Industry News

A brief interview with Adrian Benge, Sales Consultant at BuildingPoint Australia. 

First published in: Forkliftaction.com   This week marked the start of National Safe Work Month, with calls for commitments to building safe and healthy workplaces for all Australians. "Each year in O ...

In the build-up Sydney Build Expo 2020, we wanted to provide attendees with the opportunity to get to know some of our exhibitors! This month's featured exhibitor interview is with the founder of Diod ...

A brief interview with John Perau, the Managing Director of The WDS Group.

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In the build-up Sydney Build Expo 2020, we wanted to provide attendees with the opportunity to get know some of our exhibitors! This month's featured exhibitor interview is with the EGM - Strategy, Sa ...

Join The Women in Architecture Design and Construction Problem Solvers and Thought Leaders Event. 25th September, Caroma Showroom. Hosted by InHouseGroup3 and Assa Abloy. Be empowered by women that in ...

A brief interview with Terry Aarts, the National Business Development Manager of WageLoch. 

Wurth Australia, part of the global manufacturing brand, The Wurth Group, have demonstrated their future plans of growth on the market by becoming a major sponsor at Australia’s leading construction, architecture and infrastructure expo – Sydney Build 2020.

Earlier this year, Australian news corporations have proclaimed 5G smartphones to be the new standard for first-class mobile citizens. Australia’s largest telecommunications firm, Telstra revealed that the 5G networks the company has been in the process of building infrastructure since the onset of 2016 and is prepared to roll out over 200 5G sites throughout Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide Canberra, Perth, Gold Coast and Toowoomba. 

A national survey conducted by The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) queried over 800 tradespeople directly involved within the Australian construction industry. The study is part of the association’s ‘Tradies National Health Month’ campaign designed to aim a spotlight on the health of Australia’s tradies, raising awareness on a wide range of health concerns that impact tradies and raising physiotherapy as a potential treatment option. 

A major construction, tunnelling, rail, building and services provider has signed a memorandum of understanding with a global automated metro operator. The two partnered companies will aid one another for upcoming bids regarding the operation and maintenance of operations conducted across the Sydney Metro West and Sydney Metro Greater West.  

The New South Wales government has appointed 40-year construction industry expert David Chandler as their new buildings commission tasked with implementing the greatest overhaul to building laws in the state's history. 

A brief interview with Gerard Dyson, the Managing Director of Spectur Limited. 

Building ministers from across the country have met and agreed to adopt a national approach to solve the construction industry’s insurance crisis. The meeting’s main topic of discussion centred around addressing the countless defects and non-conformance building developments which have led to thousands of multi-residential towers throughout Australia being clad with flammable material.

 

Despite looming fears of a building crisis and current talks being conducted over the need for massive reforms over construction processes, contract administrators, project managers, site engineers, and other construction industry professions are becoming highly sought after following a surge in construction-related projects. Employment within the Australian building sector saw more than 30,000 positions added (seasonally adjusted) over the past quarter. 

The NSW Government has initiated expressions of interest for the construction of the Sydney Gateway Project after reaching a $2.6 billion agreement with the Sydney Airport Corporation late last year. 

Modern society finds itself at a crossroads in terms of infrastructure development. With talks and developments already underway to implement a digital ecosystem of tracking technologies, cameras, sensors and algorithms to greater optimise our way of life, the era of the ‘Smart City’ is upon us. Integrating our built surroundings into a networked collective promises to provide its denizens with countless conveniences at the expense of uninterrupted user surveillance. But can this smartly integrated utopia of the future become realised without surrendering our right to privacy? 

The Owners Corporation Network (OCN), the representative body for unit owners and the Australian Institute of Architects are mutually advocating for bolder reforms on construction processes to be implemented to guarantee the quality of construction and improvements for consumer protection.  

A newly introduced competition pits workers, companies and building managers across the nation against one another to see who can improve and outshine competitors with their green credentials.

 

To many the delight of Sydney drivers, State government announced Sydney’s new M4 tunnels will be opening on Saturday morning. The official launch of these tunnels will bypass the nightmarish traffic of Parramatta Road starting next week, cutting up to 20 minutes of travel time for cars seeking to commute from Sydney CBD to Parramatta. 

A declining workforce, sparse birth rates and an ageing population are just some of the problems confronting Japan in the 21st century. Since data gathering began in 1899, the Japanese government has cited the birthrate to be at a historic low. Japan's population has been in decline for a number of years with leading policymakers and experts beginning to speculate on its possible economic and social repercussions. 

Over the past decade, construction industry experts have been discussing the potential for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) to open new doors for the practice. While the benefits of VR and AR integrated training, marketing and planning are some of the more discernible aspects of the technology, their ability to simulate real-world situations to provide insights that other established technologies cannot offer could maximise worker efficiency and safety training. 

To say it has been a tough year for Australian property owners would be a hefty understatement for the countless residential apartment owners who have been unwillingly evacuated from their premises af ...