Construction cost growth stabilising within residential building sector In what could be a welcome relief to many, a sharp slowdown in the pace of construction cost growth may be [...]

The Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) is pleased to release a comprehensive review of the implementation of the Building Confidence Report recommendations. The review found that the states and [...]

The APCC-ACIF Strategic Forum met on the 12th of October, marking another important industry-wide meeting of key stakeholders dedicated to shaping the future of the construction industry. With the [...]

There have been a number of key developments over the past fortnight. This week, the federal government released the Employment White Paper, detailing measures the Albanese government will implement to [...]

There’s been a lot of discussion of the housing target of 1.2 million homes built from 2024 to 2029, but general industry consensus is that it won’t happen. This [...]

On Friday last week, the 9th of June, there was a Building Ministers’ Meeting and the communiqué can be read here. It was pleasing to read that “Ministers noted the significant [...]

A major development in the industry announced just before Easter is that Standards Australia have agreed to provide trades, and presumably also professions, with all of the relevant standards [...]

On Monday this week, the National Construction Code 2022 was formally adopted by the states and territories.  NCC 2022 contains significant changes, including a new consistent volume structure and [...]

Deloitte and Autodesk Report: Digital Adoption in Construction Economic uncertainty was cited as the top challenge for Australian construction businesses, even though government infrastructure and private commercial construction spend has [...]