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12 May 2008
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A KEANE EYE: Mates’ rates seal fates


WEEKLY columnist Greg Keane explores the impact of “rate wars” on the very competitive equipment hire market.
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    CONSTRUCTION BIZ 
    Perth desal plant demonstrates construction excellence


    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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    US woes impact Boral profit


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    TUNNELLING 
    $1m placement on the cards for Vortex


    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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    LIFTING & ACCESS 
    Tipping cranes prompts WorkSafe alert


    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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    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


    DESPITE it being almost six months away, the 2008 Goldfields Mining Expo has already signed up more than 200 exhibitors.
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    Clark new Dynapac distributor


    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


    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


    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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    Equipment Focus: Road Construction Plant

    Clark new Dynapac distributor

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    UPCOMING FOCUS FEATURES

    JUNE : HIRE & RENTAL
    JULY : EQUIPMENT REVIEW: EXCAVATORS & WHEEL LOADERS

       TODAY'S STORIES CONTINUED


    BlueScope confident of strong second half


    STEEL giant BlueScope revealed today it is confident of a stronger second-half underlying profit result.
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    Crane falls on bus


    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


    MIDWEST Corporation has finally made an 11th hour nomination of Yilgarn Infrastructure for the Oakajee port tender.
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    Financing the future


    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


    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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    Infrastructure bonanza for WA


    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


    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


    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


    TONY Bevan, Susanne Sutherland, Brierty; Trevor Schmitt, CMA Corporation.
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    GME has 200 suppliers locked in


    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


    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


    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


    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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    Builder fined for defying WorkSafe order


    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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