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Calls for construction businesses to take leading role in skin cancer testing
Despite a deluge of information on the dangers of skin cancer over the last few decades, Australia remains a global skin cancer hot spot, with mortality ... -
Storing excess solar from the grid using hot water systems
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $1.98 million in funding to Rheem Australia to conduct its Active Hot Water Control project using hot water ... -
Safe Work Australia re-opens workplace exposure standards review
Safe Work Australia has re-opened the workplace exposure standards for public feedback from 1 February 2021. It’s reviewing the workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants (WES) ... -
Boards, directors must get ‘hands on’ to avoid falling foul of new industrial manslaughter laws
SAI Global has warned that delegating accountability for workplace safety will not be sufficient defence for board members and C-Suite executives under new industrial manslaughter laws ... -
SAI Global: Upcoming boom in public-private partnerships to facilitate fast recovery
SAI Global, global risk management solutions provider, said that investments from state and federal governments towards infrastructure, digital security, energy and local community projects will help ... -
Contact Harald: Australian-first Bluetooth contact tracing solution
The Victorian construction industry, forging ahead on the road to recovery post-COVID, is using the latest Bluetooth contact tracing technology, Contact Harald, to ensure the safety ... -
Sydney’s most job-ready apprentices are ready to work
Training and apprentice hire group Productivity Force and its business partner Productivity Bootcamp have graduated 18 pre-apprentices from its new Sydney training facility in Campbelltown. Productivity ... -
Consultation RIS on lead in plumbing products in contact with drinking water open today
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has opened the consultation Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) on lead in plumbing products that come in contact with drinking water. ... -
Millions of dollars expected to be invested in making workplaces COVID-safe
Zip Water recently released the HydroTap Touch-Free Wave, a touchless faucet solution that tackles one aspect of the COVID-safe precautions when returning to the new normal, ... -
Viega specified by one of Australia’s largest privately-owned construction companies
The Fortitude Music Hall, the largest ballroom/theatre-style venue in Australia, has specified Viega for its copper press fit systems and its high quality. Obsidian Plumbing director ...
