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New plan places London demolition contractors on notice. Demolition should be actively discouraged to help reduce carbon emissions in the nation’s capital. That is just one of the recommendations of a new report from the London Assembly entitled Retrofit vs Rebuild – Reducing Carbon in the Built Environment. This report looks at the new approach...Read moreRead more

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In today’s show: Komatsu’s autonomous mine truck is a glimpse of the future; XCMG delivers in Turkey; Caterpillar gets to grips with trees; and Montabert embraces telematics for greater attachment management. PLUS can you guess the identity of our Mystery Machine? Join us LIVE for your daily fix of news, views, video and comment from...Read moreRead more

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In today’s show: The Allu Transformer bucket – Is it Hot or is it Not? Ringing the changes with Bell; a demolition project like you have never seen; a JCB customer prepares for take-off; and Bobcat’s big plans for Intermat 2024. PLUS can you guess the identity of our Mystery Machine? Join us LIVE for...Read moreRead more

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In this week’s episode: In what was an awful week for the UK demolition industry: Wooldridge goes to the wall; Blucon is gone; demolition could be actively discouraged in London; and a court upholds the disqualification of a demolition director.

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In today’s show: The Bridge Busters strike again; the Equipter – Is it Hot or is it Not? Bobcat is feeling chipper; Montabert warms up for Intermat 2024; and JCB – Something tiny this way comes Join us LIVE for your daily fix of news, views, video and comment from the world of demolition and...Read moreRead more

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In today’s show: We’ll show you what we got up to at JCB’s World Headquarters; we’re going Down Under with a massive Liebherr excavator; we’re in South Africa to take a look behind the scenes at the Bell Heavy Industries factory; and JCB breathes new life into its most iconic product. PLUS we will see...Read moreRead more

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Court hears of “woeful” safety standard. A worker was crushed to death beneath a falling ceiling at a building site where health and safety measures were described as ‘woeful’. Oleksander Rudyy was killed at the scene in Vittoria Street, Hockley on May 8 in 2019. The 49-year-old, known as ‘Sasha’, was not a ‘builder by...Read moreRead more

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In today’s show: The latest midi excavators from Yanmar – Are they Hot or Not? A big Komatsu dozer scales the Alps; Allu is a star of the small screen; and Caterpillar brings the digital to Intermat. PLUS we’re moving mountains with an old school O&K face shovel. Join us LIVE for your daily fix...Read moreRead more

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A company has been fined £450,000 and the firm’s director has received a suspended prison sentence after a labourer was crushed to death at a site in the Midlands in 2019. Simon Briggs, principal director of Stonehurst Estates Ltd, was sentenced to 23 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, for a health and safety offence...Read moreRead more

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In today’s show: The new JCB 25Z-1 mini excavator – Is it Hot or Not? Caterpillar UHD excavator against the clock; we have a glimpse of the latest rotating telehandler from Manitou; and we’re meeting the man responsible for the return of Intermat. PLUS We are entering the realm of Trackzilla. Join us LIVE for...Read moreRead more

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