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  Victoria’s building boom is already paying dividends, with the value of infrastructure projects in the state growing by $18 billion or 20.5 per cent over the past year. The latest quarterly Investment Monitor report from leading economic forecaster Deloitte Access Economics shows Victoria has enjoyed the highest growth of the mainland states in the […]

DEMAND is exceeding expectations for new and existing apartment/s in Geelong with new developments selling out and existing apartment/s selling above quoted price guides. Every apartment in Geelong’s soon to be tallest building Miramar has sold, showing how strong the demand is for apartment living. Demand may be strong for the new apartment developments popping […]

Rail Projects Off the back of what’s being dubbed Australia’s most ‘congestion-busting’ budget yet, the Australian Federal Government will be investing $15 billion into new road and rail projects in 2019, aiming to take tens of thousands of cars off the road and ease congestion in our capital cities. And not a moment too soon. According […]

  “The price of land for new residential building has continued to rise despite a fall in demand,” said HIA Chief Economist Tim Reardon. The March 2019 edition of the HIA-CoreLogic Residential Land Report provides updated activity in 47 markets across Australia, including the six state capital cities. “In the September 2018 quarter land lot […]

The Victorian Government has agreed to provide a loan of up to $20 million to support Geelong manufacturer Carbon Revolution, to help it continue to grow and create local jobs. Carbon Revolution produces high-tech carbon-fibre wheels for global customers including Ford and Ferrari. The company is currently scaling up to meet the increasing demand for […]

“The number of approvals for new home building started 2019 on a positive note with an increase of 2.5% during January (2019) in seasonally-adjusted terms,” according to Master Builders Australia’s Chief Economist Shane Garrett. “The rise in approvals during January (2019) follows a run of weak results during the back end of last year (2018). […]

In 2014, Victorian builder Burbank teamed up with the centre for design and society at RMIT to build Australia’s first 99 per cent waste free home in the Melbourne north-western suburb of Melton. Constructed using a combination of design strategies such as altering the type of brick and roofing materials used and waste management strategies […]

When visitors enter the three-storey Library at the Dock building at Melbourne’s Docklands for the first time, many respond to the building’s natural elements such as timber columns, wooden beams, and wooden staircase and feel a sense of calmness and ease. Whilst designed primarily for sustainability and attractiveness, this is one of a growing number […]

The Victorian Government will put local jobs and businesses first when building the Geelong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Local jobs for Geelong. Victorian Minister for Regional Development Jaala Pulford joined Member for Geelong Christine Couzens and Member for Bellarine Lisa Neville to announce the new state strategic project – ensuring local businesses and workers will […]

In order to slash build times as a nation we need to Industrialised Construction One example of industrialised Construction and how this can be done is Barcelona Housing Systems in Spain. All components are pre-cut in a factory. This includes panels for foundations, stairs and balconies, frame (floor/roof base/horizontal), load (wall) (vertical) (centre and perimeter), […]