Labor wants to build 1 million new houses. Is that possible? Construction & Engineering Bernard Keane 27 October 2022 The government is promising a massive housing construction surge all the way to the end of the decade. How will it work?
With timber and steel prices skyrocketing, construction costs are surging out of control Construction & Engineering Flavio Macau 7 September 2022 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.
The ABCC has been a failure, with productivity in construction in decline under its regulation Construction & Engineering Bernard Keane 26 July 2022 The whole purpose of the Australian Building and Construction Commission was to lift productivity in the construction sector. So did it?
