Carmac expands Excavator Fleet to keep pace with Housebuilding Sector demand

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Carmac Building and Civil Engineering Ltd has bought seven of the latest Zaxis-7 models from Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK) and has 26 Hitachi medium excavators in total. The groundworks and civil engineering contractor was founded by Tom McGowan in 1984, although it didn’t move into the residential housing sector until after the 2008 recession. The past four years have seen the company’s turnover double, and the proportion of residential housing, infrastructure and roads work rise to 90% of this figure since a management buy-out was finalised at the start of 2020. Carmac’s current customer list includes key players in the new housebuilding market: Vistry Homes (Bovis Homes and Linden Homes); Taylor Wimpey; Crest Nicholson; Mulberry Homes; Keepmoat Homes; Countryside Partnerships and Places for People.