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Articulated dump trucks are unsung heroes of the jobsite. Their maneuverability, versatility and stability allow these machines to be the backbone of bulk material handling for construction. In this article from DEVELON North America's Brandon Crockett, Learn more about ADTs and how they can enhance your projects. https://ow.ly/QOTu50T1isb

Big things are happening Traylor Industrial Group and Traylor Construction Group! Check out the August 2024 issue of Driven for more information.

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Big things are happening at Traylor Industrial and within Traylor Industrial Group! Check out the August 2024 issue of Driven for more information.

'Action requires focus and priorities and these inherently require compromises and pragmatism.' Dominic Cummings   Ok, first off, I'm not here for a debate on politics. Let's get that out of the way from the get go.   However, In this, I think Dom has it right.   In an ideal world, every single job, every single project, every single partnership, business deal, marriage and transaction would go swimmingly, without a hitch and everything would be perfect. But we don't live in the world of fluffy unicorns. We live in a world of imperfections, last minute glitches and people being, well, people I guess. Sometimes we just have to make compromises and be pragmatic about whatever situation we find ourselves in.   Consider this.   I had a lesson in engineering pragmatism very early on in my career, when I worked for a big dredging company. We were alongside for repairs in Ipswich, with a Manitowoc grab on a barge. One of the key items was the replacement of a chain drive, which was a very tight tolerance fit onto the shaft and therefore needed to be heated before it would fit.   One slight snag - it was Sunday afternoon in the 1980's. Everything was shut down, including the shipyard we were working with. Only problem was - we had to get that on the shaft that day - the tugs were coming in the morning to get us back on the job. We HAD to be operational.   Someone, with a flash of inspiration, dived into the messroom, took the Sunday roast out the oven and all the shelves, and shoved the drive in there instead on gas mark 9!   We came back 3 hours later - ran down the deck with it on a length of scaffold. On it went first time. Job done.   This is one of my favourite memories of starting out in engineering.   What's yours? #engineering #navalarchitecture #offshoreengineering #pragmatism

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Big things are happening at Traylor Building and Traylor Industrial Group! Check out the August 2024 issue of Driven for more information.

Happy to share Michael Grey's insightful recent article on the Shipbuilding Industry in UK. Michael Grey Published on:  28 Jun 2024, It was at least forty years ago that the late Derek Kimber, one of the UK’s few successful shipbuilders at the time, observed that, “Once the grass has grown on a shipyard building berth, it is very unlikely to ever open again.” And it was a prophetic remark, with the UK and indeed much of Europe’s shipbuilding industry, being in free fall, with both sharply reduced demand and an inability to compete with the thrusting shipbuilders of the Far East. See full article: https://lnkd.in/g4R8_j5C #shipbuilding #projectmanagement #qualitymanagement

I was at Swan Hunter in 1989. I saw tumbleweed, and empty workshops, but at the same time, a brand new 'Sir Eric Sharp' newbuild waiting to be delivered. The contrast was stark. The decline was inevitable when Japan, then Korean yards benefited from a number of factors, including, and I think we need to remember this, UK help. A&P and Scott Lithgow advised Hyundai on shipyard layout, providing ship designs, production methods, and personnel to train the South Korea shipyard workers. Senior management in Scott Lithgow in defence saying that if they did not do it someone else would, and they knowingly were contributing to their own UK shipyard demise. The recent UK NSO National Shipbuilding Strategy has an ambitious plan for UK shipbuilding and skills gaps, but for that, it needs a 30 year forward order book, which will primarily be defence work, to gain momentum, confidence and avoid 'the 'boom and bust' of grass getting a foothold, and workers and skills getting other jobs elsewhere. The commercial shipbuilding orderbook targets are as yet, not market assessed. These comments from Michael Grey are food for thought on the realities of that. It may be too late for some ship types to ever be built in UK again.

📢 ALERT: Government procurement opportunities   ℹ The National Shipbuilding Office is keen to raise awareness of the many government #procurement opportunities for the #shipbuilding enterprise. Please share with your networks.   ✅ Please click through the links to find out more about each #opportunity, there are contact details within each link but do also reach out to the NSO for further assistance.   Small Survey Vessel & Trailer, Scottish Environment Protection Agency – Prior Information Notice - https://lnkd.in/eGqWs6yA SEPA is conducting a market assessment to gain an understanding of the potential level of interest, available options, timescales and estimated costings for the supply of a small survey vessel & trailer.   Tamar Crossings - Fabrication, Structural Repairs & Maintenance Support Contract, – Cornwall Council – contract notice – closes 2 Aug 24 - https://lnkd.in/e4N86EwD Provision of various steelwork fabrications, structural repairs and associated maintenance support services at the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry. Futures Afloat – Trinity House – Prior Information Notice - https://lnkd.in/edJ5tj3e Futures Afloat is a project that includes the replacement of Trinity House’s ageing multi-functional buoy handling tenders (MFTs). the scope of this procurement includes the construction of modern multi-function buoy handling tenders that will replace THV Patricia as a priority and subsequently THV Galatea.    Spare Parts for Bow and Stern Thrusters for MPV Jura, Scottish Government - contract notice – closes 19 Jul - https://lnkd.in/eJMb3UrD The Scottish Ministers wishes to order appropriate spare parts so that it can overhaul the thrusters of the MPV Jura during its next refit