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...
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State Regulators: Reckless and Dangerous
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...
Architects and Safe Design for High Rise Residential Building
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 Award
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...
How apartment owners got hooked to pick up the massive bill for dodgy cladding
 An Article by Anne Paton apartment owners whose buildings are covered in flammable cladding. New loan laws likely to be passed by Parliament have been billed as a kindly...
Senate Inquiry Uncovers Scandalous Construction Con
          The Senate Inquiry’s revelations into the construction industry’s use of dangerous and deadly building products have been truly shocking. Although focussing...
Blame Game Begins for London’s Sizzling Skyscraper
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...
Residents facing huge flammable cladding bills as builders go bust
Residents in apartments bound in combustible cladding fear they will have no option but to pay millions of dollars to make their homes safe again, after construction company...
Exterior Colour: More than Simply Decoration
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...
Shoddy Imports Imperil Australia’s Buildings
 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...
What’s the Biggest Risk in Construction Today?
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...
Construction Sector Beefs Up Action Against Dodgy Products
            On September 1, the Australian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) launched a 64-page guide to assist architects and builders in developing a...