The only improving heavy construction market drivers are airline passenger miles and construction equipment shipments. Airline traffic is a long lead driver. The rise in equipment shipments reflects mostly rising exports and the delayed replacement of aged equipment at equipment rental houses.

A bankruptcy lawyer representing Maietta Construction expressed confidence this week that the company will come out of bankruptcy court reorganized, but intact.

British construction equipment services firm Magnor Plant Ltd., a division of construction company Morgan Sindall, has shaved weeks off its safety equipment inspection documentation process with an RFID  system that enables inspectors to carry out the process electronically, print a document on-site and have it signed on the same day. Without radio frequency identification, the same process could take weeks to complete.

ABOUT 30 Gippsland farmers will discussing what they’re doing to keep food and fibre production going this Monday.

CHEMICAL company Nufarm and spraying equipment manufacturer Croplands have produced a logbook for keeping an accurate record of chemical applications.