LED lighting to improve road safety
The Victorian and Australian Government are improving safety at 70 locations across regional Victoria with new innovative treatments that will enhance delineation and visibility to reduce the number of deaths...
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Infrastructure Australia charts a whole-of-system, all-hazards approach to resilience planning
Infrastructure Australia has outlined practical steps to deliver infrastructure that is more resilient to threats such as bushfires, droughts, floods, global pandemic, and cyber-attacks, in new advisory papers released today. It...
$34.5B cost for first section of Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop
The Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) will support 24,000 jobs across Victoria and cost up to $34.5 billion, according to the recently released Business and Investment Case. The Business and Investment...
Deal with tech issues early
Information technology often falls under the chief financial officer’s umbrella at construction companies. This means that his or her decision on how to spend money on technology can directly impact...
Embodied carbon requires immediate attention
Without action, embodied carbon will be responsible for 85 per cent of Australia’s built environment emissions by 2050, according to a new report from the Green Building Council of Australia...
“A challenging 2022” coming up says Lendlease
Social distancing protocols across construction sites has knocked 16 per cent in revenue off of listed developer and builder Lendlease’s end of year results. Despite ongoing site shutdowns and lower productivity...
Infrastructure Victoria finalises update to the 30-Year Infrastructure Strategy
Infrastructure Victoria, the state’s independent advisory body on infrastructure planning, has made 94 recommendations for the Government’s consideration. On the whole, the recommendations represent sensible and pragmatic thinking about how...
Protecting Melbourne’s parks
City of Melbourne councillors will consider new laws to safeguard Melbourne’s winter sunlight, protecting more than 100 city parks from unreasonable overshadowing by new developments. Councillors will consider the final version of the...
Contract awarded for level crossing removals at Surrey Hills and Mont Albert
The Victorian Government has awarded a $631 million contract to Laing O’Rourke, Jacobs and Metro Trains Melbourne to remove two dangerous levels crossings in Melbourne’s east, in partnership with the...
NSW’s Strata Building Bond and Inspections Scheme moves online
The New South Wales Government has moved the Strata Building Bond and Inspections Scheme (SBBIS) online to help protect consumers from defective building work and simplify bond management. Under the...