George Brumwell, chair of CSCS and former general secretary of the UK construction union Ucatt, died suddenly today aged 66 following a short illness.
08.11.2005
Chinas largest crane and construction equipment producer, XCMC, has been sold to the Carlyle Group, a Washington DC based private equity company.
A-Plant, the UK rental division of Ashtead, has agreed a five year sole supply deal with the Birse group
07.11.2005
VP (Vibroplant) has paid up to £19.5 million for Trax Portable Access Ltd, the temporary roadway and barrier specialist.
Caterpillar has opened its first European engine remanufacturing plant in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
JLG will switch its supplier of gas powered engines from Ford to GM in January.
United Rentals has announced third quarter revenues up 15% on 2004 to $2.6 billion but saw a decline in free cash flow.
06.11.2005
Terex has announced the promotion of Colin Robertson to the position of executive vice president - operations, effective January 1, 2006.
Deutz AG has seen a significant rise in sales of its compact diesel engines to a new high of 145,000 units, in the nine months to the end of September.
03.11.2005
New construction orders rose by seven percent for both the 12 months to September 2005 and for the quarter ended September 31, compared to the same period as year earlier, according to DTI statistics.
E F Weaving Machinery of Evesham, in the UK has entered the self erecting tower crane market as the UK distributor for Cattaneo.
Franz Bracht, the German crane hirer, has purchased an 80 tonne Ormig 804AC, for use as both a crane and a tractor unit for delivering lattice jobs and counterweights to site.
Sales for the first nine months of the year at Manitowoc’s crane group, rose by almost 34% to $1.19 billion. Crane group operating income more than doubled.
King group MD Mark Carrington and FD, Vinod Thakar have bought out 3i and now own 100% of the company. They have also made a number of new appointments
02.11.2005
The popularity of Vertikal.Net continues to rise, with the second highest number of visitors on record in October at 22, 461, recording over 613, 000 hits.
Iron Mountain, the global data company, was fined £40,000 plus £7,400 costs after an employee suffered serious injuries from a 3.5 m fall from a makeshift work platform.
01.11.2005
K-Lift the fast growing crane hire company has ordered six mobile self erecting tower cranes from Spierings, the Dutch based manufacturer.
Brandon Hire of Bristol has purchased the tool hire assets of Light Hire; the Devon based access and general rental company, for £500,000.
The UK’s HSE has said that it will start to enforce the recommended erection procedures for alloy towers, agreed earlier this year with PASMA
A UK company has been fined £16,000, plus costs of £4,000, for using unsafe methods for working at height on a three storey building. No accident had occurred.
Hewden, Europe’s largest equipment rental company, has announced that it is investing £14.8 million in a new IT, broadband and intranet system to improve customer service.
31.10.2005
The Italian authorities have withdrawn two aerial work platforms made by two different manufacturers on safety grounds.
Terex has announced group sales for the nine months to the end of September, of $4.7 billion, up 31% on the same period last year. Net income was $163 million, an increase of 25%.
30.10.2005
Kobelco Cranes will launch a new upgraded version of its 250 tonne; CKE2500 designated the CKE2500-2
