Harsco Infrastructure
With operations bases spread across thirty-two countries, Harsco Infrastructure truly is one of the world leaders in the construction and industrial maintenance services field, offering specialised knowledge, training and products.
pitt&sherry
There has been a series of events to mark the occasion in the company’s offices around Australia, especially those in Tassie itself, where it was founded in Devonport by Brian Pitt. An office in Melbourne was established some 15 years ago and Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane have followed more recently.
Harrison Infrastructure Group
Tony Gordon-Brown, the current Managing Director of The Harrison Group, is to be Managing Director of the new entity and Tony Gallagher, from Highland Infrastructure, is Design Manager. The latter Tony talked us through the logic of the merge, which officially takes effect on 1 July, 2014.
Rainforest Construction
The Cairns-Kuranda railway is a nineteenth century marvel; a feat of engineering accomplished in impossible conditions using only hand tools and dynamite. Construction techniques were dramatically different when Skyrail was constructed a century later to whisk tourists through the same rainforest. But, this ambitious cableway had to be built with as little impact to the environment as possible. The ironic result was a return to the hand tools – and challenges – of a bygone era.
Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Construction Industry
Aside from absenteeism, job turnover, interpersonal job issues, poor job performance and lost productivity, alcohol and other drug use in construction can be particularly dangerous. When affected by alcohol and other drugs on site, you risk on-the-job injuries or death as a result of impaired coordination, judgement and the ability to see and respond to hazards.
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