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Profits, projects and pressure: a 2019 industry forecast

Kenny Ingram, Global Industry Director at global enterprise application company, IFS, has gazed into his crystal ball for the construction, engineering and infrastructure industries and made some bold predictio... more
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Crane operator fined for overloading crane and injuring worker

A crane operator has been fined $4400 (and ordered to pay $4700 in costs) after he overloaded a crane and injured another worker when the crane collapsed. Robert Anthony Hoekzema pleaded guilty to failing t... more
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Australia sees continued strength in construction applications

Leading property analysist, CoreLogic, have released the latest edition of their ‘Cordell Construction Monthly’ which states that 2,210 projects entered Australia’s construction work pipeline in November ... more
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Report tracks Asia Pacific green building trends

CBRE has released a new research report which tracks recent green office building trends in the Asia Pacific region and describes the market drivers which could interest investors seeking to strengthen their co... more

Profits, projects and pressure: a 2019 industry forecast

18 Dec, 2018
Crane operator fined for overloading crane and injuring worker

18 Dec, 2018
Australia sees continued strength in construction applications

18 Dec, 2018
Report tracks Asia Pacific green building trends

13 Dec, 2018

Victoria to introduce Australia’s highest workplace health and safety fine

Important changes proposed for security of payment in WA

ABCC to receive $3.7 million in additional funding

Projects

Australia’s first skyscraper turns 60 and is still going strong

17 Dec, 2018

Australia’s first skyscraper, ICI House (now Orica House), has just celebrated its 60th anniversary and will welcome Hub Australia as a new tenant in 2019. Completed in 1958, Bates Smart’s 19-storey glazed curtain wall tower set the standard for modern vertical workplace design and propelled Melbourne to become the modern city it is today. ICI House was Australia’s tallest office tower... more

World-class football stadium approved for Sydney

13 Dec, 2018

Contract awarded for state-of-the-art teaching, learning and research space

10 Dec, 2018

Sydney gets another iconic landmark; the Omnia

29 Nov, 2018

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Grand Designs

Singapore builds one of the largest wooden buildings in Asia

04 Oct, 2018

The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore is a leader in adopting sustainable materials and innovative construction methods for its campus development. Its latest project, Academic Building South (ABS), is no different and will be built largely from Mass Engineered Timber (MET) to be the new home for Nanyang Business School. At 40,000 square metres, it will be one of the largest wood... more

Unique facade connects urban architecture with nature

21 Aug, 2018

BIG completes pleated skyscraper in Shenzhen

08 Aug, 2018

Heritage building transformed by sustainable and innovative design

01 Aug, 2018

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Mega Structures

Design chosen for Sydney’s tallest residential tower

24 Jul, 2018

German architecture firm, Ingenhoven in collaboration with Australian-based architecture firm Architectus have won the international design competition for the 505 George Street project in Sydney, the building which is soon to be Sydney’s tallest residential tower. The announcement was made by the clients, Mirvac and Coombes Property Group late last week. 505 George Street is predicted to r... more