Archive for October, 2009

Adverse Physical Conditions in a Dredging Contract

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 29th October , 2009

The assessment of a dredging projects soil conditions are the most important factor to determine dredgeability, the choice of suitable equipment, production rates and ultimately the associated investment for the works.
A prudent tenderer when analysing the site data needs to be assured that the data has been collected and prepared by a competent soil investigation [...]

Make it a Green Christmas and Stockpile Love not Landfill this Year

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 27th October , 2009

A mountain of Christmas gifts and goods make their way out of outlets and into homes each Christmas season. Regrettably, not long after the festivities subside, many of those often well-meaning gifts move on to mounds of landfill.
Slowing the migration is as easy as setting your family the Green Christmas Challenge to send as [...]

New Guinea - Island Paradise

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 27th October , 2009

New Guinea is the world’s second largest island, and is was well one of the world’s last, vast and remote wildernesses. With a complex political history, this great island is divided. The western half, is now known as Papua, a region of Indonesia, while the eastern half, Papua New Guinea or PNG, has been an [...]

The Australian Building Business During WWII

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 26th October , 2009

After the declaration of war in September 1939 house construction went through a period of decreasing activity. But it did not drop to its minimal level until February 1942 when National Security Regulations posed severe restrictions.
Private building ceased in many areas and was limited in others. However, under the War Housing Program, state and commonwealth [...]

The Cocos Islands

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 22nd October , 2009

Stick a pin in a globe through the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and it emerges almost exactly through the Cocos in Costa Rica.
Discovered in 1609, these islands were settled and owned by a single family from 1827 until the Australian Government forcibly acquired them in 1978 for a payment of over $6 million.
Lying 2,770 km (1,732 [...]

Socotra Island - Isolated Splendor

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 20th October , 2009

In the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa lies a small archipelago of four islands and islets. Although closer to Africa, the islands are part of the Republic of Yemen. The archipelago consists of the main island of Socotra and three smaller islands known collectively as The Brothers Abd al Kuri, Samhah and Darsa.
The [...]

Sri Lanka Island Profile

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 19th October , 2009

The Pearl of the Indian Ocean lies only 31 km (19 ml) off India’s south coast. Its modern name is taken from the Sanskrit ancient Indian epics Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and means resplendent land.
Sri Lanka’s chief characteristic is intensity …of colour, of beauty, of religious belief, of sectarian commitment, and of affection it inspires [...]

Tips and Pros of Using Digital Printing

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 19th October , 2009

Digital Printing, as its name implies, is the process of producing digital images on physical surfaces (called substrates) using either toner or ink jets. These substrates can include film, common paper, plastic photographic paper, and even cloth.
Digital printing is by far the quickest and most affordable printing technique for a quantity of 500 prints or [...]

The 1940’s Housing Shortage

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 16th October , 2009

Sometimes described in the post WWII years as `the housing shortage’, the Australian effort to fix a very troubling issue has in time come to be called `the housing boom’. Undoubtedly it was a boom in demand and building. There was also a marked increase in house ownership, achieved in many cases through heroic individual [...]

The Safe and Tropical Island of Tobago

Posted by Brisbane Mazda on 14th October , 2009

Tobago is the beautiful, reserved, soul-sister of jump jiving Trinidad, its partner in the Republic. The contrast is awesome. Tobago is small and it has no major industry to impinge on its lush fertility. It has one main town, Scarborough, and dozens of hamlets and villages with names that reflect the Spanish, French, Dutch, and [...]