Balfour Beatty has started to develop its own earthmoving operation, after taking delivery of 22 specialist earthworks machines.
The collection of new machines, which includes Komatsu excavators, Volvo articulated dump trucks and Caterpillar bulldozers, is worth a total of £3.2m and forms the first tranche of Balfour Beatty’s wider £9.6m owned plant investment programme in 2018.
The initiative is a collaboration between Balfour Beatty’s plant & fleet services, highways and major projects businesses.
The firm aims to use the machines for its growing pipeline of major UK infrastructure projects.
Andy Ormerod, Balfour Beatty’s managing director plant & fleet services, said: “By building our own fleet of specialist earthworks machines Balfour Beatty will be leading the market in providing an in-house expert earthworks capability setting new standards of enhanced safety and increased efficiencies.”
All machines are fitted with devices to aid safety and productivity, including 360-degree-vision cameras, rated capacity indicators, telematics (to collect and analyse data to enhance productivity) and in-cab, inward-facing cameras.
