August

Alliancing keeps infrastructure funding flowing

Public sector infrastructure project delivery using the alliance contracting method for complex projects, keeps infrastructure dollars flowing when the economy most needs stimulus.

Backhoe sculpture signifies peace, construction boom

Palestinian American artist Nida Sinnokrot mainly exhibited these two backhoe arms as sculpture in this year’s Sharjah Biennial in the United Arab Emirates.

NT most active for new civil contracting projects

Shovel ready is a concept that only the Northern Territory seems to have embraced, as far as civil engineering projects are concerned says Hays, Australia’s biggest specialist recruitment consultancy.

Rapid light rail to transform Gold Coast

Given the green light, and on track for completion in early 2014, all governments have contributed to the $949m on-ground light rail Gold Coast rapid transit system.

SkillsDMC slashes training package red tape

SkillsDMC, the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Skills Council, has consolidated six industry training packages into one.

Tassie rail facing its moment of truth

ON February 4 this year the Tasmanian Greens party was holding a meeting at the old Penguin railway station, about the shortcomings of that state’s rail network. Suddenly the heritage-listed building was shaken and a cloud of dust covered the platform.

Total Recruitment launches OnlineRail nationally

Total Recruitment has launched a new national business OnlineRail, as an independent recruitment and labour hire company, specifically for the Australian rail industry.

Ricoh optimises GPS-enabled digital camera

Ricoh has launched major hardware and firmware enhancements to its 500SE GPS-ready camera, to provide improved data-collection capabilities.

Steamy Stella is a show stopper

Australian Pumps says its new high pressure steam cleaner, the Aussie Stella, is creating huge interest at construction machinery shows around Australia.

Tyco raises the bar on mobile equipment fire suppression

Fires involving non-road mobile equipment, such as large earthmoving plant, have resulted not only in heavy losses and irreversible damage, but also loss of life.

Biggest 700 series Hino fleet takes rock, fill in its stride

Civitrans, a leading Victorian civil construction transport company, has confirmed its confidence in Hino’s 700 series heavy duty trucks, by purchasing its 22nd such vehicle from CMI-Hino in Laverton North, Victoria.

Cable, pipe detector could keep you out of jail

Have you ever dug up a power cable or gas line? Do you know someone who has? Have you seen or read a news article about someone doing so, or experienced a power outage as a result?

Crushing faulty fired clay, brings great savings

Brick and tile manufacturers, have been using Rubble Master compact recyclers in Austria and England, to turn production waste into reusable raw material.

JCB secures $28m French military backhoe order

The French military has placed a $28m order with JCB for a fleet of its backhoes.

Versatile, comfortable excavator preferred for Queensland mines

VERSATILITY and driver comfort are the key requirements for excavators performing wide-ranging tasks over extended periods at busy mine sites.

A touch of Copenhagen for Adelaide’s CBD

ADELAIDE, the first capital city to provide free bicycle hire, has just opened a Copenhagen-style bicycle lane, one that is sited between the footpath and on-street car parks.

$3500 a m timber pipeline replaces worlds’ biggest soaker hose

The historic timber Lake Margaret pipeline, which feeds the turbines of one of Tasmania’s earliest hydro-electric facilities, is in the final stages of reconstruction.

Sydney Harbour eyesore rejuvenated to reflect its wooded headland, colonial estate, refinery past

The restoration of Sydney’s Ballast Point to public open space, has been a long time in the making, and subject to quite a degree of political argy bargy.

Work starts on Sydney ponds, rain gardens

Landcom and Australand have given the green light for work to start on the first of two major ponds and rain gardens at The Ponds, 30km north west of Sydney’s CBD.

Contracts Let August 2009