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LNG project promises 9,000 jobs A liquefied natural gas (LNG) proponent says its massive gas project off Gladstone, in central Queensland, will create about 9,000 jobs during construction.
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Creation Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 GMT Construction industry extends decline A private sector survey shows that while activity continued to decline in the construction sector, the rate of contraction has slowed.
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Creation Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 GMT Residential building down 5.3% in June quarter Quarterly building activity figures have delivered depressing news for the residential construction sector More... |
Creation Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 GMT Thousands more Qld construction jobs lost: UDIA The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) is calling on the Queensland Government to help the state's ailing construction industry More... |
Creation Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 GMT Construction work hit hard in Tasmania Tasmania's building industry says about 1,000 construction jobs have been lost amid uncertainty about Gunns' pulp mill.
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Creation Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 GMT Davis Langdon Construction Sentiment Report This report regarding the construction industry high's and low's from Davis Langdon is a MUST read More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 GMT Carbon Price on Construction Costs A Davis Langdon report describing the effect the carbon price will have on Construction Costs More... |
Creation Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 GMT Health of construction industry to depend on consumer confidence The impact of worldwide market turmoil on the Australian building and construction sector will depend on how consumer confidence is affected More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 GMT Australian construction slump continues The Australian construction industry contracted for the 14th straight month in July.
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Creation Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 GMT Building activity slumps in Queensland The Master Builders Association (MBA) said yesterday its latest survey found the construction sector in Queensland has slowed to a crawl.
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Creation Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 GMT VIC payrises spark construction concerns There are warnings that higher construction costs will lead to a drop in building activity in Victoria More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 GMT ACT Government announces new construction projects The ACT Government is flagging plenty of capital works to boost the local construction industry.
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Creation Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 GMT Construction rise misses forecasts A weaker-than-expected result for construction work in the first 3 months of the year is bad news for first-quarter growth figures.
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Creation Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 GMT Private sector struggles to fill stimulation gap Rider Levett Bucknall’s Second Quarter 2011 Oceania Report confirms that construction remains largely subdued across most capital cities More... |
Creation Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 GMT Work safety backlash builds Employers claim the Gillard government's national health & safety laws could increase the cost of housing More... |
Creation Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 GMT Latest Construction Sentiment Findings Davis Langdon has produced its latest findings regarding the Latest Construction Sentiment Findings More... |
Creation Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 GMT Building codes spared Tokyo from wider destruction An earthquake engineering expert says Japan's tough building codes lessened the impact felt in Tokyo. More... |
Creation Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 GMT Tough building codes couldn't save Christchurch Despite Christchurch having one of the strictest building codes in the world, seismologists say they still could not save the city from devastation.
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Creation Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 GMT Skilled construction works urgently needed for flood recovery Authorities say the clean-up and recovery in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, is being hampered by a lack of civil construction expertise.
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Creation Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 GMT Flood disaster worsens skills crisis THE $20 billion task of rebuilding Brisbane and southeast Queensland could exacerbate the national skills crisis and labour shortages.
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Creation Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 GMT Building the Education Revolution projects delayed as builder folds FOUR Sydney Catholic schools face months of disruption after the collapse of a builder engaged to perform Building the Education Revolution work. More... |
Creation Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 GMT Lend Lease buys Bilfinger unit for $960m Developer Lend Lease Group says it has purchased engineering and construction business Valemus Australia, local arm of Bilfinger Berger. More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 GMT Lend Lease confirms talks with Bilfinger Berger on Valemus acquisition GERMAN builder Bilfinger Berger is set to quit Australia in a $1 billion sale to Lend Lease.
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Creation Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 GMT Construction sector shrinks again as federal stimulus winds up THE construction sector continued to struggle in November due to weakness in new orders, posting its sixth consecutive month of contraction.
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Creation Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 GMT Avdiev report says sustainability jobs are a hot topic Rita Avdiev said last week that sustainability was a “hot topic” for the property markets.
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Creation Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 GMT Sydney councils stockpile $560m unspent funds Local councils across Sydney are sitting on almost $560 million in unspent infrastructure levies. More... |
Creation Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 GMT Construction lifts with $4.5bn projects CONSTRUCTION activity in Victoria and Tasmania is expected to grow strongly for the rest of this year and into 2011... More... |
Creation Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 GMT Tradies battle over BER scheme WHILE managers of the $16 billion school stimulus are accused of creaming off millions in fees, tradies doing the work battle each other just to get paid. More... |
Creation Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 GMT $550,000 canteen too small for a pie warmer BARELY bigger than a cubby house, canteens built under the federal government's schools stimulus scheme are costing taxpayers $25,000 a square metre. More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 GMT Jobs the focus of Queensland budget More jobs, higher growth, lower deficits, lower debt and an earlier return to surplus have been detailed in Queensland's budget as the state continues its economic recovery. More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 GMT Construction 'stuck in recession till 2011'
Construction Products Association report says industry is lagging behind the UK economic recovery
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Creation Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 GMT Downturn puts a third of UAE projects on hold!
Report shows more than 800 developments in the region have stalled owing to the recession.
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Creation Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 GMT Commonwealth to establish Building Education Revolution Taskforce Julia Gillard announces the formation of a Commonwealth BER Implementation Taskforce to insure the Commonwealth Government’s $16.2 billion school infrastructure investment. More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 GMT More jobs, pay boom tipped PAY packets for property and construction workers and executives could start edging towards heady heights due to the redevelopment on Sydney's harbour. More... |
Creation Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 GMT Education revolution leaves pupils in limbo THE federal government's education building program has left hundreds of primary schools as building sites, with some losing their entire play area. More... |
Creation Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 GMT Dubai government asks for six-month debt freeze UK contractors may not be paid until May 2010 as owner of developer Nakheel seeks delay on $60m debt. Dubai’s government has asked creditors of Dubai World............ More... |
Creation Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 GMT China construction to overtake US in 2018 Report predicts reshuffle of global markets will also favour Nigeria, India and Poland. China will overtake the US to become the world’s largest construction market....
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Creation Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 GMT Lockerbie bomber's release boosts opportunities for UK firms in Libya Source says 'final obstacle' to doing business has been removed. The return to Libya of a man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing will increase business for British construction firms operating there
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Creation Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 GMT Risks remain despite rebound in June building approvals BUILDING approvals rebounded in June, but economists said concerns about housing supply constraints and the potential for overheated prices in the future are set to persist.
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Creation Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 GMT Burj Dubai's final cladding panel ready to go Last of 24,348 panels will be installed in next few weeks More... |
Creation Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 GMT Skills shortage persists despite downturn CIOB survey shows widespread concern about lack of skills and later effect on recovery More... |
Creation Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 GMT Staff walk out of Abu Dhabi Formula One job Developer insists row over payment will not delay Yas Marina circuit, which is due to make its F1 debut in November
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Creation Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 GMT UAE site workers are slaves, says lobby group Pressure grows on UK firms to push for improvements in conditions after Panorama investigation More... |
Creation Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 GMT Bovis Lend Lease wins $675m schools jobs Lend Lease Corporation Ltd's subsidiary Bovis Lend Lease has won two New South Wales education-infrastructure projects worth $675 million More... |
Creation Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 GMT NBN falls months behind schedule The NBN rollout is behind schedule because of delays in striking a deal with Telstra and issuing construction contracts. More... |
Creation Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 GMT Lend Lease to seek compensation for Barangaroo development A hotel development in the Barangaroo project could cause of friction between Lend Lease and the NSW State Government More... |
Creation Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 GMT Engineering boom jobs of the next 20 years 20 years of demand coming from China - It's not just for mining jobs - Here's all you need to know.......
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Creation Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 GMT Slumdogs and Millionaires - Dubai workers & Dubai's Wealthy Elite Behind the glitz and glamour of Dubai often lies a murky world of exploitation and an immigrant work force living on the breadline. More... |
Creation Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 GMT US woos investors to buy toxic assets The Obama administration on Monday offered a raft of incentives for private investors to help rid banks of up to $US1 trillion ($1.4 trillion) in toxic assets that plunged the world economy into crisis. More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 GMT Obama approves £548bn kick-start for US economy Package includes massive funding for infrastructure projects to boost employment More... |
Creation Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 GMT Carbon Price on Construction CostsCreation Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 GMT
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