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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... falls in all categories over the September quarter: building (-5.7%); residential (-3.1%); non-residential (-10.9%); engineering (-3.8%). By states and territories, decreases in third quarter construction activity were recorded in: NSW (-2.1%); VIC (-6.9%) ...

Industry fund leads way for flexible workplaces

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... and has been accessed by many of our people. I am delighted to say that the results speak for themselves." Global engineering and infrastructure advisory firm Aurecon have a similar approach; ensuring flexible work is accessible by all employees and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... decline, suggesting that activity in this sector is continuing to moderate from more robust mid-year levels." Likewise, "Engineering construction returned to negative territory in October following two months of solid recovery while commercial construction ...

Fidelity names Australian MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... International Australia, RBS Australia, KBC Asset Management, and Goodbody Stockbrokers. She also holds a PhD in molecular engineering from Trinity College Dublin. Fidelity International currently invests US$272 billion globally for clients ranging from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... bounced back up into expansion territory to a reading of 51.4 in September from 46.6 in August, driven by stronger engineering construction activity. Engineering construction continued to expand in September on the back of increased non-mining infrastructure ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... explosion of data generation, and the maturing of methodologies from statistics, computer science, mathematics and engineering, amongst other disciplines," Ledford said. "As more data become available, sophisticated machine learning models enable new ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Australia construction work done A sharp 9.0% drop in engineering in the June quarter accounted for all of the 3.7% fall in the value of total construction work done in the three months to June - worse than market expectations for a 1.9% fall. The value ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... Economics said businesses are mostly choosing not to invest - especially those that have ties to China. Reflecting this, engineering construction is falling away faster than expected; down by 27% over the year as major projects continue to wrap-up. The ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This decrease compared with April 2016 is due to civil engineering falling by 1.9% and building construction by 0.3%. Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... service. iTWire's report noted that the Hudson research reveals that roles for technology and digital and technical and engineering professionals are in high demand, and there is a boom in technology sector hiring. The ACT is leading the country in terms ...