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Reducing Carbon on the A47 Blofield Scheme with Galliford Try
We're proud to be working alongside Galliford Try on the A47 Blofield to North Burlingham upgrade for National Highways, where innovation, training, and technology are driving carbon savings.Faced with limited infrastructure on this greenfield site, ...
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FIR Celebration: Driving Forward Inclusion and Opportunity
We were proud to bring together our customers, partners, and colleagues to celebrate a major milestone: Lynch has become the first UK plant hire company to achieve FIR Growth Accreditation. This significant achievement highlights our commitment to bu...
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Electric SANY SY215E
Introduction Lynch has partnered with SCS JV teams and our supply chain partner SANY to introduce a 23-tonne fully electric SY215E excavator at one of their key sites. Since going on hire in January, the machine has brought real environmental be...
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Innovation and collaboration: trialling low carbon options with Balfour Beatty
For four weeks in February and March, we worked with our supply chain partner to trial new electric technology on a major highways project. The 14T electric excavator was working on the M25/A3 Junction 10 upgrade scheme, helping to move material onto...
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Fleet Focus: Water Bowsers!
Our 27,000L Bell Water Bowser is working hard on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet project.This area of the site has undergone significant cut and fill to create the new road and during the winter, heavy rainfall caused flooding in the cut section....
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Second Chances for Prisoners and HMP Highpoint
Do you believe in second chances? We do. In partnership with City & Guilds Training, Lynch has established the Construction Plant Training Centre, at HMP Highpoint to provide prisoners with the essential skills needed for successful rei...
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Lynch, JN Bentley and JCB Driving Decarbonisation with Hydrogen-Powered Innovation
JN Bentley and Lynch are driving decarbonisation for the construction industry, bringing the UK's first JCB Hydrogen Backhoe loader to a busy Severn Trent site.As one of the first plant hire providers to introduce electric machinery into our fleet, w...
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Triumphant Trainers: Lynch winners of Training Excellence Award
We're so proud of our training team, who won the Training Excellence Award at the CN Specialist Awards! Our entry focused on our Career in Plant and Mentor programme, bringing over 300 individuals into the workforce with an 85% retention ra...
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Team Lynch Plant Trees in Cambridge!
As part of our commitment to sustainability and our goal of achieving net zero by 2040, we have pledged to plant a tree for every new item of plant purchased. Moreover, we have introduced Environmental Action Days, providing each employee with an ext...
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Carbon Reduction Champion shortlist
Lynch has been shortlisted for the 'Carbon Reduction Champion' award at this year's Construction News Awards, which aim to recognise the People, Pride, and Passion in the construction industry. The shortlist features unique projects, technical innova...
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Decarbonising Construction Machinery: Listen to the podcast!
Last week, Joint Managing Director Merrill Lynch joined Bishop & Taylor from 'the Construction Index', to discuss reducing diesel consumption in our industry.Merrill shared his expertise on alternatives to diesel, new technologies and innovations...
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Brand New Scania trucks offering 6% fuel saving
Lynch has invested in brand new Scania V8 lorries as part of our ongoing efforts to upgrade our fleet. The latest additions to our fleet offers an improved total operating economy, with an impressive 6% fuel saving over our previous V8 generation. We...
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Lynch and Skanska go green on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement scheme!
In partnership with our customer Skanska, we're welcoming our newest fleet addition, a 17m full electric telehandler! This is now on hire at a major National Highways project, the A428. By Spring 2024, we're set to have three of these innovative elec...
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Hybrid Technology: Mick George and Lynch reducing Costs and Carbon
Lynch and Mick George have been working collaboratively to bring low carbon solutions to our construction sites. We put a D6T and D6XE to work on a project in Stowmarket, completing similar operations so we could compare their fuel usage and see the...
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CN Awards - Carbon Reduction Champion: Highly Commended
Earlier this week, Gez Bonner, National Training Manager, and Valon Krivenjeva, Plant Coordinator, attended the prestigious Construction News Awards. We received a High Commendation in the Carbon Reduction Champion category for developing and impleme...
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Lynch Plants Trees on Environmental Action Days!
As part of our commitment to sustainability and achieving net zero by 2040, we're excited to announce our tree-planting initiative. Inspired by Caroline Kinley, Head of Commercial Finance, Strategy & Systems, we will now plant a tree for every Ly...
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Lynch going green with the UK's first Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Electric 8T Excavator arriving on site!
We are proud to welcome the first 8T Hitachi ZE85 Electric Excavator in the UK, with the machine heading out to work on a major infrastructure project at a busy Central London site. This efficient machine offers a more environmentally friendly solut...