Author Rachel Loo
Fujitsu has achieved all four Microsoft Security Specialisations, cementing its position as a leading provider of cutting-edge cloud security solutions across Australia and New Zealand
Mammoet’s SK6000 allows large energy and infrastructure projects to build from bigger pieces, in parallel. Lifting 3,000 tonnes to a height of 220m it has a key role in offshore wind farm planning, where fast growth of components has led to supply chain issues.
There are a lot of reasons why companies say they can’t grow. Remember the PPP framework of people, products, and processes? There are many thoughts about the order of importance of these, but none can exist without the other.
A report published late last year through Waste Management World looks at the role of chemical recycling versus mechanical recycling in the fight against plastic waste. Are the two methods friends or foes, competition or cooperation?
Four stars for Fujitsu
Fujitsu has confirmed its deep expertise in implementing comprehensive security solutions in Australia and New Zealand by attaining the global specialisations in Cloud Security, Threat Protection, Identity and Access Management and Information Protection and Governance from Microsoft. Continue →
East Coast women step up for forestry safety
Eastland Wood Council (EWC) joined forces with WorkSafe, Competenz and various industry stakeholders to create a course aimed at empowering women working in the region’s forestry industry to enhance the safety standards in their organisations. Continue →
INC Australia reports on a US based survey of small- and midsize-business leaders which captured the biggest challenges they are up against. INC analysis revealed the five issues that keep CEOs up at night
World Waste Management reports on the Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 warning that urgent action is needed to reverse the linear solid waste management system. If there is no change, municipal solid waste worldwide will increase by about 80% between 2020 and 2050.
New regulations for engineered stone
The Aussies continue to highlight the inadequacies of worker protection regulations here in New Zealand with the quick introduction of regulations covering engineered stone
On July 1 two sets of amendments to the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations will help protect workers from silicosis, a lung disease caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica. Continue →
8th Edition OFSEC – Oman’s only and most comprehensive summit & expo on fire, safety and security
8th Edition OFSEC – Oman’s only and most comprehensive summit & expo on fire, safety and security 08 – 09 October 2024
OFSEC EVENT 2024 is designed to meet the needs of the local, regional and international markets by linking practitioners, suppliers, distributors and manufacturers from the fire, safety, HSE and security industry, with key decision makers from the government and private sectors, making it a definitive networking platform, where new projects and partnerships are initiated and visionary objectives are implemented. Continue →
Partnership to support healthy construction sector
Construction workers across the motu are being encouraged to consider their health and wellbeing goals for the year and access support to achieve them. Continue →
Working in Summer
With December marking the start of summer in Aotearoa New Zealand, it’s important to be aware of the extra health and safety hazards that come with working outside. Continue →
Motivation moves mountains
The early opening of the impressive Taparahi viaduct over the landslide cutting the main access to Coromandel East Coast communities, is an extremely welcome acknowledgement of the professional engineering and construction expertise successfully bridging the massive, unstable subsidence. Continue →
Can an AI trick you into trusting it?
AI can sometimes give incorrect answers or show signs of bias, which has the potential to be dangerous after a recent study found it is capable of eliciting empathy from humans
In a new study, participants showed more empathy for an online anthropomorphic artificial intelligence (A.I.) Continue →
The year that was leaves a legacy
As 2022 finally fades in the rear-view mirror, ending the plethora of analysis and commentary, we brace ourselves to negotiate a sadly familiar conglomeration of new and long-running challenges
The major events of 2021-22, especially the dramatic impact of severe weather and our controversial prolonged Covid 19 national response affecting the social and political landscape, are largely responsible for our faltering economy. Continue →
