Plant & Equipment
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T H WHITE has expanded its SANY machinery partnership further. Material handlers, reach stackers, container equipment, and heavy-duty forklifts extend the dealer’s coverage into recycling, aggregates, ports, terminals, and logistics.
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Wernick is extending RestPod accommodation into remote construction projects nationwide. The sleeper range targets site teams where travel, changing shifts, and local hotel availability create operational problems.
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Forsyth has added Scotland’s first Liebherr LTM 1300-6.4 mobile crane. The 300-tonne six-axle machine carries a 90-metre boom for renewable, infrastructure, and high-reach lifting work.
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Telehandler driver sentenced after fatal reversing incident on Cheshire site. HSE found the operator ignored an available turning circle and reversed without a banksman.
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More than sixty mobile crane cases have now been discontinued. The CPS withdrew linked proceedings after a Birmingham test trial ended with four defendants acquitted when prosecutors offered no evidence.
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Niftylift has expanded hydrogen-electric options across its powered-access platform range. Retrofit capability gives existing electric booms another route to longer site operation.
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Ainscough used twin heavy cranes to dismantle Sunderland’s telecom mast. Hidden underground chambers forced engineers to revise the planned outrigger positions and crane configuration within the confined former EE site.
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VDMA has released Revision 21 of its concrete-pump safety manual. The update restructures guidance around current European legislation, insurance requirements, technology, and operating practice across concrete delivery and placing machinery.
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Conquip opens new permanent Scottish construction equipment base in Livingston. The site adds regional stock, engineering support, temporary works capability, refurbishment, and direct delivery for contractors across civils, utilities, infrastructure, and building projects.
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European crawler excavator sales increased while median prices remained stable. Ritchie Bros recorded higher auction volumes, tighter listings, and leading UK buyer demand.