Welcome to MJ Civil's archive of Press Releases

featuring building related articles.

This page is intended to provide access to current and previously issued building related published articles.

While the nature of the articles do often support the opinions and blog content published by MJ Civil, none of the content of the original published articles has been amended from that published in the original issue.

  • Scaffolding collapse could have killed dozens, court hears (The Age)

    by Mark Johns | Aug 08, 2016
    A massive scaffolding collapse on a busy Melbourne shopping strip could have claimed the lives of dozens of people, a court has heard. The multi-level scaffolding came crashing down on Commercial Road, near Grattan Street, in Prahran on February 23, 2009, injuring three construction workers, one seriously, and just missing passers-by.
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  • Sydney Balcony Collapse (The Sydney Morning Herald)

    by Mark Johns | Aug 08, 2016
    A family was lucky not to have suffered more serious injuries when the balcony they were eating dinner on gave way and they plunged up to six metres onto concrete on Sydney's lower north shore
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  • Homeowner to sue over deadly deck collapse (Brisbane Times)

    by Mark Johns | Aug 08, 2016
    The owner of a Brisbane home at which the balcony collapsed during a school mothers' function, killing one woman three years ago, is suing the property's building inspector.
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  • 30% of homeowners don't check trade licences (Industry News)

    by Mark Johns | Feb 18, 2015
    As many as three in 10 homeowners across New South Wales do not check the license of construction tradespeople before engaging them for maintenance or home renovation work and many are unaware that licensing is required in non-structural areas such as painting, plastering, floor tiling and fencing, a new survey has found.
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