With the current obligation to ensure that all significant investments are environmentally sustainable and therefore likely to continue to appreciate at a reasonable rate into the future, it is important when commencing construction projects to ensure that these contracts entitle the principal to a green result. Most projects – a...
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Specifying Green Obligations
Posted in Legal
Commercial Sector Continues To Slide
Conditions continue to deteriorate in commercial building as a long hoped for improvement continues to elude the sector. Last year, the combined value of work...
Posted in Sector Analysis
Apple’s New Campus is out of this World
Steve Jobs, CEO of multi-national company Apple has “reached for the stars” last week when he unveiled plans for a new office complex for...
Posted in International Projects
Kenyan Building Disaster Has Fatal Results
Last week's building collapsed in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, leaving countless injured and trapped and two fatalities. The building in Embakasi collapsed at approximately 10.30...
Posted in International | Construction
Multi-Residential Sector Defies Tough Conditions
Described by BCI Australia as “one of the fastest areas of the construction market to bounce back” from the global financial crisis (GFC), the...
Posted in Sector Analysis
Sham Contracts Investigated
In late November last year, the workplace relations regulator for the building and construction industry, the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) Leigh Johns...
Posted in Legal
NZ shapes up for 2011 Rugby World Cup
After all of the tragedy the country has faced as a result of natural disasters, New Zealanders will have something to look forward to...
Posted in International | Construction
Queensland Promised Healthcare Expansion
The new state budget for 2011/12 has allocated a seismic $11 billion to expand its hospitals and mental health services. The budget allows for $950.7...
Posted in Australian | Construction
The Future of Rail Travel
Designed by HASSELL, this forward thinking transportation project is called Australian High Speed Vehicle (A-HSV). The company says the A-HSV would offer a viable...
Posted in Australian | Engineering
