Companies big and small, including First Nations’, will be able to benefit from participating in Australia’s Inland Rail project, with new workshops scheduled throughout November for potential businesses. ARTC Inland Rail Supply Chain Manager, Jason Manttan revealed the rail project is helping to upskill local and First Nations businesses to take part in the construction …
A Queensland dam’s wall will be returned to its original height following the allocation of $600 million in federal funding that matches the state’s input, to support water supply in one of the nation’s important food bowls. Paradise Dam, 80 km south-west of Bundaberg, is the site of the $1.2 billion project which will be …
With some sizeable construction projects awarded in the Northern Territory, the government has partnered with Master Builders to bring hundreds of skilled workers from overseas in the coming months. Around 600 workers are expected to arrive in the territory to support MBA’s Born to Build program whose aim is to increase NT construction sector by …
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Sydney Metro West has introduced a new contracting model as a result of industry feedback and lessons learnt while Sydney Metro shortlists consortia for construction of Hunter Street Station. Two consortia are vying for the Sydney CBD station contract, success of which depends on how they will also improve the local area and create a …
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Supplementary Cementitious Materials, silica and iron oxide will be produced as valuable by-products of magnesium extraction from almost 100{4a474cbc40b2c884ec07eb0fa121034f26ab055a0dc36607309f0bcf0b401e19} fly ash waste in a new demonstration facility being constructed east of Melbourne. Latrobe Magnesium (LMG) is constructing a 1000 tpa demonstration magnesium production plant in the Latrobe Alley in Hazelwood North (pictured), which is expected …
A civil engineering professor and determined pioneer is leading an international effort to decarbonise concrete production and promote its use as a renewable energy generator. Professor Maria Konsta-Gdoutos, of the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), is also an associate director of the Center for Advanced Construction Materials (CACM) at the university and is working …
The contract to construct a new concrete bridge over railway lines to replace a temporary single lane steel bridge has been awarded by the NSW Government. Heavy rain in March 2021 damaged the Burley Griffin Way railway overpass bridge in Wallendbeen, north-west of Canberra, leaving it with significant cracking in the brickwork and subsidence in …
As an important first step for the establishment of the east coast high speed rail network, the ‘High Speed Rail Authority Bill 2022’ has been passed by the parliament. A high-speed rail network along the east coast of Australia has been under investigation for decades, with a report from the University of New South Wales …
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In a unique offering for the industry, Quarry is launching a marketplace platform dedicated to sale and hire of quarrying equipment. This is your one-stop-shop for buying, selling and hiring a variety of machinery, including excavators, loaders, dozers, rollers, graders, crushers, earthmovers and more, from both dealers and private sellers. Be it a mini excavator …
An innovative trial of a five-day work week, a six-month parental leave policy and nation-building infrastructure projects that are growing the female talent pool are among the winners of the 2022 NAWIC Awards for Excellence. The NAWIC Awards for Excellence is Australia’s largest awards program for women in construction and is hosted by the National …
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