Published 13/9 at 08:37
Attracting 598 exhibitors and featuring an impressive more than 26,626 trade visitors across three show days, Hillhead 2024 showcased a plethora of new products, cutting edge technologies, and innovative trends. The UK live action show, held in Buxton in Derbyshire in a Tarmac quarry, has traditionally been seen as purely for quarrying and aggregates professionals. However, but in recent years the show has become popular with demolition and recycling companies, both as exhibitors and visitors.
Published 18/4 at 13:29
Concrete and rock can put up a tough fight, but they’re no match for the innovative products developed by the world’s breaker and hammer manufacturers.
Published 4/3 at 11:27
D-Drill and Sawing has been engaged by main contractors for the western section of the Tideway project to carry out complex drilling and controlled demolition as part of work on London’s new super sewer. A partnership between BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty Group is leading on the west section of the £4.5B project to completely upgrade London’s sewerage system.
Published 6/3, 2023 at 13:17
In a war torn Ukraine, specialist concrete cutting contractor, TEM Diamond, based in Kyiv, performed a unique project involving the wall sawing of underwater concrete structures at the Kyiv reservoir. Andrei Bushmarin reports.
Published 20/12, 2022 at 09:31
Andreas Kuelz from Canadian Cutting & Coring, a concrete cutting division of Pacific Concrete Cutters Ltd, has used Hilti concrete cutting equipment for work done in British Colombia in Canada.
Published 4/7, 2022 at 09:20
Husqvarna has expanded its training centre in Söderköping to be able to train its customers more efficiently in the management of their machinery fleets.
Published 19/4, 2022 at 12:51
Breaking out large pieces of sandstone and dressing them down into manageable blocks suitable for the processing plant used to require a lot of strenuous manual labour and time at the German natural stone producer Fark Naturstein. Now the process has been mechanised and made significantly easier. Instead of drilling and using wedges and feathers, the blocks are now being precision cut using a Kemroc ES 110 HD universal cutter attachment mounted on a 24t excavator.
Published 11/3, 2022 at 09:31
Hilti offers one of the most comprehensive product portfolios for core drilling. A well-balanced program attracts not only professional diamond contractors making their living from sawing and coring applications but also professionals in other trades meeting the challenge of core drilling regularly or every once in a while.
Published 11/3, 2022 at 09:24
As far as preconceptions go, Turkey is a country more readily associated with blistering sun, sandy beaches, sweet ‘Turkish delight’ and insanely aromatic coffee rather than manufacturing prowess. Well, Ankara based manufacturer Sonmak Diamond Tools does not care very much about such preconceptions. A world class player in the field of diamond consumables, Sonmak has been servicing professional contractors since 1975. Andrei Bushmarin reports on his visit to the Turkish toolmaker.
Published 27/12, 2021 at 12:49
The company Bautechnik Schödl from Grimma is involved in the expansion of the high speed broadband network in the Schneeberg area of Saxony, Germany. In the first phase, 26km of conduit is being laid to connect households to the fibre optic network. The highest productivity rate is being achieved using a Kemroc SMW 80 cutter wheel fitted to a 16t wheeled excavator.
Published 27/12, 2021 at 12:47
In the male dominated world of construction, Talisha Bryan of Utah, USA, stands out not just because of her gender and concrete cutting skills, but also for having travelled a long and difficult road back from the depths of addiction.
Published 27/12, 2021 at 12:41
With a management team with over 100 years of experience in the foundation piling industry, an innovative in-house developed and manufactured product line and a focus on personal service, National Pile Croppers (NPC) has been one of the construction industry’s best kept secrets.
Published 27/12, 2021 at 12:35
In early September, Puvac announced the acquisition of two companies: Jack Midhage AB and Jerneviken Maskin AB.
Published 27/12, 2021 at 12:28
Puvac took the Swedish industry a step further when it was announced in September that the company had acquired two Swedish companies, Jack Midhage AB and Jerneviken Maskin AB. Finnish company Levanto’s two sister companies in Sweden and Norway were also recently acquired. But what are the plans? We asked Puvac's working chairman, Torbjörn Bengtsson, to explain.
Published 24/11, 2021 at 16:59
For two months at the beginning of 2021, an artificial lake in Milan, Italy, was the setting for the use of Tyrolit drilling equipment. The task was a demanding one as in a first step, 32 holes had to be drilled and then poles had to be inserted to serve as a mooring point for boats close to the shore. The contractor of the project was Expertagli Aosta, a subsidiary of the Edil Taglio Cemento Group, which is well known for professional drilling and cutting works in northern Italy. For this demanding job, the company decided to rely on Tyrolit equipment, as it was not feasible to be carried out with conventional machines.
Published 24/11, 2021 at 16:49
‘Sustainability’ is currently an industry key word. The EU Green Deal pushes individuals and businesses forwards, with new regulations popping up on a daily basis, seeing companies in the industry striving to keep up. Heger decided to address these issues by being proactive, and as a participant in the SEAM programme of the European abrasives association FEPA, the company now holds a certificate for sustainability.
Published 27/9, 2021 at 14:56
Located along the route of the new A44 autobahn from Kassel to Herleshausen (Germany), the steep walls of the Trimberg Tunnel portals are supported with shotcrete faced with massive blocks of Jurassic limestone. In total, around 9,000 blocks are being milled using a Kemroc ES 60 HD universal cutter.
Published 9/3, 2021 at 15:49
Adding to its core bit range, Syntec has recently introduced the new Highspeed Core Bit, featuring specially designed crowns for heavily reinforced / high MPa concrete.
Published 9/3, 2021 at 15:47
Diamondtech construction successfully completes a challenging diamond drilling project with the Cuttronix CM-10 drilling system.
Published 9/3, 2021 at 15:46
Drillcut began 2021 by embarking on a large wire sawing project at the renowned Hinkley Point nuclear power station.
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