by Matilda Meikle | May 17, 2024 | Environment, Technology
A low-carbon concrete project has been found to recycle double the amount of coal ash when compared to current methods. The initiative, developed at RMIT University, will halve the amount of cement required in production and significantly reduce global emissions if...
by Matilda Meikle | Oct 3, 2023 | Technology
An award winning design is improving safety and efficiency on construction sites. The design, known as Quadshore, will vastly improve security on temporary construction works. Already, it’s making waves on the international stage, highlighting the accomplishments of...
by Matilda Meikle | Sep 15, 2023 | Environment
Australian steel is helping leaders in renewable energy build infrastructure that is better for the planet. In an address to the Australian Steel Convention on Monday, Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic stated that steel is key to shifting Aussie...
by Matilda Meikle | May 15, 2023 | Environment
What started out as an inventive idea could help to permanently reduce national waste levels and protect our environment. A new partnership between an asphalt company and a green group has resulted in Australia’s first road made from recycled single-use coffee cups....
by Darcy Watt | Mar 7, 2022 | Business
At just twenty years of age, Simone Hunt was felling trees and operating excavators in a pine forest in Canberra and surrounds. As life would have it, she couldn’t stay there for long but her journey with machinery was only just getting started. The 2003 Canberra...