Local research has indicated that woody material could play a part in helping reptiles and mammals successfully recolonise rehabilitated mine sites – including quarries.
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Surveying innovations in quarrying
Surveying and quarrying have both been around since ancient times. These industries have undergone many technological changes since but the last decade in particular has seen some extraordinary innovations in surveying technology. Erik Birzulis explains how these innovations have revolutionised the way surveyors work and the outcomes.
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State puts site safety back into operator hands
A state government is currently developing new safety legislation that will place more responsibility on quarry operators to manage risks and hazards on their work sites.
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Preventing ASR in the management of concrete
Michael van Koeverden discusses how new forms of laboratory testing are being employed to make manufactured sands and other construction materials less reactive in concrete applications.
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Flying under the radar
Are there more subtle, less time-intensive and less bureaucratic ways of receiving approvals for changes to a development consent? And if so, how should they be pursued? Gary Peacock gives some advice to Mandy-Parry Jones.
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Roadblocks identified in productivity report
The Productivity Commission?s latest draft report highlights current roadblocks hindering Australia?s infrastructure.
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House building up, engineering down
The national construction sector has again fallen into negative territory, following a sharp fall in new orders and a decline in construction activity.
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Mangalore quarry extension under fire
An application to increase the amount of dolerite extracted from Mangalore Quarry is causing controversy in southern Tasmania.
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Approval extended to Grants Head Quarry
Hy-Tec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adelaide Brighton, has been granted conditional approval to increase extraction at its Grants Head quarry in Port Macquarie.
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The rise and fall of Shantalla Quarry
Quarry has previously reported on the history of a granite quarry that became a vital linchpin for a whole community during Ireland?s infamous potato famine, here we conclude the story.
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