Many new machines, including vibratrory compactors, have been wheeled in to help build a railbed for the 818km project.
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Mobile men
Almost as old as the country, UAE-based Gallagher International mobile crane hire has expanded with it.
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Between a rock and a hard place
The challenges engineers face tunnelling through the mountains between RAK and Korfakkan.
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Region gets new Iveco truck
New generation Trakker exclusive to the Middle East and Africa boasts extra strong chassis and new engine line-up.
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Ingersoll steam drill
One firm pioneered the wheezy drills that broke into the 20th century and the modern age.
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Making a mixer
Trailer and body maker Gorica has been established since the early 1990s. We paid a visit to watch a concrete truck being born.
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Balancing act as a bucket wheel excavator is moved down under
Gently does it, as mammoth plant is moved for maintenance with state-of-the-art lifting gear and computers.
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Loads of work
As worksites get tighter, the compact dimensions of the skid-steer loader are popular with plant buyers, but what features offer benefits for the owner?
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Rainbow Sheikh’s ‘Power Wagon’
Desert and oil. These sum up the emirate of Abu Dhabi perhaps better than anything.