Hidden in the 2017 budget are some details that should help keep the construction industry ticking along even if Sydney and Melbourne have a price correction. SA housing growth has been relatively flat by comparison, but there is a shortage of affordable rental...
CSR Bradford are promoting their Thermoseal Wall Wrap system as a way to have work on the interior of homes completed before, or at the same time as the external brickwork or cladding is completed. There is no mention of the extra complexity facing bricklayers having...
Australia’s most expensive building, and the third most costly in the world, is a step closer to finally being opened after the South Australian government and a building consortium reached an out-of-court agreement. The new Royal Adelaide Hospital The new $2.3...
South Australian businesses can now register for two types of Job Accelerator Grants to assist with employing additional full-time, part-time and casual employees, with grants between $10 000 and $4,000 for every new job created. The grant aims to create jobs now and...
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...
Having a trade sub contractors license gives tradies and customers protection if things go wrong. The SA Government has recently started promoting ways consumers can verify that their tradies are licensed, and has set up a website to ‘dob in a tradie’ So...
