ACTU says workers will ban engineered stone themselves if regulators don’t act
Australia's union movement says its members will forbid the use and transportation of engineered stone unless governments formally ban it outright, escalating pressure on businesses which process and use the popular material in home construction.
“Who, unless it’s robots, is going to build this?”: Builders question goal of 1.2 million new homes
Australia's construction sector will have the capacity to build one million new homes over five years, Housing Minister Julie Collins says, as builders question whether the industry has enough workers to carry out the ambitious plan.
A convoluted bidding process continues to undermine the construction tender process
Tendering processes have become so onerous and convoluted that the costs of tendering in relation to the potential gains may now be reducing rather than enhancing competition.
Construction collapses now a “super-spreader event”, says Swinburne governance expert
The insolvency crisis ripping through the Australian construction industry is comparable to a "super-spreader event", a corporate governance expert says, with financial hardships spreading from one business to another reminiscent of recent public health crises.
New builders, $15 million bailout: Porter Davis collapse fallout continues
About 1700 homes across Victoria and Queensland were left in limbo when Porter Davis suddenly shut in late March owing creditors $147 million.
Building a business on barriers: How AH Fencing’s work-life split spurred $6.2m in revenue
Queensland commercial fencing company AH Fencing has expanded to Victoria, with two major projects already in the pipeline, including a development at Bunnings in Coburg that will see the company construct the precinct’s chain wire fencing and gates.
ACT expansion into NSW mired by collapse of key Ginninderry builder
Subcontractors, creditors and clients were scrambling to find out where they stand after PBS Building collapsed and went into voluntary administration, owing at least $25 million and leaving a swag of builds in the ACT in limbo.
We’ve all heard ‘build back better’, but do our leaders really know how to do it?
The ultimate goal of building back better is to make communities stronger and more resilient following a disaster. This is a challenging task that requires a systematic rethinking of how we create the places we live in now – and how we want to live in the future.
NSW will soon digitise high-risk work licences, says Victor Dominello
NSW Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government Victor Dominello is continuing his all-out push against paper before stepping down from politics.
Empathy, values and opportunity: How this construction company landed more than 2000 job applications in 2022
Cobild proudly bills itself as ‘not your typical construction company’; it continuously appears on Best Places to Work lists, and it is certified by UNICEF and Parents at Work as a family-inclusive workplace.
Labor wants to build 1 million new houses. Is that possible?
The government is promising a massive housing construction surge all the way to the end of the decade. How will it work?
ABCC recovers more than $13.5 million for subcontractors as its time draws to a close
Australia’s controversial building regulator has managed to help subcontractors get more than $13.5 million in invoices paid over past three years.
