THE NATIONAL Electrical and Communications Association has honoured Queensland’s electrical contractors at its Queensland Excellence Awards.
22/09/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Department of Environment and Resource Management is investigating Queensland Alumina’s Gladstone alumina refinery after it released a plume of alkaline material on 25 May 2009.
27/05/2009
QUEENSLAND Education and Training Minister Geoff Wilson says the push for energy efficiency will boost the employment opportunities for ‘green’ workers.
24/04/2009
SEVENTEEN power engineering students have received $8000 bursaries from the Queensland Power Engineering Alliance to boost their studies.
27/10/2008
THE QUEENSLAND state government is spending $203m in 2009 to 2010 to fund the training of trainees and apprentices.
17/06/2009
KENNARDS Concrete Care has expanded into Queensland to provide the state with a wide range of equipment for surface preparation and repair, sawing, drilling and demolition.
11/07/2008
THE TUGUN desalination plant in Queensland will be commissioned later than expected, after corrosion was discovered at the facility.
15/01/2009
THE POWER industry in Queensland is taking on 113 new apprentices and trainees in 2009, providing skills and jobs.
05/02/2009
HONEYWELL says the Queensland Department of Public Works has awarded it an Energy Performance Contracts undertaking worth $3.5m.
01/04/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government says it is working with the industry and unions to support apprentices whose training is at risk due to the global financial crisis.
07/07/2009
QUEENSLAND Air Compressors has joined Champion Compressors’ air compressor service and maintenance network.
26/03/2008
GPAllied has opened its Asia Pacific headquarters in Queensland, extending its reliability and operations consulting services to Australia.
11/06/2009
KENNARDS Lift & Shift has opened a hire centre at Rocklea in Brisbane, Queensland.
05/02/2010
ENGINEERS Australia has named Simon Bartlett its National Professional Electrical Engineer of the Year 2009.
13/05/2009
SIEMENS has upgraded the rail capacity infrastructure of Queensland’s Goonyella coal system.
06/02/2008
MORE than 1000 Queensland energy workers from Energex, Ergon Energy and Powerlink marched through Brisbane on 14 May 2008 to protest for better conditions and pay.
19/05/2008
AN ENGINEER who managed a dragline maintenance shutdown for the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has won 2008’s Queensland government Smart Women Smart State Awards.
04/09/2008
UNITED Group has outlined the impacts which will result from Incitec Pivot’s decision to slow the construction of its Moranbah ammonium nitrate plant in Queensland.
06/02/2009
BILFINGER Berger Services says it has achieve Practical Completion of the Braemar 2 Power Station in Queensland.
14/07/2009
BARRETT Burston Malting says its $80m Pinkenba malting facility is going to be the biggest in Queensland, with carry-on jobs for the maintenance industry.
05/08/2009