Westpac conducts cladding audit
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Move is the first that reveals concerns of financiers about the risks to them of combustible cladding on buildings.
Move is the first that reveals concerns of financiers about the risks to them of combustible cladding on buildings.
Consult Australia's incoming president Kiri Parr says governments should listen to engineers, not bankers and lawyers
Unsold stock is an area where build-to-rent could gain some serious traction according to developers Red & Co.
Demand for prefabricated building components, including those made from cross laminated timber (CLT), is growing despite concerns around flammable building products.
The infrastructure boom could last longer than the mining boom, engineers have forecast as rising job vacancies on hundreds of projects around the country push up wages.
The figures show the continued turning of the construction industry as infrastructure work picks up the slack of a retreating residential sector.
Developer said late architect's personal involvement in the project helped get it over the planning line.
Sweeping recommendation tries to resolve problems of a construction industry with no clear lines of responsibility or accountability.
One consequence for the construction industry of non-compliant cladding could be to push privatised building surveyors out of the chain.
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One hundred and fifty Downer retail investors have signed a resolution asking the company to stop taking on coal projects.
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