Print Edition Collection

From the CCF CEO

 

From the CCF President

 

Contract Let - July 2010

 

Tasmania Report - August 2010

 

Western Australia Report - August 2010

 

Queensland Report - August 2010

 

South Australia Report - August 2010

 

Victoria Report - August 2010

 

CASE STUDY: Alliancing Association of Australasia

 

SMEC celebrates 40 year anniversary with new project wins

SMEC, the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, is celebrating the 40 year anniversary of the company’s inception this month.

Short and sweet: new Banora to border highway is a beauty

The final link to the Queensland border, the NSW RTA’s Banora Point Pacific Highway Upgrade project offers sweeping scenic views, upgraded local roads network and community interconnectivity with a well engineered new six-lane highway.

Robinvale project sets the standard for Murray River water supply

A project to replace open channels with polyethylene pipes, to supply stock and domestic water pumped from the Murray River, has established a model system for stock and domestic supply along Australia’s biggest river.

Fuel tax credit rate changed for heavy vehicles

From 1 July 2010, the fuel tax credit rate for heavy vehicles that use fuel such as diesel or petrol and travel on public roads, is 15.543c/L. This rate change is due to an increase in the road user charge.

Earthworks start on Kwinana’s Latitude 32

Excavations have begun on Western Australia’s latest key transportation and logistics complex, Latitude 32.

Early contractor involvement merged seamlessly with D&C on Great Northern Highway

Western Australia’s Great Northern Highway is the only sealed road connecting WA with the Northern Territory and is the main land transport route between Perth and the Kimberley.

CFMEU organiser’s assaults “extreme…unacceptable”

The Federal Magistrates Court in Brisbane, imposed penalties totalling $8800 on former CFMEU organiser Wayne Carter, for contraventions of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (WR Act) that occurred in December 2008.

Early contractor involvement hastens Brighton Bypass up to 15months

The $103m Brighton Bypass (Southern) and Transport Hub, currently under construction by the John Holland-Hazell Bros Joint Venture (JH-HB JV), is the first project in the state operating under the Early Contractor Involvement model.

After the Qld monsoon: how one shire is coping

MONSOONAL rains caused once-in-a-century flooding in southwestern Queensland in early March. The state government declared 80% of the affected area a natural disaster and predicted a damage bill of $300m.

Unimog U400 fast tracked to Australia

Australia’s first specialised Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400 has hit the country’s roads and rail tracks.

Transit mixer is designed for tunnel work

The first Fiori DB 560T transit mixers will be available for delivery ex works Italy in December.