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Can’t see the wood…?
Client: ‘millimetre’, Bristol University The skills of ‘millimetre’ have been put to use as they collaborated with renowned artist ‘Katie Paterson’ for this 7 tonne monster in Larch and well… about every timber species known to man!! Over 50,000 samples from collections obtained from across the entire planet have been painstakingly installed in the atmospheric…
At the sharp end…
Client: Mackley Construction – Bridge at Swan Lane, London An recently constructed, ambitious and striking looking stairwell with commanding views of Thames and the iconic ‘Shard’ beyond had just one problem… it didn’t quite marry up with the footway above. We and the team at Mackleys worked up a plan to get the materials and…
Client: RK Civils – Road deck repairs, Liberty Bridge Rd, E20 1AS
A regular client, RK Civil Engineers, has finished their road deck & reinstatement works at Liberty Bridge, adjacent to the Stratford International Rail Station & railway line. In order to keep costs under control we sent a low loader and our capable of carrying the 11 tonne excavator, 8 tonne excavator and 6 tonne dumper….
Client: Modular Air Systems – Robin Hood School, Sutton
MAS had been badly let down by another supplier and contacted roadplatehire looking for a solution to spread the load of an 80 tonne Baldwins crane over a pavement. Room on site was at a premium as Traffic Management/Road Closures had been organised and the works installing a large set of modular classrooms was scheduled…
Recruitment Drive – We’re hiring!
Hire desk operations for busy and expanding national & regional non-mechanical plant hire fleet. Duties include: On-hire & off-hires by telephone, email and trade counter Pre & post-hire inspections Stock taking & forecasting Liaison with Transport counterpart and drivers for deliveries & collections Liaison with workshop and service personnel Involvement in marketing & brand building…
On your bike…
As part of our ongoing commitment to developing our staff we’ve recently completed another section of road safety training. It was a bit of a surprise for a few of our drivers to find themselves on their ‘Cycling Proficiency Test’, just one part of the FORS compliant SAFE URBAN DRIVING SCHEME ‘SUDS’ we’ve now successfully…
Smile :-)
With Christmas Eve 2015 being a Thursday, it gave us the rare opportunity to get most of the drivers and vehicles in the same place at the same time. The fleet was assembled and we set sail for Hickstead Showground that had just about enough room to get us all in. It would be fair…
Lift me up…
Quick turnarounds on servicing and repairs to our busy fleet is vital. So when the service team need new equipment, they get it. This month’s addition was a new set of HD truck lifts. their cordless operation & powerful hoist function make them a key piece of kit for the workshops.
Client: Weald & Downland Museum – John Smiths timber yard crane
If you go down to the woods today… Last Autumn we went up into the Downs behind the Singleton open air museum to dismantle a 150 year old timber framed crane. And we’ve been looking forward to putting it back up ever since! Over the winter the old rotten timber sections were carefully removed from…