Inside Construction caught up with Cas Stillwell, Voyage Control’s chief marketing officer, to hear about the company’s plans for the local construction sector. “There are a couple of major reasons for the Australian venture, firstly we like Australia, we like the Australian mindset and business culture. Secondly, our founder James Swanston is an Australian, born in …
Global cable systems & automation company launch in Australia
Lapp Australia, which will be based in Sydney’s Eastern Creek, will meet demand nationally for technologies used in future-focused areas of industry – such as automation, robotics, energy management,Read More
The tools to keep you safe
TRT fabricated outrigger pads TRT displayed its fabricated outrigger pads at the recent CICA crane conference in both the outdoor and indoor displays (the latter having a cutaway versionRead More
Kwik Logistics expands on fleet in WA
“The last couple of years in WA had been extremely tight and our business hurt just like the rest of the WA economy – we had reduced our crane fleet and we got rid of a few people in the middleRead More
Three technology trends shaping the future of design and construction in 2018
The engineering and construction (E&C) industry is embarking on a newRead More
Local robotics developer set to take on global construction market
Western Australian-based Fastbrick Robotics Ltd (FBR) is currently working on the construction of the commercial prototype of the Hadrian X robotic bricklayer. The truck-mounted robot is capable of layingRead More
Blastboss – improving blasts systematically
As operations and technical director at dust control, road stabilisation, erosion control and water management specialist Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST), David Handel admits that he had limited knowledgeRead More
Wot’s in a tele boom crawler, then?
Perhaps the one thing that can be said with any certainty about the telescopic boom crawler crane market is that it is growing. Beyond that, there is considerable divergence of opinion and the crazy thingRead More
The importance of logistics in construction
Even as a multi-trillion dollar global industry, it has yet to be truly transformed by technology and remains beset by inefficiency – and this inefficiency thus impacts all of us. The impact canRead More
Plugging the gaps
Presenting at the annual Europlatform in October, chairman of MEWP equipment manufacturer Haulotte, Pierre Saubot, offered some eyebrow raising predictions, saying the sector still had a way to go beforeRead More