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Page 3 Contractors World - UK & Ireland Vol 1 No 7

CONTENTS

4 Editorial Comment 5 Deals Done

• Bateman Groundworks keep faith in Volvo compact excavators • Civil Engineering positve as it buys 18 JCB excavators • Terex TL260 wheel loader fts the bill at waste transfer site • GGR Group helps Westield Stratord lif-of • Volvo gets another order from R J Brooks & Son Ltd • Doosan Excavators In Vital Flood Relief Contract • Ireland’s MW Hire Group Invest in Tower Lights • Volvo pavers gets the thumbs up at Breedon

9 Earthline invest in Bell wheeled loaders to increase

productvity in quarry applicaton

11 Crossrail contributes to Europe’s largest conservaton scheme 14 Groundforce makes sure excavaton is in good shape 17 AFI-Uplif launches two major constructon

site-safety initatves

20 “Don’t say I didn’t warn you!” Safety spot-checks on the rise

for the constructon sector

21 Constructon News - Economic Update

Constructon Facing Worst Decline for More Than 30 Years “Constructon Needed to Stmulate Economic Growth”

PLANT & EQUIPMENT

23 New eco-friendly Kobelco G-Series cranes for UK & Ireland 24 Latest in Cat excavators

25 More excavators from New Holland 26 Bobcat upgrades mini-excavators

27 New Cat wheel loaders and upgrade skidsteers 28 Doosan Double - a pair of ADTs 29 New 2-pass concrete highway paver 30 New transport platorms from Alimak Hek

31 Eco-friendly welfare units from Hewden Eco-28 statc welfare

unit

31 Hydraulic demoliton cuter CC 950 with a hydraulic rotaton

device

32 Secure access cover to deter thef 32 Are you ready for winter? 33 ‘STORY OF JCB’ EXHIBITION 35 PLANTWORX – the year that was 36 Companies Featured