Australian Owned Contractors’ (AOC) CEO, Brent Crockford, was appointed as a member of the National Construction Industry Forum, demonstrates the seriousness in which the Albanese Government is taking to drive lasting reform across Australia’s civil construction industry.

Asset maintenance and renewal is as, or arguably more, important than building greenfields infrastructure and choosing that path can be a way of addressing the issue of intergenerational inequity.

There’s an old process playing a new role helping subcontractors to address getting paid consistently: Quality Assurance (QA).

Infrastructure Victoria, the state’s independent infrastructure advisory body, has been asked to provide advice to the Victorian Government on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the lifecycle of infrastructure projects.

Significant opportunities are emerging to better integrate residential, commercial and mixed-use projects, creating new urban communities around metro rail in particular.