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  • According to the Deloitte Access Economics Investment Monitor; engineering and commercial construction activity increased by 12% in 2017.
  • Many analysts are expecting a 3 to 10 per cent drop for Sydney's market; while national prices remain high.
  • Three projects in Sydney have been nominated for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Heritage's Best Tall Building awards; which commends the creme de la creme of tall buildings on the global stag ...
  • Mirvac dropped out from the redevelopment of the Showground station precinct in Sydney just over month after the NSW government and Council reached an agreement on minimum apartment sizes and building ...
  • Cricket and tennis are two major sports Australians love to play during summertime. However; as extreme sunlight and high temperature intensify; they prompt sporting sectors and the government to reco ...
  • Cranes are seen more often in Sydney's skyline in recent days; with an increase of 65 per cent just in the past two years.
  • Sydney's rail network is having a tough time in face of sparse services.
  • We will soon be witnessing a huge migration from the busy beaches of Sydney to the brand new wave pool situated 25km from Sydney Olympic Park's coast.
  • The NSW Government is now mapping out a large scale redesign of future classrooms by calling for submissions for prefabricated designs to replace old-style demountable which can also serve as durable ...
  • The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)'s $344 million expansion project; better known as Sydney Modern; will be headed up by SANAA and Architectus.
  • The New South Wales Government issued an announcement to Sydney residents in January forecasting an upcoming "year of construction".
  • At the top of the agenda for revamping Australia's busiest train station is the addition of a major commuter concourse.
  • The construction of apartments across Australia is expected to halve in the coming three years after the market saw a record building boom.
  • NSW state government and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) supported the potential move by Uber to trial flying vehicles in Sydney in 2023.
  • Housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne remain fundamentally undersupplied and little impact has seen on the new policies targeting at foreign buyers; says developer Mirvac.
  • Residents have recently been allowed to return home after the authorities came up with a solution to remove the collapsed crane the fell on to an apartment complex.
  • The legislation of the new law may result in the collapse of construction companies as two tiers will be created; says James MacQueen; advisory partner in the construction and real estate sector for b ...
  • The Australian Government has announced that it will build a second international airport; costing up to $5bn to construct.
  • Under the active activity in home building and reasonably strong civil sector; recruitment outfit Hays says the building sector will create more employment opportunities.
  • 2017 is on track to be another boom year for home renovation in Australia.
  • Australian tradesmen are struggling to keep up as the country's residential building market grows.
  • According to Dr. Matthew Thomas of Social Policy and Alicia Hall; housing affordability in Australia has broadly declined since the early 1980s.
  • The latest Trades Report by the Housing Industry Association shows that 9 out of 13 trades in the industry are in moderate undersupply.
  • Government audit points to substandard cladding in more than 1;000 buildings in New South Wales.

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