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Hiring tools, plant equipment, and heavy-duty machinery are great to help you keep your project moving and working to agreed timescales. However, your teams must be fully trained and able to handle and operate these pieces of equipment before they are passed across. ...

Those working in construction know that every construction site and every project that is undertaken is different. Yes, some of the same elements and project principles will apply, but ultimately every construction job on every new site has to be thought of as...

Unless you're using a professional company, you may not be used to laying concrete, or indeed, you might be put off from concreting yourself as it can seem like quite a daunting (and often labour intensive) task, especially if it is a large area.  However, with some...

One of the most significant costs to site and construction projects is the cost of plant equipment.  Not only that but it is estimated that maintenance for plant equipment can contribute up to a staggering 40% of your total project overrun costs.  When problems occur...

Big or small, construction sites can be a dangerous place to work.  From the volume of different tradespeople and variety of work being carried out to the heavy-duty plant equipment and machinery being used – you need to be aware at all times of your surroundings and...

Health and Safety isn’t just another piece of red tape, guidance notes and sets of strong regulations…it’s vital.  It’s what keeps people safe, preventing and most certainly reducing injury and accidents, especially on construction sites.  You want to have complete...

Working in construction or on large scale projects requires working to tight deadlines, and we mean working meticulously to these deadlines.  Being prepared and strict planning and scheduling is of the utmost importance.  Knowing when you want and need work carried...

Not all hire companies are the same.  Bold statement when you think that most plant hire companies will offer the majority of the same plant equipment and tools, however there are differences between the companies themselves.  At Addplant we like to always think of...

Portable toilets.  The two words that when organising an event, we instantly start to wrack our brains to think of ways we can make these necessities, well, not seem like your average portable toilet.  There are some creative tricks you can do to incorporate your...

The idea of using portable toilets is not something that most of us relish. This is especially true when you’re at a large event. The idea of using a loo that many others have been to is not appealing.   However, how much of the distaste that you feel is...