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There was a rise in housing finance in September but loans for construction of dwellings and purchase of new dwellings fell, according to new ABS figures.
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BlueScope Steel’s architectural publication is celebrating its 30-year anniversary of tracking the development of steel as a key element in Australian architecture.
The Fly Forbo Award 2012 is now open for entries, with the company seeking a winning project from each Australia and New Zealand that shows stand-out use of their flooring and surface products.
Innovative Australian technologies have been employed to retrofit a 25-year-old North Sydney commercial office building to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent.
Former Victorian Deputy Premier John Thwaites has been appointed as chair of the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB).
The third Buildings under Control Symposium hosted by building automation systems specialist LOYTEC electronics, recently concluded in Vienna.
The trend towards using fluorescent globes instead of incandescent could be increasing eye disease, according to new research by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU).
New independent modelling shows the building and construction industry will suffer billions of dollars in losses because of the Government’s carbon tax, according to Master Builders Australia.
PGH Bricks has announced the results of recent research into colour and trend forecasting for bricks.
The Laminex Group have received recognition at the annual CIPS (Chartered Institute for Purchasing Supply) Australasia Procurement Professional Awards in Melbourne this month.
While national construction remained in negative territory in October, there were signs of improvement in the rates of decline, according to the latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI).
The Federal Court in Brisbane has imposed penalties against three Queensland-based construction companies for engaging in illegal price controlling conduct known in the construction industry as cover pricing.
