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Henry Construction crashes into administration

Construction Enquirer

Henry Construction Projects has gone into administration leaving hundreds of suppliers and subcontractors out of pocket. The Enquirer has been told that plant and machinery has also disappeared from many sites in the last fortnight. I’m furious.” Many were running months late as payment disputes slowed progress on projects.

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Wirtgen: Leading industry together

Roads Online

Wirtgen machinery benefits from European ingenuity, along with a design that’s perfectly suited to Australian conditions. This relationship goes far beyond just machinery. Brett Ferris, Product Support Manager – Wirtgen says his earliest memories of working with SPA extend back to 2011. Images: Wirtgen.

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Earth Moving Machinery Purchasing Trends Revealed in Heavy Equipment Whitepaper

AEC Business

Construction owners are buying new equipment over used. In a new heavy equipment whitepaper released by Purchasing.com, survey results revealed that there was a 31% increase in requests for new equipment from 2011 to 2012; likewise, there was a 5% decrease in requests for used equipment in 2013 to 2014.

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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

ENR Construction

Construction Methods. Construction Technology. Construction Schools. A flood of machinery has made its way to auction in recent years as job-hungry contractors thinned out fleets to save money and generate revenue. in 2011, according to the Associated Equipment Manufacturers, a Milwaukee-based industry trade group.

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TRT’s quality transport solutions

Roads Online

TRT offers an extensive lineup of trailers, including platforms, rows of eight, axle wideners, deck wideners, quads, dolly’s, house trailers, forklift trailers, crane trailers, and construction tippers. They’re very specialised in the way that we construct them. They’re incredibly lightweight,” he says. “In

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Do You Need A Licence To Operate An Excavator?

CCR Magazine

Excavators are typically used for construction projects, like mining, digging trenches, or demolition. An excavator looks similar to a small digger, and you will normally find them on construction sites where the ground needs to be dug for levelling or to lay property foundations. Do You Need A Licence To Operate An Excavator?

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Euro Auctions – 4 UK sales in 7 weeks with a £134 million hammer

Plant & Civil Engineer

In all over 17,000 pieces of heavy plant and construction machinery went under the hammer with a sale total of £134 million, with an inventory that included over 2,500 excavators. Bidding well at this sale were buyers from the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and South America.