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New Code to lift the standards of Victorian Building Surveyors
The VBA’s State building surveyor Andrew Cialini has released Victoria’s first Code of Conduct for Building Surveyors that aims to improve safety and oversight in the ... -
Australia’s largest recycled brick building, Arkadia
Heralded as the largest recycled brick building in Australia, the Arkadia development for Defence Housing Australia occupies a 5,590m² site in the growing inner-city suburb of ... -
WoodSolutions: ten years promoting the benefits of timber
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) WoodSolutions program has reached the milestone of ten years providing high-quality, easy-to-understand information about the benefits of timber to the ... -
100 days till JobKeeper ends, are SMEs ready to stand on their own two feet?
There are just 100 days until JobKeeper ends and national insolvency solutions firm Jirsch Sutherland asks if it’s time for SME owners and directors to ask ... -
New battery performance standard for residential, small-scale commercial proposed
DNV GL has announced the completion of the Australian Battery Performance Standard (ABPS) project which started development in 2018. It’s a draft standard that has been ... -
Building efficiency for jobs and growth
An advocacy agenda released by a coalition of industry bodies is calling on governments to make every building count in Australia’s economic recovery. The sector focused ... -
Green Star Champions of 2020 announced
The inaugural Green Star Champions of 2020 have been announced by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). GBCA CEO Davina Rooney says the award ... -
Houzz launches Houzz Pro business management software
Houzz has launched the Houzz Pro, an all-in-one, software-as-a-service that empowers home renovators and design professionals by letting them manage their entire project and client lifestyle ... -
New CPD to build industry understanding
The ABCB has announced the latest NCC Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses which will be launching in mid-late 2020. The courses give builders and plumbers the ... -
Timber supply chain inquiry commences
The House Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources has launched an inquiry into timber supply chain constraints in the Australian plantation sector. Australia’s forest productions ...
