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Chicago Pneumatic expands into Australia with Genelite partnership

Chicago Pneumatic expands into Australia with Genelite partnership Chicago Pneumatic has partnered with Genelite, one of Australia’s largest independent manufacturers, suppliers and distributors...
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Works begin on transforming the Bruce Highway from Caloundra to Sunshine Motorway in Australia

Works begin on transforming the Bruce Highway from Caloundra to Sunshine Motorway in Australia Major construction has officially commenced on the $929.3 million Bruce Highway Upgrade – Caloundra Road...
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CPB Contractors wins upgrade for State Highway 2 from Baypark to Bayfair in New Zealand

CPB Contractors wins upgrade for State Highway 2 from Baypark to Bayfair in New Zealand CPB Contractors has won the contract for the second and final phase of a design and construct contract for the u...
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Australia A$75 Billion budget outlines their huge investment in road and rail infrastructure

Australia A$75 Billion budget outlines their huge investment in road and rail infrastructure The 2017 to 2018 Budget announced in Australia delivers a transformational next step in the Coalition Gover...
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Melbourne fast-tracking removal of dangerous and congested level crossings

Melbourne fast-tracking removal of dangerous and congested level crossings The Andrews Labor Government in Victoria, Australia is getting on with the job of removing more dangerous and congested level...
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Victoria, Australia announces Aus $42.5 million rail upgrade of the Shepparton line

Victoria, Australia announces Aus $42.5 million rail upgrade of the Shepparton line The Andrews Labor Government has announced a massive upgrade of the Shepparton line and new coach services as part o...
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New Zealand favoured Cambridge to Piarere route announced

New Zealand favoured Cambridge to Piarere route announced Analysis and public consultation has led to a favoured route emerging for State Highway 1 between Cambridge and Piarere, but more investigatio...
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Australia to partner with the private sector on Melbourne Airport Rail plan

Australia to partner with the private sector on Melbourne Airport Rail plan The Labor Government will use $10 million of the money it is owed through the Asset Recycling Initiative to develop a new ai...
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Australia to spend Aus $1.45 Billion on massive rail upgrade package in Victoria

Australia to spend Aus $1.45 Billion on massive rail upgrade package in Victoria The Andrews Labour Government has unveiled a massive package of regional rail upgrades that will improve services and c...
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Australia’s Ipswich Motorway gets a US$300 million upgrade

Australia’s Ipswich Motorway gets a US$300 million upgrade Brisbane-based Bielby Hull Albem Joint Venture was awarded a US$ 300m (A$400m) contract for the Ipswich Motorway Upgrade from Rocklea t...
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Queenstown Airport gets a groovy new runway

Queenstown Airport gets a groovy new runway A $750,000 project to apply grooves to Queenstown Airport’s runway has been completed three weeks ahead of schedule. The project was the final stage of an a...
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New Zealand’s Queenstown Airport clears environmental hurdles to its expansion

New Zealand’s Queenstown Airport clears environmental hurdles to its expansion Queenstown Airport Corporation has welcomed the Environment Court’s final decision on the designation of land next...
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Custom-built Volvo excavators are helping drive a vital part of the New Zealand economy

Custom-built Volvo excavators are helping drive a vital part of the New Zealand economy Canterbury, a large central-eastern region of New Zealand’s South Island offers the best of both worlds – the si...
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Australia receives bids for the biggest public transport project in Victoria State’s history

Australia receives bids for the biggest public transport project in Victoria State’s history The bids for the Metro Tunnel and five new stations are in, as work ramps up on the biggest public tr...
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Adelaide Airport rolls out Australasia’s first fully automated airport management system

Adelaide Airport rolls out Australasia’s first fully automated airport management system An agreement with Amadeus marks the continued expansion of Adelaide Airport’s. Adelaide’s vision is to ac...
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CIMIC selected as the preferred contractor for Australia’s multi-billion West Gate Tunnel Project

CIMIC selected as the preferred contractor for Australia’s multi-billion West Gate Tunnel Project CIMIC Group company, CPB Contractors, has been selected by Transurban as the preferred contracto...
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Australia funds US$380 Million for Queensland Road Projects

Australia funds US$380 Million for Queensland Road Projects The Australian and Queensland governments have reached agreement for funding major road infrastructure projects in South East Queensland and...
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Australia’s CPB awarded contract to widen M1 Pacific Motorway

Australia’s CPB awarded contract to widen M1 Pacific Motorway Cimic Group subsidiary – CPB Contractors has agreed a contract for widening of a 12km section of the M1 Pacific Motorway in Ne...
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European Investment Bank supports vulnerable islands around the world

Salaheddine Mezouar, president of the UN climate treaties conference COP22, said the event, which took place in Morocco in November, would allow “the voices of the most vulnerable countries to climate...
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Laing O’Rourke and BGC win US$320m Western Australia Highway Project

Laing O’Rourke and BGC win US$320m (AU$417m) Western Australia Highway Project Main Roads Western Australia has awarded a contract for the NorthLink central section to the Great Northern Connect (GNC)...
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Australia awards contract for underpass under Brisbane Airport Runway

Australia awards contract to build 4-lane underpass under Brisbane Airport Runway Construction of a 4-lane underpass beneath the new runway project at Brisbane Airport in Australia, valued at AU$120 m...
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New Zealand give residents 5 safety improvement options for State Highway 1

New Zealand give residents 5 safety improvement options for key State Highway 1 The long-term options for improvements to State Highway 1 between Cambridge and Piarere have been narrowed down to five,...
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New Zealand safety improvements planned for State Highway 34

New Zealand safety improvements planned for State Highway 34 A project to improve safety for road users on a stretch of rural State Highway 34 west of Te Teko to Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty, New Zeal...
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Antarctic research station Halley VI creates its own highway in the snow

Roads just don’t work in Antarctica, not only is it far too cold, the shifting ice and heavy snow cover make them impossible. For the scientists and their teams, snow mobiles, snowcats and other track...
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Australian Concrete Curb Experts – this is how it’s done!

Acrobatics aren’t usually part of a tradesman’s job, but these Australian Concrete Curb Experts have found a unique way to make a perfectly smooth curb in no time at all. This video was po...
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New Zealand road construction staff give helping hand to native wildlife

Protecting native wildlife populations – and helping them thrive – is core business for the construction team building part of the new Waikato Expressway east of Hamilton. Lizards released into protec...
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Kiribati upgrades its entire road network

Kiribati is a small island republic in the Central Pacific Ocean comprising 33 coral atolls and isles stretching across the equator with a total land area of 800 square kilometres dispersed over an ar...
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Contract awarded for Kāpiti Expressway in New Zealand

The New Zealand Transport Agency has awarded a contract to Fletcher Construction for the next section of the Kāpiti Expressway in New Zealand. The contract for involves the construction of the 13km st...
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Contractor chosen for RAAF Amberley expansion in Australia

RAAF Amberley, Australia’s biggest airbase is expanding The Australian Department of Defence have chosen CPB Contractors, a CIMIC Group company to deliver the C‐17A Maintenance Facility, Aircraf...
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Funding Approved for the Dili to Baucau Highway Project, East Timor

Timor-Leste (East Timor) 16th November 2016 Funding Approved for the Dili to Baucau Highway Project The project is consistent with the Timor-Leste Strategic Development Plan (SDP) 2011-2030, which set...
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