COVID19 Support Program
Whilst no-one would deny that the Corona workplace environment is extremely challenging, we should take care not to frame normal human reactions to such challenges as “mental health disorders”. When...
Category: Opinion
This pandemic has caused rough seas for employees
“With the arrival of COVID-19, the safe, stable ship I was sailing in just self-destructed, and I am left flailing amid the wreckage in a dark and stormy sea with...
As the virus freeze begins to thaw, ‘Winter is Coming’ for construction
After weathering the coronavirus storm relatively well, avoiding the most severe industry restrictions, the short-term future of construction is starting to look bleak. Following a 5.3% fall in construction industry...
What does the future hold for construction in a Covid19 world?
The construction industry is bracing for what the future may hold as social restrictions expand in the effort to fight the coronavirus spread. In the early days of the virus...
High-Risk-High-Touch
Because staff approach challenging circumstances with varying degrees of success due to their personality, coping mechanisms and current demands, there will be a bell-curve of response within organisations to COVID-19....
What’s Your Plan B?
Far from sensationalising or doom-saying, we at Construction Advisor have started talking to some of our clients about reasonable preparations for the next few weeks and months in the uncertain...
Budgeting/Forecasting? The Quarterly is here… and it’s FREE!
Now in its second year, the Construction Advisor Quarterly is still delivering the best industry insights and best of all this edition is FREE! Project lists, the latest ABS data, forecasts...
Is The Sun Setting On The Winds Of Change In Renewables?
The AFR is today questioning the future of the renewables development pipeline as increased capacity placed downward pressure on wholesale prices. Solar in particular provided >30% of midday power on...
Office Etiquette
Office Etiquette Etiquette is not a commonly-used word these days and may become a scarce commodity in a world where parents, who are normally the teachers of good manners, are...
Who’s missing in the construction project org chart?
There is usually one role missing from an Organisation Chart which is central to achieving Project Objectives. Its missing because it’s never properly designated in the way specific roles such...