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.
With timber and steel prices skyrocketing, construction costs are surging out of control
There is no indication timber prices will go down again, as they did in 2020. As for steel, 2013 was the last time there was a significant price reduction.
“It will change lives”: Seven major reforms announced at the Jobs and Skills Summit (so far)
The Albanese government's historic Jobs and Skills Summit is into its second and final day, and already big changes are afoot for the future of work in Australia.
Contracts, cashflow and equity: Five signs a building company might collapse
The last year has been tough on the building industry with around eight in 10 construction companies forced to use their own funds in order to complete a client's home.
Metricon to cut workforce by 9% as inflationary pressures and a building backlog weigh on the sector
Hardship continues for Australia's largest home-builder Metricon, which is set to reduce its 2500-strong headcount as the sector is buffeted by economic headwinds.
Builders call for support as housing costs rise 9%, while Jim Chalmers prepares to dampen economic expectations
The federal government should keep the Australian Building and Construction Commission in place and compensate building contractors for projects which skyrocket in price, construction industry organisations say.
The ABCC has been a failure, with productivity in construction in decline under its regulation
The whole purpose of the Australian Building and Construction Commission was to lift productivity in the construction sector. So did it?
