The inflexion point of an economy from ‘boom to bust’ is a time of heightened risk for engineering and construction, an industry characterised by high risk. Rapid shifts in supply and demand can turn a profitable business into a loss-making venture almost overnight....
A wide-ranging debate rages in engineering and construction, regarding the extent to which the industry must change to align more closely with contemporary business and broader societal expectations. The debate concerns a raft of challenges facing the industry, with...
Most homeowners are acutely aware of the high cost of housing in Australia. So too, many would-be homeowners are becoming aware of the challenges faced by new home and apartment builders as contractors assess the consequences of their committed forward workloads,...
A recent CEDA conference in Sydney headlined “Is Australia’s Big Infrastructure Build Delivering Value?” coincided with the 21 March 2022 release of Infrastructure Australia’s report on “A roadmap to a more productive and resilient future” A fair amount of the...
I’ll let you in on a secret: I’m finding it hard to remember what life was like prior to the onset of the dreaded “C” situation. Can you recall what was happening across Australia 5 years ago? I’ll summarise with help from my archives and more specifically a 15...
Inspired by a conversation with a trusted colleague about what’s gone wrong with a range of Infrastructure projects, I’m going to wade into the – frequently – controversial space of the use (or misuse) of external consulting services. An explosion of...
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