feeds from concreters.com.au http://concreters.com.au/rss/ en-au http://concreters.com.au/rss/ http://concreters.com.au/static/campfire/layouts/images/omg-logo-small.png http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/29/130000-for-a-life/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news A COMPANY has been fined $130,000 over an accident in which an employee died after he lost control of a high-powered industrial hose at Port Kembla.Setaleki Kolomaka of Woonona was killed nearly three years ago when hit by the hose's jet water stream which was strong enough to cut through concrete.He was working with a team of men cleaning the sludge and sediment in a settlement tank at the BlueScope plant when the accident happened.His employer, Allied Industrial Services, pleaded guilty in the ...

A COMPANY has been fined $130,000 over an accident in which an employee died after he lost control of a high-powered industrial hose at Port Kembla.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/29/bravo-to-genuinely-good-tapas/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news 14.5 Superb Spanish fare in a casual setting. AUTHENTICITY can be a fraught concept when it comes to restaurants. How authentic can a Spanish tapas bar actually be if it's not in Spain? And if people can gush about a local joint being "just like this little hole in the wall we discovered in Madrid", doesn't that mean it's more like a theme park ride with a pilfered identity than a business that's developed its own persona? What does authentic actually mean when a cuisine is so far from ...

14.5 Superb Spanish fare in a casual setting.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/29/detour-while-pavilion-is-revamped/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news CYCLISTS and pedestrians who use the pathway behind Wollongong's North Beach Bathers Pavilion will hit a detour sign today.The ramp to Cliff Rd will also be closed to allow for work to proceed on the $12 million pavilion re-vamp."We encourage pedestrians to detour along the Cliff Rd footpath while the work takes place," Wollongong City Council's Peter Kofod said yesterday.He said temporary steps would be installed south of the pavilion for beach access. Temporary toilets will operate o ...

CYCLISTS and pedestrians who use the pathway behind Wollongong's North Beach Bathers Pavilion will hit a detour sign today.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/29/eugenics-cited-in-bolt-race-case/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news AS A five-year-old in Ingham, north Queensland, Pat Eatock says she got to play at lunchtime in the white children's section of the segregated school playground.At least, she did so until the day her father, who had been away in the army, came to school. He was an Aborigine. Suddenly, Mrs Eatock says, she was moved to the black section.She was not too upset by that because the black children always seemed to be having more fun, she told the Federal Court yesterday. But then the white mothers com ...

AS A five-year-old in Ingham, north Queensland, Pat Eatock says she got to play at lunchtime in the white children's section of the segregated school playground.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/28/facelift-starts-for-famous-pavilion/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news NORTH Wollongong beachgoers and Blue Mile joggers may notice a few changes as they pass the North Beach Bathers' Pavilion this morning, with work expected to begin on the refurbishment of the building.Safety fencing was the first addition due to be installed today, as the $12 million renovation gest underway.Wollongong City Council's general manager David Farmer said the pathway at the rear of the pavilion would be closed to the public from tomorrow morning."While construction is underway t ...

NORTH Wollongong beachgoers and Blue Mile joggers may notice a few changes as they pass the North Beach Bathers' Pavilion this morning, with work expected to begin on the refurbishment of the building.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/28/building-standards/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news There are not many buildings that could withstand the force of a tsunami like the one that hit Japan this month or Indonesia in 2004. However, construction standards and requirements in many countries have helped reduce the death toll from natural disasters such as earthquakes and cyclones.Engineers have developed techniques for reducing the impact of earthquakes on buildings and other structures. "Damping" devices, which act like car shock absorbers, can be installed to absorb the kin ...

There are not many buildings that could withstand the force of a tsunami like the one that hit Japan this month or Indonesia in 2004. However, construction standards and requirements in many countries have helped reduce the death toll from natural disasters such as earthquakes and cyclones.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/27/buffer-zones/ Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news Protection from wild weather, plus cultural and eco demands, made this a challenging project, reports Sue Peacock. WHEN you build on the doorstep of the Southern Ocean, it pays to know what you are dealing with. Even in summer, you can expect a strong offshore wind, with the waves throwing up a salty spray.For the owners of a beachfront house on Victoria's far south-west coast, engaging a builder who lived a few sand dunes away was important; as was involving an architect who had already worked ...

Protection from wild weather, plus cultural and eco demands, made this a challenging project, reports Sue Peacock.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/27/in-tune-with-the-streetscape/ Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news A BEACH HOUSE BUILT TO BRIDGE THE NEEDS OF THREE GENERATIONS. Fortunately, not every new home owner wants a "look at me" statement in their interiors.The owners of this Barwon Heads beach house rejected a two-storey design as being too ostentatious and dominant for its surroundings, say architect Reno Rizzo and designer Christopher Hansson of Inarc Architects, who designed it.They settled on a low-key, single-storey look with a rustic tea-tree fence and not a pillar in sight."But ...

A BEACH HOUSE BUILT TO BRIDGE THE NEEDS OF THREE GENERATIONS.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/function-centre-ripe-for-corporates/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news JOHN and Barbara Murphy have listed their beautiful Mansfield House function centre in High Street, Maitland, for auction on Thursday, April 14.The 1885/87 former bank building, which has six master bedrooms, drawing rooms, four bathrooms and seven marble fireplaces, has been on and off the market for the past six years and was last offered for sale in April last year.According to Australian Property Monitors at the time, the building had been listed for $2.8 million, then $2.4 million.Tony Cant ...

JOHN and Barbara Murphy have listed their beautiful Mansfield House function centre in High Street, Maitland, for auction on Thursday, April 14.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/city-views-just-one-of-the-perks/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news $1800 a weekCARLTON11 Argyle Place EastBedrooms FourAvailable NowBond $9000Agent Hocking Stuart, 9388 5200Melway 2B F10IT CERTAINLY doesn't come cheap but this four-storey luxury townhouse tucked away off Argyle Square between Lygon and Cardigan streets in Carlton offers some pretty staggering city views. Inside it's all white walls, polished concrete floors, timber stairs and full-height glazing. At ground level there's a double garage, bedroom (all four here have built-in wardrobes) and laundr ...

$1800 a week CARLTON 11 Argyle Place East Bedrooms Four Available Now Bond $9000 Agent Hocking Stuart, 9388 5200 Melway 2B F10

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/action-at-grass-roots/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news Angkor's tourist income is funding community projects beyond the Cambodian heritage site, writes Leisa Tyler. Cambodia's Angkor Heritage Park is the fastest-growing tourism attraction of any World Heritage monument. Increasing at an average rate of 30 per cent a year, arrivals are expected to reach 3 million this year, up from 200,000 visitors10 years ago.Tourism has turned the temples into one of the most sought-after experiences in the world and brought development and infrastructure to the ne ...

Angkor's tourist income is funding community projects beyond the Cambodian heritage site, writes Leisa Tyler.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/ill-have-the-makeover-shes-having/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news Neighbours in this city building are lining up for a Shelley Roberts design. IN 2006, CBD architect Shelley Roberts renovated a small apartment for herself and her daughter in the Russell Street conversion of a 1954 telephone exchange that became the uber-groovy Hero Apartments.It was a small, 79-square-metre space with a ceiling high enough for a mezzanine. On a tight budget of $50,000, she finessed the space so well that, when completed, a real estate agent friend asked if he might float it on ...

Neighbours in this city building are lining up for a Shelley Roberts design.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/cherrypicked-colour/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news A clever redesign has optimised this red-hot terrace, writes Judy Barouch. Dramatic red ignites this 1880 Darlinghurst terrace house renovated by Environa Studio for Paulette Arends, Karl Riedel and their three children, Saskia, 12, Felix, 9, and Xavier, 6.The saturated colour - Dulux's Bright Lady - features on the kitchen's colour-backed sliding glass splashback and the laundry's gloss polyurethane doors and it also creates a punchy backdrop to the family room's snow-white shelving unit. Durin ...

A clever redesign has optimised this red-hot terrace, writes Judy Barouch.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/ofarrell-win-will-add-to-gillards-headaches/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news A few weeks ago the Victorian Health Minister, David Davis, wrote to his federal counterpart, Nicola Roxon, and he wasn't happy.His specific gripe was the National Health Performance Authority bill - a piece of legislation that has not exactly been grabbing the headlines - but is actually quite important. It is the second bill implementing aspects of the $16.4 billion health care "deal" that was struck between the Prime Minister and the premiers at that Council of Australian Government ...

A few weeks ago the Victorian Health Minister, David Davis, wrote to his federal counterpart, Nicola Roxon, and he wasn't happy.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/keeping-views-from-prying-eyes/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news An air of openness pervades this private family home, writes Jenny Brown. AS IMPOSING as the facade of this Hawthorn house is — and architect Steve Domoney admits it is "bold" — it was not done simply for statement value. As scaled-up and bright as the white, charcoal and glass interior spaces are, their morphing horizontal and vertical volumes were not generated simply to impress.In fact, the main criterion driving the ...

An air of openness pervades this private family home, writes Jenny Brown.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/shumka-doubles-paladin-stake/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news DON Shumka doubled his stake in Paladin Energy when the shares were severely dealt with following the earthquake in Japan.The Canada-based director of the group, which has uranium mines in Namibia and Malawi, paid $3.38 a share — about 34 per cent below the price earlier this month.Shumka has been nicely rewarded for buying during the panic, with the stock closing at $3.85 yesterday — up nearly 4 per cent on the day.Elsewhere, dir ...

DON Shumka doubled his stake in Paladin Energy when the shares were severely dealt with following the earthquake in Japan.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/26/life-and-limb/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news The spotted gum that is king of our backyard exudes grandeur and serenity when it is not harbouring silly possums or raucous cockatoos.I gaze at it in wonderment from the juliet balcony and marvel at the solidity of its trunk and its limbs' many intriguing twists and turns.But it was with a degree of panic that I peered out at it one recent afternoon when the wind was up to no good.We had only just moved the chooks back down the back after the beehive was sent to Siberia and the girls were final ...

The spotted gum that is king of our backyard exudes grandeur and serenity when it is not harbouring silly possums or raucous cockatoos.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/25/hot/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news Does Melbourne really need another Italian restaurant? At least the Merchant tries to be a bit different, writes Larissa Dubecki There are two schools of thought when it comes to the way restaurant reviews pay heed to decor and ambience. If you're a member of the purist cabal, you'll argue that it's a triumph of the superficial and that all that really ought to matter is the food on the plate and the way in which it's delivered. Quite frankly, it's an attitude for which it's not difficult to hav ...

Does Melbourne really need another Italian restaurant? At least the Merchant tries to be a bit different, writes Larissa Dubecki The Merchant 495 Collins Street, city 9614 7688 Licensed Open Mon-Sat 7am-11pm Cards AE MC V Diners Eftpos Entrees $8-$20 Mains $25-$45 Desserts $14.50 The Merchant

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/24/old-bikers-out-of-hand/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news THEY seem to be everywhere in the Lower Hunter, fat old people trying too hard to be something other than fat old people. No, not our own fat old people, because they're generally resigned to being merely fat and old, but Ulysses Club bike riders and their boilers.Estimates of their numbers for the Ulysses AGM in Newcastle this week range from a couple of thousand to 5000, but the difference is no matter since just a couple of hundred would fill the space.They fill your windscreen, your rear-vis ...

THEY seem to be everywhere in the Lower Hunter, fat old people trying too hard to be something other than fat old people. No, not our own fat old people, because they're generally resigned to being merely fat and old, but Ulysses Club bike riders and their boilers.

http://www.concreters.com.au/news/2011/3/24/once-a-jolly-clever-swagman-tried-in-vain-to-help-homeless/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news You don’t expect Australian charities to be winning international design awards. Then again, you mightn’t expect the world epicentre of supersize houses to tolerate homelessness for one in 200 of its citizens, either. The obvious design solution to an affordability crisis in one of the world’s richest cities is to make houses smaller. Much smaller, in this case, but perfectly formed.Pitted against ...

You don’t expect Australian charities to be winning international design awards. Then again, you mightn’t expect the world epicentre of supersize houses to tolerate homelessness for one in 200 of its citizens, either. The obvious design solution to an affordability crisis in one of the world’s richest cities is to make houses smaller. Much smaller, in this case, but perfectly formed.