Tag: construction
Central QLD prepares for $1 billion Rockhampton Ring Road
Central Queensland is preparing for its biggest infrastructure project to date, the $1 billion Rockhampton Ring Road, with the state’s Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey this week holding...
Infrastructure Australia charts a whole-of-system, all-hazards approach to resilience planning
Infrastructure Australia has outlined practical steps to deliver infrastructure that is more resilient to threats such as bushfires, droughts, floods, global pandemic, and cyber-attacks, in new advisory papers released today. It...
Developer Plans 17 More Storeys for Homebush Tower costing $44 Million
A developer wants to add 17 storeys to an approved eight-storey mixed-use building in Sydney’s Homebush, to take advantage of zoning changes, during construction of the project. Three eight-storey buildings...
Road and rail funding puts safety first in Pilbara
BHP and the Western Australia Government have launched the first stage of major road and rail works in the Pilbara region to provide better safety to the local community and...
Millions of dollars of Community & Sporting Grants Announced
Millions of dollars worth of funding has been announced for New South Wales and Victorian community and sport projects. The NSW Government has announced $100 million in grants for new...
National Construction Code Proposed Changes
Homes across Australia will be more energy efficient if proposed changes to the National Construction Code are pushed through for 2022. Consultation has begun on the final tranche of the...
Fishermans Bend Planning Controls
Interim planning controls have been introduced to help guide the development of a next-generation manufacturing hub at Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend. The Victorian government launched its vision for the Advanced Manufacturing...
New Build-to-Rent Player Prepares $500m Melbourne Pipeline
Newly minted build-to-rent platform Alt Living is confident it will raise $200 million in capital in order to break ground on two build-to-rent projects in central Melbourne this year. The...
Melbourne Airport Rail M80 bridge
Melbourne Airport Rail are building a (rail) bridge and getting over the M80. Under the current proposal, a new rail bridge will be built over the Western Ring Road and...
Embodied carbon requires immediate attention
Without action, embodied carbon will be responsible for 85 per cent of Australia’s built environment emissions by 2050, according to a new report from the Green Building Council of Australia...
Are you happy at work ??? This amigo is dancing 8 hours per day and getting paid.
Doing a happy dance!! Although dancing is not recommended if you’re working on construction sites due to the safety risks, however you can still safely sing and dance on the...