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    First Flame Zone House in NSW completed with Paarhammer BAL-FZ Windows and Doors
    First Flame Zone House in NSW completed with Paarhammer BAL-FZ Windows and Doors

    The first house with Paarhammer Flame Zone products is now completed north of Sydney.


    New NABERS guide helps office tenants control energy costs
    New NABERS guide helps office tenants control energy costs

    Environment Minister Robyn Parker has released the NABERS Energy Management Guide for Tenants which is designed to help office tenants take control of their energy costs and environmental impacts.


    Updated ACIF Forecasts released online reveal fragmented outlook for the industry
    Updated ACIF Forecasts released online reveal fragmented outlook for the industry

    The industry’s peak consultative body, the Australian Construction Industry Forum, has released the updated ACIF Forecasts online.


    HIA believes rising building approvals are an encouraging start
    HIA believes rising building approvals are an encouraging start

    The month of September provided a second consecutive improvement for building approvals, said the Housing Industry Association.


    Self-healing concrete on the cards: new research
    Self-healing concrete on the cards: new research

    Research taking place in Europe might soon yield self-healing concrete, addressing the costly but necessary business of repairing cracks in concrete structures.


    Trade skills in surplus as construction activity dwindles
    Trade skills in surplus as construction activity dwindles

    The HIA says its latest Trades Report provides a profile of skilled labour availability consistent with very weak residential construction activity in 2012.


    Sydney sets pace with LED lighting
    Sydney sets pace with LED lighting

    LED lighting installed across central Sydney is providing brighter lighting in parks and streets while reducing electricity costs and carbon pollution.


    Fire protection debate takes centre stage at industry conference, Melbourne
    Fire protection debate takes centre stage at industry conference, Melbourne

    Expert members of the fire protection industry come together for a major policy debate at the Fire Australia 2012 Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, November 14-16.


    Foss Cottage by Designer Constructions, Forest Lodge
    Foss Cottage by Designer Constructions, Forest Lodge

    BPN Project profile: Award winning designers show us what they’re building with.


    PGH bricks play a starring role at Brigidine College's new performing arts centre
    PGH bricks play a starring role at Brigidine College's new performing arts centre

    When Doran Rosmarin from Bertoldi architects was commissioned to design Brigidine College's new visual and performing arts building - The Brigid Centre, his vision was to create a building that would simultaneously deliver on its functional intent, whilst utilising its external walls as a canvas.


    Standards Australia seminar series to revise ventilation code
    Standards Australia seminar series to revise ventilation code

    Standards Australia in partnership with the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air- conditioning and Heating will be hosting national seminar series on the revision to AS 1668 – The use of ventilation and air conditioning in buildings.


    New eBook has potential to ignite retrofit industry
    New eBook has potential to ignite retrofit industry

    The Fifth Estate has released Australia’s first guide Environmental Upgrade Agreements (EUAs), a finance mechanism with the potential to unlock billions of dollars required to upgrade our aging and unsustainable existing building stock.


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