
Into the Zone
30 June 2021
A blog post on the site yesterday reported on the Clean Air Zones (CAZ) that some cities are introducing to curb traffic pollution, including most recently Bath and Birmingham.
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Discovering Sustainable and Practical Tool Hire and Plant Hire Opportunities
A blog post on the site yesterday reported on the Clean Air Zones (CAZ) that some cities are introducing to curb traffic pollution, including most recently Bath and Birmingham.
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What do Birmingham and Bath have in common? Apart from the same initial letter, both have a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) and more cities plan to implement them later in 2021 and in 2022.
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The need to source sustainable equipment extends across all sectors of construction. Specialist supplier, Thermac Hire, has now introduced what it describes as the UK’s first fully elect
One of the issues that Snorkel Europe’s Andrew Fishburn highlighted in his recent Q&A interview on the blog was the steady shift towards eco-friendly equipment as companies step up t
Torrent Trackside has become the exclusive rail industry hire partner of Prolectric, which manufactures environmentally friendly site lighting products.
The deal means that Torrent
Like the many other people who attended, I thoroughly enjoyed visiting Rail Live in Warwickshire last week. The weather was glorious and, following the easing of lockdown restrictions, it was
What is the well-dressed Hilti sales person wearing these days? You might well see them sporting the manufacturer’s EXO-O1 harness, an exoskeletal system.
It was promoted on
At the Rail Live exhibition in Warwickshire last week, Prolectric demonstrated its new ProPower solar hybrid generator comprising solar panels attached to a 30kW lithium battery pack. &nb
Husqvarna Construction Products showed the new DM 540i 36V cordless wet/dry core drill at the Rail Live exhibition held near Stratford-upon-Avon last week.
The tool, pictured above
At the Rail Live exhibition held last week near Stratford-upon-Avon, VSL (Vanguard Solutions Ltd) launched the RailLight.
This is an LED strip light system that can be attached quickly t
Amongst several manufacturers promoting cordless equipment at the Rail Live exhibition in Warwickshire last week was Milwaukee.
Its MX Fuel range is claimed to offer the power of c
ESG is an abbreviation that we’ll be hearing a lot more of in the future. Standing for Environmental, Social and Governance, it describes non-financial factors that investors and stakeho
Genquip Groundhog is taking positive steps to obtain useful ‘real life’ data that can illustrate achievable carbon savings to customers.
“We’ve commissioned
Smiths Equipment Hire reports growing demand for green machinery as the technology becomes more cost-effective and practical in terms of customer benefits.
“We’ve seen
One of the key requirements of new eco-friendly solutions is that they need to be practical as well as technologically efficient. Quick setup is one of the attributes of a new solar-powered LE
Major procedural shifts and step changes in regulations are often adopted first at the top of the industry pyramid and then move down along the supply chain. We’ve seen this previously w
Having issued a number of teaser announcements on social media and other platforms in recent weeks, Husqvarna Construction Products has unveiled the first cordless power tool on a new battery
While it has both passionate advocates and fervent critics, there’s no denying that the HS2 high-speed rail project is illustrating the role that new construction techniques, including s
Given Hilti’s thorough understanding and comprehensive approach to previous industry challenges like HAV (hand arm vibration) and construction dust, it’s not surprising that the ma
There's a challenge surrounding any new technological shift. Some end users will embrace it eagerly straight away while others will wait, perhaps because of price consideration or wariness, an
The need to protect the planet from global warming has been described as the defining issue of our generation. What will this mean for the hire industry?
The UK will set ambitious
As the market leader in the UK hire industry, Sunbelt Rentals believes that it has a duty to take the lead in the issue of sustainability. I sat down with CEO Andy Wright for a wide-ranging co
A key point that quickly arises in any discussion about choosing sustainable equipment is that there is often no single best solution. Like most hire applications, what’s appropriate dep
What does being green or eco-friendly really mean? That’s what Speedy’s Andy Connor believes hirers should be asking generally regarding their own operations, products from supplie
MHM Plant knows well the challenges that the road towards net zero carbon represents, having re-hired and sold diesel and petrol equipment including lighting towers and generators since its fo