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  • In August, new housing approvals increased by an unexpected 6.8%, owing to an increase in units moving through the system at the quickest rate since March. According to ABS data, the seasonally adjust ...
  • The Northern Precinct tower in the Waterloo Metro Quarter over-station development has been cleared by the NSW government after its proposed use was changed from residential to commercial and its heig ...
  • As the Gold Coast's red-hot apartment market continues to outpace supply, a developer has submitted plans for a 33-story residential tower in Broadbeach. 14 First Avenue Pty Ltd has proposed a 46-apar ...
  • Precinct 75 in Sydney's inner west will be transformed into a $145 million, 230-apartment build-to-rent campus. Home purchased the site in November 2020 for more than $84 million with the intention of ...
  • The City of Sydney has announced a new laneway rehabilitation initiative that would alter a number of Sydney's inner-city alleyways and under-utilized places. The different laneway improvements, accor ...
  • Top Spring is expanding its apartment portfolio by purchasing a $94 million development-approved land near to the InterContinental Sydney in Double Bay. The Rose family had already received approval f ...
  • Concerns have been raised regarding the potential encroachment on local Indigenous sacred places and the overdevelopment of Darwin's shoreline as a result of plans for a $200 million hotel and house c ...
  • Last year, the top 100 residential builders built 80% of new homes, with the top company taking home bragging rights for the sixth year in a row. In the HIA-Colourbond Steel Housing 100 Report for the ...
  • In Sydney's Crows Nest, Woods Bagot has created a concept design for a 23-story tower at 378-390 Pacific Highway. The tower would be built next to the three-tower over-station development at Crows Nes ...
  • Greystar, a US real estate company, has been given permission to create a $500 million build-to-rent project on a "mega site" in Melbourne's affluent neighborhood of South Yarra. In December 2019, Gre ...
  • A $60 million cultural centre on the kanamaluka (Tamar River) in Launceston has been designed by Tasmanian firm Artas Architects, which aims to be a "beacon for performing arts." The kanamaluka Cultur ...
  • Our partner, the Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS), is running the Electrical Safety Conference on 12-14 October 2021 via an online platform. Electricity is an essential power source, tha ...
  • Only a year ago, it would have been unthinkable that a tremendous increase in construction demand would push the industry to the edge of disaster, with a catastrophic scarcity of construction material ...
  • A private developer has submitted plans for a residential skyscraper on Chevron Island, a region that is already swamped in high-rise building as the burgeoning local real estate market picks up speed ...
  • In a $1.25 billion joint venture with investment firm Wingate, Gurner Group plans to construct four skyscrapers with a total height of 57 stories on the Gold Coast. On 112 Ferny Avenue, Surfers Paradi ...
  • Following council clearance, Gleeson Group is preparing to begin construction on redeveloping an entire site in Townsville. Stage one of the Hive received authorisation to construct a five-story conte ...
  • Fortis, a Sydney-based developer, has added to its booming Melbourne pipeline with proposals for a $90-million mixed-use complex in Richmond, which is currently before the council. In late 2020, Forti ...
  • R U OK? Day 2021

    09 Sep 2021
    R U OK? Day R U OK? Day is held on 9th September annually in Australia and we’re calling on everyone to check in with the people in their world and ask if they’re really OK, not just today but every d ...
  • Kuraland, a developer from Western Australia, has submitted designs for a 17-story mixed-use tower in Claremont. In the town, which is around midway between the Perth CBD and Fremantle, the under-deve ...
  • The construction industry has the country's second-worst gender pay disparity, which is widening across all industries. In the construction business, which was slightly behind the finance and insuranc ...
  • According to a draught update submitted for public comment, the most substantial update to the National Construction Code in more than a decade will raise the required thermal performance of homes fro ...
  • The Archdiocese of Brisbane has received planning consent from Brisbane City Council to construct an eight-story office building close to the historic St Patrick's Church on Morgan Street in Fortitude ...
  • The recently completed Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service building by Hassell overlooks Victoria Park in Herston, Brisbane, and avoids the sterile, clinical environments often associated wi ...
  • Australia Build Week Online is back on 6th to 10th December 2021. This industry leading online event brings together 100+ speakers and thousands of attendees from across Australia to discuss the lates ...

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