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In 1913, Walter Alexander founded Alexander's Motor Service to expand upon the Falkirk & District Tramways Company's route into previously unserved Grangemouth. [2]In 1924, believing in the future of the omnibus, Alexander established W. Alexander & Sons Limited, to run them and to manufacture bodywork for its own fleet and for sale to other operators.
The company also produces wheeled loading shovels and articulated dump trucks. Its JCB Fastrac range of tractors, which entered production in 1990, can drive at speeds of up to 75 km/h (40 mph) on roads and was shown on the BBC television programme Tomorrow's World , and years later as Jeremy Clarkson 's tractor of choice in Top Gear .
JCB (company) (9 P) Pages in category "Construction equipment manufacturers of the United Kingdom" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Demolition (also known as razing and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes.
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
Deconstruction creates 6-8 jobs, for every job created by traditional demolition. [5] [6] In addition, solid waste from conventional demolition is diverted from landfills. This is a major benefit because construction and demolition waste accounts for approximately 20% - 40% of the solid waste stream.
Blowdown is an internationally broadcast documentary television series that follows a team of explosive demolition experts as they prepare and implode iconic, complex and challenging structures around the world.
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. was established in 1970, and was involved in the production of Japan's first mechanical excavator.The company has now become a major construction equipment manufacturer in the world, and it is listed on the Nikkei 225.