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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Heidelberg Materials has acquired Germany based RWG Holding GmbH, keeping in line with the company’s investment strategy to put a focus on a circular economy. The reuse of building materials and concrete recycling are key to achieving the vast climate targets that Heidelberg Materials’s has set, as concrete demolition waste is still often disposed of …
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Some events and programs organised by the Institute of Quarrying Australia branches over the past month. WorkSafe Month in Tasmania WorkSafe Tasmania implemented a two-week delivery of events to promote WorkSafe Month (October 2022) in Tasmania. The aim of WorkSafe Month was to get people talking about and acting on work health and safety issues, …
Global construction material company Cemex is launching new decarbonisation projects in three of its global cement plants, where it will use game-changing carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technology developed by Australian company Calix. Cemex this week announced that it will be conducting three Front End Engineering (FEED) studies to scale CCUS technologies at its …
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Supplying throughout the quarrying industry, Lincom Group has seen great success from installations across Australia, with Taylors Civil Construction speaking volumes of the commitment to customers that Lincom Group displays. A family-owned business and leader in the industry for close to 20 years, Taylors Civil Construction has branched out into crushing and screening in order …
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The Queensland Government has released the ‘Future Infrastructure: Private Investment’ discussion paper, to incentivise private bodies to invest in state infrastructure needs. The paper outlines and clarifies the ways in which the Queensland Government plans to support the private sector with respect to the investment into public state infrastructure projects. With the release of the …
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