use a new underwater pile stabiliser to improve the piling operation.

Record-breaking piles for Macau crossing completed

18-Jan-2012 | By NCE Editorial

The last of 120 record-breaking 22m diameter steel piles has been driven on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge in front of an audience of 200 people.

JCB announces new UK engine facility

8-Dec-2011 | By

JCB has announced a £31M investment in engine development that will create around 350 jobs in the UK.

Network Rail orders 'revolutionary' line electrification train

5-Dec-2011 | By NCE Editorial

Network Rail has ordered a new £35M, 23-vehicle train that it said will “revolutionise” electrification of routes.

Tarmac trials hydrogen powered vehicles

15-Nov-2011 | By NCE Editorial

Quarrying and aggregates company Tarmac has begun trialling hydrogen powered vehicles at its Cavenham site in Suffolk, to test their performance against petrol and electric vehicles.

Concrete wash water risks could be underestimated, expert says

2-Nov-2011 | By NCE Editorial

The classification system used in new Environment Agency guidance on concrete wash water could lead to environmental risks being underestimated, supplier Siltbuster managing director Richard Coulton has said.

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