Contracting

Master Builders Australia has released its blueprint for future-proofing the building and construction industry’s workforce in wake of a shortage of half a million workers.

Alfa Laval has teamed up with Boliden, a Swedish mining and smelting company, to use their Low-Carbon copper to produce heat exchangers.

The rise of job hopping among workers is changing the landscape of employment, with companies needing to adapt their retention strategies to keep employees engaged.

Daikin has commenced construction of a new factory for residential heat pump units in Łódź, its first production site in Poland.

Gas stoves are increasingly under the spotlight with experts raising concerns about Indoor Air Quality, the climate impact of gas and the rising cost of this price volatile resource.

Desperate to address the skills shortage and increase trade apprenticeship numbers, industry groups have been working to establish new programs that could make a real difference in this space.

The Advanced Manufacturing Schools Outreach Program is encouraging young people in secondary schools to explore a meaningful career in the trades.

Consolis Parma, house builder Arkta Rakennus and Metsä Wood have launched a research project into hybrid construction in a bid to find more low carbon building options.

A United States startup which is planning to deploy data centres on the moon has successfully raised $5 million in seed funding.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be investigating a number of businesses for potential greenwashing.

Australia’s commercial air conditioning industry is being hit on all fronts with contracting issues at the forefront of stalled projects.

L3R Air Products has launched EZ Duct to help contractors save time and money.

Australia needs a critical lift in labour capacity to keep the economy afloat and to overcome a long list of workforce challenges identified in a recently released CEDA whitepaper.

The $US360 million LG Electronics' (LG) manufacturing plant in the United States has been selected as a world-leading Lighthouse Factory by the World Economic Forum.

Employees don’t just want a healthy working environment they want hotel style amenities to entice them back to the office.

Hitachi Group company, GlobalLogic, and Digital Engineering plan to open new engineering centres across Spain.