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Category: Construction & Development

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
Posted inSpinifex

Chains of Custody: the relationship between Country and construction

by Kieran Wong, TheFulcrum.Agency 13 May 202217 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
image of building
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 inBuilding

High above the treetops: Plans for Perth to get world’s tallest timber tower

by Rose Mary Petrass 21 April 202222 April 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Why Aria Property Group is working to grow our knowledge of green buildings

by Andrew Sadauskas 12 April 202213 April 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Circular construction: why builders must adopt sustainable waste management

by Phil Smith, SHAPE Australia 11 April 202211 April 2022
prefab construction
Posted inConstruction & Development

Prefabricated may be the “only viable option,” besides it’s not so “cheap and nasty”

by Rose Mary Petrass 7 April 202213 April 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Dear property industry: the planet “can’t do this without you”

by Rose Mary Petrass 5 April 20225 April 2022
Posted inNews from the Front Desk

On Green Buildings 2.0, GBCA’s Transform and this “crazy” idea to save the planet through the built environment

by The Fifth Estate - our view 25 March 202225 March 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

The secret to sustainable construction? Employ more women?

by Dominique Gill 24 March 202225 March 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Adam Strong, back in prefab along with the “A team”

by Tina Perinotto 22 March 202223 March 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Let’s hope this infrastructure revolution won’t be televised on Utopia

by Andrew Sadauskas 21 March 202222 March 2022
Posted inMaterials

Building concrete solutions for lower-carbon cement

by Andrew Sadauskas 15 March 202215 March 2022
koalas
Posted inConstruction & Development

The battle for Figtree Hill and the koala corridor

by Rose Mary Petrass 24 February 202225 February 2022
construction worker in respirator
Posted inConstruction & Development

Stop asking for fancy stone bench tops – or protect workers

by Rose Mary Petrass 23 February 202224 February 2022
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Posted inConstruction & Development

We thought Sydney had taken a hit – now we know

by Rose Mary Petrass 17 February 202217 February 2022
timber
Posted inFunding & grants

CEFC launches $300 million funding for timber building construction

by Rose Mary Petrass 3 February 20223 February 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

The prefab timber and building supply business is booming

by Tina Perinotto 1 February 20221 February 2022
Brick wall
Posted inConstruction & Development

Like “hitting a brick wall”: building practitioners call for suspension of NSW’s “clunky” planning portal

by Rose Mary Petrass 1 February 20221 February 2022
Hemp Squared
Posted inConstruction & Development

Eco-friendly hemp block company Hemp Squared awarded $100,000

by Rose Mary Petrass 31 January 202231 January 2022
25 King Brisbane WELL Building
Posted inRating tools

Australia leads huge take up of WELL-certified “healthy” buildings across Asia Pacific

by Rose Mary Petrass 14 December 202116 December 2021
melbourne city skyline
Posted inConstruction & Development

Don’t lose hope – new research shows our buildings can achieve Net Zero by 2050 if we make these changes

by Damian Clarke 8 December 202114 December 2021
Posted inSpinifex

National Construction Code – we need to go strong on housing, ministers

by Simon Graham, ClimateWorks and Michael Li, ClimateWorks Australia 7 December 20219 December 2021
excavator on a construction site. Road repair, asphalt replacement. Loading of stone and rubble for its processing at a concrete factory into cement for construction work.
Posted inSpinifex

National Construction Code – In 2021, ONLY net zero makes ANY sense!

by Nigel Howard, Clarity Environment 7 December 20217 December 2021
ICG secures CEFC’s biggest-ever renewables equity investment 
Posted inConstruction & Development

CEFC releases new report on embodied carbon

by Maha Obeid 23 November 202123 November 2021
Posted inConstruction & Development

Blockchain & how David Chandler’s team is using it for better buildings and to track embodied carbon

by Poppy Johnston 15 November 202116 November 2021
Posted inConstruction & Development

Master Builders Victoria takes an axe to building reforms. Again

by Duncan Murray 11 November 202112 November 2021
Posted inConstruction & Development

Building a net zero future: What next after COP26?

by John Thwaites, ClimateWorks, Margot Delafoulhouze, ClimateWorks and Michael Li, ClimateWorks 8 November 20217 December 2021

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