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Environment Agency awards two contracts to A-Plant (1st July 2009)
Non-operated equipment rental company, A-Plant, has been awarded two prestigious four-year framework agreements with the Environment Agency, covering both the hire of tools and equipment and the maintenance and servicing of the Agency's existing fleet of equipment.
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Training for all (1st July 2009)
A-Plant has launched a Customer Training Solutions Brochure, detailing available courses. The company offers a wide range of training, including courses in connection with manual handling, working at height, safety
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Tool HAV advice (1st July 2009)
Complementing its health and safety and training literature – including the Site Safety Pack – A-Plant has published a new Hand-Arm Vibration (HAV) Product Selector, providing a guide to the vibration levels of, and adv
Free-of-charge site safety pack (1st May 2009)
Non-operated plant and tool hire company, A-Plant, has launched a new enhanced 3rd edition of its Site Safety Pack, incorporating the latest updates to health and safety legislation, particularly Noise at Work, and featu
A-Plant achieves second gold (1st May 2009)
For the second year running, APlant, one of the UK's leading nonoperated plant and tool hire companies, has won a prestigious Gold Occupational Health and Safety Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accide
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Award-winners (1st May 2009)
The investment in and development of Work at Height safety training at A-Plant has won the company the Access Industry Training Award at the International Awards for Powered Access held in Dublin in April 2009.
Tight access overcome (1st March 2009)
A-Plant Powered Access supplied narrow electric scissor lifts to Media Structures for television coverage of a Blue Square Premier League football match between Mansfield Town and Oxford United. The units helped overcom
Free booklet (1st January 2009)
Plant and tool hire company, APlant, will be launching new customer training and health and safety initiatives at Health & Safety 09.
Reduce generator emissions (25th September 2008)
A-Plant and Genset have developed the Lo-Carbon Module, an energy saving systems for use in sit accommodation and other tenmporary buildings which cuts CO2 emissions by up to 75%...
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Ready to train (1st September 2008)
To complement its equipment rental service, A-Plant has opened a new National Customer & Technical Training Centre in Nottingham to deliver a wide range of training courses to meet the needs of its customers.
Competency is the key to safe working at height (1st May 2008)
In support of the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) 'Shattered Lives' campaign, APlant has introduced a new initiative, 'Be Safe, Be Competent, Choose A-Plant'. It aims to raise awareness of risks involved in working
Striving for accreditation (1st January 2008)
Hire company, A-Plant is working towards ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 accreditation to enhance the company's safety and environmental procedures.
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Free safety pack (1st January 2008)
A-Plant's new Setting the Safety Standard campaign aims to provide information and solutions to meet current and future safety legislation and will be featured for the first time at Health & Safety 08.
Site safety pack (1st January 2008)
Distributed free-of-charge to customers, a new Site Safety Pack from A-Plant is part of the company's Setting the Safety Standard campaign to further raise health and safety standards in the construction industry.
Fleet expanded (1st November 2007)
With deployment of the company's hire equipment at an all-time high, A-Plant is looking to further enhance use with £13m+ worth of new fleet orders placed with JCB, Terex and Ingersoll Rand.
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Meeting dust exposure limits (1st July 2007)
A-Plant has added new tools, dust extraction/suppression products and other equipment to the company's hire fleet to help construction companies meet new dust exposure limits introduced in October 2006 by the Health &
Keeps track (1st July 2007)
A-Plant's A-trak tracking system allows customers to monitor the equipment they hire from A-Plant via a satellite tracking system.
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Easy-to-use tool hire guide (1st May 2007)
A-Plant has launched an updated version of its Tool Hire Guide.
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Climbing the training league (1st May 2007)
A-Plant claims its Access Safety Training business has been so successful in less than three years trading that it has leapt to fifth in the rankings for training centres accredited by the International Powered Access F
Back support (1st May 2007)
A new initiative in support of the HSE's 'Better Backs' campaign was launched at Safety & Health Expo by A-Plant.
Update to Extranet (1st March 2007)
After a 12-month development programme, A-Plant has launched the third generation of its real-time Extranet system that can be accessed via the company's website – www.aplant.com.
Major order lights the way (1st November 2006)
To meet temporary lighting requirements, A-Plant has geared up with a large order for 100 new VT1 Superlight lighting towers from portable power generation and lighting equipment specialist GenSet. The VT1's 9 metre mast can
Centres for height training (1st September 2006)
A-Plant has expanded its height safety training business, part of its powered access division, with the opening of two new training centres at Gatwick and at Staines.
5.5m fleet expansion (1st September 2006)
A-Plant has expanded its powered access fleet with an order worth more than 5.5m for new products from JLG.
Portable office space proof against vandals (1st March 2006)
A-Plant has delivered nearly half a million pounds' worth of fire-rated anti-vandal accommodation units to form a new 'Contractors Village' of temporary site office accommodation for the Manchester Joint Hospitals Project, one of the most prestigious
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Vacuum lifts (1st November 2005)
A-Plant has enhanced its hire fleet of equipment by taking delivery of more than 150 vacuum lifting machines by Al-Vac UK. The new order has been placed as part of A-Plant's ongoing efforts to assist the construction industry in reducing manual handl
£1M OF ACCESS EQUIPMENT (1st May 2005)
A-Plant Powered Access has taken delivery of a range of products from Genie Industries in an order worth more than £1m.
Impressed by PDA’s capabilities (1st January 2005)
A-Plant has successfully completed an 18-month trial using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) that could see each of its drivers, sales team and depot managers armed with a handheld computer to enhance efficiency.
Lighting up (1st November 2004)
A-Plant has placed an order worth in excess of £2m with GenSet for more than 300 state-of-the-art VT-1 Superlight lighting towers.
Access training takes off (1st November 2004)
A-Plant says that since it opened its Access Safety Training Centre in February 2004, it has awarded more than 500 operator’s certificates for courses recognised and approved by IPAF.
A safe way to work at height (1st May 2004)
A-Plant Powered Access comments on the current trends in the face of an increased focus on health and safetyDue to the continued occurrence of fatalities and injuries caused by falls from height, legislation regarding working at height is becoming mo
No worries (1st March 2004)
The powered access division of A-Plant Specialist Products has introduced a scheme to protect customers from expensive repair charges in the event of its equipment being damaged while it is on hire.
