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LATEST NEWS

Plans submitted for next phase of Locking Parklands development in UK
19 June, 2013 UK-based St Modwen Properties Plc and The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), the regeneration arm of the UK government, have submitted a planning application for the next phase of the £400 million ($625.4 million) Locking Parklands development in England, UK.
  • Wates selected to revamp Wragge & Co offices in UK
    Wates Group Limited, a UK-based construction firm, and Rider Levett Bucknall, an independent property and construction practice, have been appointed by International law firm, Wragge & Co LLP, to deliver the fit-out of the offices at Two Snowhill in Birmingham, UK.
  • Boral further restructures timber operations
    Boral Limited has announced that it will further restructure its timber operations, which will assist the business improve its competitive position at a time when earnings have been under significant pressure.

LATEST FEATURES

Q&A With…
30 May, 2013 S. C. Bhatia, Managing Director, Safex Electromech.Hoist Magazine talks to S. C. Bhatia, Managing Director of Safex Electromech about the opportunities and challenges facing the Asian crane industry.
  • Learning to do business in the new Europe
    Faced with the ongoing eurozone crisis, crane manufacturers are quickly coming to terms with an uncertain, unpredictable, and often volatile market coupled with the specter of shrinking profit margins. Hoist looks at how manufacturers are coming to terms with doing business in the new Europe.
  • Zoomlion builds bridges
    One of the world’s largest cranes, the Zoomlion D5200 tower crane, has been used for the second time, for the construction of the Yingwuzhou River Bridge in Wuhan, China. The bridge over the river Yangtze has a total length of 7.8km.
  • Tackling wear inside cyclones
    Kingfisher Industrial of the UK has provided a long-term ceramic wear-resistant lining solution to a German oem maker of drying cyclones used by specialist producers of particleboard, OSB and MDF.
  • Bogie inspection & manipulation
    Lloyds Somers, a business specializing in the design and supply of handling and manipulation equipment to the rail industry, has developed its range of Bogie Rotators to accommodate the full fleet of bogies in use throughout the French Rail Network, writes Kizzi Nkwocha.


LATEST PROJECTS

SOCAR - Oil and Gas Processing and Petrochemical Complex, Azerbaijan
14 June, 2013 The Oil and Gas Processing and Petrochemical Complex project involves construction of oil and gas processing and petrochemical complex across 1,500 hectares area at Garadag in the Sangachal area, 30km from Baku in Azerbaijan.