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10 October 2022

Fixing the (non-leaning) tower of Surrey Hills

The Surrey Hills water tower, located 20 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD, is a local landmark with significant heritage value. Duratec was ask to remediate the structure, thereby extending its life by up to 25 years. It may not be the first kind of structure that comes to mind when you hear the term […]

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21 July 2022

Duratec gets the job done at Flinders Ports’ Inner Harbour Adelaide

Duratec South Australia first began working at Inner Harbour Adelaide in 2019. The assignment? To remediate the wharf’s berths 18 to 20. Since then, Duratec has delivered stages one and two of the project and was recently appointed to undertake the third and final stage of works. It was three years ago that Duratec submitted […]

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05 July 2022

While cladding replacement has become a specialty, Duratec is anything but a one-trick pony

As well as recladding, Duratec offers a suite of building and facade refurbishment services, from concrete repair and structural strengthening to coatings and waterproofing. In fact, there is little the company won’t turn its hand to. The concept of recladding has been ‘trending’ over the past few years, ever since regulations were tightened so that […]

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05 July 2022

Coating trials, but mainly tribulations, at the Savage River suspended pipeline in Tassie

It seems that no job is too daunting for Duratec – even one that’s suspended 137 metres above the ground, in the middle of the Tasmanian rainforest. Story of a suspended pipeline Tucked away in remote north-western Tasmania is a 280m length of pipeline hanging from a 366m-long suspension bridge, 137 metres in the air. […]

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05 July 2022

Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport further fuels Duratec’s growth in the energy sector

Works are underway at Sydney’s new airport, which is due to open in 2026. Duratec’s delivery of fuel transformation infrastructure to the airport is expected to further reinforce its capabilities in the energy sector. On the back of the successful delivery of multiple fuel infrastructure projects for Defence, Duratec recently secured its largest ever project […]

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12 May 2022

The rise and rise of remote inspection

Duratec’s technical division implements the latest technology to perform inspection work, often remotely. Here, we take a look at some of the high-tech methods the team employs to capture a structure’s data. The way we conduct condition assessments has changed markedly over the years. While visual surveys used to be carried out via rope, boom lift, […]

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12 May 2022

Sydney CBD’s Woolworths building covered in Indigenous art

Sydney CBD’s Woolworths building is covered in Indigenous art as Duratec continues to remediate its facade. Duratec’s works on the historic Woolworths building’s facade required full-face scaffolding and Kungarakan graphic designer Toby Bishop created an artwork to go on the construction wrap. “My artwork, ‘Ancient Tracks’, pays homage to Indigenous navigation and land management, reflecting […]

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29 March 2022

Wanted: more women in construction

International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women worldwide. It also marks a call to action to accelerate women’s equality. The construction industry is a great place to start. In 2022, the theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) was #breakthebias. As per the organisation’s website: Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias […]

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29 March 2022

Recycling our cladding, protecting our planet

While the recycling of non-compliant cladding is a new process, its contribution to environmental sustainability, through the divergence of waste to landfill, is making it an industry norm. Duratec offers cladding recycling across the country. In 2018, the Australian Building Codes Board implemented measures, through the National Construction Code, to prevent the use of non-compliant […]

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29 March 2022

Duratec takes helm of prestigious $13 million Sydney Harbour Federation Trust project

After a rigorous tendering process, Duratec has been appointed managing contractor of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust’s repairs and asset maintenance program. Its aim? To create the finest foreshore park in the world. The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (Harbour Trust) is devoted to rehabilitating former Defence and other Commonwealth lands around Sydney Harbour. Many of […]

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12 March 2022

Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre Upgrades

The upgrade works on Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre (SEC) in Nowra NSW, reached a key milestone this week when Duratec completed the installation of a new wet fire sprinkler system throughout the centre along with significant facilitatory building works. This stage of works, combined with the recladding project that Duratec undertook last year, brings the SEC […]

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14 December 2021

Shining a light on Tasmania’s Table Cape

Blasting, painting and concrete repairs were just some of the measures taken to transform this 19th century structure. Built in 1888, the heritage-listed Table Cape Lighthouse is situated on the north-west coast of Tasmania and stands at approximately 25 metres tall. It is made of brick and contains structural steel elements and a concrete bridge […]

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