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  • For example, in South Australia and Tasmania a number of energy infrastructure construction projects are going ahead.
  • This solid performance is a consequence of high levels of investment in oil and gas and energy infrastructure projects.
  • Notwithstanding the aforementioned power station, it’s largely a different story in the energy and utilities construction sector, however.
  • However, it isn’t stalling altogether and there are still some ongoing construction projects, including in Queensland.
  • Meanwhile, a project to develop the rail infrastructure in Melbourne is continuing with an upgrade of the Cranbourne-Pakenham rail corridor.


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SHOVEL STRUCK UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC CABLE



  • Barnsley Magistrates Court heard that the underground electric cable was struck by a metal spade used to excavate a post hole..
  • The workman received an electric shock although the shock did not cause any lasting injury.
  • Berneslai Homes Ltd has been prosecuted after a joiner received an electric shock whilst replacing a wooden garden fence at a domestic property in Barnsley on 26 November 2013.
  • Berneslai Homes Ltd is responsible for managing 18,800 homes on behalf of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
  • The case follows a subsequent HSE investigation into safety standards during maintenance work of council owned domestic properties.


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£22m Worcestershire Parkway gets green light Ι Construction Enquirer



  • Members of Worcestershire County Council’s Planning and Regulatory Committee have rubber stamped the plans to build Worcestershire Parkway, near Junction 7 of the M5 for Worcester.
  • Contractor Osborne has got the green light to start work on a new £22m rail station in Worcestershire.
  • Osborne will build a single platform on the Cotswold Line and two platforms on the Birmingham to Bristol Line.
  • Under the plans, the proposed station in Norton would include up to 500 car parking spaces, with provision for people with disabilities, bus stops and a taxi rank.
  • Work on the station, which will link the Cotswolds and Birmingham to Bristol lines, is being paid for by both the county council and the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership.


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