WA Transport Minister Simon OBrien has inspected works on the new Lancelin to Cervantes road, due for completion later this year. The $112 million second stage of the project, which commenced in 2008, involves the construction of 65 km of new sealed coast road.
23/02/2010 |
FINALISATION of the preferred Multi Modal Transport Corridor MMTC alignment for the Sunshine Coast is a step closer. Queensland Main Roads Minister Craig Wallace has directed his Department of Transport and Main Roads to ensure the further work needed to finalise the preferred alignment is completed by the end of April 2010.
22/02/2010 |
SAKAI Heavy Industries has appointed Clark Equipment distributor for its full line of compaction equipment in Australia. Clark Equipment will leverage its strong local presence and extensive branch support network to increase the geographical coverage for the Sakai product line.
27/01/2010 |
ROAD construction equipment showed a sharp decline with no bitumen mixing plants and machines shipped in during November 2009. There was also a sizeable decrease in the number of machines shipped in under the category of road making, paving and public works.
14/01/2010 |
REED Business Information, which publishes the Road Construction web site and newsletter, will be taking an end-of-year break between 21 December 2009 and 8 January 2010.
18/12/2009 |
WORK is continuing on the $28.7 million upgrade to the Peak Downs Highway east of Nebo with work underway on the 4.8 km section of the project between the Suttor Road turn-out and Fiery Creek.
14/12/2009 |
MAJOR works to improve Melbournes M80 Ring Road are underway, with the first sod turned on stage one of the $2.25 billion freeway upgrade project between the Tullamarine Freeway and Sydney Road.
11/12/2009 |
VOGELEs Super 1800 2 spray paver uses a process that substantially reduces the formation of spray mist. This is because, on the one hand, a very low spraying pressure of no more than three bar is used and, on the other hand, the spray droplets are larger.
08/12/2009 |
RESIDENTS at the Manthathpe subdivision near Wadeye in NT will soon have all weather road access to Wadeye following the approval of $2.2 million in joint Australian and NT Government funding.
03/12/2009 |
QUEENSLAND Main Roads Minister Craig Wallace has highlighted the Governments commitment to keeping local communities in Brisbanes Western Corridor informed of major roadworks in their area.
03/12/2009 |
THIESS John Holland has reached conditional agreement with ConnectEast Group on an amended calculation and payment of the performance bonus for the early completion of EastLink in Melbourne.
01/12/2009 |
The conventional paver fitted with the SprayJet module results in a spray paver capable of spraying bitumen emulsion and paving asphalt wearing course almost simultaneously in a single pass.
23/11/2009 |
Dual overtaking lanes have been constructed on Queensland’s Peak Downs Highway to improve driving conditions for motorists travelling from Mackay to the Bowen Basin coalfields.
04/11/2009 |
A $7.5 million upgrade to the Peak Downs Highway east of Nebo has moved a step closer, with the announcement that the contract to complete the works has been awarded to Downer EDI Works.
29/10/2009 |
NSW Minister for Transport, David Campbell says work on the Kempsey Bypass had progressed to the next stage with the short listing of alliance partners.
21/09/2009 |
THIESS says has won the Tulla Sydney Alliance contract for the Tulla Sydney section of the $2.25b M80 Ring Road Upgrade.
23/07/2009 |
A ROAD construction accident has killed a construction worker in Seat Pleasant, US.
23/06/2009 |
THE WESTERN Australian Government says a busy intersection in the southern suburb of O’Connor is getting a $1.17m upgrade thanks to Western Australian Black Spot Funding.
26/03/2009 |
THE NSW Government says it will provide an additional $15m to complete the Main Road 92 upgrade.
20/03/2009 |
THE FEDERAL Government’s Community Infrastructure Program has allocated funds to a number of South Australian road construction projects.
19/03/2009 |