Construction Equipment & Heavy Machinery Feature Articles

Master Builders fears the industry will face future turmoil should the government appeal the 24-hour notice period for union official entry to building and construction sites.

Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia), the peak body for the fire protection industry, is calling for an urgent review of the surveillance and auditing of building ...

A majority of employers are concerned at the red tape cost of being forced to select a workplace super fund for employees from an unranked list of 120 MySuper funds.

How can we do things faster and more efficiently? That's the million dollar question facing construction bosses. Or in plenty of cases, the multimillion dollar question.

The Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham, has announced new arrangements for training product development at the Australian Industry Group in ...

Engineers Australia and the Australian Constructors Association (ACA) have joined forces to conduct a major construction Industry Leaders' Forum in Melbourne on 14 May 2015, which ...

The national construction industry moved slightly into growth territory in March, with the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction ...

Whether you run a long established company or you're building a new one from the ground up, there's the same recurring question: 'Should I buy it or hire it?'

Right now you're probably spinning in your swivel chair at the mere thought of that headline. What? One-on-one meetings with all my staff? Correct.

The performance of the Australian manufacturing sector continued to falter in March, with the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) ...

Job interviews, they make or break careers; they can be the beginning of dreams and the stuff of nightmares. Yet they are an essential cog in the business machine, generating the ...

The CFMEU's belated commitment to consistent calls for the acceptance of mandatory drug and alcohol tests on building sites is welcome but raises questions about the sincerity of ...

"Industry strongly supports the Construction Industry Amendment (Protecting Witnesses) Bill 2015 which was introduced into Parliament late yesterday (25 March)," Australian Industry ...

As a rule, heights and humans don't mix, largely due to a rather inconvenient phenomenon called gravity. When your workers are required to confront gravity with above ground work, ...

Action to cut red tape has delivered almost $220 million to Australian businesses in the Industry and Science portfolio, according to the Australian Government.

You can see it. It's there, but it's not quite there. It's happening, but somehow it's only sort of happening. It's getting success, but it's not giving anyone real satisfaction.

Peak building and construction industry body Master Builders Australia has issued a challenge to the Senate crossbench to re-establish the powers of the Australian Building and ...

The national construction industry contracted for a fourth consecutive month in February, with the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of ...

The release of the Intergenerational Report confirms the Government's continued intention to cut the age pension, and highlights the need for more focus on combating age discrimination ...

The services sector expanded for the first time in 12 months in February, with the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) improving by ...