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For NSW design and building Practitioners, the act of declaring and lodging designs just got a little more complex. Starting July 1, these professionals will be asked to complete an

The New South Wales government has released a discussion paper relating its goal to review and “modernise” the Heritage Act (1977). Proclaiming the review, Arts Minister Don Harwin said: “Too often we see

The building material shortage has halted a build of tiny homes for homeless persons on the Sunshine Coast. These delays are prompting tenants to renew their rental leases, making the housing

Click here to see the original document on the Master Builders Association of Victoria web site. In summary: Construction can progress during the circuit breaker restrictions regarding unoccupied premises and new

An emergency summit took place June 2 in Adelaide with key housing industry stakeholders in an effort to initiate a blueprint to prevent Australia’s timber shortage crisis from getting worse.

This tiny home, measuring three by three metres and situated on a remote property on the south coast of New South Wales, is only reachable by foot. It’s the second

Standing among the most popular building materials globally, concrete also is responsible for a large percentage of construction and demolition waste, which has an effect on the environment. When a

This livable container trend finds its origins in the late 1960s, when Reyner Banham wrote an essay about container ports and their representation of technological advances found in cities. Banham compared shipping containers to a “plug-and-play”

Devised by 39 companies, organisations and industry associations representing areas of insulation, building and energy efficiency, the Industry-led roadmap for quality control and safety in insulation has demanded 24 actions from industry

In adherence with the council’s objective to achieve net zero emissions by the year 2035, development applications for new office buildings, hotels, shopping centres, and for major redevelopments of standing