Earthmoving & soil compaction

A fleet of construction machines is working in a very tough climate in Canada, helping to keep an important road link open. Tsetsaut Ventures, a local contracting company, is using its fleet of Volvo CE equipment to maintain an 11km ice road that runs over the Knipple Glacier in the remote North Western region of British Columbia. The ice highway allows for the transportation of supplies and materials to a remote underground extraction operation, located in the Golden Triangle, an area known for its abunda

Hæhre & Isachsen has purchased 20 Doosan DA40 Stage IV/Tier 4 Final compliant articulated dump trucks – the largest Doosan ADT order in Scandinavia. The previous record was also with Hæhre for 10 Doosan ADTs. With the 20 new DA40 ADTs, 51 of Hæhre’s 59 ADTs will be Doosan. Two of the remaining eight are dump trucks in sizes Doosan does not have in its range. Rental business Hæhre & Isachsen Maskinutleie is part of BetonmastHæhre Anlegg - formerly called Hæhre, one of Norway's largest road and civil engine

Soil and asphalt compaction machines from Ammann are working on two key infrastructure projects in Bangladesh. The units are being used by local contractor Spectra Engineers, which is based in Dhaka. The firm has a strong reputation in Bangladesh for quality and is relying on Ammann soil and asphalt compactors for a number of projects. Spectra is one of the leading construction companies in Bangladesh, with considerable expertise and experience building roads and bridges for example. Spectra is working on

Case Construction Equipment India recently celebrated two major milestones. One was the production of its 10,000th vibratory compactor, while the other was the highest monthly sales volume reached in its 25 years of operations at the facility. Case Construction Equipment has rolled out the 10,000th vibratory compactor from its manufacturing plant in Pithampur, India. It claims to be the only manufacturer in India to have reached this milestone. The firm marked this important achievement with an official

Construction machines from Volvo CE are helping to build a city in the desert in Qatar. The equipment is being used to build the sustainable city of Lusail, located to the north of Doha, Qatar. In temperatures reaching up to 50°C, over 240 Volvo machines have been hard at work, coping with 24-hour days, based on a three-shift cycle building a city designed to support 250,000 residents. Part of Qatar’s Vision 2030, which aims to transform the Middle Eastern state into a society capable of achieving

Breedon Group, a major independent construction materials group in the UK, has purchased new Doosan DL550-5 and DL450-5 wheeled loaders for two of the company’s operations in Scotland. The DL550-5 unit is operating at Edzell Quarry near Brechin and the DL450 is working at Tom’s Forest Quarry in Kintore. The machines were supplied by Balgownie, the local authorised Doosan and Bobcat dealer in Inverurie. The DL550-5 and DL450-5 are powered by the Scania DC13 6-cylinder engine. They Provide generous torque at

The first SDLG wheeled loader sold into Southern Africa is still going strong, despite operating in tough working conditions. The LG958L machine has clocked over 5,000 working hours in an arduous application at a portside dry bulk facility in South Africa. The machine was supplied in February 2012 and continues to front operations at the portside bulk-handling facility in Durban, South Africa. The 16tonne wheeled loader is owned by South African Bulk Terminals (SABT) and is used to load and off-load the 2.

The first SDLG wheeled loader sold into Southern Africa is still going strong, despite operating in tough working conditions. The LG958L machine has clocked over 5,000 working hours in an arduous application at a portside dry bulk facility in South Africa. The machine was supplied in February 2012 and continues to front operations at the portside bulk-handling facility in Durban, South Africa. The 16tonne wheeled loader is owned by South African Bulk Terminals (SABT) and is used to load and off-load the 2.

Terex Trucks is building its market share in South Africa through its partnership with Babcock International The Generation 10 articulated hauler is now developing sales in the Southern Africa region, while the rigid haulers such as the top-of-the-range TR100 are also said to be proving popular. With a series of investments, Terex Trucks has been working together with Babcock to strengthen the perception of its articulated and rigid haulers, through factory visits to the manufacturer’s headquarters in Mo