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tippers transformed into a plant equipment powerhouse. Select grew to have its own fleet of crawler and tower cranes and established its own tool and modular accommodation business, whilst supplying piling rigs and concrete pumps to Expanded Piling – another of Laing O’ Rourke’ s acquisitions – and externally to the wider market. Since then, Select has been proud to provide fullscope technical solutions and plant hire capabilities to the UK’ s largest, most complex construction and civil engineering projects. Alongside the exceptional quality and diversity of its solutions however, what truly sets Select apart in the market is its commitment to safety and to its people – which it emphasises as its two greatest priorities.
Eddie Carr, Select’ s Operations Leader, elaborates:“ We provide almost every item of plant and equipment that Laing O’ Rourke could need, but we also supply a range of equipment to an external client base. We don’ t want to just be a commodity plant company hiring out assets; we want to offer a differentiator for our customers, be it safety, sustainability, technology, or the high quality of products and services that we can offer.
“ Anyone can hire assets, but it’ s the people who make a real difference. We want to make sure that we can attract and retain the best people and offer them an exciting career in the industry, and a large part of that comes down to keeping our people safe. We work in a high-risk environment and it’ s our number one priority to ensure that that culture is ingrained throughout our business and that everyone is able to challenge our performance if they need to; our teams are the best people to help us identify problems and areas for improvement.” In line with this ethos, Select champions its three core pillars of engineered safety,
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