Brisbane’s Felons Barrel Hall will close under a proposal to upgrade the riverfront Howard Smith Wharves precinct, with developers wanting to replace the popular drinking spot with a boutique hotel. Just six years after the CBD precinct was opened as a major food and dining hub, Artemus Group wants to rebuild it bigger and better. … Read more
What currently resembles a bog will one day be home to almost 70,000 people. The foundations of Waraba, a new city west of Caboolture in southeast Queensland, are being laid with a massive and muddy earth-moving effort ahead of construction of its first neighbourhood, called Lilywood Landings. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Work underway to build … Read more
EDWARDS, Ill. (NewsNation) — Many may see construction as a muddy boots profession, but as the industry faces an ongoing and chronic worker shortage, artificial intelligence and other technology are changing the way work gets done. For every five construction workers that retire, only two new workers emerge to fill those openings, according to Jim Barrett, … Read more
A popular family-run building business servicing NSW and the ACT has collapsed after 30 years in operation. The decision to liquidate Cubitt’s Granny Flats and Home Extensions was made on June 14 by 30 of the 373 creditors owed a total of $6.8 million. There were still more than 100 customer contracts for projects both … Read more
Simon Marr was getting used to having doors shut in his face, so to speak. The boss of Aussie crane company, Marr Contracting, put it down to the way people do business in the UK. “You get people stuck in their ways, that’s how people are,” he said. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: … Read more
(NewsNation) — Gen Z is bucking the system, putting away its textbooks and picking up tools to sign up for a trade. Last year, the United States saw a 23% jump in students studying construction programs and a 16% jump in vocational programs. Trade schools often cost less than traditional colleges, and in many cases, … Read more
Delivery riders overtook construction workers as those most likely to die on the job. Photo: Justin Heiman (Getty Images) If you had to guess which city center job came with the highest risk of death, what would you go for? Something in construction or refuse management, perhaps? Well you’d be wrong, as it turns out … Read more
Farm and construction equipment manufacturer Escorts Kubota Ltd plans to invest up to Rs 4,500 crore over the next three to four years to set up a new manufacturing plant, according to its whole-time director and CFO Bharat Madan. The company is currently in talks with the Rajasthan government for a site at Ghiloth, where … Read more
Apprentices in the building and construction industry will receive payments of $1000 following training milestones, the WA government announced on Sunday. It’s hoped that the cash boost will encourage burgeoning tradies to complete their apprenticeships and bolster the workforce, and ramp up the construction of new housing builds across the state. The $1000 Apprenticeship Support … Read more
Viridi Group, a major NSW construction company, is now under administration. Based in southwest Sydney, the group has worked on construction projects including Taronga Zoo’s wildlife retreat, Macquarie Univeristy, cabins on Hayman Island, and works at various schools including Cranbrook School. Viridi describes itself as “(leading) the way in revolutionising construction through innovation, advanced manufacturing, … Read more
