New Home Building Boom Continues
The Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's residential building industry, has released the Summer 2015 edition of its National Outlook, Australia's most comprehensive housing report card...

Property Council welcomes reduction in energy efficiency red tape
The Property Council of Australia has welcomed the passage through the Federal Parliament of a long overdue legislative amendment to streamline the disclosure of energy performance for office buildings...

HIA Forecasts Further Growth in NSW New Home Building
Following the sterling performance of 2014, the NSW housing industry is set for an even stronger year in 2015, commented HIA Executive Director...

Important changes to manufacturing requirements for safety anchors
Important changes to manufacturing requirements for single-point anchor devices for harness-based work at height are now in effect...

Land Supply Pressures Mount
The latest HIA-RP Data Residential Land Report provided by the Housing Industry Association and CoreLogic RP Data, Australia's leading property information analytics provider, show that acute supply bottlenecks are affecting Australia's residential land market...

How to create a positive construction site environment
Construction sites are intrinsically stressful places to work with a stockpile of daily deadlines and all kinds of skilled and unskilled workers to mastermind through onsite issues and weather delays...