Victoria Adds Three Years to Cladding Claim Period
The period for home owners in Victoria to make claims over the use of non-compliant flammable panels on their buildings has been extended. Owners now have an additional three years...
Author: Brenda Templeton
$29 million contract awarded at Port of Port Hedland
The Nelson Point Tug Haven upgrade project has reached a significant milestone, with a $29 million contract awarded for the design and construction of a revetment wall in Nelson Point...
Construction’s career crisis
An increasing number of job seekers are open to something new. The trouble is, few are likely to set their sights on construction. In America skilled trade companies are desperate...
Brisbane Land Deal for South Bank 2.0
The vision for South Bank 2.0 is crystallising as negotiations progress for a riverfront industrial site in Brisbane’s inner-city suburb of West End. Speaking at the Property Council of Australia...
Working with councils to create a city in nature
Almost 100 years ago, A Plan for General Development set out the first comprehensive vision for Melbourne’s open space network. While the remarkable legacy of this vision lives on, the...
Construction Inclusion Week
Building a kinder jobsite to attract new workers More than 1,100 firms took part in the inaugural American event, which focused on issues such as women’s pay, attracting underrepresented workers...
Labour Shortfalls Push Australia Down Global Construction Index
Australia has ranked 15th in world for construction workers as the country battles with a skills shortage and a building boom. Average salary, cost of living and safety were the...
Tenders open for NSW school building program
More than 50 tender opportunities for builders, engineers, architects and project managers are available as part of the NSW Government’s school building program. The program will see $3.3 billion invested...
New panel to guide NSW apartment defect insurance
The NSW Government will establish a Ministerial Advisory Panel to advise on the introduction of decennial liability insurance (DLI) into the Australian market, to better protect apartment buyers. Better Regulation...
$300m fund for Building New Regional Homes For Those Who Need It Most
The Andrews Labor Government is getting on with delivering the state’s biggest ever social housing build and calling on all community housing agencies to put forward proposals for new social housing in...