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A KEANE EYE
A KEANE EYE: Aiming hire
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)
THE Hire and Rental Industry Association recently held its annual conference and trade show on the Gold Coast, part of which was a field day at Carrara. The Gold Coast has been a semi-regular venue for this conference, and the Carrara sports ground has become the preferred venue for the field day.
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MORE A KEANE EYE
A KEANE EYE: Mates’ rates seal fates
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PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS
Chief Executive Officer
(Friday, 2 May 2008)
Salary: negotiable
Location: Melbourne
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CONSTRUCTION BIZ
Union in court over coercion claims
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
TWO construction union representatives are facing prosecution over allegations they tried to coerce a subcontractor into becoming a union member by telling him he could not work on the Austin Hospital building site in Victoria if he did not join the union.
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MORE CONSTRUCTION BIZ
Contractors missing millions in fuel tax scheme
Perth desal plant demonstrates construction excellence
Industry Report – Contracts
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TUNNELLING
$1m placement on the cards for Vortex
(Monday, 21 April 2008)
VORTEX Pipes, formerly ShieldLiner, plans to raise $1 million in working capital through a share placement with the clients of Indian Ocean Capital, the company announced on Friday.
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EARTHMOVING
Topcon launches LPS upgrade
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
TOPCON Positioning Systems has released a significant upgrade to its 3D local positioning system, which combines a robotic total station with precision machine control for small jobs where just a single machine has to be controlled, or in applications where there may be limited satellite reception.
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LIFTING & ACCESS
Tipping cranes prompts WorkSafe alert
(Wednesday, 7 May 2008)
A SPATE of overturning mini crawler cranes in the eastern states has prompted warnings from Western Australian WorkSafe authorities for operators to be wary when using the cranes, which can be unstable if used incorrectly.
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MORE LIFTING & ACCESS
CICA on the hunt for new leader
Manitowoc expands in China
New chief for Boom
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DIGGING & MOVING
GME has 200 suppliers locked in
(Friday, 9 May 2008)
DESPITE it being almost six months away, the 2008 Goldfields Mining Expo has already signed up more than 200 exhibitors.
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WesTrac boosts share in National Hire
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
NEW South Wales and Western Australian Caterpillar dealer WesTrac has bumped up its stake in equipment hire group National Hire to 65.3%.
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Regional infrastructure program overhauled
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
THE Federal Government has scrapped the former Coalition government’s failing Regional Partnerships program in favour of a new regional infrastructure program it claims will “encourage economic development and invest in genuine community infrastructure initiatives”.
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Topcon launches LPS upgrade
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
TOPCON Positioning Systems has released a significant upgrade to its 3D local positioning system, which combines a robotic total station with precision machine control for small jobs where just a single machine has to be controlled, or in applications where there may be limited satellite reception.
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CURRENT FOCUS FEATURES
Equipment Focus: Road Construction Plant
Topcon launches LPS upgrade
Cat signs Claycrete
Conplant helps build green asphalt plant
Clark new Dynapac distributor
Tracks at home on hard ground too
UPCOMING FOCUS FEATURES
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EQUIPMENT REVIEW: EXCAVATORS & WHEEL LOADERS
TODAY'S STORIES CONTINUED
Industry Report – Projects
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
A BUMPER harvest of new listings today, featuring a number of projects announced in federal and state budgets over the last week. Projects are included in the Industry Report when sufficient details are available to enable an informed assessment of their likely progress.
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Industry Report – Contracts
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
CONNELL Wagner has been awarded the principal design consultancy for Runway 25 works for the Sydney Airport Runway Safety Area project. One of the key features of the job will be designing underground structures that are capable of carrying the weight of new generation A380 aircraft. Every Tuesday and Friday,
CIN
’s Industry Report brings you up to date on major earthmoving, construction and supply contracts in the civil engineering and mining sector awarded around the country.
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Construction movers
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
CIN's
twice-weekly watchlist of Australian publicly-listed companies in the construction sector shows the state of play for some of the industry's biggest players.
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Thiess, Multiplex, Baulderstone contenders for SA prisons
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
THREE consortia including construction giants Thiess, Multiplex and Baulderstone Hornibrook have been short-listed for the construction of prisons and secure facilities in South Australia.
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Green energy plant gets thumbs down
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
MINING giant Rio Tinto and oil producer BP have dropped plans to build a coal-fired power generation plant with carbon capture and storage technology in Kwinana, Western Australia.
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Rate of change: Part II
(Friday, 16 May 2008)
VERMEER Australia has opened a new head office facility in the Brisbane suburb of Richlands, having outgrown its previous Archerfield premises.
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Leighton order book tops $28bn
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
LEIGHTON’S work in hand has jumped 48% to $28.1 billion for the nine months to March 31, and the company is expecting net profit after tax for the full year to increase by at least 30%.
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Union in court over coercion claims
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
TWO construction union representatives are facing prosecution over allegations they tried to coerce a subcontractor into becoming a union member by telling him he could not work on the Austin Hospital building site in Victoria if he did not join the union.
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Digga Expo interest grows
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
BIG crowds are expected at this year’s Digga Expo on the Gold Coast as attachment manufacturer Digga gears up to officially open its newly expanded factory.
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Contractors missing millions in fuel tax scheme
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
CONSTRUCTION and mining contractors are missing out on millions of dollars in federal government credits for their use of fuel in business, a leading adviser on indirect taxation has warned.
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CHAIN MAIL: Budget – unsure or responsible?
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
SHOULD a nation’s government be expected to release to the public who elected it a list of specific infrastructure project details of the what, when, where, how and why in its first budget five months after its election? The Planning Institute of Australia sure seems to think so.
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CMA to buy Meretec
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
AUSTRALIA-based metal recycling group CMA Corporation plans to acquire UK-based Meretec, the developer and owner of de-zincing technology currently used by CMA, for $30 million after entering into a conditional agreement.
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Rate of change: Part I
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
TRENCHLESS technology may well be the construction industry sector experiencing the highest rate of technical change.
Greg Keane
surveys the fast-moving scene.
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Austech, NMW draws nearer
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)
WITH around 80 exhibitors across more than 4200 square metres of exhibition space, Austech 2008 – to run alongside National Manufacturing Week at the end of May – is shaping up to be the largest Sydney-based Austech exhibition ever held, according to organisers.
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THE Hire and Rental Industry Association recently held its annual conference and trade show on the Gold Coast, part of which was a field day at Carrara. The Gold Coast has been a semi-regular venue for this conference, and the Carrara sports ground has become the preferred venue for the field day.
