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CFMEU: ACT construction must improve silicosis control measures
The ACT government’s newly announced work health and safety reforms for silica dust are critical to trying to control the scourge of the deadly lung disease, ... -
Step up with the new NCC CPD course on stairways in buildings
Building, designing and verifying National Construction Code (NCC) compliance of stairways, is important for safe movement to and within a building. Stairways are a common building ... -
Building to the right standard
Keeping current with which standards must be met is essential for any practitioner, and the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has released a specific NCC CPD ... -
New partnership takes the heat out of cladding
With more than 200 NSW residential apartment buildings registered to have flammable cladding removed through Project Remediate, Engineering Education Australia (EEA) has partnered with the Office ... -
Pro-Vis AR App targets falls from heights and scaffold safety
Over the period 2015-16 to 2019-20, there was an average of ten fatalities each year recorded for the sector, making construction the most hazardous industry in ... -
ABCB releases two CPDs on passive fire protection
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has released two continuing professional development (CPD) courses on fire safety systems and passive fire protection. Fire protection practitioners play an important ... -
From lab to slab: rubber concrete flexes into the residential market
Working with RMIT University, researchers demonstrated that crumb rubber concrete is a safe, green alternative for residential construction in Australia, proving a much-needed new market for ... -
Wage subsidy extension a big win for employers, apprentices and trainees
MEGT, Australia’s largest and only national Apprenticeship Network Provider (ANP), has welcomed the federal government’s extension of the Boosting Apprenticeships Commencements (BAC) wage subsidy. The subsidy, ... -
HIA: Expanded home guarantee scheme supports home ownership
HIA managing director Graham Wolfe says that the extension of the first home loan despoit scheme and the new home guarantee scheme will make a real ... -
Combatting pressures on the Australian building industry
The past month has seen the fall of two construction companies, Probuild in February, and Condev last week, both attributed to unsustainably high material costs. An ...
