Construction’s diversity numbers are awful.
Here’s how 3 US based contractors are improving theirs. When it comes to diversity and inclusion, construction is still on the ground floor. Compared to the overall workforce, the construction...
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Cracks in the system
It is almost impossible for purchasers to predict whether their new apartment will have building defects, a report into the apartment building industry has found. Poor business culture, poor capacity...
Infrastructure Market Capacity Report
Infrastructure Australia has today published its first Infrastructure Market Capacity report, forecasting a surge in demand for skills, labour and materials due to the rapid increase in public infrastructure investment. The Infrastructure Market...
City of Melbourne new urban design requirements
The City of Melbourne’s new Central Melbourne Design Guide is set to overhaul the city’s urban design requirements for the first time in 25 years. Victoria Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne, has...
SA circular economy grants now open
South Australia’s Circular Economy Market Development Grants Program will provide up to $100,000 in funding per applicant for market development projects involving recycled materials. Local councils, industry associations, not-for-profit organisations,...
$62B ‘digital dividend’ available if infrastructure firms update outdated tech
Australia’s property and asset-intensive industries could unlock a $62 billion ‘digital dividend’ by replacing old technology with cloud-based Software as a Service systems (SaaS), according to a landmark economic analysis...
UK News: ‘Obstructing construction’ to become a criminal offence
The Home Office is planning to introduce new legislation to lock up protestors who disrupt transportation or construction. After recent motorway blockages by demonstrators from Insulate Britain, home secretary Priti Patel...
AI (Robotics) in Construction
In Australia and the United States projects are underway using robotic technology as an integral part of the build process. FBR’s Hadrian X construction robot is to be put to...
$100 million combined, for road upgrade projects in Melbourne’s south east
With construction and infrastructure projects re-opening in Melbourne today, the Victorian Government has announced two contract awards, valued at over $100 million combined, for road upgrade projects in Melbourne’s south...
Parramatta light rail
Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail is one of the NSW Government’s latest major infrastructure projects being delivered by Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) to serve a growing...