Editors Blog http://www.earthmover.com.au daily 1 2009-02-03T06:01:36Z Reflections on a weekend in a Malaysian quarry http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2010/newswire/march/march-25th/reflections-on-a-weekend-in-a-malaysian-quarry I had the pleasure of joining in Kuala Lumpur last weekend, about 300 Sandvik distributors and customers, from what the company calls Western Asia. Roughly that takes in nearly everything from Israel to China, including Australia and New Zealand. No publisher stephb News Weekly Top Stories 2010-03-25T02:19:31Z Blog Entry Water a major issue in SA elections http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2010/newswire/march/march-18th/water-a-major-issue-in-sa-elections I was delighted to hear Colin Pitman interviewed by Tony Eastley, as the lead item on ABC’s AM on Tuesday, about his work in detoxifying considerable quantities of stormwater being fed into Adelaide’s industrial water supply. No publisher stephb Weekly Top Stories 2010-03-17T04:47:56Z Blog Entry Equipment monitoring can be tricky http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2010/newswire/february/february-11th/other-top-stories/equipment-monitoring-can-be-tricky I was talking monitoring systems at a party earlier this week, with a man who sells them, mainly to transport companies. He said in Britain the approach of management to implementing monitoring systems, is to say straight out to employees, we are fitting these to your vehicles to weed the crooks from the company. No publisher stephb Weekly Top Stories 2010-02-10T21:50:11Z Blog Entry Germany's face is more than a veneer http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2010/newswire/january/january-21st/other-top-stories/germanys-face-is-more-than-a-veneer Lonely Planet says Germany is more than Mercedes Benzes and shampooed poodles. Indeed it is. Having just spent most of the last week in the Bavarian capital city of Munich to attend a media preview for the forthcoming bauma (see news item), it is easy I suppose to make conclusions that maybe don't apply to the rest of the country. But here goes. No publisher stephb News Weekly Top Stories 2010-01-20T21:51:59Z Blog Entry Employee share plan drives contractor to 25% annual compound growth http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2009/weekly-newswire/december/december-17th/employee-share-plan-drives-contractor-to-25-annual-compound-growth For every year of its 28 years in business, Perth based company Ertech Pty Ltd, has recorded 25% compound growth. But founder and principal Jim Giumelli, said in a toolbox session at the CCF’s national conference in the WA capital called Hand it On or Hand it Over: “I don’t think we’re going to do it this year. However we haven’t made a loss yet and I don’t intend to.” No publisher stephb 2009-12-15T23:25:49Z Blog Entry Mack Trucks’ Weapons of Mass Construction take Sydney by storm http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2009/weekly-newswire/november/november-26th/mack-trucks2019-weapons-of-mass-construction-take-sydney-by-storm Volvo-owned Mack Trucks, staged a media day at Sydney’s Olympic Park yesterday, titled Weapons of Mass Construction. No publisher stephb 2009-11-26T01:14:23Z Blog Entry Perth conference an unqualified success http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2009/november/perth-conference-an-unqualified-success The Civil Contractors Federation's annual conference is over for another year and very successful it was too. No publisher stephb Print Edition 2009-11-20T00:19:40Z Blog Entry Arm loss led to a safety role at Melbourne quarry http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2009/weekly-newswire/november/november-19th/arm-loss-led-to-a-safety-role-at-melbourne-recycler A man who lost one arm and part of his shoulder, in an accident at a quarry near Melbourne two years ago, came back to work earlier this month. No publisher David Palmer 2009-11-19T04:20:35Z Blog Entry Wind the big renewable winner http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2009/september/wind-the-big-renewable-winner According to a number of reports, wind will be the big winner, given that the legislation has been passed to expand to 20% the Federal Government’s minimum renewable energy target. Some say wind turbines might account for 60 to 70% of the new renewable energy supplies, although this has apparently caused some infighting with rival geothermal, solar and wave proponents. But it would seem to be the most advantageous for this industry because of the significantly large underground foundations each turbine needs. No publisher David Palmer 2009-09-18T05:13:31Z Blog Entry Case does ride and drive at the Thunderdome http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2009/weekly-newswire/june-25th/other-top-stories/case-does-ride-and-drive-at-the-thunderdome Last Friday Case Construction Equipment organised a VIP Ride and Drive Day at the Calder Park Thunderdome, on the north western outskirts of Melbourne, for about 100 customers and potential customers. No publisher Earthmover & Civil Contractor 2009-09-18T05:14:49Z Blog Entry $1200 a day pipeline welders spark caller’s ire http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2009/may/1200-a-day-pipeline-welders-spark-caller2019s-ire A caller to ABC radio in Melbourne earlier this month, complained that pay for welders on the north south water pipeline from the Goulburn River to Melbourne, was far too high. No publisher David Palmer- Editor 2009-06-23T06:26:22Z Blog Entry Tunnel raises the bogie of cut and cover http://www.earthmover.com.au/news/2008/december/tunnel-raises-the-bogie-of-cut-and-cover-1 A couple of months ago I wrote that an east/west cross city tunnel recommended by Infrastructure Australia’s Sir Rod Eddington in a report on Melbourne’s transport infrastructure, would likely pass about 100m from where I live in Parkville, and almost certainly demolish a $5m wetland built for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. No publisher admin 2009-06-04T23:28:57Z Blog Entry