Author: Staff Writer
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National Building Design Awards 2016
Held by the National Association of Building Designers (NABD), the National Building Design Awards will be presented at Sea World Resort on the Gold Coast on ... -
Arden Homes offers Tesla Powerwall as standard inclusion
Arden Homes has partnered with CSR Bradford to provide Victorian homebuyers with a Tesla Powerwall as a standard inclusion in their new home. Arden is the ... -
Access all areas
Not too long ago, Australia was dealing with the issue of a growing population of dependent children needing to be fed, educated and sheltered. Australia is ... -
The rise of modular homes
Modular homes are currently experiencing a new surge in popularity. Kate Jordan talks to Laurie Raikes of Anchor Homes about the latest developments in the industry. ... -
Finding the root cause of project failure
In the construction industry project failure occurs through a series of mistakes that lead to catastrophic events writes the Exner Group’s Collette Burke. What is the ... -
Is the era of private certification nearly over?
Professor Kim Lovegrove has addressed a number of interstate conferences in the last few months and has heard a lot of banter around the imminent demise ... -
Payment disputes with residential clients
While we’d all prefer otherwise, payment disputes are an unfortunate component of the building game. Anthony Igra describes a typical scenario and ways to avoid it ... -
Grist for the mill
In a small sleepy town in northern NSW, a parquetry mill is coming back to life. There’s been a parquetry mill in South Grafton, NSW, for ... -
Fire rated foam – a killer?
The use of so-called ‘fire rated’ foams for fire stopping of service penetrations or control joints is sadly becoming more prevalent here in Australia. This trend ... -
Are you buying a business or a job?
When starting out or developing a business, most owners of architecture and building firms typically channel all their energy into growing the business – after all, ...
