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Revised steel standards to support industry
The updated AS 4100:2020, Steel Structures and amended AS/NZS 5131:2016, Fabrication and Erection of Steel Structures aims to provide the steel sector with minimum requirements when ... -
The next thousand years: an inconceivable idea?
Only its nose sticks out where it lies blanketed in thick, white snow: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. Carved into virgin solid rock of ... -
Re-tooling trades businesses for recovery
Fergus job management software for trades and services businesses founder Dan Pollard suggests a few simple things you can do if your business has slowed down that ... -
Standards, ABCB launch online dictionary
Standards Australia, in partnership with the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has launched an online dictionary for the building and plumbing industry which aims to assist ... -
Small business resilience in the wake of COVID-19
Research by Allianz Australia reveals the resilience and agility of small businesses despite the devastating impact of COVID-19 over the last six months and a promising ... -
UNSW: Is parametric design style and substance?
Computational design is not ‘wacky’ form-finding. It’s about finding design solutions for some of the biggest challenges of our time. If you haven’t heard the term ... -
Habitat for Humanity launches bushfire recovery housing program
Habitat for Humanity Victoria (HFHV) has announced that it will launch Build Back, a bushfire recovery housing program that’s the first of its kind for the ... -
Buildxact: micro building industry healthy despite COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has not had a significant impact on small builders in the residential housing sector over the June quarter according to construction software company ... -
ABCC fine protects dodgy developers who withhold payments
The ABCC has fined a Perth subcontractor for unlawful picketing while ignoring the behaviour of the head contractor who withheld progress payments demonstrates how out of ... -
WorldSkills upskilling young Aussies
WorldSkills, with funding from the Western Australian Government, has been upskilling over 400 Australian apprentices in anticipation of the 2021 WorldSkills National Championships. To keep competitors ...
