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We have been working with RTG, part of the Bauer group, since 2001 and in recognition of the long association our Managing Director Robert Law was last week invited to Schrobenhausen, Germany for a celebration dinner and presentation of a commerative certificate.

Pictured here in RTG's offices are RTG Sales Director (Europe) Matthias Saehn on the left and AGD Equipment Managing Director Robert Law on the right. 

Specialist marine civil engineering contractor Commercial Marine & Piling of Dorset have hired from us a Mait HR260 bored piling rig with experienced operator to work on one of their jack-up barges to install large diameter bored piles in Liverpool.

Specialist sheet piling contractor King Piling recently hired from us a Giken ECO700S Super Crush silent piling system to install up to 14.5 m long AZ37-700 single sheet piles through dense gravels and Thanet sands on a very restricted access site along the River Thames in London for the Environment Agency.

Access to the site was very difficult but we suceeded to mobilise one of our 80 tons capacity IHI DCH800 crawler cranes to service the silent piler. The crane was offloaded and rigged in the road at night time and then used to offload all of the delivery lorries and assemble the silent piler.

Who says you can't sell snow to Eskimos? AGD have just sent an RTG RG19T telescopic leader rig back to where it was made - Germany! Pictured here working at the famous Europaallee in Frankfurt-am-Main for the contractor DZ Grundbauservice through our rental partner NSTT.

An IHI CCH50T mini crane was recently supplied to Whittaker Engineering from Scotland for working on a support vessel moored off Curacao in the Caribbean.

The mini crane was lifted into place onto the vessel from where it was used to extend the existing helideck lifting and placing panels as required.

It was chosen for it's lift and carry ability together with it's low ground bearing pressures. Since finishing the project it is now off to Mexico to work on a similar scheme.

Pictured here is a Hitachi Zaxis 160LCT 8 tons capacity mini crane and Giken JZ100 zero piler both currently on hire to Berryrange in London. The mini crane is being used to service the silent piler with sheet piles in a severely restriced access basement site. The mini crane's ability to work in such tight conditions made it a perfect choice for used with the zero piler.

Pictured here is one of our RTG RG16T telescopic leader rigs with MPU press silent piling in Manchester for sheet piling contractor DWM Plant.

The leader rig was initially used to pre auger the pile line and pitch the piles. Then the pile press was fitted to silently push the sheet piles down to finished level.

Nationwide demolition specialist Coleman & Co from Birmingham recently hired a 120 tons IHI CCH1200 crawler crane with tower boom and luffing jib attachment to dismantle a city centre tower block in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

Pictured here with the maximum tower and jib configuration of 51.25 m tower and 44 m luffing jib the impressive set-up was utilised to handle concrete panels 4-6 tons in weight at up to 32 m radius.

South West based civil engineering contractor Dean & Dyball, part of the Balfour Beatty Group currently have on hire from us a 100 tons capacity IHI CCH1000 crawler crane set up on temporary works in the harbour at Polperro in Cornwall, where they are constructing a new outfall sewer.