The Australian Airports Association (AAA) has responded to the recently-released federal Aviation Recovery Framework, outlining plans to support the...
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Top Infrastructure stories from 2021
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, COVID-19, Investment, News, NSW, Planning, Policy, Ports, Projects, QLD, Rail, Roads, Spotlight, Transport, Urban Development, VIC, 1As Australia continues to face challenges from the pandemic, infrastructure projects were key to helping us build back in...
The Independent Review of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 (PAMA Act) and Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy...
How Complex System Theory can be applied to the construction industry
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, COVID-19, Features, Investment, News, Planning, Policy, Urban Development, 0by Jon Davies, CEO Australian Constructors Association Governments of all levels are currently relying on the construction industry to...
New gender equality policy for the construction industry
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, News, Policy, Spotlight, VIC, 0The Victorian Government has announced a new policy which mandates increased representation for women in the construction industry. The...
The procurement reform needed for rail construction
April Shepherd, , Features, Planning, Policy, Rail, Transport, 0by Caroline Wilkie, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association (ARA) The release of the ARA’s Rail Supply Chain Blueprint...
Reopening Australia and the need for a national approach
April Shepherd, , Features, News, Planning, Policy, Safety and Training, 0by Chris Melham, Chief Executive Officer, Civil Contractors Federation National (CCF) As Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to rise,...
National strategy for EV uptake through Future Fuels Fund
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Investment, News, Planning, Policy, Roads, Spotlight, Sustainability, Transport, 0The Federal Government has announced a further $178 million for the Future Fuels Fund alongside its first national Future...
Final hearings for parliamentary infrastructure procurement inquiry
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, Investment, News, Planning, Policy, Projects, Spotlight, 0The final hearings for the parliamentary infrastructure procurement inquiry will see investors, government departments and small to medium enterprise...
Parliamentary inquiry into infrastructure procurement begins
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, News, Planning, Policy, Spotlight, 0Australia’s key industry bodies discussed challenges and opportunities for the construction industry at the Procurement of Federally Funded Infrastructure...
The second consultation stage on proposed amendments to the National Construction Code (NCC) 2022 is underway. The Australian Building...
Stronger partnerships building better housing and communities in NSW
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Features, Investment, NSW, Planning, Policy, Projects, Risk management, Urban Development, 0by Melinda Pavey, Minister for Water, Property and Housing The NSW Government welcomes NSW social housing’s addition to Infrastructure...
$17.4 million of funding for Portland and Great South Coast
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Company news, Freight & Logistics, News, Policy, Projects, Roads, Transport, VIC, 0The Victorian Government is funding $17.4 million towards the Portland Economic Diversification Plan, including upgrades to key local freight...
TBMs finish 9km-long tunnels beneath Melbourne
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Company news, Freight & Logistics, Investment, News, People, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Spotlight, Transport, Tunnels, VIC, 0Four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have completed 20 months of digging to create two 9km-long, 6.3m-high rail tunnels underneath...
$777 million Kidston Pumped Hydro reaches financial closure
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Company news, Energy, News, Planning, Policy, Projects, QLD, Spotlight, 0Genex Power has reached financial close on the Kidston Stage 2 pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project, with construction...
Innovative construction technology to be used for Muswellbrook rail bridge
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Company news, News, NSW, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Spotlight, Transport, Tunnels, 0The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is carrying out a major maintenance shutdown on the Hunter Valley Rail Network...
Building our future cities: connected, sustainable and accessible
April Shepherd, , Civil Construction, Features, Investment, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Smart Cities, Smart Infrastructure, Sustainability, Transport, Urban Development, 0What will our future cities, and the infrastructure that helps them function, look like? With so much industry evolution,...
That’s a wrap on the 2021 Critical Infrastructure Summit
Infrastructure Journalist, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Disaster Management, Planning, Policy, Projects, Rail, Roads, Smart Infrastructure, Sustainability, Transport, 0The 2021 Critical Infrastructure Summit ran over two weeks in April with four Virtual Conferences exploring the industry’s biggest...
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