Tag: Construction
Construction begins on Hawthorn Football Club’s new home base
The Hawthorn Hawks Australian Football League (AFL) team will soon flock to a new home ground, with construction now underway at Kennedy Community Centre in Melbourne’s south-east.
HVG Facades launches new fibre cement product
HVG Facades has released a new high-density fibre cement product called Vetérro.
Institute welcomes focus on housing design in Victorian Housing Statement
The Australian Institute of Architects has come out in support of the Victorian Housing Statement and its’ focus on supply through planning reform and design principles.
Construction underway for $600 million Health Translation Hub
A new 16-storey $600 million Health Translation Hub at the junction between University New South Wales’ Kensington Campus and Randwick Hospitals Campus has begun construction.
Western Australia’s medium-density housing code in limbo
The Western Australian Government has postponed the gazettal of the medium-density housing code, six months after it was first released.
National Construction Code zeros in on energy efficiency
Proposed updates to the National Construction Code would take a critical step towards near zero carbon emissions for Australian housing.
Trust rating to be implemented for NSW building practitioners
The NSW government will create a digital dashboard to track the real time performance of buildings, as well as developers, designers, constructors, manufacturers, installers and certifiers.
Draft National Registration Framework a retrograde step
The Australian Institute of Architects has criticized the proposed National Registration Framework for building practitioners, fearing building designers would be viewed as equal to registered architects.
Victorian construction industry put on ‘pilot light’ setting
The Victorian government will partially shut down the state’s construction sites as part of stage four COVID-19 restrictions.
Webinar: Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2020 (NSW)
This webinar will explain the key features of the Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2020.
NSW building certification bill still lets developers off the hook
The News South Wales government is struggling to implement building industry reforms recommended by the Shergold-Weir report over two years ago.
Victoria’s building regulation to be reviewed
The Victorian government has appointed a six-person panel to review the state’s building regulation, in the face of high profile defects and use of non-compliant materials.
Interim report from Opal Tower investigation released
An interim report of an ongoing investigation into defects in the Opal Tower in Sydney has been published by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment.
There are lessons to be drawn from the cracks that appeared in Sydney’s Opal Tower
Building certification might be a contributing factor, but what went wrong at Opal Tower is is much more complex than that. Making certification a government responsibility again won’t solve it.
Defective building products: Update
Update on activity to prevent the use of defective building products, in particular for aluminium compositive cladding
Senate inquiry urges total ban on flammable cladding; government senators disagree
Despite widespread support for an urgent ban on flammable cladding, the government says a ban “will not solve the issue.”
Institute calls for ‘substantial fines’ for non-compliant products substitution
In a submission to a Senate inquiry, the Australian Institute of Architects has also pushed for architects to play a larger role in the construction process.
High-rise fires and non-conforming products: how can architects manage the risk?
Risk manager Wendy Poulton considers the various investigations into non-conforming building products that have taken place following incidents across Australia.
Millennial milestone for Green Star
The GBCA has certified 1000 Green Star projects since 2003, and says 4.5% of the workforce work in Green Star-rated offices.
NZ’s $100m leaky buildings class action
The UK’s largest litigation funders have backed a NZD$100m class action against a group of NZ cladding manufacturers over faulty cladding.
