Victoria stories
Cirrus has acquired Melbourne's NGage Technology Group for $2.5 million expanding the Perth-based IT solutions provider's footprint into Victoria.
A Victorian train order is expected to protect 100 manufacturing jobs and bolster calls for a national rail procurement framework.
Mass timber is opening up faster, cheaper projects across Australia, with new code changes and local supply widening its use beyond niche builds.
Doctors warn a surge in silicosis cases among stonemasons could overwhelm lung transplant services as Queensland intervenes.
Australian projects have been recognised among 57 finalists from 420 nominations in Bentley Systems’ global infrastructure awards.
The Victorian government could speed up delivery by copying policies from Vancouver and Portland, a new report says.
Commercial buildings could soon gain healthier air, light and sound systems as EDGE Technologies and Delos test a shared platform.
The project’s funding gap has been narrowed after a consortium offered to match the governments’ combined AUD $10 billion commitment.
Safety checks have been ordered across Victoria’s crane fleet after a fatal Box Hill incident exposed a possible hoist rope failure.
Their software use has put six Australian infrastructure projects among 57 global finalists in Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure 2018 Awards.
The Arts West Building’s louvred facade won global recognition, boosting the University of Melbourne project’s profile after 36 entries from 13 countries.
Space, safety and pollution concerns are driving a rethink in central Melbourne, where streets may be narrowed and parking repurposed.
Patients could get faster access to prescribed cannabis as Melbourne Airport prepares to host Australia’s largest medicinal marijuana plant.
Road spending is set to top AUD $20 billion this financial year, but rail projects may crowd it out after 2018 as costs rise.
Backed by government grants, the Wodonga factory will supply timber panels to most of Australia within 24 hours as demand rises.
Australia’s public works boom is nearing its peak, with activity forecast to fall next year as LNG projects finish and government spending eases.
Growing cities will need more than USD $55 billion in priority transport works over the next 15 years, Infrastructure Australia says.
Property now supports more than 1.4 million Australian jobs, with AEC Group saying its GDP contribution hit USD $202.9 billion in 2015-16.
The move could stop billions of bags reaching waterways and marine life, as Greenpeace urges NSW and Victoria to follow suit.
A new guide aims to help doctors and nurses share a common language as disasters push health systems to respond and recover faster.
