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16 May 2008
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LAST WEEK'S STORIES

 Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Leighton wins coal mine, university contracts
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

THE work keeps coming for construction giant Leighton, which has secured nearly $US700 million in contracts to continue mining services at the MSJ coal mine in Indonesia, and design and construct the new Paris Sorbonne University campus in Abu Dhabi.
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Infrastructure gets $20bn budget boost
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

INFRASTRUCTURE was a big winner in the Rudd Government’s first federal budget with an initial $A20 billion to be injected into a fund to build roads, rail and ports, as well as a national broadband network.
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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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Govt to increase training places
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

THE resources sector is expected to benefit from the expansion of vocational training places and the development of Trade Training Centres in secondary schools as part of the Rudd Government’s $A11 billion Education Investment Fund handed down in its first federal budget.
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RailCorp knew of powerline dangers: Judge
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

THE New South Wales Industrial Court has found that the Rail Infrastructure Corporation knew of the risk to crane workers from overhead powerlines that killed a dogman at Heathcote in 2003.
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Tenders open for WA biosolids facility
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

CONTRACTORS have until May 28 to get their tenders in for the construction of the WA Water Corporation’s trial biosolids storage facility at Annadale Farm, near Moora.
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WA bucks downward labour demand trend
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

DESPITE evidence of a softening labour market, new employment figures show mining boom state Western Australia is leading the demand for jobs growth, with a 2.7% increase in job ads for the month of April.
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Cat signs Claycrete
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

WESTERN Australian company Claycrete has signed an agreement with machinery giant Caterpillar to market its road building process worldwide.
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Look beyond the obvious: Recruiter
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

RECRUITING in the mining sector could be as easy as having a MySpace page to attract school leavers or working with local schools to attract mothers for work during school hours, mining leaders were told at a conference this week.
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CivEnEx just around the corner
(Wednesday, 14 May 2008)

ORGANISERS of CivEnEx are again urging owner-operators, councils, public utilities and private contractors not to miss the upcoming Sydney exhibition, which returns to the Western Sydney International Dragway in late May.
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 Tuesday, 13 May 2008

JH wins second stage of airport expansion
(Tuesday, 13 May 2008)

JOHN Holland has inked an $85 million contract with Melbourne Airport for the construction of the second stage of the international terminal (T2) expansion.
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New world beating $A7b super tower projects for Dubai
(Tuesday, 13 May 2008)

FAR from a bubble, the booming Dubai construction sector is accelerating with plans to build five more 100 floors-plus super towers over the next five years, in addition to the seven currently being developed.
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NEWEST & BRIGHTEST: More power for new Cat 345D
(Tuesday, 13 May 2008)

CATERPILLAR has extended its D series excavator offerings with the release of the 45-tonne 345D, which replaces the popular 345C.
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Industry Report – Projects
(Tuesday, 13 May 2008)

CIN’S Industry Report brings you the latest updates on current and planned major infrastructure projects across the nation each Tuesday and Friday. By tracking these updates, you can build your own database of substantial infrastructure projects about to commence or on the drawing boards.
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Industry Report – Contracts
(Tuesday, 13 May 2008)

NATIONAL construction giant John Holland has increased its current building contracts at Melbourne Airport to $245 million with the exercising this week of the option to construct what is described as Project 2 of the airport’s Terminal 2 expansion program. 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
(Tuesday, 13 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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Conplant helps build green asphalt plant
(Tuesday, 13 May 2008)

COMPACTION specialist Conplant recently assisted in the construction of an environmentally friendly asphalt plant in South Melbourne for physical services provider CityWide Service Solutions.
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Connell Wagner wins Sydney Airport contract, boosts graduate recruits
(Tuesday, 13 May 2008)

ENGINEERING and management firm Connell Wagner will undertake design works for the Runway 25 – Runway and Safety Area project after being appointed principal design consultant by the Sydney Airport Corporation.
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 Monday, 12 May 2008

Clark new Dynapac distributor
(Monday, 12 May 2008)

COMPACTION and paving equipment maker Dynapac Australia has chosen Clark Equipment as its distributor in the Australian and New Zealand markets.
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Perth desal plant demonstrates construction excellence
(Monday, 12 May 2008)

THE Perth Saltwater Desalination Project has beaten five other finalists to be declared Australia’s most outstanding example of construction excellence at the 2008 Australian Construction Achievement Awards last Friday night.
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EastLink early completion imminent
(Monday, 12 May 2008)

MELBOURNE’S newest motorway between Mitcham and Frankston, the EastLink, looks set to open five months ahead of schedule as Thiess John Holland puts the finishing touches on the project.
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BlueScope confident of strong second half
(Monday, 12 May 2008)

STEEL giant BlueScope revealed today it is confident of a stronger second-half underlying profit result.
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Crane falls on bus
(Monday, 12 May 2008)

TWO workers escaped serious injury last week when a 50-tonne crane toppled onto a bus they were working on at a Sydney transport depot.
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Midwest nominates Yilgarn for port on deadline
(Monday, 12 May 2008)

MIDWEST Corporation last week made an 11th hour nomination of Yilgarn Infrastructure for the Oakajee port tender.
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Financing the future
(Monday, 12 May 2008)

ABN AMRO has earmarked the need for some $400 billion in infrastructure projects nationally, including transport, water and clean energy. Financing is therefore going to play a pivotal role in determining Australia’s sustainability pathway.
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The spice of life
(Monday, 12 May 2008)

THE compact equipment market is buoyant and extremely competitive. Established brands are doing battle with an increasing number of new machines that are priced with a very sharp pencil. By Greg Keane
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 Friday, 9 May 2008

Infrastructure bonanza for WA
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

THE Carpenter Government has made it quite clear that it won’t be sitting on its hands during this unprecedented period of economic growth on the back of the mining boom, committing a record $A7.6 billion into capital works for 2008-09 as part of its $26.1 billion building program over the next four years.
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John Holland wins Qantas contract, confirms employee death
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

CONSTRUCTION company John Holland has won a $40 million contract to upgrade Qantas Airways’ domestic terminal at Perth Airport.
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Tracks at home on hard ground too
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

TRACKED loaders are a natural choice for work in soft ground conditions or where ground disturbance should be minimised. But surely working on hard surfaces is a no-no?
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Personnel movements
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

TONY Bevan, Susanne Sutherland, Brierty; Trevor Schmitt, CMA Corporation.
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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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Construction movers
(Friday, 9 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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Industry Report – Contracts
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

THE appointment of Golding Contractors to carry out the $128 million Forgan Bridge project in Mackay – one of the north Queensland city's largest bridge and road construction projects – is a highlight of CIN’s Industry Report today.
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Industry Report – Projects
(Friday, 9 May 2008)

AN INDUSTRY consultation forum will be held in Sydney next Wednesday to provide contractors and suppliers with an overview of the proposed $12.5 billion North West Metro rail link that may one day sweep 38km from St James Station in the city to Rouse Hill.
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 Thursday, 8 May 2008

Builder fined for defying WorkSafe order
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

WESTERN Australian construction company Briklay has been fined $14,000 after pleading guilty in the Bunbury Magistrates Court to charges of failing to provide edge protection on a building site.
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US woes impact Boral profit
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

BUILDING materials company Boral is weathering the storm created by the US economic downturn with today’s downward revision of its fiscal 2008 expectations.
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Yilgarn waits as deadline looms
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

WITH one day left until the deadline, Yilgarn Infrastructure has yet to receive its Oakajee Port nomination from iron ore miner Midwest Corporation.
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Victoria’s budget of capital spending
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

THE Victorian Government has not shied away from injecting money into its capital spending program with the education and health sectors the big winners in the 2008-09 Budget handed down on Tuesday.
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CHAIN MAIL: Budgets and dollars
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

BUDGET papers are not highly enjoyable documents to read. Why? Because after the excitement of seeing millions of dollars splashed around the page has died down, it is hard work wading through the political padding and self-backslapping to work out what these dollars represent.
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SA answers miners’ call for new port
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

THE South Australian Government plans to build a major new export harbour at Port Bonython, near Whyalla, and has called for expressions of interest to develop it.
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Major cities get help with 457 backlog
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

SYDNEY, Melbourne and Perth will soon have specialised teams to help process the increasing backlog of 457 visa applications, under new measures being implemented to improve Australia’s temporary skilled migration program.
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Underwater welding technology granted European patent
(Thursday, 8 May 2008)

AUSTRALIAN engineering services company Neptune Marine Services has secured a European patent for its NEPSYS underwater dry welding technology as it seeks to expand its international application.
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