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New funding to help reduce emissions from Australia’s built environment

New funding of $64.2 million to be included in the upcoming Federal Budget is the first step towards improving energy efficiency and realising the full potential of the nation's built environment to reduce emis... more
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NSW subbies owed millions as developers refuse to pay

CFMEU NSW has warned that developers are using the pandemic as an excuse to withhold payments owed to construction workers and subcontractors, for work that has already been completed. On Wednesday, Darren G... more
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A step-by-step plan for recycling cigarette butts into bricks

Researchers have highlighted how industries could work together to recycle cigarette butts into bricks, in a step-by-step implementation plan for saving energy and solving a global littering problem. Over si... more
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Calls made for a ‘pink collar’ boost to the economy

The National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC) Queensland is calling for a 'pink collar' boost to the economy, as new research shows construction has the lowest female participation rate of any indu... more

New funding to help reduce emissions from Australia’s built environment

18 Sep, 2020
NSW subbies owed millions as developers refuse to pay

18 Sep, 2020
A step-by-step plan for recycling cigarette butts into bricks

18 Sep, 2020
Calls made for a ‘pink collar’ boost to the economy

18 Sep, 2020

New WELL Building Standard to improve human health and wellbeing

Data-driven business decisions are transforming the construction industry

WestConnex workers may have been exposed to deadly contaminants

Projects

First building at Sydney’s Eastlakes Live topped out

18 Sep, 2020

Crown Group has celebrated the ‘topping out’ of the first building at Eastlakes Live, an important milestone in one of the most exciting residential and retail developments the area has seen in decades. Eastlakes Live by Crown Group was granted development approval in June 2020 as part of the NSW Government’s new Planning System Acceleration Program, designed to support the economy and cr... more

Carbon-neutral apartment building to halve strata levies

14 Sep, 2020

$200M Wyong Hospital reaches high point

14 Sep, 2020

One of Sydney’s tallest towers tops out

14 Sep, 2020

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Grand Designs

SOM designs stunning new waterfront neighbourhood for Zhuhai

18 Sep, 2020

Global architectural, urban planning and engineering firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), have designed a new waterfront neighbourhood for Zhuhai, China’s Most Liveable City. Recently connected to international finance and tourism centres Hong Kong and Macau via the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world, Zhuhai has emerged as an eco-conscious city in the coastal region known as the ... more

Plans for world’s tallest hybrid timber building in Sydney revealed

03 Jul, 2020

First large-scale co-living space in Paris

16 Apr, 2020

Historical candy factory in Sweden to be transformed into affordable housing project

16 Oct, 2019

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Mega Structures

KPF completes third tallest building in Shenzhen

08 Jan, 2019

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) have officially completed China Resources Headquarters, a 400-metre bullet-shaped tower nestled in the bustling Houhai District of Shenzhen. Inspired by the shape of a winter bamboo shoot, the 67-floor office building boasts a design distinguished by its innovative structure and geometric precision to create a striking addition to Shenzhen’s ever-growing sky... more