News (Page 29)

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RA Federal Budget Brief

Note: The contents of this brief will be progressively updated as more detailed information about the Budget becomes available. Please refresh the page to ensure you are viewing the latest updates. The Budget context The Albanese Government has used its …

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From the CEO

It was my pleasure to welcome Peter Frazer OAM, President of the SARAH Group to the RA office this week. Peter was here to thank RA and our members for supporting National Road Safety Week as a Principal Partner. With …

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FSC bolsters environmental capacity and expands into site investigation services

FSC has announced a boost of its suite of environmental engineering services with a focus on providing high-quality, commercially minded and site specific, site investigation services to primarily construction and property managing clients. FSC is a multi-disciplinary design, engineering, project …

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New ACA paper calls for reform of payment practices

The Australian Constructors Association (ACA) has published a new paper on payment practices in the construction industry – Credit where credit’s due—Improving security of payment and liquidity in the construction industry. The paper highlights the need to change payment practices, …

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Holcim & BMD support Habitat for Humanity

RA members Holcim and BMD Group have shown their commitment to supporting vulnerable group in the community, recently joining forces to support a project for Habitat for Humanity. Team members from both Holcim and BMD spent a day working to …

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Spotlight on Safety

Safety is Roads Australia’s number one policy priority – and today’s Spotlight on Safety industry breakfast sponsored by Altus was a positive opportunity to highlight some of the innovations being deployed across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to …

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TMAA survey shows more work needed on road worker safety

The Traffic Management Association of Australia (TMAA) have released their annual Traffic Management summary White Paper. Since 2020, TMAA have engaged the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) to produce the survey and its findings with the aim of identifying and …

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Nearmap expands coverage footprint

RA member Nearmap has announced the expansion of its coverage footprint of aerial imagery to ~95% of the Australian population. Coverage now includes regional communities across Australia – from Exmouth, WA, Katherine in the NT, and across to Port Douglas …

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Reducing embodied emissions in infrastructure

Infrastructure New South Wales (iNSW) recently released a discussion paper which provides guiding principles to help decarbonise the delivery of public infrastructure across the planning, design and construction phases. Focusing on reducing embodied emissions, the paper brings the NSW government …

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