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Having enhanced its extensive fleet last year with the procurement of four new Bell Equipment B50D Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs), Kelston Sparkes Group has chosen to augment its already extensive taskforce with the addition of two further B50D machines.

One of the leading and most reputable earthmoving contractors in the UK, Kelston Sparkes has experienced impressive results from its original B50D machine consignment, with the vehicles delivering an exceptional load and haul operation within a challengi

Manchester, England-based J. O’Shea & Sons has invested in a Sandvik QE441 heavy duty scalping plant in order to increase production at its C&D recycling operation. A valued customer, the specialist bulk excavation and recycling firm has owned Sandvik, and formerly Extec, equipment for the past 15 years.

Initially established in 1959, J. O’Shea & Sons provides bulk excavation, haulage, demolition and more recently aggregate recycling for the construction industry. Currently operated by brothers John, Pa

The call for speakers for the World of Concrete Europe Exhibition & Forum has been officially made. Prospective speakers are being asked to make contributions under six defined themes:

United States-based Ash Grove Cement Company has appointed Cheng Qi as its technical center director at the firm’s headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. In his new role, Qi, who has a doctorate in civil engineering (with an emphasis on cement and concrete materials), oversees operations of the company’s technical center, a world-class laboratory for research and testing of aggregates, cement, concrete and lime. The technical center was established in the 1960s to offer customised technical service, product

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) claims its new upgraded simulator is the first globally to allow excavator, wheeled loader and articulated hauler operators to interact in the same virtual environment.

Tarmac’s Hindlow quarry near Buxton, county Derbyshire, England now boasts a 75 metre long piece of land art produced by contemporary artist Eddy Dreadnought. The shape of the giant ‘land drawings’ was inspired by the pattern of the rails, once used by ‘stone pickers’ to wheel hand wagons, filled with freshly-blasted limestone from the quarry face. These were used in Hindlow up until the 1950s.

Hanson UK’s new free online training portal aims to help merchants and their staff improve their knowledge of cement and in turn improve their customer service. The Hanson Merchant Academy aids understanding of the company’s core cement product range to ensure merchant teams sell the right product for the job.

After the recent acquisition of six companies in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar, one of the Middle East’s leading suppliers of aggregates and asphalt has chosen 3i Infotech’s flagship product, ORION ERP Suite, to consolidate its country operations. In line with its development strategy in the Middle East, the company, which specialises in road construction, deployed ORION ERP Suite to set up the business processes at the ground level.

CNH Industrial has appointed Carl Gustaf Göransson as Brand President Case Construction Equipment and New Holland Construction, together with the role of President, Construction Equipment Products Segment. He will also become a member of the Group Executive Council (GEC), which is the highest executive decision-making body within Italy-headquartered CNH Industrial outside of its Board of Directors.

Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources has granted cement giant Cemex an Honourable Mention for the 2016 National Award of Ecological Merit. The award is the country’s most important environmental recognition and was presented to Cemex for its conservation and restoration efforts under the company’s El Carmen Conservation Program.

Regional contractor Windisch has put five Terex Trucks TA300 articulated haulers to work shifting 1.4 million m³ of earth on the A5 motorway extension in Austria. The 28-tonne capacity TA300s have been selected by local contractor Windisch to take part in the expansion of the North Autobahn (A5), which will form a modern highway between Vienna in Austria and Brno in the Czech Republic. The proven performers are working 12-hour shifts, six days a week.

Keith Miller, chairman of earthmoving attachments manufacturer Miller UK, is preparing to take on an epic charity cycling challenge in Italy next week as part of the Virgin Strive Challenge.