Managing dust on your site so that dust emissions are minimised, impacts on neighbours are managed and health of workers maintained can be a costly and time consuming issue. DR LYN DENISON, Principal Scientist – Air Quality, EPA Victoria provides…
The CMPA published the An Unsustainable Future: The prohibitive costs of securing access to construction material resources in Victoria report in late 2009. The summary of this report was published in Sand & Stone Edition 47. This is an important…
TOM KERR from Conundrum Holdings provides some advice to those looking to purchase a sales loader. ARE you looking to purchase new plant or machinery? Under the Victorian OHS Regulations designers, manufacturers, suppliers and employers who use plant all have…
There are new compliance requirements for companies wishing to win contracts for works that are funded in part from the Commonwealth Government. Executive Director ROGER BUCKLEY summarises these requirements. AS part of the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Global Financial…
The Fair Work Act 2009 is the third different industrial relations system industry has had to deal with in the last five years. The new union right of entry under this Act largely replicates the provisions in the previous Workplace…
This Sand & Stone special feature provides the Executive Summary to the An Unsustainable Future report. This major undertaking by the CMPA for the first time: Documents the real costs in both owner’s time and professional charges in obtaining a…
A golden age for our industry concluded recently with the peaceful passing of David Barro on the 24th June 2009. All associated with the CMPA pass on their condolences to the Barro family. A brief profile of this influential leader…
The CMPA is concerned that strategic construction material resources within the Urban Growth Boundary will be sterilised, costing the community billions of dollars in additional transport costs. Below is a summary of the letter to the Department of Primary Industries…
The CMPA recently provided comments to the Department of Planning & Community Development on their suggested changes to the Planning & Environment Act 1987. ROGER BUCKLEY, CMPA Executive Director provides a summary of the submission. CMPA Members are particularly concerned…
At the CMPA Annual General Meeting and Dinner, guests were entertained and networked with industry peers thanks to the generous support provided by the night’s sponsors. Following is a review of the AGM and Dinner by GAVIN MOREIRA , CMPA…