Your regular newsletter from LLynch Plant Hire & Haulage October 2013
LEADER is loaded with 1,200 tonnes of spoil every day, before undertaking a 67 mile round trip from Willesden to Calvert. The spoil is dropped at a 100 year old chalk quarry, where it is processed into a restoration material. The new process uses 1,100 litres of Gasoil per trip – in order to transport the same amount of spoil by road, 90 lorries would have to make the journey, which would require 9302 litres of white diesel. Overall, it is believed that the new method creates 70% less CO2 emissions that the traditional method of spoil removal, With Ray at the helm as Waste Facility Manager, the team at Calvert are hoping to handle 200,000 tonnes in 2013, and plans are in place to more than double the handling ability to 500,000 tonnes in 2014.
Willesden Rail Hub and Ray Cripps (inset)
Lynch’s Ray Cripps is recognised with RFG award for ‘Outstanding Individual Contribution’ With more and more work going on across the capital, the question of how best to handle excavated spoil had recently started to become a very real concern. In January 2012, Ray Cripps, one of the Lynch’s depot managers came up with an innovative solution, a solution so good he has recently been recognised with an ‘Outstanding Individual Contribution Award’ at the 2013 RFG Awards. Ray’s plan was to revolutionise the way excavated spoil was transported out of central London. By utilising the
capital’s rail network and sending the material by train to Buckinghamshire for treatment, over 17,000 lorries have been taken off of London’s busy roads. The Lynch Rail Hub was opened in November 2012 and it soon became obvious that it was going to provide the answer the industry was seeking. An 18 carriage wagon, operated by the Devon and Cornwall Railway,
Over 140 customers have already benefitted from the Rail Hub scheme, and it is hoped that this figure will continue to grow. Such a project has never been undertaken in the Central London construction industry before, but with Ray’s ingenuity and the support of the industry, Lynch hope to make Rail Hub the industry standard for spoil disposal. Sales Director Robert Lynch said: “It is fitting that the first industry award for Lynch has gone to an exceptional person within our business. It has been a pleasure to support him.”
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The show was primarily aimed at operators, which meant there were plenty of opportunities for them to demonstrate their working skills on the machines, with a number of ‘challenge’ events going on throughout the day such as the ‘hook a duck’ competition.
Lynch Operator Family Plant Show is a great success The Family Plant Show and Operator’s Open day event on Sunday 1st Sept, organised and orchestrated by Lynch Plant Hire, turned out to be a hugely successful day. The event, the first of its kind, took place just off Junction 24 of the M5 at Bridgwater in Somerset and was attended by over 3,000 people, raising over £2,000 for ‘The Lighthouse Club’ — a construction industry charity which gives much needed financial support to families of construction professionals affected by illness, injury or death. Family Fun The day attracted many of the leading plant manufacturers including JCB, Volvo, Case, WackerNeuson, Atlas Copco, Merlo, Thwaites and
Bobcat who were all represented by an array of heavy plant machines and equipment, along with many offer suppliers of equipment and industry related goods.
Here, operators using a Takeuchi TB228 mini excavator were challenged to pick up four ducks using a specially adapted hook on the quick hitch and place the various sized ducks on the top of road cones. In another test, operators were challenged to stack ten tyres on top of each other against the clock, using a rotating selector grab equipped WackerNeuson 9503-2 rubber duck.
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Operator Challenges Apart from the challenges and demonstrations there was also a ‘Classic Plant Parade’, a plant simulator, trade stands from various industry associations all offering plenty of advice on issues such as employment, training and safety. Children were also kept fully entertained with a ‘Kids Fun Zone’ which included excavator rides and radio controlled models, which simulated a road
It is important for Lynch Plant hire to have more face-to-face interaction with the industry’s operators, to have more time for one-on-ones and understand any issues they may have. It is also important that these guys get to see the real Lynch Plant hire”. development with over 30 remote controlled machines ranging from tower cranes, excavators and dump trucks, this was bought together by model enthusiasts coming from all corners of the UK to bring this together. Robert Lynch, Operations Director, commented: “The event was great fun and it was brilliant to see the sheer number of operators attending with their families, all of whom really entered into the spirit of the occasion.
The event also gave operators the chance to see the latest machines up close, as well as affording them the chance to speak directly to the sales reps, providing both parties with good feedback.
Bridgwater depot we have made a considerable investment in the area. We are absolutely delighted with the overall response to the event from both operators and manufacturers alike and we would like to express our great thanks to all who attended the event and in particular all the manufacturers and suppliers who supported it and help make it a day to remember.”
A Day to Remember Event organiser Mark Kennedy went on to add: “The South West is a key area for us at Lynch and with our
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Lydon Contracting wins Lynch annual Midlands go-karting event
Lynch continues to support Balfour Beatty/Birse on Woburn Center Parcs Project
The Annual Midlands Go-karting Evening saw a team from Lydon Contracting take first place, in an event which had teams from Birse, Balfour Beatty, Cross Key Structures, Hereditas, Modern Plant, Agetur, White Horse Contracting and Lynch Plant. The evening went well with some excellent driving, good lap times and some comedy moments. There were rumours on the night that one Lynch team were holding up the other lynch team’s number so drivers would return to the pits, but this was never substantiated… Agetur’s UK came a very good second followed by Birse Civil’s. Operations Manager Mark Kennedy said: “We would like to thank those who attended tonight; it is often hard to get face to face with the customer but tonight gave us the opportunity for the customers to put a face the name and to build a better working relationship, We are all looking forward to next year and to make the event as successful as tonight has been.”
Balfour Beatty & Birse Operatives working hand in hand with Lynch Plant, busy at top soiling one of four number large bunds at the new Woburn Forest Center Parcs Project. The project due to complete in March Next year has seen Lynch Plant help construct the Lakes, work on utility projects and lay the top soil for the complex. Center Parcs Woburn Forest will see 625 lodges will be built, A 75 bedroom hotel will accompany the lodges, wih six stunning Spa Suites. There will be a 17,000m lake in the heart of the village and Seven miles of road ways have been created. There have been 1,800m of public rights of way and bridleways have been diverted and two nearby junctions are being turned into roundabouts This is a £250 million development, one of the largest leisure projects in the UK.
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