The government office where NSW Premier Mike Baird with Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner work are paper thin and all conversations can be heard. Picture: Adam Taylor BE careful, the...
What has not changed, however, are the provisions contained in Part A2 of National Construction Code (NCC) Volume One and Three and Part 1.2 of NCC Volume Two, which set out the...
A new Australian study shows that anodising uses less energy and produces lower greenhouse gas emissions than polyester powdercoating. From the results of a 100 year Life Cycle...
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected Tuesday to find that $550 million in imported Chinese aluminum was illegally subsidized by the Chinese government, people familiar with...
An army of spin doctors are able to smother the facts and present a position of "there's nothing to see here" but that is far from the reality of the situation as our industry...
In the rush to 'build up,' we need to ask: how compliant are the building products and method of construction? Ominously, there may be a number of building products being...
Audi Lighthouse wins major award for commercial architecture Audi’s impressive ‘Lighthouse’ building has won a major NSW award for Commercial Architecture at the 2010...
The Senate Inquiry’s revelations into the construction industry’s use of dangerous and deadly building products have been truly shocking. Although focussing...
Speaking at the International Herald Tribune Visionary Cities event, Viñoly said climate change is a possible cause and blamed the consultant-heavy process during the building of...
Avoiding using colour means missing out on more than just its decorative capabilities. Colour can have a profound psychological and physiological impact on users of the built...
Stephen Raff, CEO of Ace Body Corporate and former president of Strata Community Australia (Vic) said the usage of low-quality imported products has become rife within the...
Of course the ability to bear risk will be determined by who the client is, the scale of the project, its complexity, the unknowns and the usual suspects of time plus quality...
