 Master Builders Welcomes Vital First Step to IR Reform
Master Builders Australia, the peak building and construction industry
association, welcomes the first and vital step on the road to much needed and
long-awaited industrial reforms in the building and construction industry.
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Solar Cities Inc
In June 2004, Prime Minister John Howard announced the $75 million Solar Cities
Program in the Energy White Paper, Securing Australia's Energy Future.
The Solar Cities Program will trial new sustainable models for electricity
supply and use in urban sites by combining solar power, energy efficiency and
demand management measures.
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Property Council of Australia Rider Hunt Award 2005
Congratulations to the Project team which comprised DAIS as Project Managers,
Hassell Pty Ltd and MGT as Architects, Built Environs Pty Ltd, Wallbridge and
Gilbert, Basset consulting Engineer and Connell Mott McDonald as Engineers,
Rider Hunt, and Simon Weidenhofer.
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Dwelling
Commencements Fall
Master Builders Australia, the peak
building and construction industry association,
said the decline in seasonally adjusted dwelling
commencements in the March quarter 2005 was further
evidence of a trend decline in housing activity
that has been occurring over the past year.
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Builders
Support Industrial Relations Reforms
Master Builders Australia, the peak
building and construction industry association,
backs the need for industrial relations reform.
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Multi-unit BASIX Deferred by Three Months
On the 23rd of June Infrastructure and Planning Minister Craig Knowles agreed to
a Property Council request for the industry to be given a further three months
before it must comply with the new multi-unit BASIX requirements for residential
development.
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Victoria's second-biggest wind farm gets government nod
Victoria's second-biggest wind farm - a $326 million project with 128
turbines - will go ahead at Waubra in western Victoria after approval on
Wednesday from the state government.
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