Editors Blog
Ships get bigger to match expanded Panama Canal
Apparently Japanese shipyards are building ships to take advantage of new size limits to come into force when an expanded Panama Canal opens in 2014.
Ships get bigger to match expanded Panama Canal
Apparently Japanese shipyards are building ships to take advantage of new size limits to come into force when an expanded Panama Canal opens in 2014.
September a good month for women in construction
Efforts to encourage more women into construction and engineering took a big step forward in September when 26 year old engineer Jillian Kilby won the 2010 Young Engineer of the Year in the Sydney Division of the Engineering Excellence Awards.
Trimble convenes for 2800 in Las Vegas
About 2800 surveyors, earthmoving contractors, machine control specialists and equipment retailers, gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday (Tuesday in Australia) for the annual three day Trimble Dimensions convention and exhibition.
Dial Before You Dig: 30 days notice is not required
Our lead item for the Newswire last week, created some concern with readers judging by your reactions. It revealed that News South Wales legislation that came into force on July 1, required practically anyone doing serious excavations including farmers digging postholes, to make a request to Dial Before You Dig about underground services likely to be encountered, “not earlier than 30 days before the work commenced.”
