11.05.2006

Big booms for Nationwide

Nationwide taken delivery the first units in a new order for large booms, the order comprises three Genie S85s, ten Z80/60s and four Z135s. Nationwide business director David Roebuck, said that the investment reflects a growing demand for high-reach boom lifts in the building maintenance and industrial sectors”.

“This market is being driven by a number of factors, not least being a trend towards taller buildings. For example the new Beetham Tower in Manchester and a 135-foot high warehouse built for Screwfix in Stoke-on-Trent”.
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A Genie Z135/70, part of the £1.3 million big boom order

“The new Work at Height Regulations have brought about a radical re-think in access solutions for all client groups. But the great thing for many people is that the safer option of powered access can also be more cost effective. Bringing in a diesel boom on short-term hire is a far better deal than erecting and then dismantling scaffolding” he concludes.