Construction Equipment & Heavy Machinery Feature Articles

Reforms to Australia's anti-dumping system effective from 2 November 2015 will level the playing field for Australian manufacturers and producers.

Well, you could start by asking one of the most successful businesspeople in the world today, Richard Branson. He believes that far too many businesses aren't prepared to take ...

Question: who has the biggest impact on the reliability of your manufacturing production? Is it the machine operators? Is it the workers feeding the line? Or is it the people upstairs ...

Unions have challenged local Coalition MPs to debate the merits of the China Australia Free Trade Agreement in community halls around the country.

"Well, they looked good on paper." If you've ever said that about a recruitment misjudgement you're far from alone. Resumes are designed to make candidates look good; they're ...

Milling is one of the most common processes used by industry and machine shops to cut and drill parts into precise, often intricate shapes and configurations. CNC, or computer ...

The Federal Court has handed down a $272,500 fine to the CFMEU and two of its officials, one of whom told a project manager he was crocodile hunter Steve Irwin when asked to provide ...

Regional building approvals released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have revealed a slowdown in approvals across many regions of Queensland during July.

There has been discussion about whether there are enough available apprentices that have undergone training to replace construction workers entering retirement, and to meet growing ...

The connotations of the word 'perk' seem to be as negative as they are positive these days. Yet there are genuine company perks that can make a big difference to staff morale, ...

Australia may miss out on a surge in jobs and export opportunities if the Parliament delays approving the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), prompting three major industry ...

In a major submission to the Inquiry into Portability of Long Service Leave Entitlements for Victorian Workers, the Australian Industry Group has demonstrated that a portable long ...

If all our customers had the sort of loyalty a dog has for his master we'd have nothing to worry about. Unfortunately customer loyalty is as fickle as fashion and as reliable as the ...

Master Builders' latest Survey of Industry Conditions for the June 2015 quarter shows business confidence in the Queensland economy and the building and construction industry is on ...

Excellence is a great word. It's a word worth using in every aspect of your business and something you should strive for in everything you do. That includes all aspects of maintenance. ...

According to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, senators should support the bill to reintroduce the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner ...

If you're old enough to be nostalgic about the 1960s, wistful thoughts probably revolve around black suited Beatles rather than boom times in manufacturing.

The Productivity Commission has laid the blueprint for getting new major resource sector projects approved in Australia faster and more competitively, by proposing a more efficient ...

Australia's leading construction companies today launched a new awareness initiative to attract and retain more young people in the industry.

Queensland's building industry is powering ahead, with residential building approvals up almost 17 per cent across the state in 2014/15.