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July 2010

This month UK Forks hosted a toolbox talk at Miller Homes East Midlands focusing on safety and reducing the off-hire damage charges to telehandlers

March 2010

Vinci Construction UK have taken delivery of a second UK Forks Rotational Telehandler

September 2009

As we come close to just over a thousand days before the 2012 Olympics start, a UK Forks telehandler is hard at work

August 2009

A UK Forks telehandler got go-faster stripes recently, as George Wimpey showed their support to Jenson Button

July 2009

UK Forks supplies three telehandlers to work on Benchmark student accommodation

July 2009

As a recent CIOB poll reveals, Crime at Site level effects over 90% of construction Industry Professionals polled.

December 2008

At the Media City UK Site, a new telehandler accessory makes it's debut

May 2008

Miller Homes have taken a hire of a SETC

January 2008

As Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture starts, UK Forks machines finish their work getting the site ready.

November 2007

Taylor Wimpey have taken delivery of one of the UK Forks 25m roto machines for their alternative-energy and sustainable technology residential development in Manchester, Macintosh Mills

October 2007

Inspace partnerships have awarded UK Forks “Supplier of The Year” 2006. The award recognises UK Forks exceptional performance as a partner Materials supplier to Inspace Partnerships Limited during 2006.

September 2007

During the month of September we embarked on a major project to show as many customers as possible the benefits of using a Rotational Telehandler on site.

August 2007

We are delighted to announce a partnership agreement with Mantis Cranes

02/03/10

As part of an ongoing project, this month Vinci Construction UK have taken delivery from UK Forks another Pegasus 40-25 rotational telehandler for the LNG project on the Isle of Grain. This is the third time that they have used UK Forks fleet with LNG tank construction, the first occasion being in Wales.

UK Forks Roto at IoG site

Vinci Construction UK are using a Dieci 40-25 Pegasus to lift concrete form work shuttering for the construction to the base of one of the enormous LNG tanks. They are using the Pegasus as the tower cranes are stopped during periods of medium to high winds. The Pegasus can carry on working whilst the cranes are out of play enabling their project to carry on.

As the UK demand for gas is increasing, North Sea gas supplies are declining. In fact, by 2010 it's estimated that around 50% of the UK's gas will have to be imported. It's a challenge that the Isle of Grain LNG site is uniquely positioned to address - and one that presents a considerable opportunity for engineering and marine professionals to play their part in powering history.

Isle Of Grain Site

As the first of the UK's new breed of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) importation terminals and process plants, the Isle of Grain site has been successfully importing and storing LNG since July 2005. This second storage tank joins it's brother as the largest above ground LNG storage tanks in the world. They have an internal diameter of 90.4m, a top wall height of 39m above the base slab, and a domed roof that peaks in the centre of the tank which is 10.3m higher than the top of the walls. To put it into context - the Royal Albert Hall would easily fit inside one of the storage tanks!

Situated in north Kent, 40 miles east of central London, the terminal is ideally and in fact uniquely located to receive ships and unload LNG from the continent. It boasts an impressive capacity (including 200,000 cubic metres of cryogenic tanks) to safely store, manage and send up to 3.3 million tonnes of LNG into the UK gas transmission system every year.

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