Issue 375

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EDITOR Randall Johnston Email: rjohnston@bauer-media.com.au CONTRIBUTORS Anjali Behl, Harrison Hunkin, Lisa Potter SUB EDITOR Cat Fitzpatrick DESIGN Daz Woolley EDITORIAL AND NEWS 0497 581 144 Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic, 3166 PRODUCER Michael Cahil
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Innovation Plus
Harrybilt Engineering needed a rail machine that could withstand extremely severe working conditions whilst also being safe, versatile, efficient and simple to operate. Harrybilt specialises in the design and fabrication of advanced equipment for rai
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Major Moves
The Anaconda range of screeners are targeted at contractors and smaller quarry operators. “We have been on the worldwide market for 12 years and have almost 1,500 machines, in more than 50 countries, across six continents sold to date,” Anaconda Equi
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Electric Accolade
The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering has announced that JCB’s zero-emissions 19C-1E electric digger has won the 2020 MacRobert Award. The MacRobert Award is a prize for innovation that has been presented since 1969 to honour a wide variety of engine
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Asset Protection
Dial Before You Dig (DBYD) has announced Deloitte Consulting and Esri Australia as providers for its next-gen referral service to provide enhanced protection for $388 billion worth of underground utility assets. DBYD CEO Stuart Burdack says the group
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Pandemic Powers Print Sales
Retail sales of Earthmovers & Excavators magazine – and sister titles Deals on Wheels and Farms & Farm Machinery – have spiked since the Covid-19 outbreak, new data reveals. The strength of the civil construction machinery market has boosted Earthmov
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Paving The Way
Sutherland Shire Council has recently rolled out an innovative new road construction project, becoming the first council in Sydney to trial a new recycled road paving technique, which promises major benefits for the environment, it says. Under the tr
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Expanded Coverage
Caterpillar dealer WesTrac has bolstered its presence in Sydney’s booming north-west with the opening of a new branch in Marsden Park recently. As one of Sydney’s key growth corridors, the greater north-western metropolitan area has more than 1,000 C
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Staying Safe
While early adaptation of on-site hygiene practices, including safety, physical distancing rules and staggered break times, were implemented on construction sites to provide safer workplace practices – the increase in community virus transmissions ha
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Right Tool RIGHT TIME
For over 13 years, Doherty Couplers & Attachments has continued to provide intelligent manufacturing solutions for its Australian customers with its full range of precision earthmoving attachments. Offering the full package from concept design throug
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New Generation
With updated components, longer service intervals and fewer scheduled maintenance tasks, Hastings Deering service supervisor Will Allam says this new-generation D6 dozer will save significant cost and time for owners compared to the previous model. T
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Future Breakthrough
Building on Emesent’s Hovermap simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) autonomous flight system, AL2 enables compatible drones to fly beyond communications range and venture beyond line of sight into unmapped areas. The AL2 technology enables co
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Benefits Of Al2
• Improved safety, with the ability to fly beyond line of sight keeping workers away from hazardous environments and better data insights informing how to make mines and other environments safer • Cost optimisation as it is quicker to scan environmen
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Word Is Bond
A civil and rail construction company based in Horsely Park, NSW, Anric Developments specialise in equipment hire, road construction and maintenance, civil earthworks, rail construction and maintenance, demolition and remediation works. Operating a f
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A New Day. Big Range. Big Reputation. A New Deere.
The full line-up of sought after John Deere construction equipment is now available across Australia, supported by trusted and reliable sales and service from AFGRI Equipment and RDO Equipment. They know what it takes to support production-class mach
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PRECISION Dig
Specialising in all manner of plumbing and drainage work for utilities and civil projects, Molan Plumbing & Civil is based in Camperdown in south-west Victoria. The iDig is a 2D grade control system they are using is designed specifically for excavat
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ON A roll
Established in 2000 as a small, familyrun business, JRT Group started with just one excavator. Twenty years on, the business has grown to be one of the largest civil construction firms on the Capricorn Coast, in Queensland. It specialises in areas of
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Sign Me Up
Hidromek excavators have seen some heavy airplay across the pages of Deals on Wheels, and for the New Zealand distributor, the resulting familiarisation with Kiwi buyers has seen an uptake that has surpassed original expectations when Magnum Equipmen
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2021 BTS Locked And Loaded
The Brisbane Truck Show has renewed longterm partnerships with National Transport Insurance (NTI), BP Australia and Bauer Media Group ahead of the launch of the highlyanticipated 2021 event. The southern hemisphere’s largest automotive business event
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Out On A Limb
About as heavy-duty as it gets in the forestry sphere, the fully interlocking swing yarder uses a system of cables to swing or fly logs from the stump to the skid site, where logs are then stripped and prepared for transport. Freshly arrived from Can
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More Investment Needed
Damian Long, CEO CCF QLD It is a sad observation in our industry that often when the risk gets higher the earned margins get lower – particularly when the market tightens. The construction industry is one of the most important industries to our state
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Super Service
Bennett Contracting and Plant Hire, based in the rural Queensland town of Clermont, signed onto the my.komatsu.com.au parts online ordering platform to streamline its day-to-day business with its key machinery supplier. In addition, it has found a pa
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Uplifting Attachment
Colbrook Industries is a proudly Aussieowned, family-operated business with an impressive product range including forestry mulchers, remote control mowers and now work platform attachments. The company’s latest arrival ‘Skid-Lift’ was launched at the
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Viva powers Mighty Machines S2
Leading Australian energy company Viva Energy has been announced as the exclusive broadcast partner of the second season of Bauer Media Group’s hit TV series Mighty Machines. Aired on 10 Bold in Australia and Prime TV in NZ, and amplified across Baue
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