03.08.2023

River bed mapping with marine seismic

From smoke to rain and mud: Having recently returned from a geophysical survey close to the wildfires in Alberta, our geophysics crews were straight back out on the next job. For the last weeks they’ve been out on the Athabasca River collecting marine sub bottom profiling data to map sediments and bedrock to help in an engineering river crossing project.  

03.08.2023

Southwest Metro - Interim findings of the Sydney Metro Independent Review

In April 2023, the NSW Government announced an independent review into Sydney Metro. The interim review findings have now been released, focused largely on the City & Southwest project due to its critical stage of delivery.  

03.08.2023

Implenia wins another complex railway infrastructure project in Switzerland with Lot 2 Tunnel Ligerz

SBB awards contract for Lot 2 “Tunnel Ligerz” to joint venture led by Implenia | Total volume of CHF 220 million | Joint venture partners are Bernasconi and De Luca  

Market-Place-4.0 HBT GmbH

02.08.2023

Germany based Mining Equipment Company HBT acquired Waratah Engineering, Australia

German based Mining Equipment Company HBT acqired Waratah Engineering, Australia (Credits: HBT)

HBT GmbH advised that as of Thursday the 20^th of July, HBT and Questas entered into a Share Purchased Agreement to procure Newcastle (Australia) based Original Equipment Manufacturer, Waratah Engineering.

This acquisition marks a significant milestone as we continue to build and develop our distribution capabilities, whilst enhancing our product portfolio, further enabling us to diversify and expand into other markets.

As recognised by Questas, HBT are specialists in Underground Mining and were purposefully chosen with the intention that the natural ownership and growth of Waratah Engineering continues. HBT recognise and share in this vision and will continue to create value and drive results, whilst maintaining the strong position Waratah Engineering holds in the market.

The Waratah Engineering portfolio complements our existing product offerings and will further strengthen our global capability as a single solution provider.

Source: HBT

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01.08.2023

New report maps Australia’s emerging ‘Silicon Valleys’

Australia’s digital technology clusters have been mapped and analysed on a national scale for the first time as part of a new report released by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and the Tech Council of Australia. The report, ‘The geography of Australia’s digital industries’, explores how the geographical concentration of innovation – like Silicon Valley in California – boosts growth and productivity.