JCB and Construction Edition have launched a UK and Ireland promotion hiding five “Golden JCB DIGatron” stickers in construction-themed sticker packs, echoing a Willy Wonka-style golden ticket hunt. Winners who find a DIGatron sticker can claim an exclusive JCB prize experience, with the campaign centred on JCB’s signature yellow branding and plant machinery imagery rather than chocolate. The initiative targets plant operators, apprentices and young enthusiasts, using low-cost sticker packs as a physical engagement tool for the construction community.

Groundforce, the propping and shoring subsidiary of Vp, has confirmed Warren Buckland as managing director after several months in the role on an interim basis following Paul Donovan’s retirement. Buckland previously led Groundforce Bridge, Groundforce Ireland, Groundforce Training and Stopper Specialists, bringing direct experience in temporary works equipment, modular bridges and pipeline stoppers. He states his priorities as tightening safety and governance across these specialist operations and building a more inclusive, values-driven workplace culture for Groundforce’s site and engineering teams.

Ground Developments Ltd has started bulk earthworks and ground improvement for Metlen Energy & Metals at the Torness HVDC converter station, delivering around 350,000m³ of earthworks and soil modification on a geotechnically constrained coastal site. The company is using a large plant fleet including a new Komatsu PC700 excavator and Wirtgen WR240x stabilisation mixer to execute the ground treatment. The converter station forms part of the Eastern Green Link 1 project, a 196km subsea HVDC link between Torness and Hawthorn Pit rated at 2GW, connecting offshore transmission to the UK onshore grid.