PRODUCT LAUNCH: ELECTRIC JCB: A significant launch of compact electric machines.
NEW PRODUCT: HYUNDAI HX380A: The first to be sold in Europe has gone to Aberdeen-based Barr Demolition.
NEW TECHNOLOGY: DUST REMOVAL: Report on a newly introduced technique for challenging UK sites.
FLEET FOCUS: CR CIVILS: Three new Liebherr Compact ducks have just joined this extensive fleet.
SITE VISIT: KOBELCO SK500-10: Big Kobelco has been put straight to work on Maybole bypass bulk earthworks.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: HYUNDAI HX220A: Owner-operator Mervyn Vaughan’s brand new 21-tonne class excavator
SITE VISIT: PURBECK QUARRY: Long-term user of 3CX backhoes now runs an equal-wheel 4CX model.
INTERVIEW: MARK LAWTON: Skanska head of engineering and Highways England community rep.
MARKET REVIEW: TYRES & TRACKS: The latest developments in tyres and rubber tracks for construction machinery.
EURO FOCUS: BOMAG BC473 RB-4: Latest landfill compactor run by the Czech company Ekoso Trhovy Stepánov.
FLEET FOCUS: KLONDYKE DEVELOPMENTS: Two excavator operators talk about their experiences with Doosan machines.
SITE VISIT: SQUIBB DEMO: Fleet of 11 demo-spec LiuGongs at work on a high-profile London site.
FLEET FOCUS: WILLIAMS PLANT: Owner-operator Rob Williams’ fl eet developments over the past five years.
EXTREME MACHINES: HITACHI EX1200-6: Walters Group’s new 100-plus-tonne excavator takes on quarry duty.
CRUSHING: RUBBLEMASTER V550GO! Latest solution to the issue of making saleable product from 6mm pebbles.
CLASSIC MACHINERY: CAPTAIN MINE: The massive earthmoving machines that once worked at this mine.
PLANTMOBILIA: KOMATSU MODELS: The latest 1:50-scale Komatsu models recently released by NZG, Universal Hobbies and First Gear.