Sunward top ten

15 August 2023

Groundworks and civil engineering contractors Advance Construction Scotland (ACS) have bought ten Sunward excavators from Ayrshire-based plant hire and sales business Kattrak International because of their performance and value. 

Bellshill-based Advance has purchased nine Sunward SWE 90UFs, which are claimed to be the shortest nine-tonne short-tail excavators on the market, and a zero-tail swing six-tonne SWE 60UF model. 

The machines are being used across 200 active sites, mostly for housebuilding clients such as Persimmon, Barratt and Grant Homes, as well as by main contractors like Balfour Beatty – so, incidentally, that’s certainly a positive indication from the construction market.

ACS Plant Manager Gareth Mollan said that the company typically retires machines in its fleet after three to four years and recently needed to replace 17 machines from one particular manufacturer. However, due to a shortage of that supplier’s models, they decided to trial excavators from other companies.

“The Sunward machines provided better value for money, and although they have only been used on site for a few weeks, all the reports back are extremely positive, so it’s highly likely that our first order of Sunward machines will not be our last.”