‘Asylum’ Island Rezoning Plans Resurrected
Plans to unlock an island with a dark past on the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, opening it to the public for the first time in more than a...
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UK Building Safety Bill
Will Australia follow down this path? The Building Safety Bill is making its way through parliament. Chartered building engineer Kevin Blunden, chairman of Association of Corporate Approved Inspectors, shares insight...
No Issue With Bricks, It’s the Tradies
While the national construction sector is struggling with constrained supply of timber and steel, there’s still plenty of bricks in the supply chain. The problem is there are not enough bricklayers to lay...
Wadawurrung Traditional Owners join Geelong revitalisation
Wadawurrung Traditional Owners will be taking a central role in the planning, design and implementation of a range of projects in Central Geelong. Victorian Minister for Regional Development Mary-Anne Thomas...
Sustainable Housing Providing Hope For Homelessness
The Victorian Government is creating more innovative and environmentally sustainable housing for men experiencing homelessness in Greater Geelong. Minister for Regional Development Mary-Anne Thomas today visited the expansion of Samaritan...
Gippsland Set To Benefit From Suburban Rail Loop
Gippsland locals will be the first regional Victorians to benefit from Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) with a connection to SRL East set to slash travel times to and from key...
Dial Before You Dig (DBYD) Nextgen Digital Transformation
Dial Before You Dig (DBYD), the service that protects $388 billion of Australia’s critical infrastructure, has completed an ambitious digital transformation of its delivery platform – with the successful launch...
Sydney logistics space drying up
720,000 sqm of additional Sydney logistics space will be needed just to meet soaring e-commerce sales, according to CBRE’s latest research. CBRE’s new Sydney Industrial & Logistics Land Supply report...
Investment in Housing for Women
The Victorian Government is ensuring women at risk of homelessness have access to safe and secure housing thanks to the transformation of outdated rooming houses. A former 22-bedroom Fairfield rooming...
$70 million sale price for Albert Park project
An abandoned Melbourne hotel has changed hands in a $70-million-plus deal after a bidding war between a number of Australia’s most prominent developers and investors. The former four-star Bayview on...