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| UpdatedA day after builder Claudio D'Alessandro was given approval to resume work for non-payment of debts, his licence is suspended again after the Public Works Minister intervenes.
Topics: building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, death, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Hundreds of subcontractors in the building and construction industry say they are owed large debts — in some cases millions of dollars — but are unable to recover the money because of overly complex recovery processes and poor enforcement of the law.
Topics: building-and-construction, community-and-society, vic
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| UpdatedAn explosion in the number of high-rise apartments across our capital cities is dramatically driving up student enrolments, resulting in "jam-packed" public schools.
Topics: public-schools, schools, education, building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, sydney-2000, nsw
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Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, crime, building-and-construction, industry, community-and-society, grafton-2460
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A prison slated for construction near Grafton in northern NSW will have beds for a total of 1,700 inmates, the largest correctional facility in the country.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, building-and-construction, industry, crime, grafton-2460
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Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, crime, building-and-construction, industry, grafton-2460
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Collapsed Victorian construction company Watersun Homes will likely have debts of $20 million, double the original estimate, the administrators say.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, house-and-home, building-and-construction, company-news, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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The blokey glass ceiling in one of Australia's most male-dominated industries is smashed with the appointment of a female chief executive to lead the construction sector's chief lobby group.
Topics: building-and-construction, corporate-governance, management, women, australia
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Construction of the first hemp house in WA has sparked calls to build a processing plant so local farmers can supply the industry with a sturdy, fireproof, termite-resistant building material.
Topics: agricultural-crops, building-and-construction, environmental-technology, environmentally-sustainable-business, margaret-river-6285
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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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| 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