Electrical Construction and Maintenance (EC&M) has won the prestigious Industrial Award at the 2008 National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) Excellence Awards.
The University of Queensland has teamed up with the construction and resources industries to help make hazardous work places safer.
The Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (DME) has released a safety bulletin that clarifies what legislation is used and when on various mine sites during construction.
SEVERAL safety initiatives were used on the recently completed $2 billion Rio Tinto Iron Ore Dampier Port Upgrade (DPU), which helped it to set a new benchmark in the Pilbara of more than five million staff hours worked without a lost time injury.
Fortescue Metals Group's (FMG) Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project is on track for first ore shipment in mid-May, according to the company's Monthly Construction Report - February 2008.
SANDVIK Mining and Construction will open a purpose-built facility in Mount Isa by May.
CLOUGH has a Letter of Intent from Woodside approving the initial expenditure of up to $30m for preliminary works for the LNG jetty berth for the Pluto LNG Project.
FORTESCUE Metals Group Limited (FMG) has defended its decision to refuse representatives from the AWU and the CFMEU access to its Cloudbreak construction site in the Pilbara following the fatal accident on Friday, 11 January.
AT about 4pm WST on Friday January 11, 2008, an incident occurred during the construction of the processing plant at the Cloudbreak Mine site involving an employee of United Construction, and which tragically resulted in the employee’s death.
THE mining boom is driving record growth in the construction sector, according to a recent survey.