Mar 03, 2021

Major shutdown project for Moranbah plant

A major shutdown project at Moranbah’s Dyno Nobel ammonium nitrate plant is set to swell local workforce numbers by about 550. Parent company Incitec Pivot said the turnaround of the Moranbah plant was set to run for about seven weeks from early May, with on-site preparations beginning next month. Incitec Pivot managing director and chief executive officer Jeanne Johns said Monadelphous would act as general contractor for the upcoming project. “In addition, we are engaging the services of around 20 contractors specialised in a range...

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Mar 03, 2021

Regional businesses competing with the nationals

A Rockhampton-based company providing environmental, engineering and planning services across the country and into south-east Asia has written the template for other businesses wanting to locate to regional centres. CQG Consulting was started in 2003 and has developed to the point where it’s involved in most of the significant projects in regional Queensland including in tourism, disaster mana...

Mar 02, 2021

Mayor calls for urgent action on mine region roads

Urgent action is needed to upgrade Isaac Region roads says Mayor Anne Baker. Isaac Regional Council has unanimously endorsed a motion expressing concern about the safety of roads in the region. Heavy traffic “Roads in the Isaac Region are used by our 33,000 permanent and visiting residents and see a mixture of trucks and other heavy vehicles, four-wheel-drives and conventional cars trave...

Mar 02, 2021

Tropical cyclone Niran set to intensify

Tropical cyclone Niran has developed off Far North Queensland and is moving slowly north-east, away from the coast. At 7am today Niran was estimated to be 275km north-east of Cairns and 265km east of Cooktown. The category 1 cyclone is expected to continue intensifying and is forecast to track back towards the coast this evening and into tomorrow before heading out to sea again from Thursda...

Mar 01, 2021

Greater measures needed to protect workers from airborne dust

Partner-supplied editorial Dust control at mining sites is firmly back on the national agenda as cases of silicosis increase union pressure to ramp up health and safety measures to protect all workers exposed to deadly silica dust. For leading Australian mining and civil services firm Global Road Technology (GRT) its focus on dust control in surface mines, using engineering techn...

Mar 01, 2021

Another ASMTI shot in the arm for NQ

Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill has welcomed the city’s selection as preferred location for a new storage and maintenance facility to support Singapore Armed Forces training in Australia. The Department of Defence plans to develop a detailed business case for the project, with the outcome expected in 2022. Cr Hill said having the detachment in Townsville would be a boon for the city and r...

Mar 01, 2021

New contract awarded as CopperString advances

UGL and CPB Contractors have entered a $7 million early contractor involvement (ECI) deal to help kick-start the CopperString 2.0 power project. The contract announced today comes on top of the companies’ appointment as preferred contractors for the delivery phase of the project for Townsville-based proponent CuString. That work is expected to earn the CIMIC Group companies about $1.7...

Feb 26, 2021

New pairing in civil construction software

Infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems has announced the acquisition of Queensland’ s E7, described as a leader in field-based construction delivery software for civil industry. E7 has been deployed on over 350 projects valued at more than $50 billion, including the $812 million Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway (CR2SM) Bruce Highway upgrade project. The softw...

Feb 26, 2021

Infrastructure row hits major development

Whitsunday Regional Council is at loggerheads with a developer over water and sewerage infrastructure costs for the $1.1 billion Whitsunday Paradise project at Bowen. The council this week said a draft Infrastructure Agreement before it would require ratepayers to contribute costs normally borne by a developer and this was considered ‘unnecessary and inappropriate.’ Whitsunday ...

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