Mercedes-Benz Trucks has appointed Multevo as its latest specialist Unimog sales dealer. The Lancashire company has been part of the Unimog authorised repair network since May 2024.<\/p>
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The system is designed for top up and peak power demands, alongside a battery and three-phase grid supply.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/dawsongroup-buys-first-jcb-hydrogen-generator","date_published":"2026-03-31T07:53:00+01:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1774940270_jcb.-dawsongroup-energy-solutions.-press-34-.jpeg"},{"id":"50598","title":"JCB offers 100% biodiesel option","content_html":" JCB is to offer the option of fuelling selected tracked excavators in its range using biodiesel, derived completely from renewable biological sources.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/jcb-offers-100-biodiesel-option","date_published":"2026-03-27T15:05:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1774624046_ms3-0189.jpeg"},{"id":"50587","title":"Yanmar appoints 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analysis","content_html":" Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) and NEC have announced plans to develop an AI and computer vision system to detect near-misses and generate detailed reports.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/sumitomo-and-nec-to-develop-ai-near-miss-analysis","date_published":"2026-03-25T10:34:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1774434968_sh200-7-002.2jpg.jpeg"},{"id":"50572","title":"More Kubotas for CW","content_html":" CW Plant Hire has bought another 20 Kubota compact excavators. <\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/more-kubotas-for-cw","date_published":"2026-03-25T07:25:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1774423650_cw-kubota.jpg"},{"id":"50565","title":"Palfinger picks APS to access UK sales","content_html":" Austrian crane and access manufacturer Palfinger has selected APS as UK distributor for its aerial work platforms.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/palfinger-picks-aps-to-access-uk-sales","date_published":"2026-03-24T15:30:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1774366368_palfinger-announces-new-strategic-partnership-with-aps-for-aerial-work-platforms-in-the-united-kingdom-starting-from-april-1st--2026..jpeg"},{"id":"50553","title":"Mac’s delivers to X-Hire and Eagle","content_html":" Mac’s has hired a new Volvo FMX to X-Hire, and, over the course of a year, sold 12 DAF’s to Eagle Plant Hire. <\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/macs-delivers-to-x-hire-and-eagle","date_published":"2026-03-23T17:00:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1774285566_image-1-007-01-macs-truck-rental-x-hire-1200x913.jpeg"},{"id":"50537","title":"Electric paver debuts on A47","content_html":" An Ammann electric paver was used for the first time for upgrade work on the A47, laying asphalt made from recycled materials, and working alongside an electric roller.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/electric-paver-debuts-on-a47","date_published":"2026-03-19T18:52:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773946457_01-eabg4820-heidleberg-1.jpeg"},{"id":"50536","title":"Atlas Copco launches hybrid generators","content_html":" Atlas Copco has launched a range of compact hybrid generators, combining 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deliveries","content_html":" A regional builders merchant has a specialist 13.5-tonne crane lorry on trial.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/elliotts-thinks-small-for-rural-deliveries","date_published":"2026-03-18T08:01:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773820999_elliotts-new-crane-lorry.jpg"},{"id":"50517","title":"Volvo closes Rokbak business","content_html":" Volvo Construction Equipment is shutting its Motherwell-based articulated haul truck business.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/volvo-closes-rokbak-business","date_published":"2026-03-17T11:56:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773748711_rokbak1.jpg"},{"id":"50514","title":"Teenager crushed in Burnley skip yard","content_html":" A Lancashire waste company has been fined nearly 30,000, including costs, after a teenage worker was crushed against a wall by a reversing telehandler.\r\n<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/teenager-crushed-in-burnley-skip-yard","date_published":"2026-03-17T07:42:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773733515_sheridan-skips-burnley.jpeg"},{"id":"50513","title":"Tobin Plant becomes Hyundai compact dealer","content_html":" Hyundai Construction Equipment has appointed Tobin Plant its compact equipment dealer for Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire. <\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/tobin-plant-becomes-hyundai-compact-dealer","date_published":"2026-03-17T07:33:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773732858_simon-tobin.jpg"},{"id":"50507","title":"Plant sector rails against West Midlands Police","content_html":" The Construction Plant-hire Association is warning that West Midlands Police are jeopardising major construction projects with their approach to abnormal load movements.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/plant-sector-rails-against-west-midlands-police","date_published":"2026-03-16T15:09:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773673863_cpa192.jpg"},{"id":"50492","title":"Modular footbridge promises improved temporary access","content_html":" Altrad RMD Kwikform has developed a modular footbridge for temporary works.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/modular-footbridge-promises-improved-temporary-access","date_published":"2026-03-13T07:17:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773386329_r800-4.jpg"},{"id":"50486","title":"Crane manufacturer in 3D printing hook-up","content_html":" Always looking for new applications for its knuckle boom cranes, Palfinger has struck up a relationship with a manufacturer of 3D printing technology.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/crane-manufacturer-in-3d-printing-hook-up","date_published":"2026-03-12T10:40:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773312107_operating-titan-photo-credit-casey-dunn.jpg"},{"id":"50485","title":"Ainscough sees profits drop","content_html":" Accounts filed by Ainscough Crane Hire reveal a substantial fall in profits in what the board called “subdued market conditions".<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/ainscough-sees-profits-drop","date_published":"2026-03-12T08:32:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773304529_ainscough.png"},{"id":"50470","title":"Australian buddies come to Old Oak Common","content_html":" Australian heavy lift luffing jib crane supplier Marr has brought a new safety tool for crane ops and signallers to the UK for the first time, for work on HS2’s Old Oak Common.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/australian-buddies-come-to-old-oak-common","date_published":"2026-03-10T15:19:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773156604_marr-dogman-using-the-buddie-system---credit-rusty-goat-media.jpeg"},{"id":"50464","title":"Emerson debuts new Liebherr model","content_html":" Emerson Crane Hire has taken delivery of the UK’s first Liebherr LTM 1400-6.1 mobile crane.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/emerson-debuts-new-liebherr-model","date_published":"2026-03-10T07:51:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773129178_factoryvisit-one--002-.jpg"},{"id":"50455","title":"Fines handed down after Devon power line fatality ","content_html":" Two companies have been fined after an employee was killed and a colleague left with life-altering injuries when a cherrypicker collided with an overhead powerline.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/fines-handed-down-after-devon-power-line-fatality","date_published":"2026-03-09T07:09:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773040319_willand-biogas.jpg"},{"id":"50452","title":"Kent police recover stolen plant haul","content_html":" Plant machinery worth around £200,000 has been recovered from thieves in Dover.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/kent-police-recovery-stolen-plant-haul","date_published":"2026-03-09T07:05:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1773039997_grader-and-baler.jpg"},{"id":"50451","title":"Gow goes for Yanmar for wind work","content_html":" Gow Plant Hire has been using Yanmar tracked carriers for materials handling on wind farms, as Scotland prioritises green energy.<\/p> Read Full Article: 黑料社<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/gow-goes-for-yanmar-for-wind-work","date_published":"2026-03-06T15:51:00+00:00","image":"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2026\/03\/1772812623_1-light-foot--heavy-duty-yanmar-tracked-carriers-step-up-in-the-highlands.jpg"},{"id":"50435","title":"Machine learning for machine uptime (Updated)","content_html":" Finnish aggregate equipment manufacturer Metso has new AI features for its support software that will, it says, predict maintenance needs and reduce downtime. But customers may have concerns about how data is saved and how it might be shared.<\/p>