The partnership means that the two companies together can supply most or all plant needs of any given site.
Explore Plant is a joint venture between Laing O鈥橰ourke and WS Transportation. It took over the construction plant from Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 Select Plant division last year, leaving Select focused on cranes. (See previous report here.)
Garic director Neil Richardson said the tie-up would benefit customers of both companies. 鈥淓xplore has eight depots nationwide and supplies hire products that complement our offering perfectly,鈥� he said. 鈥淎t Garic we continually strive to give our customers a better service and this collaboration with Explore will help us to do just that. There are a lot of synergies between the two businesses in terms of being well established, we are both leaders in our particular parts of the market and we work across many of the same sectors.
鈥淣ow, hiring anything for a site will be much easier to manage as we鈥檒l be able to provide one point of contact to our clients.鈥�
Explore business development leader Warren Wilkinson added: 鈥淏y joining together we can provide a seamless service supplying clients with whatever welfare and accommodation, plant, equipment and tools they may need.
鈥淲e鈥檒l be providing virtually everything for a construction or infrastructure site from form and falsework systems, general plant and small tools to lighting, welfare and accommodation units, welfare vans, plant storage, wheel-washing and environmental clean-up kits 鈥� to list just a few.鈥澛犅�
The partnership brings together two of the biggest names in the UK logistics sector. Garic is part of the Bibby Line Group shipping empire, while WS Transportation is co-owned by Edd Stobart, the 27-year old son of Eddie Stobart Logistics chairman William Stobart.
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