Dozens of people are now infected with COVID-19 in a cluster linked to a protest outside the construction union's Melbourne headquarters two weeks ago, according to the CFMEU. Key points: CFMEU secretary John Setka said up to 40 cases were now linked...
Yehudi “Gaf” Gaffen has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of construction management as CEO of Gafcon, the owner’s rep firm based in San Diego that he and wife Pam founded in 1987.  Even as construction technology has...
A brick recycling company in Adelaide's west says it has applied sealant to demolition material after asbestos was found at the property. Key points: Asbestos was found at the Old Red Brick Company's Beverley properties on Monday Nearby residents and the EPA complained of...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the number of construction firms in Great Britain rose to 325,736 in 2018, the highest amount on record. There is a constant demand for some kind of construction work, so your company will...
Posted June 04, 2019 10:01:31 Photo: Working in high-vis gear is a popular option for backpackers in Darwin. (ABC News: Gabrielle Lyons) Rather than working on orchards or cattle farms, word has spread among female backpackers in the Top...
Justin Stanton Image courtesy of LagartoFilm/Dreamstime The Chartered Institute of Building and Global Construction Review have launched the Global Construction Summit, an annual event for built environment professionals seeking to understand the latest trends, learn best practice and...
Ukrainian children at Poland’s Przemyśl Główny train station near the Ukraine border on 7 March 2022 (Pakkin Leung/CC BY 4.0) As the number of Ukrainians fleeing Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of their country topped 3.7 million this week,...
Athens-listed Mytilineos announced the beginning of construction of the Wyalong Solar Farm in New South Wales, through its Renewables and Storage Development (RSD) Business Unit with a groundbreaking ceremony in the presence of Australia’s Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland. Once...
Community testing for Covid in Shanghai, April 2022. GlobalData says severe outbreaks of Omicron will likely have dampened China’s construction activity in the first quarter (China News Service/CC BY 3.0) Construction output in Northeast Asia is forecast to grow...
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