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Posted inSpinifex

Why AIQS is working on Australian-based embodied carbon standards

by Grant Warner 16 June 202217 June 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Adelaide’s new all-electric office tower still has a taste for gas

by Duncan Murray 7 September 20217 September 2021
Posted inConstruction & Development

NSW construction industry falling well behind on digitalisation

by Duncan Murray 24 August 202124 August 2021
migrant construction workers
Posted inPublic/social/ethical

New app from Catholic Church targets modern slavery in Aussie construction industry

by Poppy Johnston 18 May 202118 May 2021
Photo by Dakota Roos
Posted inMaterials

Timber, concrete and steel more expensive as demand surges

by Duncan Murray 13 May 202114 May 2021
Posted inEngineering/Technology

Curvecrete is slashing costs, waste and emissions with its curvy concrete solution

by Poppy Johnston 27 April 20214 May 2021
Image by Yancy Min on Unsplash
Posted inConstruction & Development

Trading hard hats for laptops could plug the construction industry’s skill gap

by Duncan Murray 12 April 202112 April 2021
Posted inMaterials

The wood from the trees: what we all need to know about nature’s gift

by Poppy Johnston 11 March 202120 April 2021
Grenfell tower, London
Posted inMaterials

Lessons for Australia from Grenfell Tower inquiry

by Russel Grove, Building & Fire Surveying Consultants 5 March 20219 March 2021
Posted inConstruction & Development

Building Circularity ebook

by The Fifth Estate 25 February 202120 December 2021
Professor Srinath Perera. Photo: Centre for Smart Modern Construction presenting
Posted inConstruction & Development

Why blockchain just might be the answer to better construction

by Poppy Johnston 28 January 202128 January 2021
construction worker with laptop
Posted inConstruction & Development

Why the ACCC is taking an interest in expensive construction software licences and lock-ins

by Poppy Johnston 10 December 202025 January 2021
Posted inConstruction & Development

Someone has to be first: Marc Kenney and how one builder is changing the game

by Tina Perinotto 23 October 20207 December 2020
Posted inConstruction & Development

Yes, wheelchair users can work in construction. Let’s see this as an opportunity

by Jonathan Fritsch, University of South Australia 4 August 202026 August 2020
two men at a computer
Posted inEngineering/Technology

Why construction teams should embrace rather than fear AI and automation 

by Yaz Shqara, Autodesk – partnered content  28 July 202029 August 2020
Posted inConstruction & Development

Property pay yet to slump, young guns still sought after

by Poppy Johnston 2 April 20202 April 2020
Posted inConstruction & Development

Futurebuild showcases the technology; we just need the will and the finance

by David Thorpe 5 March 20206 March 2020
prefabricated home
Posted inArticles

Prefab industry to help with quick rebuilds after bushfires

by Poppy Johnston 4 February 202012 February 2020
Posted inArticles

Renewables in the NCC, NSW bushfire rebuild, Adelaide heat waves, and more

by Willow Aliento 28 January 202030 January 2020
Ben Peacock
Posted inSpinifex

The two ‘morrows of Tomorrowland

by Ben Peacock, Republic of Everyone 7 November 20198 November 2019
Tomorrowland19 Dr Virginia Marshall, Angie Abdilla, Clarence Slockee and Tina Perinotto
Posted inBusiness & Politics, Events

Tomorrowland19 I, human: the highlights

by Poppy Johnston 1 November 20195 November 2019
Posted inSpinifex

Construction needs to avoid social value smokescreens

by Professor Martin Loosemore, University of Technology 17 October 201921 November 2019
Posted inMaterials

New meets old: Cob houses enter the twenty-first century

by David Thorpe 15 October 201915 October 2019
Posted inAwards

NAWIC Queensland Awards: “empowered women transform societies”

by Georgia Roach 9 October 201917 October 2019
Business man and woman playing wood jenga game blocks in office studio.
Posted inSpinifex

Building crisis: we need an injection of good evidence

by Professor Martin Loosemore & Professor Bill Randolph, UNSW 5 September 2019
Photo of Co-presidents of the NAWIC NSW chapter Harriet Oldmeadow and Elizabeth Brookes presenting awards
Posted inArticles

NAWIC NSW Awards for Excellence 2019

by Georgia Roach 5 September 20194 December 2019
Posted inArticles

How the construction industry got itself into this mess

by Poppy Johnston 20 August 201925 August 2019
London developers fighting the construction industry Brexit blues
Posted inConstruction & Development

London developers fighting the construction industry Brexit blues

by David Thorpe 8 August 20198 August 2019
David Chandler appointed NSW building commissioner
Posted inInvestment/deals/companies

David Chandler appointed NSW building commissioner

by Georgia Roach 1 August 2019
australian housing development
Posted inHousing

Australia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard

by Trivess Moore, RMIT University; Michael Ambrose, CSIRO, and Stephen Berry, University of South Australia 25 June 2019

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