Construction & Heavy Machinery Feature Articles for Australian Industry

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Tough times forecast for engineering and commerical construction 10/26/2009

Tough operating conditions are forecast to continue for the next two years for Australia's construction companies with expected falls in commercial construction and a decline in ...

Navigating your business: Best practices in and out of recession 10/23/2009

Why is it that certain companies only take the time to tighten their belts when times are tough?

Going green in business: How to save money and the planet 10/23/2009

As our awareness of our environmental impact grows, more and more businesses are looking to decrease their carbon footprints and lower their impact on the world around them.

NSW unemployment is heading in the right direction: Down 10/20/2009

NSW’s largest employer organisation, NSW Business Chamber, has said that employment data was a positive outcome for NSW with unemployment falling from 6.1% to 5.6% but warned this ...

Rudd Govt must guarantee jobs for mature aged workers 10/20/2009

The Rudd Government must take urgent steps to protect the jobs and skills of mature age Australian workers in the interest of the long-term future of the nation’s construction ...

Contractors provide new guidance for the construction industry 10/15/2009

The Australian Constructors Association (ACA) has released an Industry Discussion Paper to provide guidance to construction industry organisations with a reporting obligation under ...

CFMEU feels strongly that jobs and investment still come first 10/13/2009

The CFMEU’s position regarding the ABCC remains unchanged. Its opposition to coercive powers is fundamental.

Follow five important business processes that can drive success 10/13/2009

Business processes are the flows of activities that get things done in your business. Once processes are identified and measured, you can automate, streamline and even redesign them ...

Reports underline the resilience of Australia's financial markets 10/12/2009

Austrade has launched its 2009 Financial Services Benchmark Report in conjunction with the Australian Financial Markets Association's (AFMA) 2009 Australian Financial Markets Report ...

Make better sales conversion and cut waste through measuring 10/9/2009

For better sales conversion, you must eliminate waste. It is easy to waste too much time and money trying to convert customers and waste revenue from failing to convert customers.

Construction resumes growth as house building improves 10/9/2009

The national construction industry returned to modest growth in September 2009 following 18 months of contraction driven largely by stronger demand in the house building sector, ...

New Asia Pacific Network encourages green building to take off 10/7/2009

Bob McMullan MP, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, launched the new Asia Pacific Green Building Network in Melbourne recently as part of World Green ...

Report will contribute to making escape from buildings easier 10/7/2009

A new ISO technical report on how people behave when fire breaks out will help in designing safer buildings that make escape easier and reduce exposure to flames and heat.

WorkSafe inspection campaign takes look at tilt-up construction 10/6/2009

WorkSafe will begin an inspection campaign soon to look at safety standards in the tilt-up construction industry.

September Australian PMI®: Manufacturing holds on to its gain 10/2/2009

Manufacturing held on to its gains in September with activity expanding for the second consecutive month according to the latest Australian Industry Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

CSIRO research focuses on new manufacturing breakthroughs 9/22/2009

Flexible plastic solar cells that can be printed like money, carbon fibres so thin they can be spun into yarns and a raft of new biomedical products to combating illness and injury ...

Need to abolish coercive powers in building and construction 9/21/2009

Unions have welcomed the recognition by a Senate committee that there is no place for coercive powers in any workplace and that all workers should be subject to the same laws.

NSW needs long term reform to drive down unemployment 9/16/2009

NSW’s leading business organisation, NSW Business Chamber said the latest ABS labour force data that shows NSW’s unemployment rate is still above the national average should only ...

Australian PCI®: Pace of decline eases in construction industry 9/9/2009

The national construction industry continued to decline in August, although the rate of contraction was less marked than the previous month with the seasonally adjusted Australian ...

Best practice guides an aid to improved workplace relations 9/4/2009

The benefits of family-friendly workplaces, gender pay equity and good faith bargaining are among the issues canvassed in a series of new guidelines to help small to medium-size ...

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