According to Lindsay Le Compte, executive director of the Australian Constructors Association (ACA), early contractor and supply-chain involvement is critical to a mega project's success.
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Analysts from the Grattan Institute have recommended that the Commonwealth should stop giving infrastructure funding to the states, unless they prepare a full business case to be evaluated by Infrastructure Australia and then tabled in parliament.
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In a recent seminar, Ian Desbrow, Viewpoint Construction Software's vice-president of Australia and New Zealand sales, uncovered some harsh truths that for too long the construction sector as a whole has generally ignored.
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Warren Zietsman, a successful banking and private wealth management executive, has been appointed sales VP and managing director for IFS in Australia and New Zealand.
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The building industry is heavily affected by illegal phoenix activity, in which a company is deliberately liquidated to avoid paying its debts, including creditors, employee entitlements and taxes. The business then resurfaces operating as a new company.
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Civil Contractors Federation CCF) and the PSC Insurance Group (PSC) have formed a strategic alliance to deliver a range of civil construction and general risk management insurance products for the civil construction industry and its members.
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The federal government has released a new reform package aimed at phoenix activity among businesses in construction and other sectors but it won't fix the problem.
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Five Australian companies have been named finalists in this year's Year in Infrastructure Awards.
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Digital transformation specialist, Hurol Inan, has joined Engineers Australia.
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Contract safeguards were being neglected by many tradies, according to construction lawyer Kylie Howell, who said people in the industry needed to think twice about sealing a deal with a handshake.
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