In the past year, several high-profile payment disputes in the construction industry have made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Regardless of where fault lies, what is clear is construction companies on both sides of the Tasman are struggling to track payments and progress claims. The complexity around tiered retention calculations and manual processes is slowing down not just …
Environmental monitoring technology has reached a point where some companies are choosing to do it themselves rather than hire a consultant. In the seven years I’ve worked in the hire industryRead More
COVID-19 has manifested a different working environment. Adapting to changing circumstances has meant the construction sector has had become nimble. David Erczmann, General Manager at LinkSafe explainsRead More
The cost of lockdowns has caused national debts to soar, meaning that many countries have had to borrow to invest in infrastructure and energy transition. Thankfully, cheap international credit and a better-than-expectedRead More
With all the ups and downs of COVID-19, what is it that continues to create a strong and lasting teamwork attitude from employees within the construction industry? Premier Building and ConstructionRead More
Ben Breen, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Global Head of ConstructionRead More
Rebecca McKeown, associate in Currie & Brown’s Melbourne office, writes about how to manage client expectations in the construction industry. Client management is an essential disciplineRead More
Karthik Venkatasubramanian, the vice president of data and analytics at Oracle Construction and Engineering, explains how machine learning has developed in the construction industry and what needsRead More
Fast-tracked infrastructure projects are up front and centre in the Australian government’s plans to create jobs and reboot the economy. But in an industry already facing skills shortages, who willRead More
