Category: Construction
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What should WA do with the brick?
ABC Perth Radio Joining Mark Gibson on Wednesday 10 September Tanya Steinbeck, CEO of UDIA WA discusses why WA is so focused on Double Brick homes, while other countries have been building more sustainable and…
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Australia’s productivity crisis deepens as construction costs defy global trends
Australian Property Investor Material prices across Australia continue to climb, even as global material markets soften under weaker demand. Is this an anomaly – or a symptom of something deeper? For long-time observers of Australia’s…
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WA’s construction costs largely behind Reserve Bank’s decision to hold cash rate
The West Australian WA’s construction inflation was a key factor in the recent decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep the cash rate on hold, with the State leading the nation in that…
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Funds push to deliver alternative builds
Business News The federal government’s $54 million budget pledge to support modern construction methods may have felt like déjà vu for many Western Australians. Just 21 days earlier, the state government made a similar commitment,…
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WA home completions rising
Business News Housing completions in Western Australia are steadily increasing, but still have a long way to go to catch up to the targets set by the federal government. Data from the Australian Bureau of…
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Prefab housing promised 50 years ago as solution to housing supply crisis
ABC News When it comes to housing, Australia loves a taskforce. More than 50 years ago, the federal government established one to “investigate modern housing techniques” to boost Australia’s “large, unsatisfied demand for housing”. It…
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Timber builds on a global stage
Business News Henning Larsen is a household name in Scandinavian architecture. The Copenhagen design firm, bearing the name of its late founder, is a leader in mass timber design. It has designed buildings using wood…
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Housing affordability blow as construction costs go up
The West Australian When COVID-19 disruptions caused inflation to shoot up, so did the cost of building new homes. So, as inflation returns to normal, why are construction costs accelerating again? It’s a dilemma that…
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ABN Group boss Dale Alcock says governments must ‘just give it a break’ on rising building red tape
The West Australian Building mogul Dale Alcock says the industry needs a freeze on red tape and a big inflow of workers to fight the housing crisis. The Federal Government wants 1.2 million properties finished…