Chapter 6
I Construction During The Settlement Years
II The Use Of Timber As A Structural Material
III Structural Steel
IV Concrete Technology
V Housing
VI Industrialised Pre-cast Concrete Housing
VII Ports And Harbours
i Containerisation
ii Mineral Ports
iii Oil and Gas Ports
iv Other Bulk Cargoes
v Dredging
VIII Roads
IX Heavy Foundations
X Bridges
XI Sewerage
XII Water Engineering
XIII Railways
XIV Major Buildings
XV Airports
XVI Thermal Power Stations
XVII Materials Handling
XVIII Oil Industry
XIX The Snowy Mountains Scheme
XX The Sydney Opera House
XXI The Sydney Harbour Bridge
XXII Hamersley Iron
XXIII North West Shelf
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Other Bulk Cargoes
Whilst containerisation and bulk mineral exports have had a major effect on Australian ports other bulk cargoes, such as sugar, wheat, wood chips, have also had an impact, although not to the same extent as containerisation. In the case of raw sugar, the change to bulk handling in the early 1960s was a breakthrough in handling methods, but the size of the ships used is still generally small (20-40,000 d.w.t.) when compared to coal and iron ore carriers.In relation to wheat and woodchip exports the upper range of the ships used is only 30-50,000 d.w.t. and the method of loading has not changed conceptually over many years. Thus, although there are many modern terminals in Australia, these trades have had only limited impact on the type of construction used in the ports where they are established.
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