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As of 1 August 2017, please note that the following changes to the Domestic Building Contract Regulations will occur: The monetary threshold for a Major Domestic Building Contract will increase [...]

Building Approvals for the construction of new homes rose 8.3 per cent in February, beating market expectations of a 1.5 per cent fall. Over the 12 months to February building approvals were down [...]

Red-hot growth in population is underpinning massive housing demand in Victoria even as fears of oversupply in some areas of the Melbourne residential market intensify. The latest ABS [...]

The Victorian Government has announced their Homes for Victorians plan, which includes a suite of policies focused on addressing Victoria’s housing affordability crisis. The policies, announced [...]

The Reserve Bank of Australia says the construction of non-residential buildings will likely provide a boost to economic growth by the end of 2018. Non-mining business investment has failed to [...]

Many years ago at the first user group meeting Constructor ever held, the prospect of online forums, discussion groups, and a “self help” style web site was raised. As a direct result [...]

Robots as autonomous sentient beings have long been the focus of many science-fiction, horror and thriller movies and books. Every type of conceivable robot has been thought up – from [...]

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  By the year 2050, there will be more plastic waste, by weight, in our oceans than there are fish, the World Economic Forum reports. With such an abundance of plastic (literally) floating [...]