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What’s the future of construction plant?

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What’s the future of construction machinery? Should we go all in on electrification? Is hydrogen coming on stream anytime soon?

Veteran plant journalist Peter Haddock joins the 21CC podcast this month to help make sense of the rapidly changing landscape of construction machinery and sustainability.

He shares examples of how businesses including Flannery Plant HireL Lynch Plant Hire & HaulagePerkins Engines CompanyLiuGong EuropeXwatch Safety Solutions part of Hexagon Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon and ZQuip from Moog Construction are pushing technology and skills development forward.

Haddock also discusses the future with hydrogen, talking about the fuel and explaining the work JCB is doing on JCB Hydrogen machines and the infrastructure needed to make the fuel work.

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