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Change Management Construction Machinery Magazine 
Roads Online
APRIL 14, 2024
Astec machinery has played a pivotal role in Fulton Hogan’s infrastructure works overtime. A stec Industries and Fulton Hogan are two names that are synonymous with infrastructure and construction works across Australia and New Zealand. Boil says the relationship goes beyond just machinery purchases and trials. Image: Astec.
Roads Online
APRIL 18, 2024
SRE’s six metre telescopic sprayer exhibits the latest in machinery technology for both New Zealand and Australia. Roads & Infrastructure Magazine speaks with Specialised Roading Equipment’s Chris Kaelin to learn more about the company’s latest technological innovations regarding its six metre telescopic sprayer. Image: SRE.
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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros
Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors
Roads Online
OCTOBER 13, 2024
Hitachi Construction Machinery is expanding its wheel loader range, developing a line suitable for infrastructure and rail works. David Gallina, National Product Manager, explains what this shift in focus means for customers. David Gallina, National Product Manager – Hitachi.
Roads Online
AUGUST 10, 2023
Starting out as a bobcat specialist in 1990, Dave Speranza was a subcontractor for a lot of Victoria’s Road construction companies. Fast forward to 2023 and his company, Central Asphalt Group, now provides road profiling, asphalt paving, civil construction, and heavy haulage to the roads industry. I guess it’s paid off.
Roads Online
JULY 18, 2023
Specialised Roading Equipment is one of New Zealand’s highest regarded manufacturers of bespoke road construction machinery and equipment. Managing Director Mark Wansbrough outlines the company’s plans. SRE was founded about 23 years ago by a guy who had his own road construction and sealing business.
Roads Online
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Wirtgen machinery benefits from European ingenuity, along with a design that’s perfectly suited to Australian conditions. This relationship goes far beyond just machinery. As Jason Parrish, National Plant Manager – SPA explains. Images: Wirtgen. Immediately it was the German technology that set them apart from the rest.”
Roads Online
OCTOBER 12, 2023
M achine control – the automation of heavy earthmoving equipment – is key to attracting workers and addressing the skills shortage in construction, according to decision makers surveyed in a report by Topcon Positioning Systems in Europe.
Roads Online
JULY 22, 2024
T he iconic orange livery of Hitachi machinery is an easily recognisable staple of many construction projects across the world. Founded in 1910’s Japan, the self-titled “orange family” specialises in the development of high-quality machinery that’s purpose built for the civil construction market, among other industries.
Roads Online
AUGUST 14, 2023
Changes in Underwriting Agencies of Australia’s senior leadership are set to present new opportunities for the organisation and its clients, as well as the wider industry. U nderwriting Agencies of Australia (UAA) has recently undergone a period of change. Peta Ross, Group Development Manager – Systems, Process & Culture.
Roads Online
JULY 24, 2023
General Manager – Commercial, Tony Symons, paints the company’s picture right from the beginning, through to its exciting future. Shortly after the end of World War II in 1945, a simple gesture by Walter Kennard laid the foundation for what is now one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest family-owned machinery and equipment hire providers.
Roads Online
MAY 26, 2024
Just under a quarter of these deaths were related to the construction sector (22 per cent). Machinery safety plays a key role in reducing this figure. Stata Worldwide’s collision avoidance technology can be attached to a number of locations and machinery types.
Roads Online
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Primal Surfacing is adding another two sprayers to its growing machinery fleet. Primal Surfacing has benefitted from a long-standing partnership with Specialised Roading Equipment (SRE) for its machinery needs. A big part of maintaining this reputation is its frequent upkeep and updates of its machinery fleet. Images: SRE.
Roads Online
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Now situated in Brisbane, Mancin’s role is to help Cat machinery users become the best operators of the equipment they can be. “As Mancin himself has around 20 years’ experience in the road maintenance and construction equipment industry. There’s continually some process of improvement across our machinery,” Mancin says. “We
Roads Online
JULY 25, 2024
The new Executive General Manager for Construction and Utility at Komatsu Australia is looking to drive that change. D rawing on more than 25 years of experience, David Small has recently assumed the role of Executive General Manager for construction and utility at Komatsu Australia.
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Roads Online
JANUARY 4, 2024
Roads & Infrastructure Magazine reflects on the important topics and conversations addressed at the 19th AfPA International Flexible Pavement Conference in Brisbane, as well as why there continues to be optimism towards the future of flexible paving. Now, it’s up for the industry to take these learnings and influence real change.
Roads Online
JULY 31, 2023
Flexihire has been operating throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales for decades, providing high-quality heavy machinery for a range of industries. Flexihire is committed to providing machinery that is fit-for-purpose across a wide range of sites and applications. F lexihire is renowned for supplying quality equipment.
Roads Online
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Komatsu’s Smart Construction Edge 2 solution is transforming conventional surveying methods, offering a more efficient and safer alternative. Komatsu Product Manager James Mackenzie explains. Data from the Edge 2 drones can be transferred and visualised in Komatsu’s Smart Construction ECO System Dashboard. Images: Komatsu.
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Roads Online
OCTOBER 19, 2023
As Andy Hopcroft, General Manager Yello Equipment explains. The SANY tag is ‘quality changes the world’. The SY80U Sitting within its compact hydraulic excavators, this machine would be a great addition to a contractor’s construction fleet. The SY80U, SY135C and SY155U are all impressive machines in their own right.
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Roads Online
OCTOBER 8, 2024
X CMG is well known for its Chinese heritage, being one of the world’s three largest manufacturers of construction and heavy equipment. The company’s status in Australia certainly didn’t come by chance, as General Manager Roy Rossini – XCMG Mining Equipment Australia can attest. That’s where I came in.”
Roads Online
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The era of Smart Construction is upon us. This incentivises the construction industry to find new routes to improve productivity, safety, and profits. James Muir is the General Manager of Smart Construction at Komatsu Australia and has spent many years in the infrastructure industry.
Roads Online
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
According to Josh Allan, Civil Business Executive Manager at Aptella (formerly Position Partners), new solutions are now hitting Australian shores that promise greater productivity and accuracy gains than ever. “We’re thrilled to introduce Topcon’s new machine control platform locally,” says Allan. Image: Aptella.
Roads Online
DECEMBER 17, 2023
Wirtgen’s upper management sheds light on what’s in store for customers. C onsisting of Wirtgen, Vögele, Hamm, Kleemann, Benninghoven and Ciber, the Wirtgen Group (a John Deere company) is responsible for the design, development and distribution of machinery for the road construction industry. Image: Wirtgen.
Roads Online
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
The Winslow Group has introduced biodiesel to its range of machinery, in line with its commitment to achieving robust sustainability outcomes, which Viva Energy is supporting with its innovative solutions. W inslow Group is a civil construction services company passionate about protecting and enhancing the environment in which it operates.
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Roads Online
MAY 27, 2024
The construction and mining industry has always been male-dominated, but global equipment manufacturer Komatsu is working to change that. The Coalition sees men in positions of influence commit to leadership and accountability for change on gender equality issues in their organisations and communities. Image: Komatsu.
Roads Online
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Integrity Sampling provides an essential service to the infrastructure and construction sectors. Brett Money, Group General Manager, explains the importance of worksite substance testing and how it’s helping to save lives. S ubstance testing on construction sites is a constantly evolving service.
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Roads Online
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Sally Rolfe – Operations Manager, Deepak Nair – Design Engineer and Marty Barker – Production Supervisor. Matthews Brothers Engineering (MBE) has established a reputation for designing and manufacturing robust road construction equipment. When his role eventually changed, I was primed and ready to step up.” Images: MBE.
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Roads Online
JULY 21, 2024
T idd Ross Todd (TRT) is a company that’s synonymous with providing next-generation crane technology and machinery to the market. This deal included permissions to distribute Kobelco machinery across New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Fiji and further added to TRT’s experience with Kobelco manufactured units.
Roads Online
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Major construction and infrastructure projects are like intricate puzzles, where every piece – from architectural design to structural engineering – must fit together perfectly. It also informs design accommodations like access requirements and the type of machinery that can be moved into and used in the space.”
Roads Online
JULY 16, 2023
Roads & Infrastructure Magazine hears from four key decision makers on the importance of the next steps ahead. Roads Australia predicts that to 2024-25, the estimated spend on road construction activity will be equal to $106 billion. Despite these developments, there’s still a long path to improvement ahead. We have to be honest.
Roads Online
JULY 19, 2023
Quality and experience have been two of the main contributing factors to this continued innovation, says third generation employee and MBE Managing Director Paul Matthews. As one of the industry’s most experienced stakeholders, Paul Matthews has direct input into MBE’s machinery, as well as what operators require and desire.
Roads Online
MAY 3, 2023
Matthews Brothers Engineering’s Australian-made road construction solutions are built on more than 100 years of expertise, passed down through generations. S ince 1921, Matthews Brothers Engineering (MBE) has specialised in road making equipment and machinery – designed and manufactured locally for Australian businesses.
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Roads Online
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
Lisa Marsh, Managing Director – Sales, explains how the newly formed Australian company is making a splash across the market. Lisa Marsh, Managing Director, Sales – eLumina. Technology advances at a rapid pace, so if you’re buying all of this heavy machinery, those items could quickly become obsolete,” she says.
Roads Online
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Garry van den Beld, National Account Manager, Mobile Asphalt, says the F-series pavers combine the best Astec technology with best in class design. Jorge Boil, Business Line Manager, Infrastructure Astec, says that between the two models, customers can find the best solution for all paving requirements. RP-175) and B6.7 (RP-195)
Roads Online
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
The mobile plant and equipment, as well as the construction insurance industries are certainly not immune to these impacts. While reflecting on the year just gone, Stan Alexandropoulos – UAA Group CEO says 2023 was a year of internal progress and change, establishing a platform for 2024. But solutions are already in the works.
CCR Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2024
In the dynamic world of construction, efficiently managing resources such as equipment and materials is key to achieving successful outcomes. Asset monitoring solutions have become a game-changing tool, empowering construction firms to oversee and control their assets with precision.
Roads Online
JUNE 27, 2024
As the construction industry continues to expand in the face of increasingly complex infrastructure projects, multinational companies are expanding their operations in Australia. T he road construction and infrastructure industries form part of the larger construction industry. Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co.,
Roads Online
JANUARY 17, 2024
Material provided by Motion Australia The civil construction and earthworks industries are undergoing rapid evolution. Sean Babbage, General Manager of Flow Technologies at Motion, offers expert insights into this state-of-the-art innovation. To read the full article, please click here.
Roads Online
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
My family, including my father Bruce Carden who is the Managing Director of TRT, lived over in Brisbane for around two and a half years to push the product,” he says. Back then we had just a PO Box and an email address, but we still managed to push a lot of trailers into Queensland and then in a broader sense, into the whole eastern seaboard.
CCR Magazine
JANUARY 16, 2024
Navigating the New Era of Construction Through Technological Innovations This comprehensive article delves into the transformative world of workforce management in the construction industry. AI-Driven Project Management Tools: Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role in project management within construction.
Roads Online
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Michelle Morrissey, National Claims Manager, Australia – UAA sheds some light on the process. Michelle Morrissey, National Claims Manager, Australia – UAA. Determining value UAA utilises key valuers as part of its service who value anything from motor vehicles, light and heavy machinery to mobile and tower cranes.
CCR Magazine
DECEMBER 10, 2024
What powers your construction projects to success when traditional fuel options fall short? In an industry where deadlines are tight, equipment is demanding, and efficiency is paramount, unconventional fuel solutions are emerging as a game-changer for construction professionals.
Roads Online
AUGUST 14, 2023
Changes in Underwriting Agencies of Australia and its senior leadership are set to present new opportunities for the organisation and its clients, as well as the wider industry. U nderwriting Agencies of Australia (UAA) has recently undergone a period of change. Peta Ross, Group Development Manager – Systems, Process & Culture.
CCR Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Due to the nature of construction, valuable assets like heavy machinery, specialized tools, or expensive hand tools are often left on jobs that are in progress. Comprehensive asset management is especially crucial for construction firms to prevent work sites from becoming attractive targets for thieves.
CCR Magazine
AUGUST 15, 2024
Construction projects thrive on machinery. You might wonder how they manage it all from a van or truck. Let’s explore their world and see why these technicians are indispensable on construction sites. Let’s explore their world and see why these technicians are indispensable on construction sites.
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