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In the media
E-commerce boom has property bankers eyeing warehouses
Data centres, hospitals and build-to-rent apartment blocks are the beacons of hope for institutional investors in real estate in 2021 after the sector s traditional trophy assets – major malls and big city offices – lost some of their lustre through the disruption of last year (14 January 2021). More.
The solar panel fire season is getting more intense in Australia
A recent report rated Australia as one of the cheapest per kilowatt for solar PV, but it questioned our safety standards. Poor-quality solar rooftop components have led to an expanding list of product recalls (14 January 2021). More.
In the media
PCA: HomeBuilder the workhorse of economic recovery
The success of the Federal Government s HomeBuilder grants program demonstrates the power of residential construction in supporting jobs and driving economic activity. According to new figures from Treasury, more than 75,000 households have applied for the HomeBuilder grant with around 80 per cent of these for new construction (20 January 2021). More.
Managing large-scale construction projects to avoid cost overruns
Researchers from the University of Stavanger, University of Melbourne, and University of Wisconsin-Madison have published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines how major projects undertaken by temporary organisations can be better managed so that cost overruns are minimised. Such cost overruns are a common outcome of major engineering and construction projects (19 January 2021). More.
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In September 2020, the NSW Government released the Practice
Standard for registered certifiers in an attempt to assist
registered certifiers to comply with the requirements under the
Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018 (NSW) (
BDC
Act) and the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act
1979(NSW) (
EP & A Act). The release of the
Practice Standard came out of the comprehensive reform of building
regulation in NSW being undertaken by the NSW Building
Commissioner, which had highlighted the need to provide certifiers
with a standard that gives insight into the approach needed to