The residential construction industry in Melbourne has officially surpassed Sydney as the epicentre of the nation’s housing construction boom. New research from the Housing industry Association (HIA) revealed that 12 of the 20 residential construction “hotspots” were located in Melbourne…
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Melbourne Takes the Lead for Housing Construction
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Australia’s Home Renovation Set to Expand
We can expect to see an almost three billion dollar increase in the home renovations sector, according to the Home Industry Group. The HIA expects that homes built during the boom times of the 1980s are going to be upgraded…
Women Benefiting from construction boom
A recent post on DailyTelegraph.com.au highlighted how women should “cash in” on the booming construction industry in NSW. Women are being encouraged by the Vocational and Educational Training (VET) sector to take advantage of opportunities in construction, and not get…
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Good News for The Construction Sector
If you’re in the construction sector you’ll be pleased to hear that construction activity recorded its highest levels of activity in 10 months in June. In fact according to the Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Construction Index (PCI) the construction sector…
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Housing Construction Set to Ease
Residential construction is set to ease, if figures from The Australian Bureau of Statistics are anything to go by. New home construction approvals fell 6.9 per cent in August, after rising 7.9 per cent in July. June saw a 6.9…
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