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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...
Australian authorities ‘have known about dangers of flammable cladding for two decades’
Every square metre of flammable cladding covering tens of thousands of Australian apartment buildings contains the equivalent of five litres of petrol, an investigation by ABC TV...
How Did 1,862 Construction Firms Fail?
In announcing an inquiry into the state’s building and construction industry earlier this month, New South Wales Finance Minister Greg Pearce said he wants to...
Melbourne’s Federation Square granted heritage status for historical, social significance
Melbourne's controversial Federation Square building has been granted heritage status, protecting the space for its "historical, aesthetic, technological and social significance"...
What Lies Ahead in Construction: Leadership or More Licentiousness?
The blame for this calamity is unequivocally with those responsible for leadership failure: the senior departmental executives who formulated atrocious policies and the...
Melbourne hospital surveyor ‘far from satisfied’ with cladding
Independent engineer, builder and surveyor George Cross said he agreed to approve the occupancy of the $250 million women’s centre following the discovery of the cladding only...
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RMIT’s latest is a building to navigate as well as to inhabit
RMIT University's city campus has developed a reputation for heroic contemporary architecture. In the early 1990s Edmond and Corrigan's Building 8 in Swanston Street shook up...
Alarm bells for strata owners as firefighters told to stay on sidelines
SCA chief executive Kim Henshaw said state and federal governments needed to get on board to tackle the issue before there was a repeat of the Lacrosse apartment fire in...
Four Corners Shows Need for Clerk of Works, Architects Say
Following the airing of Monday’s Four Corners program, which detailed a litany of problems with the building and construction sector, the Australian Institute of Architects has...
NSW imposes retrospective flammable cladding ban
The ban also applies to commercial office buildings, industrial buildings or retail buildings four storeys or more in height for Class A construction and three storeys or more in...