Babcock: An Innovative Business Model in the Mining and Construction Industy

The origin of Babcock's mining and construction fleet management capability can be traced to a few years before its mining and construction business was set up in 2011, following a contract between Babcock International Group and the British Ministry of Defense (MOD). Already a long-standing client of Babcock, the Ministry of Defense approached the company to a) optimize the ministry's C vehicle fleet (i.e., construction vehicles, plant and equipment), b) provide guaranteed levels of availability 24/7 and c) manage and maintain the whole life cycle of the fleet. Babcock's work did not go unnoticed. Having seen that, in many ways, their problems were not unlike those of the Ministry of Defense, Lafarge - a world leader in building materials - also knocked on their door.