A little while back, our team was out on site and finished our planned task ahead of schedule. Flights out of site were booked solid so,...

Mobilising a civil construction project is typically a frenetic period. For the lead manager, that’s compounded by countless people vying...

Have you ever experienced a polar shift in your point of view? Many years ago I was working on a project where the principal contractor...

Changes easily occur every day in the construction and mining sectors and, industry wide, they seem to be managed begrudgingly, with...

The relationship between haul road quality, productivity and unit cost is undoubtedly complex and different for every mine. However, in...

A common issue for many sites is getting excavator bucket sizing right. It seems straightforward on the face of it – you order a given...

On the face of it, the question ‘how much is a cubic metre’ is pretty simple: it’s the volume occupied by a cube where all sides are 1m...

It’s a rare project that can be built without the constructor asking the designer some questions. These questions – typically called...

Like almost everyone in the engineering field, at CEA we use Excel extensively because it’s powerful, affordable and reduces the time it...

If you’re involved in earthmoving, then you probably need at least some understanding of Ground Engaging Tools – or GET. It’s something...