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Job site safety support with BIM

It’s well known that building information modeling (BIM) has set the bar high when it comes to saving time and money — the two project resources against which your construction progress and performance are typically measured. What may not be as well-known is BIM’s ability to protect another key project resource: your on-site team.
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Ray ChanOctober 19, 2021, 8:37 amOctober 19, 2021

Passenger Rail, Digitalisation, Safety, Standards & Regulation, Technology and IT, Latest Contracts, Operations & Maintenance

Bentley Systems predictive rail technology for Asia Pacific

Infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems, together with SMRT Trains, the pioneer Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) operator in Singapore, have successfully completed the implementation of a Predictive Decision Support System (PDSS) for Singapore’s North-South and East-West lines, the oldest MRT lines in the country.
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Ray ChanOctober 12, 2021, 10:37 amOctober 12, 2021

Safety, Standards & Regulation, Rollingstock & Manufacturing

National rolling stock register to be developed

The Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board, in partnership with Commonwealth, state and territory governments, have combined to develop a national rolling stock register.
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Ray ChanOctober 5, 2021, 2:05 pmOctober 5, 2021

Safety, Standards & Regulation, Legal & Compliance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Resources, Rollingstock & Manufacturing, Safety

Rail Freight Action Plan to lead focus on reform

The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has launched its Rail Freight Action Plan, confirming its advocacy agenda to support greater use of rail freight.
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Ray ChanSeptember 17, 2021, 10:09 amSeptember 17, 2021

Below Rail Infrastructure, Safety, Standards & Regulation

Cross River Rail breaks through at Roma Street

TBM Else, the first of Cross River Rail’s two massive Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), has broken through a rock wall into the huge underground cavern beneath Roma Street in Brisbane, marking the biggest milestone yet for this transformational project.
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Alexandra HaynesAugust 26, 2021, 9:17 amAugust 26, 2021

Below Rail Infrastructure, Safety, Standards & Regulation

COVID slows down tunnel boring

Current COVID restrictions across New Zealand have slowed down tunnel boring machine (TBM) operations in Auckland.
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Alexandra HaynesAugust 23, 2021, 12:55 pmAugust 23, 2021

Safety, Standards & Regulation

COVID lockdown halts CRL construction work

Construction workers at all City Rail Link (CRL) project sites have downed tools in the wake of the snap COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand.
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Alexandra HaynesAugust 19, 2021, 11:36 amAugust 19, 2021

Below Rail Infrastructure, Freight Rail, Safety, Standards & Regulation

Inland Rail upgrade continues despite COVID

Construction continues along the Narrabri to North Star (N2NS) section of the Inland Rail alignment in NSW, despite the statewide lockdown recently imposed to arrest a major surge in COVID cases.
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Alexandra HaynesAugust 19, 2021, 9:29 amAugust 19, 2021

Engineering, Passenger Rail, Safety, Standards & Regulation

Perth commuters poised for major rail shutdown

Perth commuters are bracing for the temporary partial closure of the Mandurah Line for more than three weeks in late December, in what will be the largest ever shutdown of the city’s public transport network.
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Alexandra HaynesAugust 18, 2021, 9:22 amAugust 18, 2021

Passenger Rail, Safety, Standards & Regulation

Construction ‘blitz’ commences for Echuca Line

Trains will be travelling at higher speeds along the Echuca Line before the year’s end, the Victorian government has announced as a major upgrade gets under way.
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Alexandra HaynesAugust 17, 2021, 9:53 amAugust 17, 2021