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In a world of steel and concrete, timber is making a comeback on industrial building sites.
Topics: industry, building-and-construction, campbelltown-2560
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| UpdatedStaying cool in the heatwave this weekend is definitely about substance over style, but scientists reveal some parts of Brisbane are certainly cooler than others.
Topics: phenomena, housing, housing-industry, building-and-construction, urban-development-and-planning, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA global report finds billions of dollars are wasted on infrastructure projects because of bad planning, bureaucracy and the failure to retain good staff.
Topics: building-and-construction, economic-trends, industrial-relations, management, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government says it has secured an agreement with the Senate crossbench to toughen its building and construction laws.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, building-and-construction, community-and-society, australia
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Concerns Tennant Creek residents are being exposed to asbestos in imported demountable buildings prompts the construction union to visit the remote Northern Territory town.
Topics: asbestos, workplace, health, building-and-construction, tennant-creek-0860, nt
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Topics: careers, building-and-construction, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe Russian mafia is behind a powerful international pro-asbestos lobby, the construction union tells a Senate inquiry examining sub-standard and potential lethal building products.
Topics: asbestos, federal-parliament, building-and-construction, trade, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWork stops on about 130 residential home building sites as Perth builder BuiltonCorp is placed into voluntary administration, owing about $16 million to unsecured creditors.
Topics: building-and-construction, wa, perth-6000
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A timber supply shortage at Heyfield sawmill Australian Sustainable Hardwood sparks a push to increase plantation timber.
Topics: forestry, timber, building-and-construction, heyfield-3858
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The building union is fined more than $50,000 by the Federal Court after threatening "Armageddon" and national industrial action in a dispute at the Royal Adelaide Hospital site in 2013.
Topics: unions, building-and-construction, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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An early 20th century garage will take centre stage and give Hobart's new $90 million arts precinct its name, the developers have revealed.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, arts-and-entertainment, building-and-construction, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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A Queensland council becomes the first in the state to adopt a wood encouragement policy that will see it prioritise timber in its construction projects.
Topics: housing-industry, building-and-construction, environmentally-sustainable-business, forestry, timber, maryborough-4650, bundaberg-4670
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An international developer flags plans to construct what would be Perth's tallest building as the centrepiece of a World Trade Center development that it believes will transform the CBD.
Topics: government-and-politics, building-and-construction, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWorkshops aimed at teaching young women how to use tools are being offered around the country in a bid to break the gender imbalance and boost the number of female tradies.
Topics: women, building-and-construction, education, bankstown-2200, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedAn increase in builder-related complaints in the last financial year has prompted a warning for homeowners from WA's building regulator, which says it is amazed at how many people are rushing into projects.
Topics: building-and-construction, consumer-protection, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedMore testing is required to ascertain any health risks posed by an ash cloud coming from the former Port Augusta power station, a former industrial chemist says.
Topics: pollution, building-and-construction, environment, health, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA proposal to convert potentially toxic ash dust at Port Augusta into building blocks and pavers could create hundreds of jobs, senator Nick Xenophon says.
Topics: pollution, building-and-construction, environment, health, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAustralia's economy has benefitted from a tremendous amount of luck in posting a quarter of a century of unbroken growth, but what if that luck is about to run out all at once?
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, mining-industry, building-and-construction, australia
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| UpdatedDid you know that relying on air conditioners to stay cool on hot summer days affects the price of electricity for everyone, all year round?
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, housing, building-and-construction, australia
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Sydney commuters are warned to expect delays all year, with two motorways, two light rail projects and several other major infrastructure builds changing routes around the CBD and in Parramatta.
Topics: rail-transport, road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, building-and-construction, sydney-2000
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Home improvements in Tasmania are set to become a lot easier with new building laws coming into effect today.
Topics: government-and-politics, building-and-construction, tas
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| UpdatedA $5,000 increase to WA's first home owners grant for buyers purchasing new properties is being met with ambivalence by potential buyers and concern from the property sector and sustainability experts.
Topics: states-and-territories, building-and-construction, house-and-home, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe first home owners grant for West Australian buyers purchasing new properties will increase from $10,000 to $15,000 in the new year, the State Government announces.
Topics: states-and-territories, building-and-construction, house-and-home, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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