Major Projects

Demolition companies do more than just knock stuff down. Dara Boyle visits a job in North Wall, Dublin where Hegarty Demolition are carrying out a range of works to prepare the site for a new development. Demolition is a business where a lot of variety can come up. Hegarty Demolition …

Dara Boyle visits Dan Morrissey & Co’s sandpit in Ballyburn, Co Kildare, where a CDE modular washing plant takes centre stage. Ballyburn is a townland in Kildare, located between the village of Castledermot and the Carlow border. The area is home to a deposit of high-grade sand, which is being …

In the yellow corner, weighing in at nearly 90 Tonnes, the new kid on the block, Ladies and Gentlemen, the mighty Hyundai HX900. Darren Scully is your ringside commentator.  Just a couple of weeks before Christmas, Donal Walsh was getting restless and didn’t really want to wait for Santa. Christmas …

It takes a heavy machine to do heavy work. When McCabe Earthworks were faced with a lot of stone to smash, a brand-new 70-tonne Komatsu was brought in to run the breaker. Dara Boyle gets up close with this rock-busting beast. It’s a promising sign these days to see a …

A Dutch dike strengthening project is home for a special version of the Cat 336 writes Steven Vale. FINISHED in the distinctive yellow and grey colours of Dutch earthworks giant Boskalis, the one-of-a kind excavator is playing a vital role sand works role on the edge of the Markermeer (Marker …

Dutch earthworks company RA Grondverzet is the proud owner of a twin-scraper combination dubbed the C02 Killer, writes our heavy iron correspondent Steven Vale. The striking combination belongs to Benny Ridderman and Nigel Argeloo, the ‘R’ and the ‘A’ behind RA Grondverzet (earthworks). Before discussing the details, a bit of …

Imagine taking an 85-tonne Hitachi ZX890-6 and transforming it into a 170-tonne demolisher. Such a machine exists, as Steven Vale discovers. CALLED the KMC 1200S, the monster wrecker which thrilled the crowds as a world premiere at last year’s BAUMA is the result of joint development work between KTEG (subsidiary …

It all started with one machine and now there are thousands. Flannery is a well-known plant hire firm – Darren Scully meets the founder and his team and takes a look at at their latest excavator. Many in the plant hire industry are self-starters. They know how to get up …

Roadbridge are honoured to have won the ‘Construction Project Award’ for our work on the Gort to Tuam Motorway Northern section, at the Machinery Movers Industry & Operator Awards 2018. This award is presented to a company that can demonstrate how they have converted a client’s vision into reality with …

Located in the countryside of Brinon-sur-Sauldre, close to Orleans, the Sablière du Val de Loire quarry is preparing to double its production from 60,000 to 120,000 tonnes annually in response to the recent increase in demand for its sand and gravel products following the installation of a CDE wet processing …