Heralded as the world’s most powerful land-based crane, the Sarens SGC-250 is now at work on its first job – lifting prefabricated modules at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project in Somerset. David Taylor reports

Big Carl, the 5,000-tonne capacity crane working at Hinkley Point C, has made its first big lift.

Phil Bishop unwraps some of the latest battery-powered offerings and looks at some emerging low-carbon power options.

An Australian company has developed what it claims is a safer, quicker and more efficient way of handling suspended loads. David Taylor reports

Whatever the difficulties currently afflicting other sectors of the construction industry, plant hirers appear to be effectively immune. David Taylor reports

Plant hire specialists fear that the rail industry’s ‘boom-bust’ funding model threatens the long-term viability of the sector. Graham Anderson reports