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Abigroup working to encourage women in construction

Abigroup will be celebrating International Women’s Day on Monday with a free BBQ for all head office staff, on the roof of the company’s soon to be vacated Gordon headquarters in Sydney.

Hillhead 2010 close to full up

WITH four months to go before it opens its gates, by Tuesday 381 exhibitors had signed up to participate in Hillhead 2010 – the world’s biggest working quarry show, which takes place from 22–24 June at its regular venue – Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, England.

Volvo sells 100 excavators to one Chinese company

Highway, mining and real estate company Tang’s Sunrise Investment Co, ordered 100 heavy excavators on the first day of a Volvo Construction Equipment sales promotion in the Chinese city of Fuquing.

The place of trams in the 'transportation mix'

With the world’s cities now growing by more than one million people every week and car ownership growing two times faster than the population, we are rapidly heading towards a billion-car planet.

Rail investment to bear freight fruit: BITRE

The Bureau of Infrastructure Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) expects rail freight timetables to change by mid-year to reflect investment in infrastructure, especially between Sydney and Melbourne.

New shiploader for Abbot Point complete

John Holland has completed the $52m Abbot Point X50 shiploader SL2 project for North Queensland Bulk Ports, the engineering firm said yesterday.