An extra A$2.26bn was yesterday announced to complete the final stage of a major motorway connection in Adelaide, Australia.
The Torrens to Darlington (T2D) project is the final stage of the city’s North-South Corridor, which, once complete in...
This year more than 25,000 people will gather together at UK Construction Week in London to discuss how culture change can be achieved in the construction industry
UK Construction Week (UKCW) is the country’s largest live show for the construction...
The jobs crisis is looming large in Australia’s construction sector and the need for overseas migration to deliver its pipeline has been deemed “a sad indictment” on the industry.
Dire industry forecasts indicate a crippling shortfall of tens of thousands...
Years on from funding commitments, there is little to be seen of a proposed Cradle Mountain Cableway to take visitors to the iconic site.
Originally Tasmanians were told it would be operational in 2019, is there still the political will...
It is important for parties to construction contracts to consider their rights in relation to title to goods (commonly plant and equipment), the subject of the contract.
Project financiers who require security interests to be placed on plant and equipment...
In the wake of the devastation caused by recent bushfires in the south of Western Australia, a much-maligned green plant has risen from the ashes as an unlikely hero.
Key points:
Last week's fire demonstrated the fire-resistant qualities of hemp-based building...
A multi-million-dollar expansion is underway at Timberlink's Tarpeena mill in South Australia, upgrading the sawmill and building an Australian-first manufacturing plant.
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Timberlink is building a $63 million cross laminated timber and glue laminated timber plant in Tarpeena
The co-located manufacturing plant...
Eight years on from a damaging hail storm, Sunshine Coast woman Kendra Stace still feels its wrath almost every day.
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Kendra Stace's roof on her Bli Bli home was replaced in 2014 after a hail storm
The 2014 works were deemed...
David Rogers
The 44-year-old Demerara Harbour Bridge was originally intended to last 10 years (Dan Lundberg/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Plans to replace a floating bridge in the Guyanese capital of Georgetown have resumed after a proposal from China State...
Joseph Kilroy, CIOB*
In April 2021 Ireland’s Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien, launched the CIOB’s report: ‘Job Quality in the Irish Construction Sector’. The report emphasises the role government can play in subduing construction volatility and...
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