A Net Zero Unit has been established in the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts, to drive transport and infrastructure emissions reductions. Led by Ian Porter, the new unit is planned to identify how the infrastructure industry can work across government and with others in the industry to help achieve net …
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Jason Adams has been promoted to president of Superior Industries, the US based bulk materials handling solutions specialist. Adams was one of the first industry veterans to join Superior in 2014, prior to the decision of the business to break into the aggregate processing equipment market. Since that time, Adams and the team has successfully …
Aurecon’s sustainability lead in Australia has been named the Chief Sustainability Officer of the Year in the 2022 World Sustainability Awards. Paul Gleeson, Group Director, Sustainability and Managing Director for Energy, ANZ, beat some stiff competition to be awarded at the recent World Sustainability Congress in Germany. “The World Sustainability Award judges were impressed by …
The piling on the construction site of the new Sydney Fish Market is impressive at its sheer size, built in and over the water at Blackwattle Bay close to Sydney’s CBD Multiplex, its main works contractor began work in June 2021 following Hansen Yuncken’s prepatory work as the stage one contractor. The controlled demolition of …
While construction costs may have increased over the last quarter, the bit of good news is that it is at a lower rate than previously. Australian Bureau of Statistics’ data shows a 2.9{4a474cbc40b2c884ec07eb0fa121034f26ab055a0dc36607309f0bcf0b401e19} increase in construction input costs, however, this was less than the past two quarters that were more than 4{4a474cbc40b2c884ec07eb0fa121034f26ab055a0dc36607309f0bcf0b401e19}. Adam Crowley of …
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 …