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Laing O'Rourke reimagines employee-led learning with SAP
New learning platform supports career growth of 5,500+ global employees in Construction and Engineering today announces a new initiative in partnership with Laing O'Rourke , a $6 billion international construction and engineering operation, which has transformed the learning and development of 5,500 staff across the globe. Named LOR Learn, the new platform is a central portal for Laing O'Rourke employees to access personalised, role-based learning modules that are critical to their career growth.
Finalists announced for 2024 ACAA
The Australian Constructors Association and Engineers Australia have announced the four finalists for the 2024 Australian Construction Achievement Award (ACAA). The finalists include projects ranging from roads to rail, water infrastructure to airports, showcasing excellence and commitment to sustainability in the construction industry.
Technical paper: Pile construction using polymer support fluid at Gull Wing Bridge, Lowestoft
By Alex Wallis-Evans and Duncan Nicholson, Arup; Henry Spinks-Essam, KB International; and Steven Heaney, Quinn Piling 1.0 Introduction The Gull Wing is a new 350m long crossing of Lake Lothing in Lowestoft with a centrepiece 39.5m long rolling bascule bridge, which is opened and closed using hydraulic cylinders (see Figure 1). The bridge deck is up to 22m wide and supports a single carriageway with combined pedestrian and cycle paths on either side.
Technical paper: Validation of advanced soil constitutive models for use in numerical modelling to represent London Clay
By Anton Pillai, Arup; Bhavik Patel, Arup; and Stuart Hardy, Laing O’Rourke 1.0 Introduction The accurate prediction of displacements and internal forces within structural elements extracted from soil-structure interaction (SSI) analyses depends heavily on the soil constitutive model adopted. A plethora of constitutive models is available to represent soil behaviour; however, three are favoured for London Clay in SSI analyses.
Worker who died at Hinkley named as husband and father of four
The construction worker who died at Hinkley Point C a week ago has been named as Jason Waring – a husband and a father of four. According to the BBC, the 48-year-old was from Nottinghamshire and was working on the £26bn project in Somerset when he was killed in a site traffic-related accident at 8.30am on Sunday, 13 November. Last week, a fundraising campaign was set up to raise money in support of his widow, Sarah, and their children.
2022 Australian Construction Achievement Award finalists revealed Original
Lauren DeLorenzo February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Civil Construction, News, Projects, Rail, Roads, Spotlight, Tunnels Six projects have been chosen as finalists for the 2022 Australia Construction Achievement Award (ACAA). The Australian Constructors Association and Engineers Australia are delivering the prestigious annual award.
How safety became all about negatives - and how to do it differently - SHP Online
How safety became all about negatives – and how to do it differently By John Green, Laing O’Rourke I don’t know when it happened but it did. Sometime, somewhere safety became all about negatives, all about bad stuff and stopping bad stuff happening and about nothing else. I say this for a number of reasons. Firstly safety is linked to unwanted outcomes, when we ask our people to discuss safety they think about accidents, incidents and breakdowns or malfunctions.
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