Ryan Dawson, a fourth year boilermaker apprentice at Bremco Metal Products, recently had the opportunity to showcase his welding competition skills at the TAFE WorldSkills Competition, Australia’s biggest and most prestigious skills competition. It aims to encourage Australians to celebrate vocational education and training, to shift perceptions and create the understanding that to learn a […]
Crane Cages are essential for lifting heavy or awkward items safely and are commonly used on construction sites with overhead tower cranes and loading decks. Did you know that you can order a custom designed crane cage to suit specific applications or to lift specific products such as air-conditioning ducting, bathroom pods, glazing and window […]
Complying with crane lifting safety standards is not only an essential workplace health and safety requirement; it can also save lives. In 2011, A Malaga crane and hoist company and two of its Directors were fined a total of $180,000 over the death of a 22-year-old Western Australian construction worker in October 2007. The court […]
Bremco is very proud to be involved in PT Blink, a world-first technology set to cut construction times of high-rise developments by half. Dubbed the ‘Ikea of Construction’, this innovative flat-pack backbone is a pre-made steel structure built off-site, replacing slabs. It’s quicker to install, and work can start on a number of floors at […]
Sadly, vandalism of charity donation bins and theft of donated goods is a major issue for many Australian charities. Charities need to protect donation bins to minimise loss and damage. Stories of charity bin theft are frequent, and in some areas, stealing from charity bins has become so common that charities have been forced to […]
Safety is the key consideration in every workplace, and being safe at work is the responsibility of both the employer and employees. Bremco has put together some tips to reduce the most common workplace injuries to help make your workplace safer. Believe it or not, back strain and lifting injuries are the most common Australian […]
The transportation and warehouse storage industries have the highest rates of injuries and accidents throughout Australia. Equipment operation injuries, like forklift accidents, are second only to incidents involving pedestrian injuries in the workplace. Incorrectly constructed or haphazardly improvised platforms used to move loads account for up to 12% of industry-specific fatalities in Australia each year. […]
Bremco engineered and built a fleet of steel fabricated customised large truck pallets for Onesteel Reinforcing in our Australian workshop to the highest safety and design standards. OneSteel Reinforcing is Australia’s premier supplier of steel reinforcing solutions for commercial, residential and civil construction as well as the mining and agriculture industries and manufacturing sector. We […]
On Thursday, 14 December 2006, a company was convicted and fined $17,500 after a worker suffered serious injuries when a steel beam fell on him while the centre of gravity was being established[1]. The company in question was deemed to have failed to identify all reasonable foreseeable hazards and assess (to minimise) risks. The company […]
Bremco, Brisbane’s leading materials handling equipment company, has recently moved and are now located at 59 Railway Parade, Rocklea, 4106. Bremco offers a range of standard catalogue products designed to aid in materials handling tasks as well as custom manufacturing which we design, engineer and manufacture in-house. So if you’re looking for high quality Australian […]
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