Construction Equipment & Heavy Machinery Feature Articles

Beginning welders and even those that are more experienced commonly struggle with the problem of weld distortion, being the warping of the base plate caused by heat from the welding ...

The not-for-profit organisation that administers Australia's only country-of-origin certification trade mark, the Australian Made, Australian Grown logo, will launch a new initiative ...

I have heard some people say that with all welding, you must have deep or maximum penetration into the base plate in order for a weld to be strong. If you have shallow penetration, ...

"With Queensland's productivity and competitiveness under significant pressure and growth still sluggish, the forthcoming state budget is an opportunity to boost business confidence ...

With just four weeks to go until the 2014 Vinnies CEO Sleepout, over 900 business leaders have already registered nationally, raising close to $900,000 so far.

In its first budget, the federal government has attempted to reduce its deficit. IBISWorld forecasts the potential effects of the new federal budget on key Australian industries.

The federal government has attempted to reduce its deficit with the hotly-debated budget, but IBISWorld is forecasting road and bridge construction to emerge as a big winner from ...

Glenn Cooper AM, Executive Chairman of South Australian icon Coopers Brewery Ltd, has been announced as the new Chairman of Australian Made Campaign.

After more than a decade of sustained growth, the total value of engineering and commercial construction is expected to fall by 3.6 per cent p.a. in 2014 and a further 1.8 per cent ...

University of Adelaide research is producing new materials that could help protect important buildings and other structures from terrorist attacks.

Small to medium businesses and construction firms are set to benefit from Treasurer Joe Hockey's first budget, delivered on Tuesday (13 May).

A design process that makes steel structures safer, more reliable, less expensive and gives Australian businesses the competitive edge is being developed by Australian civil engineering ...

The Liberal Democratic Party has released its own federal budget in an attempt to demonstrate that a return to surplus can be achieved in the next 12 months without harming the ...

Although there were improvements across house and apartment building, the overall performance of the construction sector slipped again in April.

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for April recorded its lowest reading since July 2013 with the latest seasonally adjusted ...

A worker is seriously injured or dies every six minutes in the construction, mining and forestry sectors, a rate that is 50 per cent higher than for all other industries combined.

The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has released a discussion paper to advise and seek feedback on the resilience of new buildings to extreme weather events.

Master Builders Australia warns entities in the building and construction industry that they will not be eligible to tender for federal government-funded building work unless their ...

Business confidence in the building and construction industry is the highest it's been in six years since March 2008 according to Master Builders National Survey of Building and ...

Congestion on Brisbane's busy Gateway Motorway South will soon ease with construction starting on the widening of Mt Gravatt–Capalaba Road across the Gateway Motorway.