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Posted inBusiness & Politics

“Even the government is ringing up engineers and offering substantial salary increases” The pressure is on Albo to fix our infrastructure

by Andrew Sadauskas 5 hours ago25 May 2022
Posted inFinance

Active Super secures WELL rating for its $800 million property portfolio

by Andrew Sadauskas 24 May 202224 May 2022
Posted inHousing, Spinifex

Australia’s housing crisis: a path forward?

by Alan Pears, RMIT University 24 May 202224 May 2022
Posted inArchitecture

Architects call for strong action on climate and housing

by Australian Institute of Architects 20 May 202223 May 2022
Posted inCommercial

Seek’s sustainable HQ sought a “fun” design to honour industrial past of Melbourne’s rising “Silicon Valley”

by Rose Mary Petrass 19 May 202219 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Metricon hoses down “rumours” about its imminent demise, following a meeting with the Victoria’s treasurer

by Andrew Sadauskas 19 May 202219 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Metricon in trouble

by Tina Perinotto 18 May 202219 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Daniel Andrews invests $30 million in ARKit sustainable prefab modular homes

by Andrew Sadauskas 18 May 202219 May 2022
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How Woolworths tapped into a pipeline of water savings with WaterGroup

Partnered Content WaterGroup 18 May 202218 May 2022
Posted inBuilding

Cool roofs and how to get them: City of Adelaide Council trials a space-age ceramic coating as temperatures skyrocket

by Andrew Sadauskas 17 May 202218 May 2022
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Posted inRating tools

New GRESB sustainability risk products now available for asset managers

by Rose Mary Petrass 17 May 202217 May 2022
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Posted inHousing

Metricon Homes founder Mario Biasin passes aged 71

by Rose Mary Petrass 17 May 202217 May 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Chains of Custody: the relationship between Country and construction

by Kieran Wong, TheFulcrum.Agency 13 May 202217 May 2022
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Posted inRating tools

How to cool cooking suburbs – a tool from WSROC aims to save lives

by Rose Mary Petrass 12 May 202212 May 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Cbus Property transacts its first two green loans alongside sustainable finance framework launch

by Andrew Sadauskas 12 May 202212 May 2022
Vic Govhub Ballarat
Posted inArchitecture

Inside the Vic Architecture Awards shortlisted building reshaping public sector workspaces

by Rose Mary Petrass 10 May 202211 May 2022
Posted inEducation, Training & Research

New UNSW and Newcastle decarbonisation hub will focus on commercial-ready tech

by Andrew Sadauskas 10 May 202210 May 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

Business is booming for Fairview and its Ecoloop process to recycle dodgy cladding

by Andrew Sadauskas 10 May 202211 May 2022
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Posted inSpinifex

Why I’m voting for a national housing plan

by Dr Judy Kraatz 9 May 20229 May 2022
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Posted inConstruction & Development

Heritage refurb in Sydney snapped up

by Rose Mary Petrass 5 May 20226 May 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

The new rules of sustainability engagement for builders and how Hansen Yuncken is rising to the task in Adelaide

by Rose Mary Petrass 5 May 20226 May 2022
Posted inCommercial

Take a look at how Computershare is responding to Covid with its refurbed global HQ in Melbourne

by Rose Mary Petrass 4 May 202210 May 2022
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Labor’s shared equity scheme makes housing a serious election issue – at last. Here’s the verdict

by Andrew Sadauskas 3 May 20224 May 2022
Social distance at workspace by cabin glass screens at office. Business people and coworkers keep safe distance. Colorful.
Posted inCommercial

Getting people back to the office? How your office layouts impact organisational culture and what employees think about their workplace

by Kusal Nanayakkara, University of Technology Sydney, Professor Sara Wilkinson, UTS and Dulani Halvitigala, RMIT 3 May 20223 May 2022
Property Industry Foundation Kate Mills
Posted inHousing

PIF’s challenge: “Everyone is deserving of a home”

by Rose Mary Petrass 2 May 20222 May 2022
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Posted inArchitecture

When is a bunker not a bunker? Say hello to fire-resilient homes

by Rose Mary Petrass 28 April 20222 May 2022
AIA redesign credit EHDD 2
Posted inArchitecture

US architects’ headquarters makeover – sustainable, equitable, collaborative

by Rose Mary Petrass 28 April 202228 April 2022
Lisa-Maree Carrigan
Posted inArchitecture

Anglicare and GroupGSA in social housing project for older single women

by Rose Mary Petrass 26 April 202227 April 2022
Posted inEnergy

Here’s an alternative to lithium batteries: meet the Aussie company leading the charge

by Andrew Sadauskas 26 April 202226 April 2022

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