Victoria is facing a crisis of faulty, dangerous and leaking buildings that experts warn is comparable in scale to the historical scourge of asbestos. Many new buildings in Victoria are not being built to last. Photo: Pat ScalaShoddy materials and poor workmanship...
Construction on what will become Adelaide’s tallest building is set to commence in the new year. Approved by the Development Assessment Commission last week, the 34-storey, 134-metre-high skyscraper designed by Brown Falconer Architects will be two metres taller than...
Complaints about late and non-payments to subcontractors have been rampant in WA’s building industry, with the troubled new Perth children’s hospital a notable example this year with head contractor John Holland accused of ripping off small businesses. A new code of...
The Australian Ugliness, architect and critic Robin Boyd wrote in 1960, incorporated the “background ugliness” of Australia’s cities: a suburbia of: … unloved veneer villas and wanton little shops, and big worried factories. These are the kinds of suburban places that...
Queensland is about to introduce a new state payment scheme for subcontractors, a move that South Australia should monitor closely after the collapse of Homestead Homes. The system means they would be paid in full and on time and analysis by Deloitte has found it...
Nick Xenophon was interviewed this week on ABC Radio National about supporting the Governments Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) Bills. In the interview he discusses how part of the negotiation will involve providing greater protection to...
