From Constructioncontractor.com.au
25 January 2010 | by Kevin Gomez

IN TERMS of exhibition space, bauma is already the biggest trade fair in the world. This year, it’s just got bigger. The triennial event will be held in April 2010 and is the international showcase for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment. In response to exhibitor demand Messe München is erecting additional, temporary halls this year. This will bring the total exhibition space for the fair to 555,000m².

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Monday, 19 October 2009

BOSKALIS Australia has been awarded an $A809 million contract from Chevron and the Kellogg joint venture group for the design and construction of a port at Barrow Island for the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project.

LNG tankers at Barrow Island

The company, which is a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster, will also be responsible for building a material offloading facility, a roll-on, roll-off facility, 200m of quay walls and mooring dolphins.
 

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Friday, 16 October 2009

KENTZ Corporation has been awarded contracts for works on the Pluto and Gorgon liquefied natural gas projects in Western Australia worth a total of about $A109 million. 

Artist impression of Gorgon plant

Under the first contract, Kentz will install and test high-voltage cabling, switchboards, transformers and other electrical work for Woodside Petroleum’s Pluto LNG project near Karratha.

From Constructioncontractor.com.au
30 September 2009 | by Danielle Bowling

BubbleDeck, a new building system designed to reduce concrete usage in building, has made its construction debut on the $1.88 billion Gateway office project in WA. Gateway, a 30,000 sqm mixed-use development by Finbar Group and builders, Hanssen, has incorporated the environmentally friendly product into its design, reducing costs, onsite labour and the project's environmental impact.

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Wednesday, 23 September 2009

A TRIAL of recycled mining waste used as road base on Western Australia’s New Perth-Bunbury Highway could lead to reduced demand on the state’s sand quarries.

New Perth Bunbury Highway - Murray River bridges.

In WA each year some 25 million tonnes of bauxite residue is produced through mining. The WA-based Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing is researching ways to recast such waste materials as usable products.
 

From ConstructionIndustryNews.net
Wdenesday, 23 September 2009 by Ron Berryman

MINERALS Council of Australia chief executive officer Mitchell Hooke believes Australia is heading towards a recovery, but is uncertain whether it will be V-shaped, W-shaped or bathtub-shaped.

Minerals Council of Australia chief executive Mitchell H Hooke

Speaking at Resourceful Events’ Excellence in Mining & Exploration 2009 conference in Sydney, he tended to favour a bathtub-shaped graph with some Ws along the way.