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The safety laser scanner for outdoor automation– SICK outdoorScan3
chris Intelligent Transport Systems, Ports, Risk management, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, Technology, Transport 0With the outdoorScan3 safety laser scanner, SICK is now entering the outdoor areas of industrial environments. This will help...
How the sector is managing the covid-19 crisis
chris Airport, Civil Construction, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Freight & Logistics, NSW, Ports, QLD, Rail, Risk management, Roads, Safety and Training, TAS, Transport, VIC, WA 1The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt deeply in Australia and around the world, with the infrastructure...
Australia’s smart cities and communities leaders to gather in Melbourne
chris Intelligent Transport Systems, News, Renewables Energy, Safety and Training, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Technology, VIC 0This May, leaders from Australia and around the world in the field of smart cities and communities will gather...
New asset performance contracts for Sydney’s roads
chris Civil Construction, Features, News, NSW, Open tenders, Planning, Projects, Roads 0by Matt Sweeting, Director of Project Implementation, Transport for NSW Transport for NSW’s current road maintenance contracts for Sydney...
Overhauling Bundaberg’s signalling system
chris Civil Construction, Features, News, Planning, Projects, QLD, Rail, Technology, Transport 0Queensland Rail has completed a $21.8 million project to upgrade the city of Bundaberg’s rail signalling system and seven...
Working to equip rail passengers with independence
chris Civil Construction, Features, News, People, Planning, Projects, Rail, Technology, Telecommunications, Transport, Urban Development 0by Andrew Meier, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation (ACRI) Accessing the built environment, and the...
Leveraging digital transformation: Insights from construction, engineering and industrial
chris Civil Construction, Features, Investment, Projects, Sponsored Editorial, Technology, Urban Development 0Digital technologies are redefining businesses and operating models globally. Both private and public entities are developing and deploying next...
Making ticketing tech smarter
chris Asset Management, Big Data, Features, Intelligent Transport Systems, Planning, Policy, Projects, QLD, Rail, Smart Cities, Technology, Transport 0Queensland’s Palaszczuk Government is outlaying $371 million to invest in Smart Ticketing – to design, develop and implement one...
Changes to workplace manslaughter legislation in Victoria
chris Features, News, Risk management, Safety and Training 0by John Kilgour, CEO, Civil Contractors Federation Victoria From 2020, businesses and officers in Victoria whose negligent conduct causes...
Rapid deployment cameras enable monitoring of remote sites
chris Asset Management, Civil Construction, Condition Assessment, Disaster Management, Features, Renewables Energy, Sponsored Editorial, Technology, Telecommunications 0With its vast land mass, Australia has no shortage of remote sites without access to power or communications. These...
Shaking up continuing professional development in construction
chris Civil Construction, Features, People, Policy, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial, Technology, Urban Development 0The Building Confidence Report that was handed down by Professor Peter Shergold and Bronwyn Weir last year, delivered a...
Selecting the right trenching solution
chris Civil Construction, Features, Investment, News, Planning, Projects, Risk management, Safety and Training, Sponsored Editorial 0Excavators are often the go-to piece of equipment for traditional excavation work, and some contractors wouldn’t think of using...
Critical infrastructure summit 2–3 September 2020 | Brisbane
chris Asset Management, Civil Construction, Disaster Management, Features, People, QLD, Safety and Training, Technology, Urban Development 0Industry leaders from the whole infrastructure cycle will come together 2–3 September at the Hilton Hotel in Brisbane for The...
Resilience and responding to change: adapting to uncertainty
chris Disaster Management, Features, News, People, Planning, Risk management, Safety and Training, Sustainability, Urban Development 0by Romilly Madew AO, CEO, Infrastructure Australia The year 2020 marked the dawning of a new decade, a new...
Using LIDAR in Australian-first road safety technology
chris Mapping and GIS, Projects, Risk management, Roads, Safety and Training, Technology, Transport, VIC 0Around one third of lives lost and 44 per cent of serious injuries on Victorian roads happen at intersections....
Upgrading Australia’s geospatial reference system
chris Features, Mapping and GIS, Planning, Smart Infrastructure, Technology, Transport 0Nicholas Brown, Director of National Geodesy at Geoscience Australia, talks about the $225 million Positioning Australia program, and upgrades...
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Construction has commenced on the final section of Tasmania’s Midland Highway 10 Year Action Plan.
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The Victorian Government has launched a new initiative to help women enter the rail industry, with training, apprenticeships, and jobs included in the scheme.
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The Victorian Government will introduce a single authority to oversee the regulation of safety and compliance for commercial passenger transport.
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Construction has commenced on the $206 million Spring Farm Parkway Stage 1, with the project set to connect communities across Macarthur in New South Wales.
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